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Get To The Number One Position On Google
Getting started online is now easier than ever. When I began doing business online I quickly developed an understanding of html and web design. The process of creating new web pages and promoting the code to a live server was complicated at first but got easier with time. Once I was online however, I quickly figured out that having a good design sense wasn’t enough to give me top rankings.
After I learned that good website design requires integration of SEO best practices, I was on a mission to learn more about search engine optimization principles being used by top websites and applying them to my own. It took me a good three months to learn about SEO and design principles because not a lot of good information existed on the Web. Once I understood the fundamentals, I began applying them to my own website.
Much to my dismay, nothing happened. I moved from page three on Google for specific search terms to page two. As a result I was discouraged and felt like giving up. But I couldnt give up. I had invested what little money I had into my website and knew that somehow I needed to achieve my goal of number one Google rankings.
Even though I only saw moderate results with what I learned, it was enough to get me hooked. I finally understood that search results could be influenced not only by how you design your website, but through dozens of other factors. Some of these factors you control through your website and other via building connections throughout the web between authoritative websites and your own.
The best advice I can provide based on all that I learned is that you should spend more time planning the design of your website, the market you are going to operate in, and the keywords you are going to build your website around. This, by far, is the most important aspect of SEO. Why? Because if you are entering an incredibly competitive space with an incredibly competitive keyword, it could take you a very long time to achieve top placements.
One of the best pieces of advice I was given by a developer I worked with, when it comes to SEO, is to keep you website basic. That means no fancy stuff. I know everyone wants to create unbelievable functionality but the reality is that keeping it simple is better for your website visitors and search spiders that crawl your site.
After you have created your website, the next step is to make everyone aware that your site exists. By creating site popularity, your website will climb in the search results. A key factor is the Google PR of the sites linking to your site. They, in essence, transfer some of their value to you, influencing your search ranking.
In internet marketing, there are tons of professed gurus who can show you the latest techniques for number one rankings. Based on my more than ten years of marketing experience and search engine optimization efforts, Id rather keep things simple.
You may get impatient with SEO because it takes time. It requires that you are constantly learning and improving your techniques. The one thing to keep in mind is that you can always find tools to help you succeed. Consider SEO software or working with people who have experience and can guide you. This ensure continual improvement and better rankings.
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