How to get your site a top ranking in Google

Written by Paul Bliss


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Now, once you have compiled your list of keywords, you need to see which one are searched onrepparttar most. The best tool for this is WordTracker, and it is worthrepparttar 127822 tiny fee you need to pay to have access for one day. There are also free tools online that you can use, but WordTracker will give yourepparttar 127823 most accurate results.

Once you have run through your list of all your keywords,repparttar 127824 obvious choice is to pickrepparttar 127825 ones withrepparttar 127826 highest amount of searches (and content relevant to your site!). The next step is to then beginrepparttar 127827 process of a link campaign. Now, I can already hear you complaining about doing a link exchange. This is only 1/3 of your campaign. The ideal method is to not only engage in a reciprocal link exchange, but to also engage in strategic linking.

Strategic linking is when you get a link to your site without having to returnrepparttar 127828 favor. What'srepparttar 127829 best way to do this? Write an article just like this one. If I get one website to use this article and have it point to my site, I've just created another link to my site. Pretty easy, eh?

Since you have now engaged in a linking campaign, you should expect to see results in Google in as little as 4 days, and as far as 6 months. All of this is determined by where your links are coming from, andrepparttar 127830 popularity ofrepparttar 127831 site from whichrepparttar 127832 link came. Next, you need to get as many links as you can pointing to your site with your popular keyword phrase anchor linked to your site.

As I mentioned before, there many other factors that wll only enhance your rankings in Google, butrepparttar 127833 omplementation of a link campaign isrepparttar 127834 strongest method to get your site to a top ranking!

-To your online success!

Paul Bliss

Paul Bliss is a leading authority in the emerging field of search engine optimization. Paul has more than four years experience in the field and has produced some truly amazing results. Email Paul at pbliss@seoforgoogle.com or visit his site at: http://www.seoforgoogle.com


The Search Engine Showdown

Written by Courtney Heard


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AltaVista

• Initially loadingrepparttar search page for AltaVista is fast. • Search time was not posted but was a sliver slower than Google. • The search yielded 736,000 results. • The sponsored results take up almostrepparttar 127821 entire screen. You have to scroll to get torepparttar 127822 good stuff. • The results are all relevant, though one redirects you to DMOZ, where a second search for your keywords is performed. • Spellcheck was available.

Lycos

• Initially loadingrepparttar 127823 search page for Lycos is fast. • Search time was not posted but was rather slow. • The search yielded 114,356 results. • The sponsored results take up almostrepparttar 127824 entire screen. Once again, you have to scroll to get torepparttar 127825 good stuff. • Allrepparttar 127826 results are relevant although 2 of them redirect you to DMOZ.org. • Spellcheck was available.

Excite

• Initially loadingrepparttar 127827 search page for Excite is slow. • Search time was not posted but was rather slow. • The search yielded 114,356 results. • Allrepparttar 127828 results onrepparttar 127829 first page were relevant. • The look ofrepparttar 127830 site was clean. • Spellcheck was available.

HotBot

• Initially loadingrepparttar 127831 search page for HotBot is fast. • Search time was not posted but was fast. • The search yielded 114,389 results. • The sponsored results take up almostrepparttar 127832 entire screen. Once again, you have to scroll to get torepparttar 127833 good stuff. • Allrepparttar 127834 results are relevant although 1 of them redirects you to DMOZ.org. • Spellcheck was available.

AllTheWeb

• Initially loadingrepparttar 127835 search page for AllTheWeb is fast. • Search time was not posted, but was fast. • The search yielded 679,000 results. • It is difficult to tellrepparttar 127836 sponsored results fromrepparttar 127837 web results. • An offensive content filter was available. • Allrepparttar 127838 results are relevant although 1 of them redirects you to DMOZ.org. • Spellcheck was not available.

Looksmart

• Initially loadingrepparttar 127839 search page for Looksmart is fast. • Search time was not posted but was rather slow. • The search yielded 300 results. • There were 3 completely irrelevant results onrepparttar 127840 first page. • The look ofrepparttar 127841 site was clean. • Spellcheck was not available.

Jayde

• Initially loadingrepparttar 127842 search page for Jayde is somewhat slow. • Search time was not posted but was average. • The search yielded 60,424 results. • There were quite a few irrelevant results. • The look ofrepparttar 127843 site was clean. • Spellcheck was not available.

So, what'srepparttar 127844 conclusion? My favorite search engine isrepparttar 127845 best. All hail Google! ... Alright, alright, some ofrepparttar 127846 others are pretty cool, too.

Courtney Heard is the founder of Abalone Designs, an Internet Marketing and SEO company in Vancouver, Canada. She has been involved in web development and marketing since 1995 and has helped start several businesses since then in the Vancouver area. More of Courtney's articles are available at www.abalone.ca/resources/


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