How long should does it take before I see SEO results?

[theLotter]

I am thinking about launching a website connected to Christmas - which gives me less then 2 months to develop and begin ranking for the site.

Is this too short a timeframe and I should put off this plan until next year or can I actually begin ranking for low competitive keywords within my timeframe.

[MarkScully]

What type of website do you plan to launch?

As it's nearly November, personally I'd feel that maybe you're a little bit too late. Without considerable time and resources, it would be quite difficult for you to make much progress with this.

You might be able to rank for a few low competitive keywords depending on what industry you're in. It would be quite interesting to see the search volume for your site this year so you could be very well prepared ahead of next Christmas.

[theLotter]

A site dedicated to the Spanish Christmas raffle - which is quite popular in Spain but much less so in the rest of the world.

Since I am targeting non-Spanish players there is low competition for the keywords, but also less potential from them.  I am leaning towards putting off this project since I think a big part of my work will be besides ranking generating world interest in the raffle and convincing people of its importance.

[Bryan_Loconto]

Hi Sara,

If the competition is low, you will probably be able to see results within a few weeks. This would be a gamble but i've seen some of my pages for mediocre level keywords rank in 10 days from the day the page was created.

I guess it would depend on how low the competition is and how far you are willing to go. If you are willing to spend some time creating a really good PR, it would help push your site up in a shorter time.

Honestly IMO no one owns Google so no one can truly answer this question. From my experience it is possible ; ) but its up to you and how far you are willing to go.

Hope this helps.