On Church Webmaster we have been writing a series of articles about the church directories we are setting up to help churches attract new people who are looking for churches to visit. We have been writing in particular about our Fresno California Churches site and it has now moved in to a position 3, page 1 return on Google. This demonstrates a fairly significant SEO fact. We have three directories right now that are in position 3 or higher on Google. The other two are Florida Keys Churches and Ocala Florida Churches. This is significant because these three directories are directories that we have written articles about. This means that the links that are given from an article are better than the links that are given in the sidebar of a site. At least that is what it looks like. What does that mean for us in regards to SEO? Here is a list of our top eighteen directories with regard to Google ranking:

• Cape Coral Florida Churches
• Clearwater Florida Churches
• Florida Keys Churches
• Gainesville Florida Churches
• Lakeland Florida Churches
• Ocala Florida Churches
• Fresno California Churches
• Fremont California Churches
• Oceanside California Churches
• Springfield Oregon Churches
• Hillsboro Oregon Churches
• Salem Oregon Churches
• Federal Way Washington Churches
• Flagstaff Arizona Churches
• Glendale Arizona Churches
• Scottsdale Arizona Churches
• Tempe Arizona Churches
• Gilbert Arizona Churches

Let’s take a quick look at each of the sites and see where they are today and then we will check on their movement again in the near future. The Cape Coral Florida Churches is currently in position twenty-three. It has never been a page one return. The Clearwater Florida Churches site is at position seven. This site has spent most of its time on page two so this is an improvement. The Florida Keys Churches has been at position one for the last three months and enjoys a steady traffic flow. Th Gainesville Florida Churches site has just recently moved to page one and is in position eight. The Lakeland Florida Churches is sitting at position twenty-two. The Ocala Florida Churches is in position three and has been there for several months. It also receives a steady traffic flow. The Fresno California Churches has moved in to position three in the last month. The Fremont California Churches site is in position twelve. The Oceanside California Churches site is in position seven. The Springfield Oregon Churches site is in position three. The Hillsboro Oregon Churches site is in position eight. The Salem Oregon Churches is in position eleven. It was a solid page one return but has started to drift backwards. The Federal Way Washington Churches is doing very well at position two. The Flagstaff Arizona Churches site is in position eight. The Glendale Arizona Churches site is in position fifteen. This is after being a page one return for a long time. The Scottsdale Arizona Churches site has really fallen back, moving from page one to page six in position fifty-four. The Tempe Arizona Churches site is holding on ot position eight. The Gilbert Arizona Churches site has moved back to position 14 from a solid page one return.

Our goal is to have all of these sites in the top three for their keywords. We will see what happens as we continue to track their progress.