I am looking to dominate for the keyword "dog food". As of right now I am in about 31st spot. How hard would it be to get in the top 5 for this keyword? What are the most important factors in doing so?
Since dog food is a very competitive keyword, it takes a lot of hard work before you reach the top position. Just continue gaining quality links for your site. Try link exchange to related sites or blog, it would help! Anyway, some of your competitors were not well-optimized. Best of luck!
Just make sure you're getting more and more quality and related backlinks. And don't pay too much attention on the positioning itself... Keep building yoursite and it will come. Good luck!
It can be quite difficult to crack the top 5 for any competitive product name. You would basically be competing with every dog food manufacturer, as well as many dog food retailers.
Try to have three or more site/pages for the keyword "dog food" . Work hard on these sites. You have more probability to rank in top 5.
Research other phrases that have 'dog food' in them or terms that are the same genre. 'Pet food storage' or 'dog food reviews' could be a good phases.
I think you're on 3rd spot now. Well, just keep doing whatever that you're doing. It seems to work and you're having some great result now Cheers