Client Question
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Client Question - How much time this keyword takes to rank?
Is there any tool or any calculation to find out the estimate time for a particular keyword?
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That is a very open ended question and one I wouldn't even try to answer.
Tell your client that there are hundreds of factors at work with Google's algorithms and this is something that is completely out of your control. Even Google couldn't tell you the answer to that one.
If they want to know more, then tell them that each of the 200+ primary ranking signals, have their own set of criteria. I think it was 'assessing how links appear on a page', had something like 2,000+ individual signals that Google used. Now imagine that each of the 200 primary signals each have 2,000 of their own signals - this is hundreds of thousands of possibilities that Google will be looking at when ranking a site.
-Andy
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There's really no way to answer that as each keyword will have different factors. Each niche will also be treated differently. Each competitor has their own way of doing things versus how you are doing it.
For me, an easy niche with good competitors but are not active, 3 months or less would be a good timeframe to get a site to rank. It's better to underestimate and overdeliver.
For mega keywords, well, some will take a year or so just to crack the front page. Some will take 6 months and if promotion is good, even less. It will depend on your experience in the niche so it's hard to say exactly.
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