Comments on: First Page Listings On Google Even More Important

By: fab4

fab4 — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:47:38 +0000

These really are amazing stats. Just shows the importance of keyword research. Making sure that you are building pages into your website that have a purpose. i.e. check the demand before you give the supply!

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:40:09 +0000

I agree with the last poster, it does seem like the little guy is getting pushed out and the only way to fight back is with the longer tail keyworkds but you have to wonder how long this will work for the small guy too.

Money spend on this area is one thing giving the big guys the advantage but fact older sites rank better also adds to this.

You research with regards to what people view/do online is interesting because it reflects exactly how I would view search results

By: Creditandmortgageindex

Creditandmortgageindex — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:30:07 +0000

The problem is that it’s getting hard to rank on SEO because people are spending wayy too much money on putting their word out on other sites and while Google doesn’t allow this, it works like a charm. For people like me who are only into building free links, it’s getting difficult to survive!

By: Fat Lester

Fat Lester — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:21:31 +0000

As the potential reward for top rankings increases, so will the demand in the increasingly-competitive field of SEO. This news should come as welcome to top SEO professionals, as it seems the barriers-to-entry are increasing from the standpoint of end-results.

By: Bill Muller

Bill Muller — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:13:44 +0000

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By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:45:24 +0000

If I have the math right on this: 41+17+7=65% of searchers limit their investigation to the first three pages of results. So that means…35% will look at four or more pages? That seems high, but it’s good news for smaller sites trying to get attention on competitive key phrases.

By: SticKer

SticKer — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:36:01 +0000

6 months back I used to rank 40 for a very competitive keyword in Google and I used to receive roughly around 1000 Hits from Google. I optimized my site, did some link buildng and today I rank 12 for that same keyword and I’ve seen a significant rise in traffic from Google.

From what I’ve experienced it is very important to come up in the first 3 pages of the search results.