November 2009
Beginner
496 pages
13h 46m
English
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SEO Challenges
SEO does have its quirks and is a long-term commitment. Some of these challenges are not related to the technology. Some are just out of your control. The following subsections discuss some of these challenges, including competition, no guarantees, ranking fluctuations, time factors, and organization structure.
Competition
In June 2008, VeriSign reported that there were about 168 million domain name registrations across all of the top-level domain (TLD) names. You can find the report at http://www.verisign.com/static/044191.pdf. According to another survey, conducted by Netcraft in April 2009, there were approximately 231.5 million websites across the globe (http://news.netcraft.com/archives/web_server_survey.html).
Although these numbers are staggering, it is likely that the true number of all websites is even higher. As each domain can have numerous subdomains, websites realistically number somewhere in the billions.
It’s almost inconceivable that you are the only person in your niche. At the same time, many sites don’t do any SEO, and so it’s relatively easy to gain mindshare and search engine rankings, particularly if you are serving a niche market.
No Guarantees
Nobody can actually guarantee the top spot on Google, Yahoo!, or Bing. It is simply impossible to do so. Though many have certainly tried, too many variables are involved.
However, the benefit of SEO is real. If you do your SEO due diligence, rankings and popularity will come in time—provided you have relevant ...
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