Question about Keywords & Ranking
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I hope this isn't too basic of a question, but I am confused about something.
If you use the Keyword Research tool and type in "Stained Concrete Flooring", the 3rd result (stainedconcrete.org) has the lowest numbers of any of the sites in the top 8-10...
Is it because they have a large amount of traffic? or is there some other factor that I am missing?
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Tim the keyword tool, while helpful, doesn't give you every metric that makes or breaks SERP performance. One BIG metric it doesn't give you is the number of links with anchor text for your keyword. It may be that stainedconcrete.org has a considerable number of incoming links with the anchor text "Stained Concrete Flooring."
Also, the site may have other trust factors that rate high with Google that don't show up in link authority metrics.
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having stained concrete in the domainname si a good start. he may also have links that you dont know about as no list shows them all. The other sites may have things that are holding them back, the list of reasons is endless, as well as the algorithm ranking factors we donrt know about.
It can be frustrating, but keep doing all the right things and things start going your way, eventualy
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