How a Hemp Cigarette Brand Reached #1 on Google for Its Main Keywords
A national hemp cigarette brand reached position 1 on Google for "weed cigarettes", "hemp cigarettes", "weed cigarette" and "marijuana cigarettes", keywords worth a combined 14,000 searches a month. Ten days into SignalRush's ranking system, 90% of its 150 tracked keywords sat in the top three.
Who is the client?
An online brand that sells hemp and CBD cigarettes and wraps across the US. CBD and hemp is a hard niche for SEO: ad platforms restrict it, so organic search carries more weight, and the results pages are crowded with affiliate sites and bigger brands.
What did we do?
We put the brand's money pages, the product and category pages that already ranked for its main keywords, into our ranking system for ten days.
What were the results?
Current positions in the rank tracker, with the gain shown where one was recorded:
| Keyword | Position now | Gain |
|---|---|---|
| weed cigarettes (5,400/mo) | 1 | |
| hemp cigarettes (4,400/mo) | 1 | |
| weed cigarette (4,400/mo) | 1 | |
| marijuana cigarettes (2,400/mo) | 1 | |
| hemp wrap | 1 | |
| thc cigarettes | 1 | +21 |
| buy cbd cigarettes | 1 | +11 |
| cbd cigarette brands | 1 | +10 |
| cbd cigs | 1 | +10 |
| cannabis cigarettes | 1 | +10 |
| cbd smokes | 1 | +9 to +11 |
| weed cigarette brands | 1 | +9 to +10 |
| marijuana cigarette | 2 | +70 |
| cigarettes weed | 3 | +65 |
| are cbd cigarettes legal | 2 | +39 |
| cbd cigarettes canada | 2 | +17 |
| thc cigs | 2 | +13 |
| delta 8 hemp cigarettes | 4 | +11 |
(Where two figures are shown, they're desktop and mobile.)
What does this show?
Our ranking system moves every keyword a page ranks for, not only the one being watched. Keywords that already ranked on page 2 or 3 jumped furthest, like "marijuana cigarette" (+70 to #2) and "cigarettes weed" (+65 to #3).
Can this work for other CBD brands?
If your pages already rank in Google's top 100 for your product keywords, yes. If they don't rank yet, they need regular SEO work first. CBD SEO guide →
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