How I Ranked 13th on Google Out of 77,400,000.

Posted on 16. Apr, 2009 by Vince Cianci in Network Marketing Tools, Network Marketing Training

I almost didn’t believe it when I Googled a specific keyword and saw my website ranked in the 13th position. This is the 3rd position on Page 2 of Google which is great considering that:

1. There are 77,400,000 other results with my specific keyword.
2. My website is only 2 weeks old.
3. My website has no content just yet.

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The keyword I am trying to rank for is : Video Phone Information and the website URL is www.videophoneinsider.com. Before you head over there to check it out just know that there is no content just yet. To get the content, I thought about Outsourcing versus Doing It myself. In the end I went on over to Elance.com and created a job post. If you have never used Elance it is like the worlds Number 1 place for having things done such as writing, website design, Seo, technical stuff & a whole bunch of other services done for you. It’s like an auction site where you write a description of what you want done. In my case it was 16 blog posts & 10 articles for the www.videophoneinsider.com website. Then there are people who go to Elance looking for work. There are a ton of professional writers who can write a hell of a lot better than I can who will gladly write whatever you like for a small fee. In my case it was $250USD for what I wanted. Given that my time is more important than money and the face that this person can write better than me, this fee is minimal. Always Outsource what you cant or don’t want to do yourself.

So how did I do it? Before I tell you how I did it I want you to know that I am NO Search Engine Optimization specialist. I only know what I read on other sites. It’s not something I am particularly strong about investing my time and energy into. SEO in my opinion should be outsourced to someone who does this for a living. It can be difficult. I have outlined a number of ways bellow to help rank well in the search engines including what I did myself.

5 Tips to help you rank well on Google.

1.  The Domain Name. The Domain name itself is the number 1 thing you want to spend time choosing wisely. The domain name must be benefit ridden. It must clearly give a the viewer a message of what the site is about. www.VideoPhoneInsider.com does just that.

2. Title Tags. These are the tags on your website which tells the search engines what your website is about. They are found right at the top of each website. If you look at this website you will see on the top left corner it says: Network Marketing Blog for Network Marketing. That is this websites title tag. It is very important to use your keywords in this title tag as I have done on both my sites.

3. Keywords. Some keywords & keyword phrases are more difficult to rank for than others. For example my Network Marketing Blog is no-where to be seen in the search engines. Competition for the Network Marketing Blog keyword is FIERCE even though I have www.network-marketing-blog.com as my Domain name. Also note that the keywords for Network Marketing Blog turn up 31,800,000 results. While the keywords Video Phone Information return more than 77,000,000 results, serious competition for those keywords aren’t that fierce. Everyone has a Network Marketing Blog and everyone is trying to rank for those keywords which brings me to the next point.

4. Backlinks. A backlink is simply when another website links to yours. With backlinks you want to make sure you are using your keyword as the ‘Anchor Text’. What’s Anchor Text you ask?? The Anchor Text are the words that are ‘highlighted’ on a website that when clicked take you to the actual website of the Anchor Text. For example when you click Video Phone Information it’ll take you to www.videophoneinsider.com so make sure if you are trying to get more backlinks from other websites that you give them your keywords that you are trying to rank for in their Anchor Text. Whoever has more Backlinks with their keywords in it will win and be found closer to the front pages on the search engines.

5. Article Marketing. Article Marketing does 2 things. It provides information to a viewer and provides direct traffic to your website resulting in more traffic, and secondly gives you a Backlink also. At the bottom of each article you should be including a signature with you targeted keywords as Achor Text. The more people who read your article and click on your Achor text the better. This is one of the quickest ways to generate permanent backlinks for your site. How often you post articles is up to you. I am having 10 made which will feature first on the videophoneinsider website and then will be submitted to article directories. I am also in the process of doing this will This Blog.

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Remember, focus on what you are good at and leave all the others things that you arent good at to someone else who is. Your a Marketer so go and Market!!