Colin McDougall and I were chatting yesterday afternoon and he casually mentioned that a domain he registered on January 13th, Crediteria.com, has already achieved a Top 10 ranking at Google.
To check this out, use one of Google’s Bigdaddy data center search boxes at 66.249.93.104 or 64.233.179.104 and search for ‘best credit cards’, no quotes required.
Watching Google’s datacenters gives a good indication of where a site will land when a Google update is completed.
Note: The Google results are currently in flux due to the fact that they have thousands of servers to which the data has to be propogated, so his page may not come up in the top 10 when you do a search.
So, I’ve included a screen capture from what I saw this afternoon.
Woohoo!
So much for the notion that a new site can’t rank for highly competitive keywords!
About Rosalind Gardner
Hi Rosalind,
Great news for Colin!
I’m curious though, on how he was able to attain this considering that 3 of his pages (including the index page) don’t have keyword meta tags. All that is in the source code is: “[KEYWORD]”
Any thoughts on this?
Cheers,
Jeff
Hi Jeff,
Colin’s the ‘VEO’ expert, so I’ll ask him to respond to your question here on the blog.
Cheers,
Ros
Hey Jeff,
First of all thanks for pointing that oversight on my part but really in comes down to the fact that the keyword meta tag really plays no role in the ranking of a website.
I think the fact that I neglected to insert keywords into my publishing tool proves this
What you will find even more curious is how I have achieved top ten rankings on credit card applications when there is no mention of applications, application, apply or any other variation of the word!
It really boils down to building a site that is trusted by Google.
I will check back for your comments.
Maybe I’ll go put my meta keywords in now, nah, what’s the point
Colin
Hi Colin and Rosalind,
Thanks for posting on my comment. Indeed this sheds a bright light on what VEO is all about. It obviously works if you have a site indexed and top ranked in a couple weeks from upload. I will definitely be picking up both of your books.
I have a small affiliate business up and running, but want to take it to the next level. I did over $360k in sales for a vendor last year, so I have some success to work off of. Now I want to get things cranked up so I’m making $10k+ per month in affiliate commissions. Let the adventure begin, and may 2006 be a banner year for us all.
Cheers,
Jeff
Rosalind, Jeff and Colin,
I am always very interested in how websites obtain high rankings so fast after being indexed. What I am wondering is what happened to Crediteria. It’s the 7th of February, and I can’t find the site on Google or the two data center url’s mentioned for the search phrase best credit cards.
Just curious as I have been a loyal Rosalind Gardner fan for a long time, and I know you don’t like to reference anything unless you believe in it 100%. I was thinking about Colin’s system, but am a little hesitant now that the referenced url has vanished from the rankings only 6 days after being mentioned.
Any insights?
J. Anthony.
Thanks for sharing that $1000.oo tidbit Colin. So many people do not know this
Hi,
I wondered if this might be something I’ve often observed with new websites. Within the first few weeks they can have good rankings for your main keywords, which quickly slip into oblivion – at least until the next update.
I wonder if anyone else has experienced this.
I’m interested to know how Colins site is placed now.
Wait a sec…I recall reading about Colin’s Crediteria.com site a few years back. You referred to it in a NPT article. Am I confusing him with someone else?
-Vik
Hi Viktors,
Nope, you didn’t confuse Colin with someone else, but this post was written back in February of 2006.
Cheers,
Ros