My keyword is in 2nd position, 1st page of google but no traffic yet

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I have one keyword in 2nd position, 1st page of google since Tuesday morning, 12/20/2011 but I have not received any traffic from this keyword. What may be causing this to happen? How may this be fixed? Keyword global monthly traffic is 22,000.
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  • Profile picture of the author ronaldec
    What is the local traffic? One day is not a large amount of time.
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  • Profile picture of the author Hotness
    Originally Posted by boafinancial View Post

    I have one keyword in 2nd position, 1st page of google since Tuesday morning, 12/20/2011 but I have not received any traffic from this keyword. What may be causing this to happen? How may this be fixed? Keyword global monthly traffic is 22,000.
    Check if your Searches# is "Broad" or "Exact". You may get a Global Searches of 20k for "Broad" but only a few hundreds in "Exact" for some keywords.

    Additionally, your SERP may be dancing but it wasn't reflected in your Google search. Try Scroogle to check where you rank.

    Hope that helps!
    Haruka
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  • Profile picture of the author FokusNow
    As stated, make sure it is an exact search and not broad...This will make a significant difference in the search volume during keyword research. Also, give it some time. It could be a fairly low exact search that only gets 250 searches a month. Now, In second position (and not even first), will you receive 100% of the traffic searching the keyword.

    On average for this example that would come out to 8.3 hits to your site each day at 100% traffic. Say second rank in google receives 25% of traffic. This would come out to 2.1 clicks to the site for that keyword each day.

    Try giving it some time and see if it works out for you.

    -FokusNow
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  • Profile picture of the author C Rebecca
    20th December? Its just one day... Be patient.

    Its just 4-5 hours that your website is ranking one... Let people search your keywords and your traffic may rise in few hours.
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  • Profile picture of the author cheapstuff
    What does webmaster tools say about the number of impressions you are receiving on that keyword? If you are not seeing impressions you are not going to see traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author tomers
    Google based search results based on your history so you need to double check and make sure you ranking is where you think it is.
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  • Profile picture of the author jalicia18
    Try to wait for days. 1 day is not enough to observe traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author Andrew S
    Is your personalized search on?

    15,000 exact matches?

    Please verify your position with scroogle dot org.
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  • Profile picture of the author Juvv2096
    Sounds like you might be looking at "broad" not "exact"

    use google keyword tool and on the left hand side you will see check boxes for broad and exact. Click exact and see if it updates with different search results.

    This is quite a common mistake by people when searching for a niche.
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    • Profile picture of the author boafinancial
      My keyword exact match for global monthly search is 2900 and local monthly is 1900. Are all google organic keywords search based on exact match? When is broad match used?
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      • Profile picture of the author Rollmodl
        Originally Posted by boafinancial View Post

        My keyword exact match for global monthly search is 2900 and local monthly is 1900. Are all google organic keywords search based on exact match? When is broad match used?


        Tips
        • Searches does not garantee traffic or equal clicks. For a quick estimate on how many potential clicks you may receive, use the traffic estimator in Google's Keyword Tool
        • Does your title and description grab the viewer or entice them to click?
        • Make sure you are logged out of Google then check your position again
        What is your keyword? Maybe someone can help.
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  • Profile picture of the author seowebtriangle
    I think your offered some offers like discount on your services, product and other.
    update your news feed sections.

    cheers
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  • Profile picture of the author NickSway
    It really depends on the keyword. Is it a long tail KW? Also, Google Keyword Tool can be off sometimes.
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