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Started a little test...........

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by joeychgo, Sep 26, 2004.

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    I started wondering about the power of sig links and sig lines, so I did a little experiment on my site.........

    I put 1994 lincoln mark viii gold package in my sig on my own site. I previously didnt rank for this KW phrase.........

    In 2 weeks time, I rank no. 1..........Not a very competitive kw, I know....

    However, I also didnt rank for 1994 Lincoln mark viii - I am now 110th moving up 9889 places.

    I plan to keep working on this - but this is a start.
     
    joeychgo, Sep 26, 2004 IP
  2. schlottke

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    9889 places... it just means you moved from wherever the keyword tracker began at.
     
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    no I had an n/a before I started this
     
    joeychgo, Sep 26, 2004 IP
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    yep.. because the tracker goes back to 200 maximum.
     
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    ok, well I jumped that many at least then
     
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    Our testing confirms what I guess all would suspect, that the ranking of the forum determines the value of the sig. But not all forums are of value, as some do not even get indexed by G.
    Pictures of Houses : Andalucian horses for sale
     
    Jenny Barclay, Sep 27, 2004 IP
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    What you may find is that you will start sliding down - just like the big experiment and "the control' for that experiment "weber bbqs"

    It will be interesting to see....perhaps what you could do is somewhere else [not forum] put similar links and see what happens.
     
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    T0PS3O Feel Good PLC

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    Foxy Chief Natural Foodie

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    Absolutely ...however the value of the sig does/has decrease/d whatever the forum
     
    Foxy, Sep 27, 2004 IP
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    It also shows the power of the more obscure key words.
    If you think about it, an obscure keyword searched 2 times a week with you ranked numbre one i sbetter than a common keyword searched 1000 times a day but with ou ranked number 2900.
     
    reli4nt, Sep 30, 2004 IP
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    Foxy Chief Natural Foodie

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    This is what is known as a KEI analysis developed by Sumantra
    Roy of 1stSearchRanking.com

    KEI (Keyword Effectiveness Index): Compares the 24Hour
    result with the number of competing web pages to pinpoint
    exactly which keywords are most effective for your campaign.

    In a nutshell: Look for the keywords near the top. The higher
    the KEI, the more popular your keywords are, and the less
    competition they have. Which means you have a better chance
    of getting to the top.

    Use the following guide:

    0 - 10 Poor keyword to target
    10 - 100 Good keyword to target
    100 - 400 Very good keyword to target
    400+ Excellent keyword to target

    And as an example here is spanish property:

    Nos Count Predicted Keyword
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    1, 184, 193, real estate spain
    2, 175, 184, spanish property

    And here is KEI:

    1, 5.571 real estate agent spain
    2, 0.744 real estate spain



    Not a good KEI at all - in other words to little traffic and too much competition....so you either become supercool at SEO or target another market :)
     
    Foxy, Sep 30, 2004 IP