Neil Shearing search results…

Posted on August 29, 2006 by Neil_Shearing

It looks like we made it. :-)

If you search Google for “Neil Shearing” with or without quotes this blog appears as the number one listing. (at least, it does for me, as I type this. With regional variations and the ever-changing Google algorithm, the results may be different when you check) :-)

It took quite a bit longer than I anticipated (the blog began in April), but it does go to show that original content added on a frequent basis around a specific niche will get you to the top of the search engines.

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7 Responses to Neil Shearing search results…

  1. Peter Hale says:
    August 29, 2006 at 9:12 pm

    Hi Neil

    Great post, lol

    I would have been *extremely* disappointed if you couldn’t get this blog ranking #1 for your name …..

    Peter

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  2. David says:
    August 29, 2006 at 10:42 pm

    I don’t agree with the sentiment, but directly above your Google listing an ad says, “Who is Neil Shearing? Who cares? I make millions.”

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  3. Chris Cooper says:
    August 29, 2006 at 11:04 pm

    I’ve just checked “theWebBothy” in Google and my blog is listed as number one! Too many Chris Coopers though!!

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  4. Peter Hale says:
    August 29, 2006 at 11:34 pm

    Chris, you are on the money

    According to my sources, Neil Shearing
    is searched for 3 times a day, so not
    super competitive.

    With the power of Neil’s existing sites
    linking to here, and with a stonking domain
    name, well, it’s easy really.

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  5. WoW Gold says:
    August 30, 2006 at 2:37 am

    Yep, usually when your domain keywords are not that competitive its fairly easy to rank high for them, example aspkin mmorpgexchange are http://www.aspkin.com and http://www.themmorpgexchange.com both my sites, both rank #1 for those terms.. but other sites of mine, like http://www.wowgold-wowgold.com have a very competitive term it it which will take some time and effort to rank high for. I give it 3-6 months and I’ll be ranking high for wow gold! I can’t wait!

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  6. Neil_Shearing says:
    August 30, 2006 at 10:25 am

    If I had written a site all about “Neil Shearing”, ranking for my name would’ve probably been easier. As it was, it took some time because the blog is written around numerous different topics, not just me. ;-)

    Take a look at what the blog is seen to be about…
    http://www.neilshearing.com/2006/08/17/whats-this-blog-about-anyway/

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  7. Chris Merriman says:
    January 22, 2007 at 11:39 pm

    I’ve got #1 on my name *Chris Merriman) , with or without quotes, but I only really had one journalist to beat anyway.
    Interesting blog, thank you, got passed your url by MattG.

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