Few backlinks, no social signals and PR of 1 in the #1 SERP. How is this possible?
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Hello everyone, I've been busting my head now for a bit and for the life of me I can't understand how this website is ranked #1 or #2 for a moderately competitive keyword (45% According to the Keyword Difficulty Report). Anyone has any idea how is this possible or how are they doing it? Please note page and domain authority as well...
Included: reports from SEOmoz and ahrefs
Thank you in advance!
With the purpose of protecting mi client's identity, I've hidden keywords and domains.
Keyword Difficulty Report
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Right. I did some digging and I think it's because this website is serving as a listing for itself and its competition, but would like to hear your opinion:
site ranking high: anders [dot] com [dot] mx
client: harmonhall [dot] com
keyword: escuelas de ingles
engine: google.com.mx
Thanks!
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As William said, without seeing the URL's its pretty hard to say. Despite what some people say, content and on-site SEO signals still go a long way in SERP results. Perhaps it's something on-site that is causing them to rank higher than you.
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We need the keyword and link, otherwise we will be just as clueless
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