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Also, what sort of rise in figures could i expect from a jump from #14 second page results on google, to #7 first page results for the same search term?
many thanks
1)Difference in the type of people who search on google and other engines.
2)Difference in search volumes for different KWs on google and other SEs.
3)How attractive your titles and desc. are compared to your competitors.
These are the first few which came in my mind.
But, if Overture's suggestion tool says 8,000 per month then the traffic you can expect from being #1 on Google is more likely to be 1,000 per month from just that single search term.
This is not a poor reflection on Google, it is a poor reflection on how Overture measures the popularity of search terms.
I have numerous #1 positions on Google, good titles and good snippets, even so I still only get about 15% of the traffic predicted by Overture for a particular term.
I think their numbers are "inflated" to encourage PPC bidders!
Generally I multiply the Adwords prediction by 20 for the #1 listing in true SERP's.
Searched for is the operative word. Remember that Overture counts searches - not visits. So if a piece of rank checking software checks the phrase "left handed widgets in Otley" once an hour - those searches will be counted by Overture but multiplied by the number of search engines interrogated by the tool which also show the OT results. So assume it checks MSN and Yahoo - it will show the search numbers x 2 - and in this example - not a single person will have clicked on the result!
So, the initial question is impossible to answer. There are too many unknowns.
Incidently, the number of people who search for search engines on other search engines is huge. Remember the millions who will simply type 'google' into the browser address bar - get an MSN result and click on that.
I once, as an experiment, had all the search engine names on a major PPC engine. I burned hundreds of dollars in a day with 5c clicks from people typing in Google, MSN and Yahoo! I abandoned the experiment within a few hours. Go figure :)
once, as an experiment, had all the search engine names on a major PPC engine. I burned hundreds of dollars in a day with 5c clicks from people typing in Google, MSN and Yahoo! I abandoned the experiment within a few hours. Go figure
ROFLMAO
One of the most hilarious experiment results i have ever heard... ;)
1,000 in overture
rank #6 in google
hits - 5-20 each day.
HOW TO TELL?!
Weird, why search another search engine for a search engine
Perhaps they have worked out that a single word is quicker to type than the full URL?
Try some single word searches for well-known companies and nearly always it is the #1 result.
They make you pay for a subscription, but I have found
their results to be much more accurate than overture.
Use as a guide, not bible.
