Let me guess, you’ve read article after article on how to FINALLY get your site ranked at the top of the search engines. In fact, your mind is probably spinning with info and now you are just flat-out confused.Am I right?
Well, this article is going to erase that confusion and set you on the right path to higher search engine rankings… the easy and SECRET way!
Take a deep breath and clear your head. I’m going to give you 3 TOP tips to instantly help your rankings.
We will follow the K.I.S.S Method (Keep it simple stupid!)
Ok here we go…
1. Focus on the RIGHT keywords
Your website or pages on your site need to focus on one or two PRIMARY keyword or keyword phrases. But the trick here is to not focus on keyword phrases that are almost impossible to rank high for. An example? Type in “credit cards” in Google and look at the amount of competing websites for that phrase. To reach the top 10 for that phrase will be extremely difficult. So pick other related phrases with less competition. They are out there, you just need to find them.
2. Put the keywords in the right places
Now that you have found the keywords or keyword phrases you want to pursue high rankings for, it is VITAL you put them in the right spots within your website. Here are the important spots…
*Get your main keywords in your title of your site
*Get your main keywords in your H1 and H2 headings
*Sprinkle in your keywords in your text…but not overkill!
*Have images? Insert your keywords in the ALT Tags
*Don’t forget…get your main keyword in the LAST spot on your page
DON’T be afraid to also mix in some secondary keywords with your main keywords. Do all of this in moderation. The last thing you want are search engines to think you are just spamming.
DON’T forget that CONTENT IS KING! Mix in your real, original content in with your keywords and watch your site take off!
3. Spy on your competitors
Ok, I’m going to let you in on a littlet secret tool that you really need to invest in. You can thank me later. 
In order to get high rankings for the keywords you selected, you need to spy on the websites that are already there…and then go the extra mile to get one step ahead of them. What you need to look at is their link popularity and also WHAT other sites are linking back. You also need to look at things such as Google Page Rank, etc.
Now that I’ve stated what you need to look for, I’m going to reveal to you a little tool that will create HUGE results for your own site with just the click of the mouse. This is the tool that those with high rankings won’t tell you about.
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In conclusion, if you follow just these three steps I’ve outlined above, you will be doing better than 90% of other webmasters out there! Just keep it simple, focus on your keywords and content, and spy on those that already are in the top positions. It won’t be long and you will be “king of the hill” and will reap the rewards!
Do you want your site to get to the top of the search engines?
Then you need this secret SEO tool to get there!
Dayne Herren is a writer and webmaster
Written by SEO Tipster on November 22nd, 2006 with no comments.
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Nowadays, there is so much talk about SEO (search engine optimization) that it has become an industry of its own. Still, 90% of webmasters don`t know how to achieve high search engine positions. In this article, you`ll learn what the 90% doesn`t…First of all, I would like to give a huge credit to Brad Callen, a man that taught me more than any other “guru” on the planet. He is so simple, and always gets to the point. you can visit his site at seoelite.com (note: In show of respect, I`m not even his affiliate, so if you buy SEO Elite, the software you must have for SEO to decimate your time spent, I won`t get a penny from it).
Back to the start. What is actually SEO- search engine optimization?
Well, in the previous articles you`ve learned how to choose a domain name for your website, how to choose a web host , how to actually make your own website and what (profitable) topic should your website be about. Now it`s time for SEO.
SEO is simply adjusting your website to get high position in the search engine results.
When you were an ordinary surfer, let`s say you searched for “jokes”. What you probably didn`t know is that the first 10 websites in the results busted their asses for such positions. Admit it, you didn`t even care. You just wanted to get relevant results for keyword “jokes”. Newsflash, you got them.
That`s what search engines are for: providing relevant content for their users.
Now that you are in the website development business, your goal is to get one of those top 10 positions.
Some people say it`s hard, I say it requires time. If you don`t know how to achieve high rankings then it`s hard.
You`ll learn how to do it right here, in this article, only on Construct-a-site.com )).
Let`s start with the proven facts why should you even optimize your website for search engines like Google, Yahoo! and MSN (top 3)
- Search engines are the best source for free and targeted (you`ll learn what “targeted traffic” is in the upcoming articles) traffic.
- Search engines bring you more than 80% of your total traffic.
- Without Search Engines no one would be able to find your website that quick (or maybe not at all).
- CONCLUSION: it is essential to get your site indexed by search engines
Yep, totally essential. Finally, let`s start kicking SE-s asses.
Factors that affect your rankings
As my mentor Brad would say, there are 2 factors that have effect on your search engine positioning: The on-page optimization factors
The on-page optimization factors
The off-page optimization factors
The on-page optimitation factors
Generally, for Google- less important, for Yahoo and MSN- quite important.
There is a phrase: “Content is the king”, which is totally true.
The on-page factors include how is a website built, and by that I don`t mean the design. Here is what really counts to search engines:
- Using h1 header tags. Make all of your article and web page titles under the h1 header tags and put some of your main keywords under them. Search engines love that !
- Using alt image tags. If you have images on your website, make sure you describe them with alt tags. Also, put some of your keywords into them. Search engines love that !
- Use ordered and unordered lists. They have bigger importance than the normal text, and will also help your visitors that “scan” for information. Search engines love that !
- Give your text more order and “readability”. Don`t put everything in one place. Break the text with paragraphs. Bold and italicize important keywords. “All-in-all”, make your visitors enjoy reading your content. Search engines love that !
- Regulary update your website with fresh content. Your visitors will be very pleased to find out that a new article about their favourite topic ( that`s why they`re visiting your website..) came out. It also pleases search engine spiders (crawlers) to see that your website is updated often. They will update your site more often in the index. Search engines love that !
- Never, ever use “black hat” SEO. “Black hat” SEO is optimizing your website with things to trick the Search Engines. Some examples of the “black hat ” SEO:1. Title spamming. Place noumerous same keywords in your tags. E.g pets, pets, pets, pets, pets .
2. URL cloaking. When someone redirects SE crawlers to a site totally optimized for them, but a regular sufer is redirected to a completely different website.
3. Using hidden text. This one is one of the most common. You simply change the color of your text to the color of your background.
4. tag spamming. Same as .
Keep in mind that search engines evolve daily, so if you saw someone succeed with this kind of tricks, his site will eventually get banned from search engines –> “Good bye business”. Search engines hate that!
Be honest, and work hard, results will come, I guarantee .
So much for the on-page optimization factors. Generally, you want to make a website that is easy to read, update it often with fresh content and don`t use tricks.
As much as these factors are important, they won`t boost your website rank from 150000000000 to 1,2,3,4,5… and that`s the thing that I`ve learned from Brad Callen. Thanks …:)
It`s the off-page optimizaion factors that will generate tremendous results… read on.
2. The off-page optimization factors
Very important on Yahoo and MSN, even more important on Google.
The off-page optimization factors are factors that your website is not directly involved in.
The golden rule here is: “Make other websites link to yours !”
You see, Search Engines, especially Google, developed an an algorithm that gives your website more importance if other websites link to it. very simple, it`s like elections. Whoever gets more votes wins. so, start working on your links from other sites.
It can be a very long work, but you can really speed it up with software such as Arelis or SEO Elite
Here`s one trick that I`ve learned from Brad to exchange links with hundreds of relevant websites without having to search for their contact information and sending the E-mails with link exchange proposals:
Google (exactly): YOUR KEYWORD “please also suggest my link to the linkpartners.com directory” Just replace YOUR KEYWORD with …well.. your website`s main keyword, or even its category.
you can also visit a new website called linkmetro.com. They have an interesting concept for exchanging links. Personally, I use it.
The other thing that I`ve learned, and probably managed to succeed because of it, is THE ANCHOR TEXT
The anchor text that points to your website from the other one should always be your keywords that you want to rank high. So when you fill out link exchange forms, your link should look something like this:
YOUR MAIN KEYWORD, YOUR SECONDARY KEYWORD …your website features, benefits, special discounts…etc….
This is probably the most important factor that Google counts when it ranks your website. Note: if you have a quality site with unique content, other websites will start to link to you without a link-back requests. This is also great, so make your content a quality one.
The third thing that is also very important is the Google pagerank of the site (page) that is linking to you. We will learn about Google pagerank in the upcoming article (..in about 2 days..).
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You can visit my site at http://www.construct-a-site.com to learn how to make your own fully functional, money making website. You can also read interesting articles that contain website design and marketing tips and find out about hundreds of webmaster resources..Site is updated daily..Oh, I almost forgot: I`m only 16 y.o and still, I managed to succeed on internet…I metioned that just to inform you that this is not some scammy guru site, because I don`t sell anything that`s not worth of your money..
Written by SEO Tipster on November 22nd, 2006 with no comments.
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Stealth as in Spying. But Knowing What your Top Competitors are Doing and how they are doing it you can greatly improve your very own search Engine Rankings.Step 1 Do A Google Search
The First Step is to do a Google Search and Identify your top 5 or 10 Competitors for your Keyword or Phrase on Google.
Step 2 View Web Page
Click on the Web Page of your top Competitor. Look over the page. See the general layout. Look over the use of Font Styles, Bolding, Colors,Header Tags
Step 3 View Page Source
Do a right click view page source, in Steps 4 and 5 we will use the information from the web page source code.
Step 4 Description Meta Tag
Look over the Description Meta Tag. How many times is the keyword or phrase used in the meta tag? Does the Text of the description meta tag appear in the text of the web page anywhere?
Step 5 Title Meta Tag
Look at the Title Meta Tag. How many times is the keyword or phrase used in the meta tag? Does the text in the Title meta tag appear in the text of the web page anywhere?
Step 6 Keyword Density
See how often the Keyword or phrase is used on the Page. http://www.ranks.nl/tools/spider.html
Step 7 Link Partners
If you want to see who links to you in the Google search box type in link: followed by your domain. As an example if you want to see who links to the greatest baseball team in the world the New York Yankees type in. — link:yankees.com
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Written by SEO Tipster on November 22nd, 2006 with no comments.
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