How Many Hits Do You Get When You’re Number 1 in Google?
I’ve had a look at a couple of my sites which are ranked number one in Google. I wanted to find out what percentage of the total number of searches a site gets when it is number one in Google.
One of my sites that is number of a search term that got 22,200 local exact matches in May got 140 hits from Google users searching on that term in the last seven days. This works out as 3% (140 as a % of 5012 = 3% (rounded up)).
Another keyword got 5,400 exact local matches for May which is 1,219 in 7 days. This site got 56 visits from Google users searching on that keyword string which is 5% (rounded up).
Has anyone got any comparable data?
update: another one of my sites is now number two in the Google serps with no ads above the number one site. The site is optimised for a keyword that got 14,800 local exact searches last month. It is not a seasonal item so should be similiar this month. In the past three days it has had an average of of 5 clicks a day from Google. This works out to a 1% click through rate for a site in number two position.
Make sure you are making the most of your high ranking, being number one won’t guarantee a user clicks through -
What’s your meta description like? Does it include your main keyword a couple of times? Does it compell users to click through?
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/making-the-most-of-meta-description-tags
I think my meta descriptions are ok. Its hard to know what works best. Thanks for the link.
yh meta descrptions really are key imo
I don’t think local matches = amount of times that term is searched for in a month.
I thought that was exactly what it meant! What does it mean?
Local matches = This column shows the approximate number of search queries matching each keyword result. This statistic applies to searches on Google and the search network in the most recent month for which we have data. It’s specific to your targeted country and language as well as your selection from the Match Type drop-down menu. If we don’t have sufficient data for a particular keyword, you’ll see not enough data.
(Source: GKWT)