PR Progress: case study (ongoing)

ok... just installed last night and got basics all configured. I know I will do and need much more in the time to come but... its a start.

so..i figure this is a good place to mark progress or regression of my site's PR and ranking etc. I'll keep reporting and posting to see what affects or not I can get with vbSEO installed.

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so as of today I start with:
- root: PR 3
- forum index: PR 1-2 (1 consolidated)

- Threads: 3,658,
- Posts: 35,996,
- Members: 637,
- Active Members: 87

- number 1 -2 rank for keywords "Unreal Tournament Snipers" (my main targeted keyword on Google. yay!
- number 1 (kinda) via rank site for "unreal tournament clan", but page 2, 19th listing for actual site
- looking to expand into general gaming terms: "gaming" being the biggest (though of course, not hopeful there..just a broad goal)


NOTE: though I do get traffic via yahoo and others... G is best for benchmarkign and still get most traffic. too annoying to track all of them for this thread (maybe later).

and with that.... let us begin..... wish me luck.

Best of luck in building your site and adventures with vbseo.

I would suggest that rather than studying your ranking for a couple terms, monitor the amount of search engine referrals you have been getting on a monthly basis, and compare it to what you get now that you have vbseo installed.

Te amount of referrals you are getting is a much better gauge on success than individual search engine rankings.