How I Got To The First page Of Google And Why I Am Not Happy About It

I never knew it could be so easy - getting on a first page of Google search. All you need is a blog, a domain name with the search term you're aiming for in it, a seo optimized theme for the blog, a title and a first post with the search term in it, and a few quality links pointing at your domain/blog. Ready - aim - fire!.. And - voilà! - you're there, on the first page.

Now what?

I mean, it only will do you any good if you got on a top ten list for the right search term. I didn't.

Oh, what am I gonnaaa doooooo?..

A do-over?
Buying a new domain is not a problem. 1&1 sells them for $6.99 apiece. Not a big deal. But then, it's not like you can simply move a blog from one domain to another. And even if you could, nobody knows how Google will react to it. Start a new blog? I already put so much into this one...

It's not a random topic for me. It's not regurgitated news. I write every article myself -- from the first word to the last one. Because it's MY topic, My mind poured thirty times into the electronic medium of the Internet.

People ask me, Why did you pick this niche? Is it profitable? No. Ridiculously so. They ask me, How did you get interested in lie detection? I am not. I am darn good at it, that's what it is. I know how to tell if someone is lying better than anyone I know; and it's easy for me. It's the natural gift of keen perception times lifelong practice. It's my own skills, my own topics, my own way. This is what I write about, and I can't imagine starting over.

Yeah, silly me...

So, I am trying to "fix" the problem with the wrong search term by scoring a rank for a second, better search term. Do you know how to do this? I don't. At the moment I am kind of stumbling in a dark.

The time is a real issue here. That, and the resources. And the fact that I have no support network and no luxury of a safety net.

But the main problem is I am scared out of my wits. Because I am not brave, I just wish I were. And going after a thing like that, building a business alone, from scratch, requires all the guts I have and then some.

I am afraid one day the fear will take over and I will give up.

Dark ages is not the time in history. Dark ages is when nobody believes in you. And even you barely believe in yourself.