Comments on: How much would you pay to be #1?

By: Niki

Niki — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:04:23 +0000

It depend on the keywords but If i had money enough,I would pay over $1000 per day for pr 10 on my site.Over 50% of the costumers come from the search engines.So…

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 20:35:32 +0000

I would be prepared to pay one month’s profits of ranking 1st for the respective keyword.

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:04:55 +0000

I think it would depend on the keyword. If you have a keyword with 200,000,000 results then I guess it will cost a lot of money, say in the $, $$$ range. I’m #10 for my keyword from about 2,500,000 results. I wouldn’t pay anything. I do my own SEO. But if I didn’t know SEO I would defiantly pay to get on page one of search engines.

By: max

max — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:56:16 +0000

I do travel serps for people. 500 euro per serp top 5 in google. 200 euro 5-10. Second page is zero money.

I like this approach because no results no money. Also it is really easy to do if you know how. Unlike the above poster I can get results within 3 weeks if the domain is trusted. I am not interested in doing new domains as it is a PITA. I also emphasise this is a blackhat approach but till date I have had no clients banned.

Also as someone else pointed out, it is like crack cocaine for the clients and they cannot give up because the sales are rolling in. You have them by the short and curlys.

By: Gab

Gab — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 06:20:40 +0000

It depends on the industry, imho. Hotels do a lot of volume so #1 is obviously huge. Outside hospitality, industries like insurance and electronics do lots of volume online. But if you get industries with long sales cycles and a 50K conversion every other month, it’s more difficult to value.

By: Bjorn Solstad

Bjorn Solstad — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:31:11 +0000

We have used this pricing model for a long time. We don’t even demand a long term contract, because the client’s don’t want to risk losing their positions.

We charge a pretty low base price per term, and then they pay based on positions from the moment they reach the first page of Google.

We have differentiated the pricing steps as follows:

First place
Top 3
Top 5
Top 10

Depending on the starting point for the client, it takes us between three and twelve months for us to work them up to the first page.

By: Matt Ridout

Matt Ridout — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:49:46 +0000

I think you have to look at the bigger picture when pricing. I’m sure it will be a higher price for a subject like “Bank loans” than something smaller like “Pencils” - I would certainly pay handsomely for a few #1 spots for some keywords but then like previous posters have mentioned there are no guarantees,

By: Donna

Donna — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:58:28 +0000

Hmmm. I am #2 - yet who wouldn’t want to be #1? I suspect your job would be easy to get me to #1 since we are so close already.

By: Michael Teper

Michael Teper — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:46:36 +0000

Jim, you’ve got mail. Thanks!

By: Steven

Steven — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 10:03:48 +0000

Hi Jim

Very interesting question?. To rank in position 1 for keyword “airport parking” we would be willing to pay $1000 per month with a 1 year contract, I would be willing to pay $800 with a 2 year contract. Would you share your techniques and tactics used to gain a top that top position.

Many Thanks

Steve