There are many Nick Murray’s, but only one can hold the Google #1 search result for the term “Nick Murray”.

Today, Google is displaying my site on the 3rd page, at search result number 23. My goal is to get it to number 1 as quickly as possible and to keep it there. Up until now, I have had no need to rank highly in Google but I feel that my time has come.

I registered the domain nick-murray.com over 6 years ago. At the time, I had to settle for a hyphenated domain because nickmurray.com was already taken by, you’ve guessed it, some other guy called Nick Murray!

This other Nick Murray is a financial advisor, commentator, author and public speaker. He also owns the domain NickMurrayInteractive.com on which he runs an advisory subscription service.

Between his two domains, and links to his various books, audio programmes and third party reviews, the other Nick Murray currently appears in 6 out of the top 10 Google results on Google for the search term Nick Murray. In addition to his current Google domination, he has enjoyed the coveted number one slot for over 10 years!

For my blog to topple Nick from this lofty perch is going to be no easy task.

According to my tools and research, it should be possible, but how long it will take, I don’t know. I’m therefore going to document my progress and efforts over the coming weeks and let you know what does and doesn’t work.

You may have grabbed the better domain name Nick, but I’ll be darned if I’m going to let you hold onto that Google spot any more!

Related posts:

1. The Google #1 Spot – Part 2