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1st page, no traffic

by lovboa Banned
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Well, I started my first niche site about 4 months ago and it has finally gotten on the first page of Google for its keyword term. It is a very competitive "2-word" keyword. The first page is filled up with sites that are 5-10 year old sites with high prs. I am ranked 8th currently.

The keyword gets 3,400 exact match searches a month. I am however only seeing about 15-20 visitors a day.

This is really frustrating because...as it was my first venture into niche sites and seo....I believed that when i reach the first page I would see some heavy traffic.

I know that most of the traffic goes to the top 3 spots on the first page, but I was not expecting to see a mere 15-20 visitors a day for such a heavy competition keyword.

Even if it is on first page of Google, I doubt that I could receive a lot of money if I try and sell my site because of such low traffic.

What should I do now? Moving up the serps to 1-4 spots seems possible, but top 3 are wikipedia and .gov links.

Because I'm getting only 15-20 visitors a day, I'm lucky if I get 1 click on adsense. What a bummer
#1st #page #traffic
  • Profile picture of the author d0rhk
    What I look for in the 1st page when I do KW research is, can I make top 3? Yes? Go for it. If not, I move on quickly. Get to the top 3 or go home. There's barely any traffic after the 3rd spot I've found.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ezra Anderson
    My website is ranked #4, and I get 7% of the traffic for my keyword... You HAVE to be at the top!
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    • Profile picture of the author JSProjects
      Originally Posted by ezzypro View Post

      My website is ranked #4, and I get 7% of the traffic for my keyword... You HAVE to be at the top!
      Agree 100%. When I first started, I was way too focused of getting on page 1. But I've learned that page 1 means nothing unless you can make it to the top 3.
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    You're getting the amount of traffic you should be getting. I'm not sure what you were expecting, but generally anywhere from 65-85% of the traffic goes to the top 3 sites.

    I keep trying to get this message across to people. The first page of Google means nothing. The money is in the top 3.
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  • Profile picture of the author GetKane
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    The top of the food chain [I mean SERP] gets so much more traffic it's silly.
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  • Profile picture of the author jpboxersox
    I have the same problem being on the top spot in Google for 2,700 exact searches for a gaming niche and making like 2 sales a month. Maybe 2,700 isn't enough searches?
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  • Profile picture of the author TheFBGuy
    Originally Posted by lovboa View Post

    Well, I started my first niche site about 4 months ago and it has finally gotten on the first page of Google for its keyword term. It is a very competitive "2-word" keyword. The first page is filled up with sites that are 5-10 year old sites with high prs. I am ranked 8th currently.

    The keyword gets 3,400 exact match searches a month. I am however only seeing about 15-20 visitors a day.

    This is really frustrating because...as it was my first venture into niche sites and seo....I believed that when i reach the first page I would see some heavy traffic.

    I know that most of the traffic goes to the top 3 spots on the first page, but I was not expecting to see a mere 15-20 visitors a day for such a heavy competition keyword.

    Even if it is on first page of Google, I doubt that I could receive a lot of money if I try and sell my site because of such low traffic.

    What should I do now? Moving up the serps to 1-4 spots seems possible, but top 3 are wikipedia and .gov links.

    Because I'm getting only 15-20 visitors a day, I'm lucky if I get 1 click on adsense. What a bummer
    Top 3... or at the very least top 5. Just getting to page 1 doesn't mean anything, you are lucky to even get those 15 - 20 visitors at position 8.
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  • Profile picture of the author Illuminations
    Getting to page 1 does not guarantee massive flow of traffic. I do believe in the SEO saying that says. "It's either #1 or go home."
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  • Profile picture of the author Stella_Roberts
    If you have first page position for your keyword despite it, if not getting traffic. Then I want to suggest for link building with blogs of same niche. It will help you to drive direct traffic it also help to improve your serp as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author crazyamit
    % Visitors at First page ranking are:
    1) gets 42.1 %
    2) gets 11.9 %
    3) gets 8.5 %
    4) gets 6.1 %
    5) gets 4.9 %
    6) gets 4.1 %
    7) gets 3.4 %
    8) gets 3.0 %
    9) gets 2.8 %
    10) gets 3.0 %

    May be little up and down in clicks.
    Hope it help!!!
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    • Profile picture of the author colinwood07
      Originally Posted by crazyamit View Post

      % Visitors at First page ranking are:
      1) gets 42.1 %
      2) gets 11.9 %
      3) gets 8.5 %
      4) gets 6.1 %
      5) gets 4.9 %
      6) gets 4.1 %
      7) gets 3.4 %
      8) gets 3.0 %
      9) gets 2.8 %
      10) gets 3.0 %

      May be little up and down in clicks.
      Hope it help!!!
      Hello how to get this is it right calculation ??
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  • Profile picture of the author ronuraldd
    Firstly you should look over what Google is showing in its results. i mean there is sometimes Google showing past titles or under construction titles etc.. .This might cause problem in generating traffic
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  • Profile picture of the author prian
    create a killer titles. Ask a question in your title/subtitle with your keyword.

    When I got the first page I always change my title, basically its same with creating a sales copy, you need the first three sentences to grab people attention.
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  • Profile picture of the author WakondaMarketing
    3.400 exact matches is already a decent number of searches, however, most of this search volumes will go to the first 3 or 5 websites in the search engine results. Try to get the top 3 spots and see the difference.
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