If you say 2,00,000 per month local traffic from 10 keywords then i will consider 2% maximum of those traffic (as i am not sure the vertical position etc and you also need to understand between local and global search aspect. As you are promoting affiliate product so those are mostly country specific.)

So, if we consider that 2% then per month 4,000 traffic.
Now that 4000 traffic land in your website and then how is your landing page is depends on that the conversion take place. Normally SEO conversion rate is less than PPC as PPC traffic is much more targeted. I will consider around 0.50% conversion rate.

Note: The above calculation is dependent on the targat market, landing page qulaity, targated keywods and site relevancy, traffic quality. This can vary around 20%.

So, effectively 20 sales per month. Assume per sales you generate $25 per sale then $500 per month. And this will be constant flow for some months (if properly seo is done) and you can easily get you money invested in your seo.

So, not bad investment if the result and work done by your seo team properly.

First page is essentially useless. You get very few clicks after position 4.

Seems like you'll have a decent ROI, but it really depends on the work being done the by SEO company you hired.. It's all a matter of making sure you achieve those rankings, what positions, and if they are stable for the time period you need to recoup the expenses and turn a profit.

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Thank you for your replies. It seems there is no fixed answer since there are many so many variables.
My product is a pc cleaner software, and I have cloned the vendors page exactly so that it converts better. I have off course manually spinned the text so that it does not count as duplicate in the eyes of Google.
The good thing is that the seo company offers a money back garentee if I did not rank for any of these words first page. Hopefully I will rank high enough in first page to make some sales.

well you can say the content is original . I have changed it word by word so that it does not bear any similarity to the original....
But I had to clone the vendors webpage design becuase I think they must have studdied the best deisgn that converts well. I do not have the luxury of expermenting with a new design.

I hope it works,,,,I really need it.

10 keywords for 350$?

you must be the first or the second to get the traffic

If u get Top 3 Position u get maximum Client and u get good business.

It depends what keywords you are ranking for.

A quick example would be:
1st page of Google for "car insurance" = $xxxx - $xx,xxx per month
1st page of Google for "how to paint an apple" = $x - $xx per month

First let me echo, while the 1st page is good.. only the top 3 pay on a consistent basis and you will see a very clear different from positions 1, 2 and 3. An example for a page I am working on at the moment works like this:
Position
3: Earns about 1 to 2 dollars a day
2: Earns about 4 to 6 dollars a day
1: Earns about 15 dollars or better a day

Now one big factor is the number of searches and potential traffic, this is based on 5400 a month. I would make sure you know their policy concerning the need for them to remove links and get it in writing now because I have noticed a few threads recently regarding this and some clients having to pay to get the work done. Just know what you are getting into up front especially with Google updates coming down the road.

But then one more thing: other seo companies charge up to 1,500 dollars for the same service,, and people are still ordering from them.
This particular fact gave me the impression that a first page placment has a great potential

200,000 (traffic) x 40% (rough estimate for 1st SERP position) = 80,000

80,000 (actual traffic to your page) x 1% (on-page conversion rate) = 800

800 (actual converted traffic) x $25 (commission per sale) = $20,000


Assumes your sales page consistently has a 1% conversion rate. The first SERP position traffic will probably be maxed out at/around 40% of the total 200K traffic that's available, so the rough estimate above is on the high side.

Subtract roughly 25% for tax (assume your in the US) that leaves you $15,000. Then you'll have to subtract the cost of delivering that traffic to your sales page (SEO, PPC, whatever).

Remember that 200K traffic assumes you rank #1 for all the keywords combined that make up that 200K traffic.

Also assumes that 200K traffic is local traffic estimates & not global traffic.

Personally I would deduct all expenses (tax, traffic cost, etc...) then divide that number by 2, for a more realistic earnings projection. So If I estimated I was going to earn $15,000 after all deductions, I would divide that by 2 (50%):

I would rather bank higher than my estimated earnings, than expect to earn a higher amount of money & it never happen.

being first in google is much more better, most people won't click more than 3 top links . if you can get to top 3, you can earn a lot just by Google AdSense !

Have you selected legit SEO company?
As far as rankings are concerned no one can guarantee you rankings in Google,If you are promised Guaranteed rankings then probably you are scammed.

How are you calculating the 200,000 monthly visitors?

This is an important point as a lot of people get this calculation completely wrong and find even with #1 rankings, they are only getting a small trickle of the traffic they were expecting.

In that case, their calculation is roughly on the mark assuming they used the correct figures.

Did the SEO company give you the list of keywords they will be ranking for?

For such a large amount of traffic, I would be highly suspicious of any company that would claim they can rank 10 keywords for only $350.

Something doesn't add up.

Thats not seo company it's peter pan, $116.00 a month seo first page
right and bears fly.

Actaually I gave them the list of the 10 keywords and they did the traffic estimation. But the words really get lots of searches globaly....
What occured to me now is that they have calculated the global searches not the local USA searches. Although thier sales page clearly states that this offer is in one countery for one langauge,,,,,,
Still I tend to believe them, though I am usually a skeptic person.

Can they guarantee results ? Do you trust them ? if they can get you to first page It's a great deal, unless It's for low competition keywords

You should have asked this before you paid. Well now it depends on that company whether they can take you to page 1.

Good luck

You should have asked this before you paid. Well now it depends on that company whether they can take you to page 1.

Good luck

What shall I say, I rank quite a few sites with a $400 budget and often, in case of affiliate sites they end up with 200 unique visitors/day. When monetized with Amazon that brings in at least $150+/month in most cases so it's the investment worth in that case as sites that bring in $150/month sell for $1500,- so not much lost there.

In case it's some clickbank type of product then expect conversions around 0,25-0,50% so with 200 unique's day that is 0,5 or 1 sale a day, * $25 = good deal I would say.

And like I said, if you have a good site with good original content and the SEO supplies has a strong private network to rank you then it's possible that you get a decent ROI from it.

Most SEO providers who come up with these guarantees for such low amounts of money are often not worth much though. I never guarantee anything and still get tons of clients, cause in most cases I do book results.

Hey guys I'd like to point out that this post was originally posted pre penguin a lot has changed since then. I could get Google page 1 rankings left right and center pre April 2012 by just pushing ALN and BMR links to my sites.

As Nik0 says there are no guarantees these days