When a visitor searches for any keyword in the Google search engine (for example: living with nature). I want my Web site to display on the first page of results.
What should I do?
Can you help me?
My Thoughts:
You and everyone else, borivath! Seriously, getting to the top 10 in search engines is the grail that many Web developers strive for. It is not something that will happen overnight. As grdbum mentions, there is more to getting to the top slot of Google than simply putting the keyword phrase you want on your page. Some of it is luck, some of it is strategy, and some of it is known only to the techs at Google.
Here are some articles that might help you:
- What is SEO or Search Engine Optimization?
- Improving Your Web Site for Higher Google Rankings
- Search Engine Optimization Step-by-Step
- Search Engine Optimization Made Simple: Five Steps to Build Web Pages that Use Search Engine Optimization
- Magic with Meta Tags for SEO
- SEO Tips
What do you do for SEO? Do you have SEO tips that have helped your pages rank better on Google and other search engines?
You are spot on, Jennifer. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is really what’s its all about (besides the hokey-pokey, that is). Google is the 800 lb. gorilla, and it makes sense to optimize one’s site according to their parameters, and Google has a very helpful webmaster’s interface for guidance.
Another option is to subscribe to Site Pro News at http://www.sitepronews.com/ (I have no connection with them other than a subscriber). IMO they are a leader in unraveling the mysteries of SEO and do a fine job detailing the requirements necessary to “play the game”.
Happy browsing
Can SEO really help optimize for Google (more than you can do by hand)? I was under the impression that it optimized for search engines that relied more heavily on META info such as yahoo or msn.
Jeff: SEO is more than just meta tags. Google uses both link popularity and the content on your pages to give you a rank. While SEO won’t help with link popularity directly, if your content isn’t well written both for customers and search engines, then you won’t get good rank for the terms you want.
In my Google article I give a bunch of tips for optimizing your Web pages so that Google will have a better chance to rank it. Doing these things won’t guarantee a top 10 rank, but it will help your efforts to get there.
The bottom line is that you must know what it is you are competing against. You need to “know the enemy”. You must study what worked for them to give them the rankings they have, then apply not just that, but more to your page(s).
It takes a lot of research and a lot of work to employ keywords in the correct locations of your pages so that you can “beat” the enemy.
My best example is “mobile bar florida”. I had to know the product, then the market, then write pages to stress the importance of keywords. This is how I achieved the rankings I have.
And META tags don’t hurt, but they are not everything.
Thanks for getting back to me Karen. Do you have SEO software packages that you’ve used and would use again?
good info
this information was helpful
Thank you for the helpful links.