86% Of SEOs Say They Can Rank #1 In Both Google.com & Regional Googles

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August 20, 2009

86% Of SEOs Say They Can Rank #1 In Both Google.com & Regional Googles

A couple weeks ago, I asked our readers how feasible it was to rank in the number one spot in Google.com and at the same time rank #1 in a regional flavored Google search space. We have just about a hundred responses, so I wanted to share the results with you.

In short, 86% of the respondents said it was possible. 46% said yes, it is doable, 40% said it depends on the keyword, 11% said it was not possible and the rest didn't really answer the question. Here is the visual breakdown:

Question: Can You Rank #1 In Regional Google & Google.com?

:: Yes said 45 respondents or 46%
:: Depends On Keyword said 39 respondents or 40%
:: No said 11 respondents or 11%
:: Other answer... said 2 respondents or 2%

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posted rustybrick in Google Optimization at August 20, 2009 8:46 AM Comments (6)

Comments

That is such a joke. That's like 86% of Track & Field coaches saying they can get their running star to win a medal at the Olympics. Newsflash: There are 10 spots on SERP1, and many more businesses to fill those, plus irrelevant SE entries like Wikipedia.

Posted by Phil at August 20, 2009 14:57

Nice commenting system. Cuts you off.

Posted by Phil at August 20, 2009 15:04

You had a bracket, which was interpreted as HTML.

Posted by Barry Schwartz at August 20, 2009 15:13

It is no joke Phil, and you can beat Wikipedia. Ever heard of David and Goliath's story?

Barry the following is a slight shameful plug; none-the-less necessary to illustrate a point (my site is robabdul.com):

Keywords #1
"ebusiness specialist"
1st place in Google globally
1st place in Google UK.

Keywords #2
"ecommerce expert"
5th place on Google globally
1st place in Google UK.

Keywords #3
"rob abdul"
1st place in Google globally
1st place in Google UK.

Posted by Rob Abdul at August 21, 2009 04:37

"That's like 86% of Track & Field coaches saying they can get their running star to win a medal at the Olympics."

Not so, most websites don't hire a SEO, so the analogy doesn't fit. And even if it wasn't possible, why would someone be an SEO if they didn't at least think they could make it to #1?

Posted by Scott Patterson at August 21, 2009 07:42

The first page on Google is the Promised Land.

To be there for a competitive keyword takes a lot of hard work in brand building and gaining trust with the Google Gods.

I have found that most non SEO’s do not fully appreciate the nature of the beast!

The Internet is a living breathing constantly growing organic monster. To retain good SEPRs requires “continual” work as the sands are always shifting.

Posted by Rob Abdul at August 21, 2009 09:00

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