StreetArticles – Do They Really Rank Your Articles on First Page of Google?
A couple of months ago Kyle did a case study. I was the lucky winner, Kyle wrote an article that he posted to StreetArticles and had first page results within 19 minutes. Pretty impressive. The other day I was asking myself, wonder if I can do the same thing and get similar result...
Master Kyle is one thing but...
I decided to take on the challenge :)
I understand that any traffic is good, but for this case study I wanted to rank a keyword that I know get some decent traffic. So in this case I used the Google keyword tool and found my keyword.
Organic milk vs regular milk 1000 monthly searches, pretty good. I wanted to make sure that the competition wasn`t impossible so I head over to Google and typed in
”organic milk vs regular milk”
381 real competitors, that should be doable.
I wrote my article, submitted it to StreetArticles.
Kyle outline how to write the article in a really good way (in the original case study) so I will not get into that here.
When the article got approved I pinned it and G1+. I usually post it to Twitter but my account was acting up so I never did that.
To be honest the weekend came and I kind of forgot about the article. Then I got an email saying I had a comment on the article. Which reminded me to check the rankings.
5 days and this was the result :)
Pretty cool, second spot in Google for my keyword.
So yes, it is possible to get articles ranked on first page of Google with StreetArticles!
Here is the original case study post from Kyle:
https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/kyle/blog/case-study-organic-milk-google-19-minutes
Good luck with your articles,
Veronica
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You Plus One'd it so that made it show up in your browser's personal searches at number 2. You can add an extension to Chrome that will disable personalized searches.
You should update this once a week and let us know where it is going though as I'd like to see if regular folk can rank SA or not.
Hi there,
The article is sure doing some Google dance.
Here is another example. Keyword "why does organic milk last longer than regular milk" and "why does organic milk last longer"
http://www.streetarticles.com/food-and-drink/why-does-organic-milk-last-longer-than-regular-milk-real-answers-that-may-surprise-you
#2 in Google.
Got some good search volume too :)
There are many MANY examples of rankings and they are reiterated in many of my blog posts.
Here is an example...
"how did steve jobs die"
This is one that I have ranked for a LONG time now and it gets me 80-100 views per day. I have written around 70 articles on SA and I have 165,000+ views within my account.
Jay wants me to check my article positions. I have 200 at Street! What I check is the number of clicks on my links. If no one is clicking, I'm getting no benefit. What are your thoughts on that, Veronica? Tnx for your blog. John
Hi John,
Yes the goal is to get as many clicks as possible but also a high CTR, click through rate, to your site.
StreetArticles rank very well but I have had some issues getting high CTR on my articles. Now I have a few articles and CTR from 28% - 0%. This is lower that I used to get using EZA during its prime time.
The lower CTR (I think) is due to no action phrases. What are your thought on this, what is your experience with StreetArticles CTR?
Great point John, thanks
Veronica
Love it I now have a whole new way of searching kw for my articles and post and page titles, Iam sure it would work the same way....great stuff Veronica...
I have been telling everyone I don't have some secret up my sleeve. Choose article title, put focal keyword in first paragraph, write the article naturally....
Nice little case study you have going here Veronica. This is awesome stuff!
Thanks Kyle, I like to keep things simple... I think sometimes we over analyze things and make it more complicated than what it really is. No "secrets" just keyword research and a article :)
Believe and you will receive! LOL.
I think people tend to try to make things tougher than they actually are because the have some notion that business has to be "too difficult" for them to achieve success. This is not the reality, everyone can achieve extraordinary success, it just starts with believing in yourself.
Wow, this is a fascinating subject! Looking at the comments below I'm wondering what actually is the BEST way to find out exactly where an article is in the Google ranks at any given time. Thanks for this Veronica, I went through that case study recently and have been following Kyle's method. I got my article on page one straight away and it's still there right at the top of page one. My keyword is "how to make drawing fun" if anyone wants to search for it and see if they find it in the same position that I find it at. Or does my search produce a different result for some reason? I'm interested to hear from you guys about this. Thanks again Veronica. Rob G:)
Hey Rob, I see your article on the first page of Google. It's jumping around between position #4 and #5 for me. Nice job :)
You are currently outranking:
Amazon.com
EzineArticles.com
Squidoo.com
...and are right below Yahoo.com
I'd say that you've got some pretty hefty competition there with those popular sites. It shows that Street Articles holds it's own and can out rank many of the most popular sites around.
Carson
Thanks Carson, that's pretty cool ah! I've got another article, keyword is (gotye somebody that i used to know youtube cover) that first appeared on page 20 then page 12 and now page 34:) That must be the "Google Dance" you mentioned below. Fascinating stuff, can't wait to see where it ends up, it has more competition than the other one. Thanks for the feed back:)
Hi Rob, your article is ranked #7 when I just checked it, but like we have said here before it is probably jumping around a little bit. As long as it is jumping on first page right ;)
Good luck with your articles Rob,
Veronica
New rankings will jump around, it's very normal and something that should be expected. You will commonly see a first page ranking right away, then it'll disappear, but it usually comes back. Google does the "Google Dance" all the time and mixes up the search rankigs to let their ranking algorithms do their thing. If you've seen your article up there in position #2, I'm sure it'll make it's way back!
Veronica, this article is ranked #95 on Google.com according to SEO SERP Chrome Extension. I don't know what can be happening wrong. Maybe it's what welshy's saying, you searched signed in a Google account and it messed up the results.
Hi, new article and it is for sure jumping around, it will settle in a few days or a couple of weeks.
Hey Andre, "What is SEO SERP Chrome Extension"? Is there an easier way to check SERP ranking, other than thumbing from page to page on the SERP's, hoping to find your article or website?
Thanks, -John
@ veronica.l
I do hope so, it already jumped ten positions, congratulations for your work!
@jdeHaan001
Yes, definetely, if your internet browser is firefox or chrome (recommended) install this extension I mentioned, very easy to use, you just type the keyword, the website and wich google you want (.com, .co.uk, .ca), etc... and it shows in wich position you are!
Combine it with "Google Global" and voilá!
I'll make a blog post about chrome extensions and wp plugins soon, stay tuned.
Other option, that I don't like very much, is whatpageofsearchamion.com, but I think it only shows results on .com and until page 10.
Hi Veronica,
First I want to say thanks for sharing this, but I'm getting total different results with search.
The article you mention is ranked #105 and ranked #96 is http://www.streetarticles.com/food-and-drink/why-does-organic-milk-last-longer-than-regular-milk-real-answers-that-may-surprise-you an older article.
Google will mess with ranking results if logged into any Google account, Cookie, Browser History and IP.
Unless something isn't right on my end.
Craig
Hi Craig,
Yes the article is for sure jumping around.
Like you said it is now sitting on #104, I am not to worried though it will get back up there. :)
The other article you mention http://www.streetarticles.com/food-and-drink/why-does-organic-milk-last-longer-than-regular-milk-real-answers-that-may-surprise-you
Is actually ranked #2 for its keyword "why does organic milk last longer than regular milk"
Thanks Craig,
Veronica
Very nice job you did on this. Now plant all them articles all over Google and get that traffic!
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Congratulations! Very nice work! Can you post, or PM me, a link to your article? Would love to give it a read :)
I believe this is the article here:
http://www.streetarticles.com/nutrition/organic-milk-vs-regular-milk
Thanks Kyle, yes that is the article.