Jun 24
MSN Rankings After Domain Change
Since our domain change 7 weeks ago, there hasn’t been any real consistency to TKG.com’s MSN ranking trends. Unlike in Google where rankings disappeared or in Yahoo! where they immediately dropped then came back (some even ranking better than before the domain change).
The majority of phrases we’re tracking that were ranking 1 & 2 maintained these same rankings in MSN over the last 55 days (see table below) - neither Google or Yahoo! provided this type of ranking stability. There are a few phrases that haven’t bounced back yet, but for the most part, MSN has kept TKG.com ranking fairly well throughout the last 7 weeks of this domain change process.
| Phrase | Benchmark | Day 6 | Day 55 |
| akron seo | 5 & 6 | 7 & 8 | |
| akron seo seminar | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 |
| akron web hosting | 8 & 9 | 21 & 22 | 17 |
| akron web marketing | 6 & 7 | 5 | 5 & 6 |
| canton ohio web design | 19 | 29 | |
| canton search marketing | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 |
| canton seo | 6 & 7 | 13 & 14 | 9 |
| canton server colocation | N/A | 10 | 1 & 2 |
| canton web hosting | 15 & 16 | 22 & 23 | 16 |
| catholic web design | 15 | 12 | |
| cleveland seo seminar | 1 & 2 | 6 & 7 | 1 & 2 |
| cleveland web hosting | 26 | 26 | |
| columbus seo | 8 | 17 | 6 |
| columbus seo seminar | 4 & 5 | 4 & 5 | 1 & 2 |
| cruise company seo | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 |
| healthcare industry seo | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| manufacturer web design | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 |
| medical office website design | N/A | ||
| ohio search engine optimization | 3 | ||
| ohio seo | 5 | 7 | |
| ohio seo seminar | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 | 1 & 2 |
| rv dealer website design | 3 | 7 | |
| search engine optimization seminar | 1 | 3 | |
| search engine seminar | 1 & 2 | 5 | 2 |
| seo case studies | 4 | 10 | 7 |
| seo rfp | 1 | 4 | 2 & 3 |
| seo rfp template | 6 | 6 & 7 | 6 & 7 |
| seo seminar | 2 & 3 | 3 | 3 |
| stark county website design | N/A | 9 | 7 |
| travel industry seo | 7 | 12 | 3 |
July 1st, 2008 at 11:41 am
[...] out is the declining trend in MSN referrals which is the opposite of what I expected given that TKG.com’s rankings in MSN have been somewhat steady during our domain [...]