how hard is it to get 1st page results

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    right now for a term, i'm #115 at 16,000,000 without really going after that keyword. Is this impressive or just luck of the draw?
     
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  2. joeychgo

    joeychgo Notable Member

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    All depends on the search phrase. Getting to #1 for the search term "President Bush" is going to be much harder then "1972 Ford Pinto Wagon" ---
     
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  3. upside

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    Neither really. 16m results indicates the total number of pages containing or referencing the term - it gives to indication of how competitive it might be. 115 is not going to get much traffic, and there's no way to tell w/o knowing more how far the journey to the first page might be. All in all, your situation is not uncommon.
     
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    THe value of your position, depends on :

    1. The keywords difficulty

    I could be #45 for "hosting", in 2 mil results (creative figure)

    and ...

    I could be #5 for "marcin is washing a car", in 200 mil results.

    Now .. being #45 on hosting in 2 mil results .. is 20X better than being #5 for "marcin is washing a cat" in 200 mil results.

    2. The number of results.

    3. The number of searches in overture

    Etc. :)
     
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