100 clicks on google in one day!
Yesterday I got 100 clicks on my blog for the first time on Google. Ever.
Yeah it's just a number, it can go up and down.
But something has happened in the last few days. Can't put my finger on it, and maybe I don't need to.
My average rank on Google has dropped. Not huge in terms of real numbers, but a lot. From 26 last week to 21 this week. That is fueling the increase in traffic.
What does the rank mean? Well, Google rank 1-10 appears on the first page, 11-20 on the second page of search and so on. Almost no one sees page 2. And even fewer see page three.
So those 6 points pushed a lot of pages that were on page 3 to page 2 and so on.
Let's look at the numbers from last week and this week.
The average click through rate actually dropped a bit. From 1.5% to 1.3%.
But the number of impressions jumped from 28K last week to over 44K this week!
That resulted in 583 clicks this week vs 427 last week.
That says a) a lot more people can see my posts now and b) they need to be more interesting to people.
This is why it's important to understand the numbers.
I am just going to stay the course for now. Still traveling and not focused enough.
Eventually I need to make things better!
Onward!
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Hi Michael,
Some great indicators there, well done as it is a lot of work and dedication to get to this point.
Rob
yes and patience, and faith. Not religious faith (that helps too!) but just belief that you're doing the right thing. Takes time for the search engines to figure out you're serious about this!
Congratulations Michael!
Although you understated it your efforts to achieve this are enormous. Yes, know your numbers but consistency and persistence always paysoff in the end.
100 is a great milestone - Well done.
Yes, it's also a lot of thinking and learning. Not just writing. But if you neglect any of these I think you will fail eventually
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Congrats!
Thanks Les. You know better than me that this is a journey and this is just a milestone. It could backtrack if some search engine is unhappy with me, so I need to keep diverse as well.