SEO Success, Traffic Failure

[grid6]

I registered the domain SAPjob.net - SAP Jobs, Resumes and Employment Resources - Latest Jobs on November 6, 2007, built the site within 2 weeks and started populating it with content. The obvious key phrase for the site is 'sap jobs' and about 1 week ago, it started showing up #4 in Google for that term. Top ten placement in just 2 months... pretty good, right?

So how's the traffic? Same as before... Now I know that 'sap jobs' isn't the hottest key phrase out there, and that #4 is no #1, but even the more modest keywords suggestion tools show at least 2-3 hundred searches per day for that term...

My question is: why doesn't someone build an accurate keyword suggestion tool? One that doesn't get bogged down by trends, but takes real search data and makes estimated volume counts across all engines... Does such a product already exist? Anyone want to partner with me in creating one?

[Toni Anicic]

It is virtually impossible to create such a perfectly accurate tool without having access to SE's valuable data which they keep for themselves.

[bobitza]

the google keyword tool shows "No data" for average and december searcher for "sap jobs"

[Webnauts]

Grid2 could it be that you are trying to promote your keywords tool? Well the board mods shall decide that.

If not, about ranking at the top within 1-2 months it is very natural for new web sites. After that they go where they deserve to.

- Where are you ranking now?
- For which keyword(s)?
- How competitive are they?

[ctabuk]

Webnauts - I have read the post and I do not think that this is self promotional. I think that it is a request to see if such a tool could be built. And I have to say that I agree that such a task would be pretty impossible - all keyword search tools rely upon data fed to the host SE of the browsers toolbars.

[grid6]

I don't think it's impossible; that kind of thinking will get us nowhere.

You know how compete.com tracks 'traffic' by extrapolating their user data from their toolbar? It wouldn't be that hard to do the same for search.

[inertia]

Unless the big three search engines give access to their search data then it will always be near impossible to build an accurate keyword research tool. I use Wordtracker UK and the results on it are poor to say the least. From what i understand they are a lot more comprehensive in the US.

Even if one of the big three gave access to their data it would still leave us guessing how the trends changed between the other two. But really tho, until Google gives us access to its data we will never be able to build an accurate KW research tool.

[ursfehr]

I agree that such a task would be pretty impossible - all keyword search tools rely upon data fed to the host SE of the browsers toolbars.

[Webnauts]

Originally Posted by ctabuk

Webnauts - I have read the post and I do not think that this is self promotional. I think that it is a request to see if such a tool could be built.

Well it is up to you David. Nothing against the member here. It is just if I would post something like that, it would have been considered as self promotion. I guess I do not need to be more specific about that. Or?