Hi i have a new forum www.Answerspots.com. I've been building backlinks in blogs mainly. I've been using Forum, Forums, and General Chat. for keywords. I was wondering how long it takes to get traffic from google? Will that happen next update? or does it take a long time to get that good google traffic. also been thinking of useing other keywords any suggestions? and can anyone tell me if i'm ranked or not in serps? any info would be valued. thanks have a nice day!
What you need to do is google those keywords. Then find out how many links the guy in first place has with those keywords as anchor texts. If you aim to hit this and get a couple hundred more then you should eventually get to first place for those keywords. Although it will take a long time as those keywords are pretty competitive. But as long as you keep building links you will eventually see some google traffic coming through!
Use the software Spyglass which can be found in the SEO powersuite. Heres a link - http://www.link-assistant.com/ I use the free version because I am not spending anything atm but it is still really good. Download either the free version or buy the gold version which has a few extra features which are quite good. its up to yourself anyway. Hope this helped!
It shouldnt take too long until you start getting traffic from long tail keywords. Make sure you optimize the thread details page, that helps a lot.