This will follow a consistent pattern where it’s both easier and faster
to outrank the lower pages, but as you climb the search results,
each subsequent step will often take significantly more effort and
time.
This is both because of the volume of competitors and the fact that
the top-ranking pages tend to have experienced SEO professionals
behind them.
An often overlooked aspect of competition it’s the correlation
between the volume of competition within a niche and the
competency of the SEO professionals behind the top-ranked
webpages in that niche.
Think about it like this:
Demand drives companies into a niche, leading to increased
competition.
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