- In this video, I'm gonna answer one
of the most common SEO questions,
which is, how long does it take
to rank number one on Google for your keywords?
And you'll learn exactly how long it takes
the reasons why and what you can do
to make sure you speed up that process.
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So, how long does it take to rank number one on Google?
Well, this is kind of like asking
how long is a piece of string.
It's almost impossible to say and it depends
on so many factors outside of your control,
there's no set Universal Time for you to rank number one,
especially when you're competing with hundreds
of other websites, they're all trying to optimize
a website and get to the number one spot as well.
However, there are certain things you can do
to truly optimize your website and to outrank most people,
because most webmasters don't know how
to properly optimize their website for search engines.
The other thing is as well, that this ranking factor depends
on competition, how many backlinks you have to see,
how much content you have, how old your website is
and there is just all these different variables
that make it almost impossible to say,
how long it takes to rank number one on Google
and the truth is, it could be three months,
it could be six months.
Usually, most websites ranked number one within one year
if they're ever going to rank number one
but it truly depends on your competition
your niche, your industry, and what keywords
you're going after.
The other thing is as well, they're asking
how long it takes to rank number one on Google
is a little bit of a misguided question
but I understand that it makes sense
you wanna get to the top, you wanna start getting
that traffic in, but the real question
you should be asking yourself is, how long does it take
for SEO to start generating leads and sales
for your website, and you don't necessarily need
the number one spot on Google to land those leads and sales.
And whilst the top spot usually gets the most traffic,
you can still get high quality traffic from second,
third place on Google, which means more leads
and more sales for your website.
So this is another thing to consider, but not just that
you also wanna focus on conversions, right?
So you don't wanna just get that traffic
and get a number one spot on Google
if your website isn't converting properly.
What I'd also say is that, whilst it takes a long time
to rank, your results will compound over time.
So as you build more content, you build more backlinks,
you optimize your website better and this is gonna compound
over time and get you more results as you gradually do.
So you know, it's gonna be like a snowball effect,
where all of a sudden, you get so much momentum
that your traffic is growing month for month, for month.
So the truth is, with SEO, there's no secret formula
to getting your website to the top of Google overnight.
It's a long term job, it requires a lot of patience
and a lot of consistency and that can just take months
and months and months of publishing content,
building links to your site and optimizing that overall.
But the thing that I will say is that, if you're trying
to rank your website, first on Google
as soon as possible, then make sure you do
your keyword research very carefully, because if you have
to the wrong keywords, you're never gonna rank for them
and this is especially true, if you're
in a hyper competitive industry.
Let's say for example, you wanna rank
for the keyword assurance.
If you try and rank for that keyword
and every brand new site with no authority,
then you just never going to rank for it,
it doesn't matter how long you wait,
you probably never gonna rank for it simply because
it's just so damn competitive.
So just be aware of that, before you try and get
your website to the top of Google,
just focus on your keyword strategy, hone that down,
be selective with the keywords you go after.
And the trick is to go after keywords that
are low competition, high search volume
and high click through rate.
By the way, if you want more tips on that,
you can check out our video on keyword research.
So converting your traffic into leads and sales
is the key and the problem is,
if you have that number one spot in Google
and then you can't convert that traffic into leads
and sales, you're kind of wasting your time
and that's the crucial error here that most webmasters make.
You have to know how to turn traffic into money
and how do you do that?
Well, first of all, you wanna get your keyword research
in place, so understand, right are the keywords
I'm going after LA, do they have business value,
are they gonna generate leads, are they gonna generate sales
do they have the sort of search intent
that's gonna generate revenue from a website
or are they more informational search related terms
that aren't really gonna drive much value
to my site and therefore you shouldn't waste
your time going after them.
Also, the other thing is on page
when people start landing on your site,
you wanna make sure your content quality
is good enough to keep people engaged on the site.
So when you create your content, make sure
you use plan out how you're gonna keep people on the page,
how you're gonna convert that traffic and sales
and what you can do to get
the most value out of that traffic.
One, I'd also say is that, there are ways
to get results much quicker, especially
if you're keen on optimizing your website properly.
So what I mean by this is that,
make sure your content quality
and your on page SEO is on point.
Also narrow your keyword strategy, as I said before,
because this is just so important,
in terms of having a chance to rank number one.
Next up, I'd also say build a lot of high quality,
high authoritative websites that are whitehat
to your site, because they're like references
to say that your website is authoritative
and that your content is good and the more of these you get,
it's kind of like a voting system.
So the more backlinks you get,
the higher you're gonna rank on Google.
And finally, I'd also say just keep publishing content.
Once you've got your keyword strategy now,
just keep publishing content, 'cause
that's gonna help you rank for more keywords,
is gonna make your website more authoritative
and you've got more of a chance
of landing a number one spot.
So now you know, there's no set time for you
to start ranking number one on Google because
this depends on so many factors outside of your control.
However, most websites do rank number one
within 12 months if they're gonna rank number one at all.
But the real question you should ask yourself is
how quickly can you generate leads and sales
to your website with SEO, 'cause if you focus on that,
your website's gonna start making more profits,
far earlier than if you focus on only getting
the number one spot.
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