Seven Months is the Sweet Spot

So, just a quick post today to emphasise that the process of building and ranking a website is at the mercy of Google, no matter how experienced you are!

Unless you have been hiding under a rock, you will probably know that Partha and I are collaborating on a number of projects.

We currently have four live websites, a further two in the pipeline, plus Partha has his own personal sites, one of which I occasionally make an appearance on!

We are both long-time experienced writers and Partha has been in the business for over 14 years and is a genius at keyword research.

So, you might think, that as we know what we are doing, Google would show us some love at a very early stage!

But no, it is not until the seventh month that the traffic begins to skyrocket.

And realistically, it is going to be the same for everybody.

It takes time to build up trust and authority with Google.

Once your posts are indexed, it can take at least another six months for Google to decide their final ranking position.

Until then, they may not rank at all, or their positions will fluctuate, as Google compares them to your competitors.

So, the image below is from Google Search Console, as one of our sites has just hit the seven month mark.

We started it on June 9 2022, and it is built entirely on Partha's principles!

No SEO plugin, and using only Partha's method of keyword research.

We added 57 posts in the first 3 months, and it currently has 90 posts.

The majority of these posts are 600 to 800 words.

Now, unfortunately, the image doesn't show the monthly dates, not sure if there is a problem with WA blogs, but it won't crop the image properly!

But, you can see I have set the date range to cover day one up to the current date.

And, it's slow and steady progress.

It's called the hockey stick affect, as it has a gentle curve upward, until month seven, where we are now.

As you can see, in that seven months, we have received 635,000 Impressions and 17,300 Clicks.

We expect that figure to now continue to rise, as each of our posts achieves its ranking position.

We are aiming for 150 posts by the end of March.

I hope this inspires you!

Cheers, Diane