How competitive is SEO? Type any word into Google search. When the results arrive look in the upper right corner just above the Sponsored Links. It will say ‘Results 1 – 10 of XXXXXXXX for your word’.
I typed in golf and found 310,000,000 web pages used the word golf. If you have a page about golf, you compete against those 310 million other pages for page #1 in Google.
Impossible to win you say? I say, difficult, but not impossible. You need to understand the game. First of all, not all those pages are a direct competitor. There are news stories. Some are eCom pages selling golf shoes; if you don’t sell golf shoes on your page there is no competitive issue. But a percentage of the ‘golf’ pages are competitors.
The way to get to page #1 in Google is by having a niche page for each item about golf you want to promote. The more specific the golf topic the better. Then you need to do all of the SEO on-page and off-page things that Google looks for in their algorithim. Because most web masters aren’t specific enough on each page, and don’t do all the right SEO things, you will be amazed to learn you can reach page #1 in Google if you do the right things; even when you are competing against 310 million pages.
