Comments on: Being Ranked #1 on Google

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:09:28 +0000

Yes, it’s possible for there to be a increase or difference of 60% in traffic, however not all topics/keywords are equal. The difference from the numbers 1,2, and 3 spot for many topics or keywords arent usually that much difference. Anywhere in the top 5 is very good, it’s then just a matter of the title and information being interesting enough to catch the persons eye.

By: Chris Meller

Chris Meller — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:27:46 +0000

Depends on how much $$$ that doubled traffic would bring in for me… Would the added revenue make up for the costs to get it?

By: David

David — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 16:02:11 +0000

Very true Bruno. Though I think many businesses don’t care sometimes how they get there, I do think that there should be some way of giving those that ethically work their way up, some sort of bonus, as I see more spam/junk results on Google with each search as companies continue to impliment shameless advertising and link exchange campaigns…

By: Bruno Amaral

Bruno Amaral — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 01:36:45 +0000

The problem here is not wether to get to number one or not, it’s more how to do it the right way and knowing if it’s worth the cost.

As an example:Lets say we’re selling a product, we aren’t just aiming for traffic, we’re aiming for sales. Let’s say we’re on the number two slot, with 200 visits per day and five or more orders each day.

In order to rank number one we decide to implement a shameless advertising and link exchange campaign. Upon reaching number one we get 460 visitors each day and the same number of orders. This would probably mean our corporate image had taken a dive and only our return costumers were keeping the firm above water.

Another possible outcome would be to increase the number of orders by 60%. Would the firm be able to ship the product in due time? Would the stock be enough to fill all the orders ? Not being able to deal with all the extra spotlight would do more harm than good.