February 9, 2012 in SEO by Olgi Zenullari
As many of my friends know, I’m a keyword research addict and I spend at least 2-3 hours per day doing keyword research (yeah I know weird hobby) so whatever keyword I see potential from, I just register it (mostly trying to get exact match domains for their ranking factors). So most (if not all) of the good domains have already gone, but I was looking at a particular keyword which had a low competition, 60k exact local searches per month and a CPC of $3.25 (health industry). The .co.uk exact match domain was available so there I was, almos 1 AM and I successfully bought my first .co.uk domain name
The Experiment
In this article we will see the potential ranking of .co.uk exact match domain (new one) in Google.com. My final objective would be the TOP 3 position on Google.com but also TOP 3 position in Google.co.uk
Day 1 – Created the site (WordPress ftw!), added 5 unique 400 words articles regarding that specific keyword
Day 2 – Built hundreds of authority backlinks (mostly from my wide network of sites, different ip’s) – Site got indexed and it was showing 16 results on Google.
Day 3 – Site was ranking TOP 5 on Google.co.uk but the UK local monthly searches are low so I will have to get #1 position to see some UK traffic
Day 4 – Site was ranking third page of Google.com for its exact keyword
Day 5 – Site was ranking second page of Google.com for its exact keyword
Day 6 – Created some good unique articles and submitted on a couple of authority article directories
Day 7 – To Be Continued
Conclusion
By this little case study I would like to experiment myself the power of .co.uk domains and their ranking abilities on Google.com, sure there are many other factors which will affect the rankings however I’ve used an exact method on a new .org exact match domain and it is ranking on top of Google without any hassles. You can subscribe to my RSS for future updates because I will be updating this article frequently with all the steps I take and the results i see from Google. Also when the site ranks on first page of Google I will also show screenshots of my earnings, to have a better and clearer picture of what to expect from such a keyword if ranked on top :)
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