IF the 1st competitor has 2600 backlinks and 2nd has 50 backlinks can I compete??help

12 years ago

There are way more factors in play, that matter, than just the number of backlinks and PR. But based on that, I'd say yes.

If the search volume is less than 10,000 per month, you better be aiming for Top 3. Anything less is usually a waste of time.

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looking4adsense

12 years ago

2600 backlinks for your keyword or just in general? If your competitor has 2600 good backlinks with your keyword as anchor text and site is PR3+, that's pretty tough competition.

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wannaearn

12 years ago

yes u can beat your 2nd place which have 50 back links just view the domain age and authority ....

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AskJon 12 years ago

There is way more factors than that to take in consideration. Can't really make a complete analysis of your ranking potential, but shoot me a PM and I can take a look if you're comfortable with it.

According to the information you're telling us, PR3 can easily be outrank with time. Second, there is 2 "types" of backlinks you need to look at, which are domain backlinks and url backlinks. For instance, amazon might have millions of domain backlinks, but few url backlinks and people are outranking amazon for thousands of long tail keywords... Also, on-page seo is really important so even if the #1 ranking has thousands of backlinks, he can still be weak if he isn't specifically targeting the keyword you're after in his title, h tags, etc.
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UMS

12 years ago

You can't just simply look at the number of backlinks a site has to determine its competition strength. More is not always better.

A site with good on-page SEO and a lower number of quality backlinks can easily beat a site with poor on-page SEO and a large number of low quality backlinks.

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jpboxersox

12 years ago

Best answer

Originally Posted by UMS

You can't just simply look at the number of backlinks a site has to determine its competition strength. More is not always better.

A site with good on-page SEO and a lower number of quality backlinks can easily beat a site with poor on-page SEO and a large number of low quality backlinks.

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seo2ever

12 years ago

Originally Posted by whitehalls

That too me tells me with just 50 you can outrank him easily, at least get #2 spot if not #1. What's the pagerank of top ranked website? You might outrank all but not the #1 and hence get a #2!

The pagerank of top ranked website is 4.

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JSProjects

12 years ago

10 quality backlinks can beat 1,000 junk backlinks. So looking at the total # of backlinks isn't the best way to judge the competition.

Domain age, on-page SEO, quality of the backlinks, etc, all play a role.

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jpboxersox

12 years ago

Another great answer

I think these answers people gave you are good advice.

Originally Posted by JSProjects

10 quality backlinks can beat 1,000 junk backlinks. So looking at the total # of backlinks isn't the best way to judge the competition.

Domain age, on-page SEO, quality of the backlinks, etc, all play a role.

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DynaPass

12 years ago

Id say if you pumped out one page of legitimate content that is 500 words or more every week you could get the top spot for that word. That is if you know how to write well, padding keywords and then using that content to syndicate for backlinks. Not to mention just building up a couple web2.0 communities.