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Finally some love from the big G

July 17, 2008

It has only taken three years, but I am finally getting some love from Google with my Beijing Olympic site. Perhaps it is too early to mention this, but I couldn’t help writing about it.

Search engine traffic has jumped from 10 to over 70 per cent overnight. It’s weird because I have ranked well in MSN and Ask for some keywords.

I have some good inbound links and have done everything above board. I have spent zero on advertising but have spent many hours writing guest posts and trying to craft good content that gets links.

Persistence is the key to anything. I think many people would have given up long ago if they were in the position I was in with my site.

It might sound corny but I believe:

persistence + passion = profit

I know you can make money from researching obscure, long tail key word phrases, but if you have no interest in that particular topic, I think your only passion will be in making money rather than making a website or info product that is any good.

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Written by Mike · Filed Under Websites 

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5 Responses to “Finally some love from the big G”

  1. James on July 18th, 2008 3:29 pm

    Nicely done! Quick question though, do you mean that SE traffic from Google has jumped from 10% of all traffic to 70% of all traffic?

    I’d be REALLY keen on you releasing a total breakdown/write-up about the “journey” of the site and it’s final worth once the olympics are over. It would make for an interesting read.

  2. Mike on July 18th, 2008 4:24 pm

    I have been keeping a diary of the different traffic generation techniques I have been using. It’s only about 15 pages so far and have been a bit slack lately, but I think it will be valuable information to anyone who wants to create a site around a single event, like the Olympics.

    To answer your question, basically yes.

  3. lissie on July 19th, 2008 12:36 pm

    3 years! Im impressed - I guess you really have to have a niche you are passionate about or it would be just be dreadfuly boring! Im looking forward to the ebook! Are you going to do it all over again for London?

  4. Mike on July 19th, 2008 1:11 pm

    Lissie, ask me after the Olympics and I will tell you if it is worth it or not.

    London interests me less than Beijing.

  5. jeffrey on August 27th, 2008 12:02 pm

    Wondering what your final verdict was on the Olympic website?

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