We're Number One!

Wow, I must admit to being very excited about this!  My SEO Venture website, www.snowmanornaments.org, has the number 1 ranking for my keywords when I checked this morning!  I guess the keyword changes and the additional content I added late last week were the key to putting me over the top.  My site jumped from the mid-70s to number 1 in only 5 days!

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The lesson I learned from this is to pay extra close attention to your keyword selection and 'on page' SEO.  Spend time with Google Analytics and other tools to determine the best keywords for your niche.  Don't hurry or scrimp on effort here.  All the books, blogs and articles reinforced this but I guess I had to learn it by trial and error.

The changes I made to my keyword metatag were minor but simply duplicated what Google Analytics were reporting as the most searched for keywords in my niche.  Honestly, I thought I had previously made many of these changes but apparently not.

All this makes me wonder how much sooner I could have ranked in the top 2 pages of search results had I made these changes earlier.  Of course, that is why I took on this experiment in the first place.  To learn from my successes and my mistakes and to pass on my experiences to you.  So, I must consider the first part of my SEO Venture a success!  I have successfully started a niche website and succeeded in getting it ranked #1 on Google.


Unfortunately, I fear I am too late for this seasonal niche to see much income from my website.  It is now December 9th and most people have already purchased their decorations and decorated their homes.  To reiterate the key lesson I've learned here, when working with a seasonal niche market make sure you give yourself enough lead time to develop your niche and get ranked highly.  I should have started at least a month earlier than I did.  However, this does bode well for the next holiday season!