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This is a quick case study on indexing for the Google search engine and reaching the all important first page. It also just took an few hours of my time yesterday.
The search phrase I was looking at is a fairly competitive one for ‘web prosperity’ which has a lot of buzz around it right now. Web Prosperity is an MLM program with a very handy main product suite aimed at Internet Marketers, which at the time of writing (during its pre-launch phase) is receiving sign ups every few seconds with 5,100,000 results for this search term and a lot of attention and buzz.
When choosing a domain name, unless it is your own branding, consider the keyword phrase as part of it – in this case I chose webprosperityreview.org.uk (although most were gone by the time I got around to it)
I wanted to use a .org as they can rank pretty well but I’m not sure it makes too much difference. As the .org for this domain was gone I went for .org.uk
Naturally I went for the wordpress blog option for content on the domain and spent an hour or say putting together a couple of blog posts about the program as well as adding categories named with the key phrase in such as web prosperity review etc.
Next I added my essential plug ins including ‘All in 1 SEO’, Google XML Sitemaps, ‘Related Posts’, ‘Sociable’ and ‘Statpress’. There are others that should be installed but I didn’t in this case.
I created one remote wordpress blog at wordpress.com and a Squidoo lens. Next I drafted a press release just covering the basic details of the program and submitted it to pr-inside.com.
Next it was a quick visit to animoto to create a video using images and graphics and uploaded this straight to youtube.com. Following that I used heyspread.com to distribute the video to 19 other video directories.
Next task was to socially bookmark it myself using socialmark.com as well as another 30 bookmarks through my outsourcer 9as well as blog carnival submissions. Interestingly these last two tasks have not been completed at the time of writing.
That’s it! Today the site is no.1 – whether this will hold up without further work is doubtful, but the point is it can be achieved without working too hard. Other keyword phrases would probably need a lot more work than what I’ve put in here.
The stats (using statpress) also show a lot of traffic – as seen below on this two day old blog!
Other case studies we’ve done recently have had similar results and all these strategies are covered in great detail in my upcoming ebook ‘New New Media World’ in an easy to follow step by step process and guide. If you are interested in reviewing the first draft copy and giving me a testimonial (If you think it is worthy) please contact me.
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These are great points. It won’t hold up though. Google gives an artificial ranking for newer sites before it figures out where they should be (but you already know that). Still, it is something that most people have no clue about.
If the keyword is under served (brand new at least to google) then the chances for ranking quickly are very good. For example, although your keyword has 5 million plus results, your direct competition for BOTH WORDS is actually much lower. Simply by making using both words in the title tag, you have upended most of the indirect competition.
Obviously, the domain name is important, especially for product launches because it is the first **hint** that google gets as to where and how to categorize your site.
You could probably maintain your position by writing a few articles in the article directories and finding other places to place your link (with the proper anchor text of course). Of course, you probably know all of this.
Once again, congratulations and great post for the newbies out there that see SEO as some type of weird voodoo.
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Wow, what a great information.. Many people are struggling on how to reach even top 10 but doesn’t have any resources… this article is another hope and motivation..
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@Leo
thanks Leo – Good and valid points..
I did mention on the original post ‘ whether this will hold up without further work is doubtful…’
no longer no.1 in US
..still #1, #2 in UK
with some video results at #3 and #4 (url appears in description anyway) and my blog at #8
useful plugin to check worldwide Google results is:
http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/google-global-view-results-different-locations/
Thanks
This is an excellent post, and strategy. As a matter of interest was there a reason you created a remote WordPress blog rather than Blogger?
Do you ever use Hub Pages?
Stephen
@Stephen – Hi thanks for dropping by – no particular reason, they both serve the same purpose – yes Hubpages definately ranks well, also look at:
clearblogs.com
wetpaint.com
hi5
there’s more about this here:
http://futuremarketingblueprint.com/blog/2008/05/30/new-media-marketing-plan-part-2/
newnewmediaworld.com launches Feb 17th and covers this and loads more killer strats too
Thanks dude, this seo advice will come in handy soon
Nice contribution. Thanks. Keep up the good work here.
I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts.:D
I just added you to my Google News Reader.
Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.
thanks friend,I think they will be usefull.Many people are struggling to get many boolmarks and video uploads.You made it so easy,
once again my thanks
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