Google Rankings - What's Better?

by virklink

Posted: 16 years ago 11 replies

Hi,

Is it a better to challenge a big name in ones niche for a place in Google's top 5 results or a fellow internet marketer who is promoting with vigor?

#google #rankings

The Dotcom Hippie 16 years ago

Who gives a ****. It's better to just find the keywords you want to rank for, analyse the competition on the front page for each of them, and then pick your fights wisely.
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benrpalmer 16 years ago

I wouldn't worry about who it is that you are competing with, concentrate more on what the statistics are telling you
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tpw 16 years ago

Challenge yourself first, and then one competitor at a time, or you will risk getting overwhelmed by the process..
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Colin Klinkert 16 years ago

I think he means, better to take on a term that is owned by a big company like amazon, or to take on a marketer like him who knows the SEO tricks and is going hard?

Fair question, but as other said above - look at the inbound links, the in title, keyword density, all the things are are taught to do, then you will know before you even start what your chances of a top 5 are.

BTW - You really should only try if you can get top 3. Most of the traffic is in 1 and 2, and 3 aint bad, but Top 5 is not really a good goal IMHO
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  Colin Klinkert 16 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by MeghanK
  
  If that is the case... If Amazon wants to be number one for a spot... it WILL be
  
  No amount of BlueFart techniques will help you.
  
  As far as I can tell Amazon doesn't have a team, trying to rank for terms, They leave it to their horde of affiliates... and SEO tricks does not mean blackhat, maybe a bit of gray
  
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The Dotcom Hippie 16 years ago

Obviously, Amazon has a lot of trust and will get fairly high rankings much more easily than Joe Blow's Internet Marketing Splog, but that doesn't mean outranking them is hard at all - at least not at this stage. You could probably train a monkey to do it. Getting past Amazon is rarely a problem. Wikipedia, on the other hand.... well, it sucks, and I wish it died. Luckily, most products (unlike types of products) never get listed on Wikipedia, and there's tons and tons and tons of them you can rank for very easily.
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Jordan Kovats 16 years ago

I was able to rank one of my clients one page one in gooogle.ca ahead of several big banks and insurance companies. I guarantee you, the banks and insurance companies had bigger budgets then my clients. It is all about knowing what to do, and most importanly, doing it. If you have the time and are willing to put in the effort, there is no reason you can't be #1,2 or 3, regardless of the niche.
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rome9t9 16 years ago

all u need to worry about is your competitior's inbound links and his on page seo...nothing else..
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virklink 16 years ago

Thanks everyone. I know this person whose blog ranks no.2 for a term that a good number of people use. His competitors are other website owners like him, which may not be the case with me, so I wanted some opinions on the matter. Regards
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raksamuda 16 years ago

content is king, supported backlink
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SubmitEdge Customer Care 16 years ago

When it comes to Google’s ranking everyone that is before you is a competitor whether it is a global brand or a home based business. Once the visitor comes to your website then it is a different ball game. This should help you to set your priorities.
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