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    • calvinkj
      calvinkj last edited by

      for wxamp keyword  A has difficulty of  40 and monthly volume of 100

      keyword B has difficulty of 30 and monthly volume of  500

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      • HeinHaji
        HeinHaji last edited by

        i also have same question may be some admin may answer?

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        • Chris.Menke
          Chris.Menke last edited by

          Hein,

          More sites optimized for specific keywords = more competitive, even if the keyword is not very often searched. "purple and black widgets" for example my have 1000 sites "optimized" for the term but maybe only 2 people search for it per month.  In the above case, a keyword difficulty of 30 and volume of 500 would be the better choice.

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          • calvinkj
            calvinkj last edited by

            my competitor is ranking on page 1 of google. he has 3.4 million backlinks and 1400 refering domains. he has aquired these backlinks from various websites, but he doesnot have links from his niche . how do i beat my competition with less backlinks because if i follo his technique, it would  a takea lot of time and people to build backlinks

            one of my strategy  is to get .edu links

            second strategy is to have 6000 word content and rank for really low competition keywords related to my website.(  my competitors website has 1500 words content!)

            any other strategy you can suggest?

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              • Chris.Menke
                Chris.Menke last edited by

                Hey don't worry about it Azad, I submitted a contact form to them for you letting them know you were looking for ways to help them rank higher.  Maybe they'll help you out with more money for a real link building campaign.

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