I started my proxy forum www.sneakyforum.com three days ago and I am already on the third page of Google for "proxy owners" and "proxy forum". I must say I am really happy and hope that being there will bring me in some good traffic.
Not bad. How much traffic are you getting from those Keywords? Keep improving the site and you'll reach the first page.Good luck.
One of my threads is on the first page for "proxy owners" and my index page is on second page for "proxy owners" and I am 2 page for "proxy discussion". Who knows I may be 1 tomorrow.
Google give a New Content Boost to new pages and new sites, this boost helps them rank high in search results. But this boost is only temporary. Your forum might got this boost and that is why it is ranking high at the moment.
well this thread is now #3 on google for "proxy owners". Since this thread is just a day old, I guess this is not too difficult to achieve.
There is no point in ranking for keywords people dont search for. I can rank no.1 for absurd keywords that people are not interested to search and has no competitors. Who searches for proxy owners or proxy owners forum? not even 5 per day i believe. Rank on first page for keyword "proxy"and you will be rich.
What the others meant when they said your rankings would go down, they are referring to Google's sandbox where they place a new website in a "incubation" box to prevent you from ranking very well for a competitive keyword. They do this to ensure that SEO spammers dont spam their results with new websites. On the other hand, like I mentioned in my post earlier, the keywords you are ranking for currently are not competitive, so you should be able to avoid the sandbox and your rankings should remain there or go up over time.