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Originally Posted by txshellie
So what is your experience - do you see a big difference in your business/conversions if you are #1 on google or #7?
I've spoken with customers who tell me they always skip the first result because they figure the site is spammy (I guess that's another good reason to pay attention to the page description meta tag  )
(I think that the larger the niche the more important it is just to be in the top 10 but I'd like to get other opinions based on what you've seen.)
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Not sure but I will tell you what I have seen for my site.
For a KW, my site used to rank no where, then slowly it started to rank better and better. It was on page 1 in top 10 and had few hits only. Then it moved to 3rd place then second and for little while, 1str place too.
I have seen a big difference in traffic, when the site was number one. The traffic boosted when the site was on 1st place and there was quite a difference between 1st and 2nd position.
I think all this depends on the Niche, the KW being searched and quality of sites.
For example, if a person is searching for "Meaning of trend" or such KWs, then the user may not even have to open any site at all as the definition can appear in the description of sites in SERPs.
If a person is looking for solution for a problem and he finds it in the number one site, then he will not go to any other site.
There are many things that influence this matter.