How long to see organic traffic

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Hello,

I'm a total newbie and I've just created my first website a month ago.
The only SEO I did is to play with the title and meta tags on my 30 HTML pages that look good and professional.
I submitted the URL to google and Yahoo/Bing, and I can see on the logs that it is entirely indexed.

For the moment I'm getting 0 visitors.
My question is how long does it take to see little traffic from search engines assuming there is a lot of competition in the website topic?

Thank for the great informations that you put in the website I have learned a lot.
#long #organic #traffic
  • Profile picture of the author Seiryuu
    Hi there, congratulations on building your first website. The first thing you'll want to do is read up on backlinks. These are just links from other websites that point to your website.

    The number (and quality) of these backlinks that point to your URL will play a huge part in determining how high your website ranks on the major search engines. Most engines don't even pay attention to things like meta tags anymore.

    You'll find quite a few posts here about SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) which go in depth about how to give your site the most readability to a search engine bot. So for now I definitely recommend reading up on SEO and backlinks.

    Building backlinks isn't as easy as just posting your link on random web pages though. Some pages are set up as "nofollow", which means that search engines will ignore any links posted on it. Some pages can actually damage your site's reputation if your link is on it, especially pages known as "link farms" in which your link is one of thousands of links pointing to other sites.

    don't let this discourage you, there are plenty of SEO experts here who will be able to help you out. Some might even offer their services and post links for you to high quality pages. Just FYI, a page's quality can make all the difference. Any link coming from a .edu domain gets a much higher weighting than a regular link for example.

    Best of luck with your website!
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  • Profile picture of the author dean corso
    Thank you so much Seiryuu, you gave me the perfect directions that I needed.
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  • Profile picture of the author longrobnc
    Hi Dean,

    I got my website up to about 2,000 visitors in 4 months. I'm not an SEO expert.

    I added:
    Social Pages
    A lot of local citations
    Steady Blog Content
    Internal Linking
    Getting Links from local sources

    After reaching 2k visitors I outsourced the SEO for $2k per month and in 5 months the rankings have not moved and the traffic is static. Why did I add this? Save your money and do some of the exercises on your own. I have found hiring out my PPC and SEO to be a bottomless pit that I pour money in to and nothing ever comes out. My very best results have come by doing this type of marketing on my own.
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    • Profile picture of the author mase857
      Originally Posted by longrobnc View Post

      Hi Dean,

      I got my website up to about 2,000 visitors in 4 months. I'm not an SEO expert.

      I added:
      Social Pages
      A lot of local citations
      Steady Blog Content
      Internal Linking
      Getting Links from local sources

      After reaching 2k visitors I outsourced the SEO for $2k per month and in 5 months the rankings have not moved and the traffic is static. Why did I add this? Save your money and do some of the exercises on your own. I have found hiring out my PPC and SEO to be a bottomless pit that I pour money in to and nothing ever comes out. My very best results have come by doing this type of marketing on my own.
      Wow that is great success so far ... how many visitors did u get in the first and second month ? when did you get your first thousand visitors
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      • Profile picture of the author longrobnc
        Originally Posted by mase857 View Post

        Wow that is great success so far ... how many visitors did u get in the first and second month ? when did you get your first thousand visitors
        About 2 months. I was using the high traffic keywords in my adwords account and using that as my headlines in blog content. Lots of content, lots of citations.
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        • Profile picture of the author reddy183
          Thanks for sharing such a wonderful information.

          From,
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          SEO Analyst.
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    • Profile picture of the author kanuj
      Originally Posted by longrobnc View Post

      Hi Dean,

      I got my website up to about 2,000 visitors in 4 months. I'm not an SEO expert.

      I added:
      Social Pages
      A lot of local citations
      Steady Blog Content
      Internal Linking
      Getting Links from local sources

      After reaching 2k visitors I outsourced the SEO for $2k per month and in 5 months the rankings have not moved and the traffic is static. Why did I add this? Save your money and do some of the exercises on your own. I have found hiring out my PPC and SEO to be a bottomless pit that I pour money in to and nothing ever comes out. My very best results have come by doing this type of marketing on my own.
      Thats a great feat to achieve , congrats and good job, I reached to 10000 visitor in 4 months and now it is kind of steady not growing any more kind of feeling low with this ,,,
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    • Profile picture of the author davdwarnner
      Originally Posted by longrobnc View Post

      Hi Dean,

      I got my website up to about 2,000 visitors in 4 months. I'm not an SEO expert.

      I added:
      Social Pages
      A lot of local citations
      Steady Blog Content
      Internal Linking
      Getting Links from local sources

      After reaching 2k visitors I outsourced the SEO for $2k per month and in 5 months the rankings have not moved and the traffic is static. Why did I add this? Save your money and do some of the exercises on your own. I have found hiring out my PPC and SEO to be a bottomless pit that I pour money in to and nothing ever comes out. My very best results have come by doing this type of marketing on my own.
      Are you looking PPC,SEO and SMM Expert the we help you because from last 15+ years I am working as Digital marketing Expert.
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    • Profile picture of the author agowtham719
      hy can u say in detail about local citations and internal link
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  • Profile picture of the author johnben1444
    It depends on what your site is all about and how far you are ready to take it.

    Blogging and social media are very essential methods of getting quality traffic.
    Ensure you article is good and relevant as well as participate actively in the social media.
    I also don't leave YouTube, by making and uploading a good number of videos you can start
    receiving a steady flow of targeted traffic.

    And if you want to rank for your keywords on Google/SERP, you need to build top notch backlinks some or most of which take time.
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  • Profile picture of the author NeedBucksNow
    I would say 3-4 months to get a steady amount of traffic from keywords. Be sure to keep adding content every few days & keep working on getting quality backlinks. I would also say to comment on posts in this forum (even though they are nofollow) & do your best to learn from people that have made money online. There are also companies that can help you build your SEO & you can always use them once you start making sales. I've found that most of the people that make any money with Google are the ones at the top of the search listings though.
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    • 0 visitors means nobody knows your website exist in the world,
      you should use alexa and see your ranking, for visitor
      just simply pay to advertise, you will get loaded of visitors daily depends on how much you spend
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  • Profile picture of the author dbk03
    It's time to learn how to build links to your website. Don't foget to publish new articles on a weekly bsis, too.
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  • Profile picture of the author Danish affiliate
    Hi,

    Depends on what niche you are in.
    Use Google Alert Marketing or FB notes and you´ll get nearly instant traffic to almost every niche.

    Both are free I use them as my main traffic resources.

    Hope it helps
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    • Profile picture of the author shanelabs
      Originally Posted by Danish affiliate View Post

      Hi,
      Use Google Alert Marketing or FB notes and you´ll get nearly instant traffic to almost every niche.
      I'm familiar with google alerts, but how to FB notes give you traffic? Haven't heard of this one before.
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  • Profile picture of the author vikash_kumar
    You asked a million dollar question.... If the answer was known to Internet marketers then....All would have been a millionaire...lol

    There is no perfect answer of your question about timings....You need to do all the right things on a continuous basis and keep a watch on the results you are getting. From there, you need to do testing and tweaking for month's to get the right combination for your own site.

    What are the right things:
    1) Regular addition of fresh and unique content
    2) All posts and Pages are keyword optimized
    3) You need to do proper internal backlinking of keywords and posts
    4) You need to have external backlinks to your website for your main keywords from relevant niche sites only.

    Best of Luck!
    Vikash
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  • Profile picture of the author manojbhai424
    Hi
    This is nice and very use full information thanks for this .
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  • Profile picture of the author Dr los3
    18 months my friend, c ya then.
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    • Profile picture of the author kobyburne
      The infromation that you have shared is really useful in all aspects,so try to share these type of information in a brief manner.
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      • Profile picture of the author LethaHyde
        bank link play a great role in the hits that you gets to your site. Congratulation for your site. Social media back link building is the best option to get more hits in short time as far as i knows
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  • Profile picture of the author sorin1
    You have to do some link building techniques of SEO and also some SMO techniques.
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  • Profile picture of the author tyler25
    Well its good that you did a little bit of on-page seo with your meta title and meta descriptions. However, you won't be getting any traffic to your website until you are on the front page of Google. The only way you are going to be able to get to the front page of Google is through high quality and relevant backlinks to your website.

    In addition to backlinks, you will want to have relevant content on your pages. Your meta data should reflect that content.

    Typically if you get some good backlinks and have your on-site optimization dialed in correctly, it takes about a month to start to see rankings. Of course if you have a very competitive niche, then it can take much longer.
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  • Profile picture of the author patco
    To get traffic from your SEO work, you can wait even months... Especially if the niche is competitive and the keyword is big, you should work more and more....
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  • Profile picture of the author AndresNWD
    I've read great pieces of advice here. Good work, fellas!
    I still think you need to do a proper keyword research first. Without a thorough keyword research you can find yourself with an humongous amount of time wasted in on-page or off-page SEO.

    1st of all I would use adwords keyword planner. It will help you a lot to get the first ideas.
    2nd I would use the advice on this great article from Neil Patel 6 Untapped Keyword Sources to Improve Your Keyword Research - Moz - Moz It's really a masterpiece of keyword research.

    Good luck!!!
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    • Profile picture of the author monaseer
      If the site is new, you shouldn't expect to see significant results from Google until the site has been in Google's index for at least six months.Results for new sites can be seen in Yahoo and MSN, generally under two months.

      For sites that have been in existence for a year or more, results from on-page optimization can generally be seen within a few weeks of being placed online.

      Google, is highly dependent upon links in its calculation, and prefers links that have been in existence for a long time. As a result, if the market space is competitive, it may take six months or more to see significant results.

      Best,
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  • Profile picture of the author anymore
    You can receive results in days.

    It all depends on the level of competition for your keyword

    Try to go after long tail keywords

    There are many keywords that you will never get ranked for, payday loans, weight loss and etc.

    You should always check to see what type of pages are on page one for your keywords

    If they all have high ranks (7, 8 9) move on to another keyword.

    You can add a fire fox plugin to check page ranks
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  • Profile picture of the author tek00z
    hello there,
    actually your topic is to important to every one as a reference let me share what i'have
    it's Depends on what's your keyword is?
    and what about your Competitor value?
    how long do u can stay every day to work on?
    after that i think i can told you how long you'll got organic traffic
    after all, be care about this points:
    plane every thing before you begin doing SEO
    prepare check SEO List to be a good reference to you
    Schedule your Data
    hope that be helpful for you .. and i'm here to support you and for any further question
    Thanks
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    • Profile picture of the author CloudAlien
      Hello Dean what is your niche? A lot of people build a site with no strategy in place when it comes to their niche. One of my favorite movie lines is from the Hunt for Red October: "Russians don't take a dump, son, without a plan" I have been in this business for a long time and I have never waited for organic traffic or relied too much on SEO. My suggestion is to develop and stick to a plan. For example, let's say you want to get in the Weight Loss niche. You may think that everybody and their dog is in the weight loss niche(and they are) so you may think it's impossible to get started but by digging deep you may find something that works. When I say "digging deep" I mean get to the granular level of what will provide a solution for someone. Once you find something that provides a solution for someone then you're almost guaranteed to find someone else who may need that same solution. Here are my Top 3 Recommendations:

      1. Stick to one product/service (Don't buy every shiny thing that comes your way)
      2. Stick to one traffic source...PPC, CPM, CPV, Article, etc
      3. Stick to your plan!

      Master all 3 recommendations and you'll soon start seeing a lot of traffic to your site.

      Good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author clevelandslim
    it depends on how hard your client wants to work, meaning how much real and relevant content can be created and how much competition there is for their key word phrases. Also, how big is their niche? If no one would ever search for their desired niche, they may never be found. And if they don’t have time or desire to work hard, it depends on how much money they have to invest in their website.
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  • Profile picture of the author clevelandslim
    It is depends on the competition of the keyword.
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  • Profile picture of the author drinstech
    It depends on so many factors. The main fact is Keyword Competition. If you do SEO properly and publish awesome SEO Optimized post on a regular basis then you will get traffic from search engines within a short period of time.
    For one of my blog, I just publish 3/4 SEO optimized contents in a week and after 2 months I got huge visitor.
    I was just share my content link on social profiles and create a few backlinks from some similar blog and website.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jamichael
    It really depend on the competitiveness of your niche. On average, it'll take about 3-4 months to see results. Stay adding content and building links and you'll be fine.
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  • Profile picture of the author serpyre
    There is a simple answer, between 1-30 organic visitors per $1 of spend - so if you are on the cheapest of cheapest hosting with no seo work then Google won't care. You can use PPC but it costs you 1-2 organic visitors per $1 on avearge - above 20% of your total spend will normally put you out of business. Average above 30 and you will likely be delisted.

    So let's say you put in 10hrs per week for SEO, you could earn $40k/yr in a job so $20/hr, that means you spend around $850/mth - let's say for example you generate 5,000 visitors from that, so you would get 6 visitors per $1 - then add $200 ppc at $0.50/click and you will generate 5 visitors per $1. Then assume you get 1% conversion if commerce at $127 per order at 30% gross margin less $1,050 costs above and you have a partial profit of $1,000.

    There is a good reason 95% of commerce businesses fail - make sure your visitors per $1 is in double digits.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dr los3
    The real question is. When they visitors do come, will your website be ready to handle them? Is it of value.
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  • Profile picture of the author BoostSales
    Organic traffic depends on a number of factors.

    It mainly depends on how authoritative your domains are on Google as well as your onpage SEO.
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  • Profile picture of the author designbala
    Start Social media sharing, Participate your website relevant Groups, Communities. You can get 1000 visitors within first month.
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  • Profile picture of the author quickscrum
    For getting a traffic only Index pages is not enough. For getting traffic push your service keywords up in google and other search engine for this you do seo for your website. After this you get some traffic from search engine.
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  • Profile picture of the author Resource9
    I agree! Social networking websites are great for driving traffic to your website. However, for getting complete benefits from social networking websites, it is important to make sure that you are posting on a regular basis.
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  • Profile picture of the author Vansskavv
    Hi dear you should be quality seo work also you along social media optimization because social media provide you good traffic
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  • Profile picture of the author vibhusingh
    There are many website like adobe.com, wikihow.com, youtube.com etc from where you can get quality backlinks. Try posting question at communities like adobe.com and you will be able to get few quality backlinks.

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  • Profile picture of the author npoint
    Usually when I start a new blog the traffic appears after 2-3 weeks of posting unique ,valuable content, of course it`s not a crowd of people but 5-10 uniques a day. But content is not everything you should do to increase that amount, the backlinks plays cruicial role in this.
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  • Profile picture of the author LuckyIMer
    It depends on the niche and competition. What you did not is not enough in any case, you should apply all of the SEO and SEM techniques and be patient.
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  • Profile picture of the author sonamathews
    Hi,

    My blog is just 3 months old and with good hard work and my own SEO practices I reached on worldwide alexa rank of 350k. Getting organic traffic also.

    Its all depend upon a good follower-ship, good presence in social networks, Good SEO techniques.

    This also helped me not only earn from google but also from other bloggers and websites owners, as they ask for my services to get their sites on high rank, which turn in good earning from bloggers and website owners.

    Thank to all who help me grow.
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  • Profile picture of the author Effortless
    Write unique content about your niche & join the Social network. promote your web site. By Social network you can get a large number of visitor.
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  • Profile picture of the author amutechnologies
    Thank you for sharing your personal experience about our company with us. I appreciate what you did.
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  • Profile picture of the author manojbhai424
    Many thanks for this information , according to me post high quality blog , article , press release , social bookmarking , and also most important social media activity . i am sure you will received good result on your site and also with visitor.
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  • Profile picture of the author Scholarships345
    Thank for share information, this information is very useful for me once thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author Torreylee
    There is no BLACK or WHITE answer to this.

    It depends on ...

    *your niche competition
    *your quality of content
    *your quantity of content
    *your actual website/blog structure
    *the keywords you targeted for each article
    *how well you optimized said pages for your keywords
    *your backlinks


    I'm not saying this to discourage you but rather encourage you. Even when you do everything right it OFTEN takes time if you are doing everything completely organic and waiting on nature to take course.

    This is why I ALWAYS recommend blogging or writing about something that you love because building a profitable website takes a lot of hard work and faith before you start raking in the cash.

    My first ever website(2007) had only a 1000 UVs per day after a YEAR and that was with 100 plus pages AND some manual backlinking I did, but I loved the subject and kept plugging and....

    Learning. Learn your craft to be successful, read problogger.net, socialtriggers.net and others who are successful and continue growing along with your site. What I did in 2007 after a year I can now do in half the time, but there is a learning curve. Continue learning, apply what you learn, have the faith to continue following your passion.

    YOU WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.

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  • Profile picture of the author manojbhai424
    Many thanks for sharing this kind of information , this is very use full .
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  • Profile picture of the author murali20
    Hi, you are focusing on Onsite Optimazation only that means you focusing only titles and meta tag. Better you can use off page optimization also.
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  • Profile picture of the author ceaserbuck
    it would take few months do write blog and socia bookmarking add your backlinks it will help you lot to get you into top pages SEO is the key work on it to get massive traffic
    thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author suip81
    Totally depends on how much of your efforts you put in.

    The best method to obtain FREE traffic quickly is through becoming active in your forums.

    Look for forums of your niche by searching them on Google.

    Find how popular a forum is using Alexa.

    Select at least one popular forum and start getting active in that forum. You'll be astonished at how much traffic you'll obtain within a few weeks.
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  • Profile picture of the author incomeguru
    Write unique SEO optimized Press Releases and submit to PrBuzz, ReleaseWire and MyPrGenie Great for Search Engine Optimization and traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author eham
    join social media like facebook,twitter,istragram or google+ and promote your website
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  • Profile picture of the author aegisinfoways
    Hello Friends

    You get improve your site organic traffic apply SEO activity.Use this activity unique and fresh content post.
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  • Profile picture of the author mrlemon
    Get ten well written blogs with right keywords and you will get your first traffic in two weeks.
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  • The value of your site will increase based on the traffic it can reliably generate. SEO is inherently unreliable as your traffic will ebb and flow depending on Google's ever-changing algorithms.

    In addition to SEO, focus on getting return visitors through other means:
    • Social media (Pinterest posts).
    • An email newsletter. Don't under-estimate the number of visitors you can get who click over from their email.
    • Paid traffic which is 100% steady and controllable.
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  • Profile picture of the author LindaStier
    Its depend on your keyword. If you use highly competition keyword then need long time And if you use low competition keyword then need low long time. Most important point is keyword research. Use google keyword planner for research keyword. You can read this article for better keyword research roles. Keyword Research using Google Products
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