How long does it take to see SEO Results?

A question that we get from a lot of our potential clients is, “How long does it take to see SEO (search engine optimization) results?” We completely understand why a business owner would and should ask this question. No matter how you slice it SEO is an investment. Whether you are investing your own time or a chunk of your marketing budget, you want to see ROI from any investment you make. So what results are we looking for in a successful SEO campaign? We are working to improve your rankings, and your visibility, on the results pages for search engines like Google, Yahoo, and Bing. For example, most of our customers come to us because their website is coming up on, let’s say, the 4th page of Google for their main keyword. Our job is to improve their ranking by getting their website to show up on page 1 of Google. That would result in more clicks, more traffic, and more visitors to your website since most people only visit the sites that they find on page 1. For more on how important first page ranking is, click here to read my blog about the click through rates for top ranking sites.  So when will you see results? The short answer is 3-4 months.

And now for the long answer.

What does it take to get to that first page? It requires a lot of work, optimization, and…of course…patience.

Here are some of the techniques we can use to boost your page rank.  I won’t go into detail but click on the terms for a link to the definitions.

• Blogging
• Blog Commenting
• Article Marketing
• YouTube/Video Marketing
• Bookmarking
• Social Media Marketing
• Backlinking
• Forum posting
• Link Exchanges
• Directory Submissions

It’s a good idea to utilize each of these strategies. Some of these strategies are much more time consuming and require more effort than others. For example article marketing and blogging, require a lot of time to research and write quality content. Fortunately, we have great writers on staff here at Organic SEO Marketing. We can write blogs, articles and press releases for your website. We pride ourselves in writing quality content and you will have the final say in approving what gets posted to your site. In addition to being a time consuming task, backlinking, or obtaining links to your site from other sites, it will require some time for those links gain significance and increase traction online. Click here to read my blog about link building.

You are probably wondering when I will be answering the question in the title of this blog.

THE ANSWER: IT DEPENDS………..

Ignore that urge to click the X in the right corner of your screen. And please read on…

Ok it depends….depends on what? Well, it depends on several factors.

1. The competitiveness of your keywords-  It might take months or years to rank well for a very competitive keyword like “Defense Lawyer“. But, it could take a day or so to rank well for a keyword phrase like “Denver Criminal Defense lawyer “. This technique helped us get Nellessen Law Office first page rankings. Click here to read my blog about how to choose keywords.
2. The amount of work that needs to be done - If your project requires a lot of article writing and video creation, it could take weeks or months just to create all of your content.
3. The algorithms of the search engines – We are all at the mercy of the almighty search engines. They are constantly changing the requirements to rank well in their directories. So, a strategy that worked last year might not work this year. Click here to read my blog about changing algorithms.