My competition on first page is PR: 0,1,2,n/a,5,3,0,n/a,n/a
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On the domain alone? Probably not unless the niche has very little competition.
I'm also assuming that this is for a new niche, and not one for a site you have already built on another domain name.
If you are swapping domains on an already established site, this would be risky. You'd do better just making another website with "similar" information.
You'll need to do some good On-Page SEO for the keywords, as well as targeted linkbuilding.
Scope out those sites with a tool like Market Samurai. Use their PR Analysis and see where the competition is getting their links, and what keywords they are getting them for. Then, get them there as well where you can.
From there, just scale up.
I'm also assuming that this is for a new niche, and not one for a site you have already built on another domain name.
If you are swapping domains on an already established site, this would be risky. You'd do better just making another website with "similar" information.
You'll need to do some good On-Page SEO for the keywords, as well as targeted linkbuilding.
Scope out those sites with a tool like Market Samurai. Use their PR Analysis and see where the competition is getting their links, and what keywords they are getting them for. Then, get them there as well where you can.
From there, just scale up.
i typed in keyword1 keyword2 in google,
competition is very high, but the PR of the pages on the first page of the search are
0,1,2,n/a,3,0,n/an/a
so it kinda shows competition is low? no?
theres three n/as and two 0's.
if i have an exact domain i was told it will be very easy to rank.
so you're saying that's wrong?
edit:
i will be doing a little work to get indexed and such. but i dont expect to be building backlinks and filling out digg articles like a madman. i was hoping the domain alone would rank me on first page once im indexed
competition is very high, but the PR of the pages on the first page of the search are
0,1,2,n/a,3,0,n/an/a
so it kinda shows competition is low? no?
theres three n/as and two 0's.
if i have an exact domain i was told it will be very easy to rank.
so you're saying that's wrong?
edit:
i will be doing a little work to get indexed and such. but i dont expect to be building backlinks and filling out digg articles like a madman. i was hoping the domain alone would rank me on first page once im indexed
PR means nothing in terms of ranking. PR is pushed to the Google Toolbar once every 3-4 months, but changes in real time all the time. Even if what you saw was pushed weekly, it'd still be out of date.
What you should be worrying about is their optimization, not the PR. Even Google says you shouldn't care about it. They've even wanted to remove it it in the past to stop people like you from making assumptions, but decided to leave it as a general indicator of a page's worth.
Again, exact match domains are nice, but aren't the end-all-be-all for ranking a site. Otherwise, sites like "Dogpile" wouldn't rank for terms like "search engine". If you search "search engine" in Google, you'll notice that only one domain there has the words "search engine".
You need to analyze the competition and figure out what makes them tick to get a strategy for how you'll enter the niche. An exact match domain name is only a fraction of that strategy.
What you should be worrying about is their optimization, not the PR. Even Google says you shouldn't care about it. They've even wanted to remove it it in the past to stop people like you from making assumptions, but decided to leave it as a general indicator of a page's worth.
Again, exact match domains are nice, but aren't the end-all-be-all for ranking a site. Otherwise, sites like "Dogpile" wouldn't rank for terms like "search engine". If you search "search engine" in Google, you'll notice that only one domain there has the words "search engine".
You need to analyze the competition and figure out what makes them tick to get a strategy for how you'll enter the niche. An exact match domain name is only a fraction of that strategy.
alright thanks so much for the help.
if i use google adwords tool theres a "Competition" bar for keywords, is this a good indicator?
how do i check my competitions optimization? i always thought PR was the end-all be-all..
Google's Keyword Tool is nice for a general idea, but it isn't that accurate. Market Samurai can get all that information and more about keywords, and even find you a ton more that you might not have even considered.
When you open up the program and analyze the competition, you can click the little drop-down arrow on the competitor's URL and it will offer you a PR or Keyword Analysis of the links.