Frequently Asked Questions

How long did it take for you to get these on the first page? Also how much traffic are they seeing a month?

Depending which website you are talking about. The first website listed took me about 6 months to get a good solid ranking. It all depends on the keywords and competition. I don't spank your websites to watch it drop every month, I want to grow the back-links and watch your websites stick long term. It all depends on the keywords and competition. It may take less or more. I would need to know more information on your niche. Google can be unpredictable do to its algorithms. SEO is a long term investment if anyone wants it done correctly.

Secondly does anyone have quantative figures for the value Google places on different url extensions like .com vs .com.au vs .org.au etc?

In a Global type of search the TLD makes no difference. .org has just as good a chance of ranking well as .com or as .net or as any other TLD. The only time the TLD makes a difference is when you're talking about a ccTLD, where you're trying to rank well within a given country. In which case it may be important to have a country code top level domain in order to rank well within that country. But even that's not a hard and fast requirement. I have lots of .com's that rank #1, 2 or 3 for moderately competitive phrases in multiple countries around the world with no extra effort to rank well in those particular countries. The domains have just been around awhile and have managed to garner a lot of trust and authority from Google.