SEO really works! My search engine rankings.

[MichaelRGaudet]

Thought I would pop by to share the latest LoA excitement in my life. Just for fun, I googled ‘Ring-Wing Flying Toy’. FYI, I have invented a unique new ring-wing flying toy called 'Skyaak'.

Let’s see, that’s #2 and #3 positions out of 1,070,000 listings. Not bad, eh? Must bump off that 1st entry. Just kidding.

Then I googled 'Michael R. Gaudet'. Not surprisingly, I dominate here, with rankings of #1, #2 and #4 out of 234,000 listings.

When I google 'Skyaak', there are only 1370 matches found, but ( no-brainer here) Skyaak is of course dominent throughout. The 1st match is Skyaak, and the rest of page #1 is all Skyaak stuff. And so on. I would like to see that number soar to over a million within a year.

And then there's ' the aha experience' . This is really cool. The Aha Experience is ranked #1 by Google out of a rather staggering 1,230,000 matches.

Now THAT's pretty special.

Just for fun, I tried typing in ' video of ring wing flying toy' into Google. We got #1 and #2 ranking out of 925,000 matches here. I guess there's something to be said for 'long tail' SEO.

How about ' the aha experience cd single' ? Google gives us #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 rankings out of 644,000 matches.

It is really cool to see that all of my marketing is starting to pay off in terms of search engine rankings. After all, folks, this stuff doesn't just happen all by itself! I have been seriously plugging away at this now for going on two years...that is, the internet marketing end of it.

Let's see what we get on another search engine. How about Yahoo?

OK. 'Ring Wing flying toy' yields a #4 listing of 327,000 matches to Skyaak.

'The aha experience' yields an eye-popping #1 listing out of 1,890,000 matches on Yahoo! That's impressive. Gee, this is fun.

'Michael R. Gaudet' coughs up 122,000 matches. #1,2,3,4,5, skip one, 7 and 8 refer to yours truly. There REALLY IS something to be said for SEO!

Let's try MSN. When I typed in ' the aha experience', this is what I found. The CDBaby site that hosts the 'I Believe' CD Single ranks #1 out of 502, 357 matches. That is good.

'Ring Wing Flying Toy' produces Skyaak at # 4 and #7 out of 117,381 matches. I can see we need some more focus there.

On MSN 'Michael R. Gaudet', after the first selection of 'people-finder' ads, we come up at #1,2,3,4 and then #6 and #7 matches out of 37, 015 matches. I guess that's pretty good.

'Skyaak' yields a scanty 220 results on MSN. Obviously, this whole process is only in its infancy, but by the same token, it's important to realize and appreciate that everyone has to start somewhere.

What's the whole point of this discussion, besides an exercise in shameless self-promotion, you ask? The point is, and I can't emphasize this enough, that it IS possible to stand out on the internet. You do NOT have to perceive it ( marketing, or establishing a presence online) as trying to find a needle in a haystack, or futile. Sure, it takes a lot of focus and effort, but let me assure you, it is well worth the time once you start getting positive results.

The ONLY way to stimulate interest in your online product and/or service is to have a solid grasp of SEO and networking through, for example, posting on forums and publishing articles in your area of expertise. You simply have to wrap your head around that salient fact.

In my case, I am also making serious progress with nurturing many important personal contacts in the fields that compliment my global business plan that is steadily unfolding as we speak.

In addition, I am in the process of creating Press Kits that will be delivered to media outlets over the next couple of months by surface mail. This is yet another critical link in the promotion chain that any business must forge in order to become visible in the great big world out there.

Good old-fashioned Press Kits must not be overlooked as a really important component of any business plan.

How are making out with your search engine rankings? Any success stories out there?

[The Probabilist]

I suggest that your next step is analyzing how often people write those words in a search engine and moving on to acquiring the same results with words that are more often typed.

Glad you're exited.

[alexb5784]

I'm glad all your hard work has paid off!

[TechnoGuyRob]

Still, if you're actively making other pages link to certain keywords to bump up your rating, that is--in my humble opinion--not fair. Robbing banks works for certain people too.

Nice rankings, though!

[TheColonel]

Congratulations. That's awesome, I hope you make a bunch of money. It sounds like you're in the middle of 'inspired action.' Fun, aint it?

[MichaelRGaudet]

Originally Posted by TechnoGuyRob

Still, if you're actively making other pages link to certain keywords to bump up your rating, that is--in my humble opinion--not fair. Robbing banks works for certain people too.

Nice rankings, though!

Hi TechnoGuyRob. Interesting notion, but I don't think it applies. In this case, we are creating a family of related web-pages that reinforce and compliment each other. EG: my initial concept was to release the motivational poem/song "I Believe". As I have explained earlier, the poem itself spawned seven Angel Investors for the invention that ( to back up a bit) was the motivation to write the poem in the 1st place. The energy created by this early capital/intellectual investment fueled the rapid acceleration of R&D for my invention ( Skyaak).

Quite a while before all of this happened, I had of course published my home-page that features my online art gallery. Obviously, I am only one person, albeit with diversified interests and various colleagues. So the fact that my various inter-related web-pages are now stimulating reciprocal links and boosting my SE rankings is is no way deceptive as you would suggest. Rather, it is strategic marketing, and totally fair and honest. After all, would you accuse a lumberyard that also contracts out to build garage packages of being dishonest?

Finally, I'd like to inform you that all of my web-pages are stand-alone sites that function independant of each other. It's no crime to link one's web-pages together in a family of sites. It just makes good sense. So gimme a break, already.

[MichaelRGaudet]

Originally Posted by alexb5784

I'm glad all your hard work has paid off!

Thanks AlexB. Yes, the SE rankings are nice to see. The big question is, how do I convert all of this wonderful energy into actual earned income that will allow me to ratchet all of this enterprising spirit to the next level? That's the toughie!
I am very determined to ATTRACT people that appreciate what we are trying to accomplish here. And I am having some tangible success with this.
I, for one, would just love to witness a real breakthrough this coming year that will prove to me for once and all that the elusive allure of online 'SUCCESS' is something that is truly achievable.
Am I the only one who is getting a little weary of having my nose pressed against the glass?

[MichaelRGaudet]

Originally Posted by TheColonel

Congratulations. That's awesome, I hope you make a bunch of money. It sounds like you're in the middle of 'inspired action.' Fun, aint it?

Thank you for the warm comments, Colonel. YES, I am in the middle of 'inspired action', as you put it. That is a very powerful image.

And YES, it is a BLAST to see that my SE rankings have finally perked up after all of the energy that I've been pouring into the process. I really just noticed that this was happening in the past few days. I've just been too preoccupied with my real-life job to dig into it. Bottom line is, it can't hurt to achieve some SE traction that ought to allow more success to manifest.

[MichaelRGaudet]

Originally Posted by The Probabilist

I suggest that your next step is analyzing how often people write those words in a search engine and moving on to acquiring the same results with words that are more often typed.

Glad you're exited.

Hey Probablist. Great handle! Thanks for the very helpful tip. I will follow up on this to see what happens. Your input is much appreciated!

[Jill]

Yes, the SE rankings are nice to see. The big question is, how do I convert all of this wonderful energy into actual earned income that will allow me to ratchet all of this enterprising spirit to the next level?

Unfortunately, rankings on words that nobody is searching for, isn't going to make you any money.

That was good practice though.

Now, do some keyword research, I recommend Keyword Discovery or Wordtracker. Find keyword phrases people are actually searching on to find what you offer, and go back and optimize for those.

Let us know how that works out...