I know Tyler has had that ranking for years (before Carrot even). Just when he switched over he gained more top rankings and in some cases a 2nd page on the same site also began to rank toward the top of the page for the same phrases.
I know he has other links besides those on that list and as I said SEMrush (and any link research tool) doesn’t show all links and many times they fail to show the full citation profile etc. He links from his agent (non carrot) site, and other links.
As for what Tyler did, he followed our 3 Lead Per Day training course that’s crazy thorough on SEO, but the thing he did that we don’t teach or suggest is reciprocal linking. That won’t hurt the rankings if he’s already ranked high but the value of too many of them is much lower than a non reciprocal link in a topical article. Google *could* discount those links over time, negating the juice they pass.
Nothing we teach is a secret Sean and you, or anyone, can access our training and coaching calls the same as Tyler if y’all want to. And we have tons of free content on this too. I
Backlinks of course are part of the equation... and as any good SEO knows there’s hundreds of factors Google potentially looks at. We work hard to give our clients the best shot at doing what Google wants. From the tech stack, the layout of the site to increase engagement, free ssl, content marketing tools and guidance (a site with active content is better than one without), content structure, mobile optimization, fast load times, etc etc etc etc.
Believe me, I’m not worried about you poking holes and thinking Carrot doesn’t work for SEO... it doesn’t take much effort to search in most cities around the country for top seller phrases and see Carrot sites consistently controlling many of the top positions. And I’m an open book on our aggregate data from our google analytics account.
We focus on making the fundamentals lower cost, easier, and more effective for people who don’t want to deal with building and maintaining a custom site... then hoping they get the SEO part right. Then we teach people the best practices to outrank others and coach them along the way.
I can’t and won’t show any of Tyler’s particular data. That’s up to him. And honestly I’m not sure what incentive he has to do so inside of this thread. I can tell you he joined early 2017 (maybe end of 2016?) so those leads are since then. Not all are unique, prob a few dups, some other investors inquiring, a few spam. But he is pulling in $300k+ from SEO in deal *profits* this year + listings, and its from “discovery” phrases primarily (sell my house fast [city] etc. and many other phrases.
SEO isn’t easy, isn’t quick, and isn’t always clear the exact path to get a specific ranking. Patience and consistently implementing a content and backlink and citation plan (assuming the site is dialed in) is the formula.
But I'm happy to teach you anything we do for SEO and why many of the largest investors are using Carrot to get a better ROI and save time n money.
On your thought about building SEO on a custom site vs Carrot or LP... earlier in this thread you educated people on the cost to setup a good custom site effectively and all that goes into it.
The $5k+ for that site build out, hoping the web person knows SEO well (most don’t), the continual updates to the site (Wordpress, plugins, ssl, etc), good web hosting ($40/mo or more for a good VPS), hoping you and your web person create the site to convert high (Jason’s expensive custom site lost to his $99/mo Carrot site. Now he’s completely ditched the custom site and doing SEO for the Carrot site), protecting against hacks, site speed, etc etc.
So you can either buy and own a custom site that will likely perform worse (or perform great but cost $5k-$10k for a conversion focused expert), have to pay the web person to make continual updates, pay the person to split test... you’re renting server space too... you don’t own that space... and you’ll have to redesign that custom site every 12-18 months to catch it up to mobile and Google changes at further expense...
... or, be an investor and get the same or better result with a tool like Carrot with less expense and hassle.
Id love to do a Facebook live on the topic with you and answer any questions you or anyone has on SEO and why our clients consistently and overwhelmingly do extremely well on SEO. I’m sure I’d learn some things and hopefully others will learn a few things :-)