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Old 05-03-2008, 07:37 PM
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Oh well, I have the screen shots anyway. I was #1 for 3 days - for not one but 3 excellent keywords. It's over now and I couldn't care less. Really. We all work so hard to get to #1 and what a let down. I got very few leads. Maybe 1 or 2 . Now, I know that 3 days isn't much and maybe they were just three slow days. Maybe, maybe not.

So, today I am back to my very happy and comfortable #2 spot (thank you Google) and I'm back to getting leads again.

What do you make of that? Anyone have a similar experience?
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Old 05-03-2008, 07:48 PM
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Your showing #3 on my dc. Google does this on a daily basis. I am always moving around #3 to #4
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Old 05-03-2008, 07:54 PM
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#3 for what?
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Well Donna its not over yet! I have you at #1 on my DC for Tampa Bay Real Estate and #2 for Tampa Real Estate. Congrats...
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Default Re: Google Giveth and Taketh Away

I have gotten up to #3 for one of my keywords and I didn't notice a huge difference. Supposedly there is typically a lot more clicks for #1 versus #2. I noticed on an old site that ran adsense that the income went up when I got to #1 for a little while, but leads are harder to track. Here's a distribution chart of the clickthrough rates that is kind of interesting:

http://www.seoresearcher.com/distrib...g-analysis.htm
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I've been bouncing around, now #2 for augusta ga real estate. The SERPS have definitely been in flux for several weeks now with G.
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#3 for what?
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I am seeing #1 here for tampa bay real estate as well.. DC's are different all around the world if you want a great tool use this http://www.seochat.com/seo-tools/mul...google-search/ it will tell you what you rank for 10 dif DC'S
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This tool will give you just about every data center. http://www.mcdar.net/dance/index.php
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Interesting. I was just going by what I could see. It's bouncing around more than I thought. If we can hold on till Monday, that would be a good indicator. Monday is always our busiest day.
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