Can a niche directory get on the first page of Google?

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Can a directory website catered to businesses in a certain niche get to the first or second listing on page one of Google or realistically are only websites and blogs with lots of articles able to make it to the first two listings on Google?
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  • Profile picture of the author Sabahat
    Originally Posted by SEOGhost View Post

    Can a directory website catered to businesses in a certain niche get to the first or second listing on page one of Google or realistically are only websites and blogs with lots of articles able to make it to the first two listings on Google?
    It is possible with good quality of content PLUS backlinks!
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  • Profile picture of the author PBScott
    The first page of Google has no search results, it is just a search box.

    The next page of google is based on the search which the user searched for.

    If you are targeting keywords that someone searches for... and no one else is targeting those keywords... you should be the very top result, if your page has more "relevance and authority" than others targeting the same keywords ... you should be the top result more of the time.

    You will never be on the first page of google.

    Don't believe all the BS

    In fact if you see the truth in my over simplified statements above, you should have the ability to spot SEO BS much more easily.
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    • Profile picture of the author anwar001
      Originally Posted by PBScott View Post

      The first page of Google has no search results, it is just a search box.

      The next page of google is based on the search which the user searched for.

      If you are targeting keywords that someone searches for... and no one else is targeting those keywords... you should be the very top result, if your page has more "relevance and authority" than others targeting the same keywords ... you should be the top result more of the time.

      You will never be on the first page of google.

      Don't believe all the BS

      In fact if you see the truth in my over simplified statements above, you should have the ability to spot SEO BS much more easily.
      What nonsense! Everyone knows first page of Google is just search box. When people talk about first page they mean getting on first page of results for keywords.
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  • Profile picture of the author trevord92
    It's like all things SEO, anything is possible.

    At the moment here in the UK a lot of local search results are showing directory sites (big and small) on the first page of the results. That wasn't the case anywhere near as often a few months ago and may well change in the future as Google tweak their search results.
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    Ummm... have you never seen Yelp?
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    The end result Google is looking at is HTML.

    It doesn't matter what you call the site: directory, blog, forum, etc...
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  • Profile picture of the author suzyspring
    Yes you can. All are same for google.
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  • Profile picture of the author SEOGhost
    Thanks for the valuable input. My website is a niche directory with articles on it as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author LuckyIMer
    Niche directories are much easier to work on and rank than general directories and you can reach the first page if you run a good SEO campaign.
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