I’ve been wanting to write this post for quite sometimes now but maybe today is the best time to do it. If you’ve been following me and my rambling on this blog you know that I had this researcher kind of nature. I like to test things out, run thought problems and try to crack them, and put what is considered by others as tiny under the microscope.
Lets just say I’m fulfil just by doing all that.
So now, get ready for a roller coaster ride of your life when I’ll take you with me for a mysterious tour of the search result for ‘buy ebook online’ (and a variation of it). Get ready to be amazed…
First, lets get some facts straight off the bat
How many people locally and around the globe do you think search for buy ebook online every month?
Lets cosult the Big G. Here’s the run down:
But wait… Here’s the first mystery makes a turn. Check the result for ‘buy e book online‘ (the difference if it’s not clear to you is a gap between ‘e’ and ‘b’ in e book):
See it? 500 search (buy ebook online) and less than 100 search (buy e book online). Mysterious? Maybe but if you have any experience with PPC (pay per click), variations like this is NORMAL.
But it would be tiring if I tried to match every possible keywords angle for my online ebook store. Plus, I think it’s not desirable to do such thing. Hey, look, don’t die for the Search Engines.
Maybe some of you’re thinking, “Such a low search. Such a stiff competition. Is that worth the while?”
Hmm, valid question, and one that a smart person like me (coughing!) should’ve answered way before this right?
Take a look at the trend (courtesy of Big G…again):
How’s that folks? Good or Bad?
But mystery does not make it turns here. It’s in the following fact…
It seems that I did far well in Yahoo search result compared to Google. Here’s what I mean:
50 Million results page and I’m sitting on the 5th position. Ok I guess, right?
And I got there with my main e book store URL. Not this blog like Google. Mystery? It puzzles me…
Same goes to the ‘buy e book online’ search result in Yahoo
Take a look:
I’m sitting at position 4th and 5th (as of the time I’m writing this).
Good in Yahoo; can do better in Google. That’s a mystery. Big one too.
Oh! And I’m not forgetting MSN or Bing as it’s know known
Check this out:
Out of 5 million plus result pages; on what position do you think I ‘m?
It’s NOT a mystery this one – I’m no where to be seen on the first…second…third page…heck! I don’t bother looking anymore.
Huh?
Yup. I’m more puzzled with this one. But what more puzzling is, well, lets take a look at…
My Awstat records!
( For you who don’t know what Awstat is; it’s a counter that comes together with your own domain and hosting purchase. You can access it through your CPanel. )
Here’s what I get:
And that’s for May.
Windows Live sits on the Champion Throne. But I AM NOWHERE to be seen on their search result pages. If I’m Sherlock I would be calling for Watson now…
What do you think so far?
I’m not writing this to impress you with my achievement or potential (not directly anyway) but I just need some insights into what’s going on here.
And all I wanted to do was to get better ranking for ‘buy ebook online‘ (sigh!)
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