There really are many ways to get to the top of the search engines. Honestly it is a lot easier that one would think. You would be amazed at how many sites are there because they are lucky, and how few sites are there because they are seriously working to improve SEO. I have designed this article to give you some things you can do to directly impact your rankings.
The main point is there are several things you can do that are withing your control to get your site ranked. If you have ever heard of six sigma you would know that really all you focus on is what you can control. It is not worth your time to focus on things you can only moderately control.
So what is in your control?
- The title tag is the first thing. It influences your rankings more than anything. I like to pick 5 phrases that I want to rank for then arrange the words in a way that makes sense, doesn't repeat and is less than 9 words.
- The text in your body. Use each phrase that you want to rank for in the body. I don't really care if it is in H1 tags or in Bold. I don't think those carry that much weight. When you want to get from position 2 to 1, maybe, but bold and h1 is not the difference between the 100th position and the first page.
- The filenames you use are important. Do not put things like sessions or log tail URLS in your file names. This causes the engines to index your pages seperately which hurts rankings.
- Your links. The sites that link to you are within your control for the most part. One way is link bait. If you can design something that people will link to then your rankings will improve. The downside is you need to create something nobody else has. I don't do that well. I use article submission, this gives me full control over how people link to me.
There are 4 things that you can control that will improve your rankings, and very quickly if you work hard. - 15431
The main point is there are several things you can do that are withing your control to get your site ranked. If you have ever heard of six sigma you would know that really all you focus on is what you can control. It is not worth your time to focus on things you can only moderately control.
So what is in your control?
- The title tag is the first thing. It influences your rankings more than anything. I like to pick 5 phrases that I want to rank for then arrange the words in a way that makes sense, doesn't repeat and is less than 9 words.
- The text in your body. Use each phrase that you want to rank for in the body. I don't really care if it is in H1 tags or in Bold. I don't think those carry that much weight. When you want to get from position 2 to 1, maybe, but bold and h1 is not the difference between the 100th position and the first page.
- The filenames you use are important. Do not put things like sessions or log tail URLS in your file names. This causes the engines to index your pages seperately which hurts rankings.
- Your links. The sites that link to you are within your control for the most part. One way is link bait. If you can design something that people will link to then your rankings will improve. The downside is you need to create something nobody else has. I don't do that well. I use article submission, this gives me full control over how people link to me.
There are 4 things that you can control that will improve your rankings, and very quickly if you work hard. - 15431
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