Ranked #3 in Google!

[Norri]

WOOHOO! My hard work has paid off! Just1.co.za is ranked #3 on Google.co.za for the keyword "website"!

[adrianh]

Good going.

[Just Gone]

Now I am even more confused about this ranking thing - I googled "website" and it came up 7th, then googled it again and it never came up! I am also continuously trying to get my site up there with key words, every person you talk to they "guarantee" ranking up there at the top ! So how the heck does ranking work ?

[Norri]

Thanks adrianh

Kevinb, try using Google Chrome in incognito mode. The results should be pretty consistent then.

[Norri]

Someone just pointed out my typo. It's not #1, it's #3. The forum heading was correct, the post itself was wrong :P Whoops!

[Citizen X]

Well done Norri! "I love when a plan comes together."

[Dave A]

Frankly the SERP I got is disturbing.

Just1 is no.3, sure enough and well played on that one, Norri. But check out the next few!

[Mark Atkinson]

Frankly the SERP I got is disturbing.

Just1 is no.3, sure enough and well played on that one, Norri. But check out the next few!

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I picked that up to... I would go so far as to say a large majority of the people who offer websites and web design aren't optimising for the word "website" - I know we certainly aren't. It's too broad for my liking. But hey, if it converts for Norri, who am I to argue.

[adrianh]

What is a SERP and why is it disturbing?

[Mark Atkinson]

SERP = Search Engine Results Page

It's disturbing because all the listings under Norri's site are totally irrelevant, if you assume that people searching for "website" are in fact looking for something along the lines of what Norri offers. The listings below just1.co.za include Protea Hotels & Ushaka Marine World and Die Antwoord (wow ) - which to me shows that the keyword isn't as competitive as what some might think. Those sites are probably just ranking there because they've mentioned the word "website" a couple times on a page time and they are already established websites with a decent page rank/authority in Google's eyes.

I'm pretty sure none of them has built an SEO campaign around the keyword "website"

[adrianh]

Ok, I see the problem. It is a bit like having the word "car" ranked 1st when you are trying to sell a BMW 645CSi.

I suppose one could argue that the point that Norri is trying to make is not that the particular keyword "website" is valuable or not, but that he is pointing out that he can get a very generic word right up there.

[Norri]

Hi guys

Yep, the competition is lame. I'm certainly not making a fortune from this ranking but it is supplementing my income, so I'm chuffed. And with it having moved up from #7-9 to #3, I'm hoping the sales from organic searches will increase a bit as well. The rankings are new so I'll have to give it another week or 2 to see what its effects are on my bottom line.

[Rod]

Thats actually pretty amazing. 5 years ago, there must have been insane competition around the keyword "website". But now it looks like it's a decent keyword. So I say well done!

[dfsa]

I don't see you on first Page. I only see you on Page six, position 64. Maybe your site was doing a little bit google dance

[Norri]

Yep we lost some major rankings. I was trying out some new SEO methods with a new outsourcing company and, well, it backfired. I plan to claw my rankings back but it's not a high priority at the moment as I have other more lucrative lead generation tactics that need my attention right now!