I would suggest that you continue the SEO because if you have been getting a steady stream of links over the past months (or however long you have been doing it) and then all of a sudden you get no new links, that doesn't look natural in Google's eyes and could raise a flag.

Also, if you competitors start doing more SEO or a new competitor comes in and does SEO you could easily lose your ranking.

You may not need to do as much as you did to get to #1 but definitely do not stop altogether.

Just build a few links per month, just have an autopilot campaign set up.

Yes you need to continue to build 'maintenance' backlinks. If not, you competitors might not be waiting for you and building more and more links. They could then surpass you and your ranking would drop after some time.

Well the truth of the matter is....My competition must not be doing anything because I havent either and I just started...and Im already in the mix with them....I have very basic info on a temporary site.....I plan on doing SEO when I get my Main site up and running (e-commerce) This is just so much to take in on top of my other end of the business.....I would like to find someone who is good at management of the SEO end of things.....someone who knows what there doing too. I think my keyword rich domain gets me into good positions.....to be honest I think I can get #1 in several keywords because they dont work it any from best I can tell.

What is the best platform to use for an e-commerce site? keeping SEO and a cart in mind?

Ranking means nothing?.....how can you get traffic without ranking?
Iamnameless....do you do the Magento sites? e-commerce?

Lol this is a good question- I recently got my site to #1 for its target kw- now I am afraid to do anything else to it ( i know -paranoid)

I think that i will follow the maintenance backlink advise and add fresh content fairly regularly.

Of course.

Not on nearly as large of a scale. But it's still important to maintain. You'll have plenty of new competition in the near future. Even if it seems like your existing competition is stale.

If you are already ranking for a major term, keep building links but now target related keywords.

I am doing this and it is working great for me

yep,you need SEO your site as before.
google #1 could generate some traffic but not all the traffic.
some sites like squidoo, hubpages could even bring some orders directly.

Steady stream and a fiverr package every now and then should do the trick

My competition is low...there are a small handful of companies that make this product and they have other products as well....Im pretty much the only one who will concentrate on it directly....I invented it.....and will market it. The other products are leaving a huge gap on the table....Im filling it.

What is involved in SEO?....I want to source it out but dont like to have the wrong company do it....Ive had quotes across the board from $200 mo to $2000 a month....whats up with that?

Continue your SEO if you not continue your work your website drop very after few month. if you do SEO regularly website is still.

I believe you should continue to maintain the ranking ...

Sure SEO needed.

yup youll need it unless you have a good site that people will naturally link to.

its harder to get back up once your competition smokes you and sends you to the second page.

I was lazy for a lot of my sites before. I paid for it lol, in both earnings and time. Dont want to let that happen again

you have placed a excellent question, in reference to your question, i would like to say that SEO is a tasks is long process task even it has not anything to say end,
although you gained google rank #1, because your competitors wouldn't be take leisure , they will continue and once they will place your position ultimately you down your rank

Thanks

I think u should continue building backlinks. Even though I have noticed after #1 rank when I stopped building backlinks to my clients sites no problem at all. But I will say it will be more natural if u continue building some backlinks.

u can build backlinks regularly by spending just 15 usd each month. U can hire 3 different type of gigs(I mean blog, profile, web 2.o backlinks) at fiverr and regularly build backlinks to ur site.

Also sometime use some article submission, press release submission, directory submission etc. gigs too. it will help ur site to get more traffic too. Just spending 1 hour and 15 USD u can easily do it and help ur site to stay on #1 for such a long time.

Traffic is the pivotal point of all SEO efforts.

Hey Darren,

No matter which position you have achieved, in order to maintain it and to be at top you will have to continue the SEO process may be a bit slower but it should not stop. Today there is competition in every field so you need to be careful too from your closest competitors as they are just behind you.

I think you should keep doing it, but you just dont need to do as much

Yeah agreed with the comments.. The SEO process is a regular process.. ranks are not stationary, if you stop working for the website, your competitors wont, and thus you'll see a downfall in the rankings.. Remember, you have reached on top position by pulling someone down.. vise-verse is also applicable..

As said, if you rank #1 on one keyword, go for another keyword.. But i suggest you still continue building links on your top keyword.

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