#1 on second page vs 10th on first page

[daworm]

I got this site going back and forth on number 10th and 11th. But I observed that I got more traffic on days that Im on the 11th - though Im not really sure if all datacenter are showing it on the 11th cause I see it only from my point of view.

What do you think?

[Computer(Jew)]

From A user point of view , I think the visibility of top 2nd page is better ... When reaching to bottom of the first page , I am just there to click on the next page link .

[cmonline]

hmm, I'm not sure - I suppose conceivably if people do click through ot page 2 then as the 'first' listing you might have a boost, though I would still think that clicks from first page would be higher - also results from an analysis of AOL click-throughs showed 2.97% for position 10 and 0.66% for position 11. http://www.redcardinal.ie/search-engine-optimisation/12-08-2006/clickthrough-analysis-of-aol-datatgz/ (I seem to be citing this article alot today! Its not the only source out there, but it's recent and I think the sample was pretty representative - from the figures at least - and assuming AOL itself can be seen as a good ;representative' of the SE's as well - which I think it can) Just my humble opinion of course :-)


Also, I (and this is just me) search Google with 100 result listings per page, not 10, so for me 10 would get more as well... not sure, good point though!

Wonder if the next seo trend is going to be to optimise for position 11 ;-)

[debunked]

most people will have google on default set to 10, I have found being at 9,10 is better than 11,12 most of the time.

PPC, I have found other spots to work better than top 3 in some cases, no 1 gets the most clicks but not always the best conversions.

[t2000q]

how do you know what days you are number 10 and number 11, do you check manually?

[debunked]

use the keyword tracker tool here at digitalpoint!

[xboxundone]

2nd page would be better :)

[Bundy]

Pure experience.
10th spot on the first page is getting more clicks then 1st on second.
I know it’s hard to believe for people with some human behavior study knowledge, nevertheless it is the fact.

[Dudibob]

there was some statistics of the click ratio of postions (only did first page) I found a while ago, I don't remember it exactly, but I image it won't change too much from page to page

1st - 48%
9th - 2%
10th - 8%

I'll leave your imagantion to fill in the rest as mine has :( lol, I'll dig back for that article and post it here :)

[dabontv]

I've actually had more hits come in from 10th position than 4th-6th. I don't think I've ever had an 11th spot hit but I think first page is better.