I have 8 micro niche sites out of the 8 i focused on 1 site for on page seo and off page Went from ranking 10 to 9 then to 3 and now sitting at #1 spot in G for that key word per Google it get about 4000 uniques per month. I am seeing none of that since i got bumped up to #1... any suggestions?
Are you sure you're number 1? Log out of your Gmail account (or use a different browser) and type in the keyword. Google often places sites that we view a ton of times at the top of results for our accounts (happened with my MNS). Otherwise something fishy is definitely going on.
Is the site set up in webmaster tools, as it will tell you the impressions & click rate. you should definately notice a difference at #1