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Web Gazelle
03-22-2005, 07:16 AM
Getting number 1 in MSN is like taking candy from a baby. I just wish I would get the same traffic as I do from a number 1 in Google.
jocelyn
03-22-2005, 07:54 AM
They are and will tweak that as time goes by, a bunch of my listing are gone and some other showed up, so they are playing with the knobs. For the moment grap the candies and be happy, once they become like Google and mess things up, you'll be drooling over the candies you can't get to anymore... lol
Robert Paulson
03-22-2005, 10:39 AM
I have to agree - I launched a site one week ago for a 2-word KWP, one of the words is extremely competitive, but for the phrase - light traffic, light competition. It currently sits #1.

It almost fools me into thinking I know what I'm doing.
madmonk
03-22-2005, 09:09 PM
yeah dont take it for granted :-)
thats the work of seo - nothing is guaranteed. (did i spell it right this time?

anyways, enjoy your ranking in mean time.
abhishekmat
03-23-2005, 02:06 AM
Ohh yes!

I too have some sites on number 1 :)
ironfoundersson
03-23-2005, 06:49 AM
[QUOTE=Web Gazelle]Getting number 1 in MSN is like taking candy from a baby. I just wish I would get the same traffic as I do from a number 1 in Google.[/QUOTE]

Enjoy it while you can. I think it's a matter of time when they make it more complex.
Web Gazelle
03-23-2005, 08:04 AM
So in the mean time I keep up to date with optimization by staying active in the seo-guy forum. ;)
Tomzo
03-23-2005, 11:45 AM
Not evryone can rank #1 so some of you must be doing something right, even though it's only MSN.

I am in position #3 for some certain keywords, but I have noticed that if I drop just one place to #4 then I lose quite a bit of traffic. It shows that quite a lot of people just view the top three without scrolling down.
tfbpa
03-23-2005, 12:27 PM
[QUOTE=Robert Paulson]It almost fools me into thinking I know what I'm doing.[/QUOTE]

LOL, too true.

You never know exactly what it is you have done that is the reason you are ranking high. At least not untill you are actually in the business for quit some time. All others, including me, are doing so many things at once that it is hard to say what caused the high ranking....
rocket
03-24-2005, 04:41 AM
Yes. There is a huge difference between above the fold traffic, and below the fold - the above the fold being the part of the screen that is viewable without having to scroll. For some terms this means only the first two results are above.
Web Gazelle
03-24-2005, 06:57 AM
Top three definately get the most hits.