How to Increase Your Search Engine Rank  

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created by SuzanneMorrison 2009-08-12 10:34:18 am

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Get a variety of backlinks to your site, from as many different IP addresses that you can. Use articles, blogging, social bookmarking, link networks like 3WayLinks and Free Traffic System, forums and directory submissions to diversify your links.

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submitted by josipbarbaric 2009-09-08 03:37:16 pm    

 



Once you have optimized your web page, the best way to increase your search engine ranking is to build lots of good quality backlinks to that page. Where possible include your main keywords in the anchor text (clickable text) of the backlinks.

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submitted by SuzanneMorrison 2009-08-12 10:42:36 am    


Don't try to optimize a single web page for too many keywords! Start with just 1 or 2 phrases to give you the best chance of ranking for them. If you try to squeeze too many keyword phrases in, it will lessen your chance of ranking for any of them.

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submitted by SuzanneMorrison 2009-08-12 10:37:54 am    


Spend a good amount of time researching your keywords before doing any SEO. Use the Google Keyword tool to find keywords related to your niche & create a list of potential keywords. Export your keywords to Excel and sort by the number of monthly searches.

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submitted by SuzanneMorrison 2009-08-12 10:34:18 am    


When optimizing your web pages add your keywords to the TITLE tag, the META description tag, the H1 tag, in some of the alt attributes of images and throughout the body of the page. Be careful not to overdo it though - natural is best.

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submitted by SuzanneMorrison 2009-08-12 10:41:27 am    


Before choosing a keyword phrase check out your competition by typing the phrase into Google. Check the number of backlinks of the sites on the first page and compare them to your site. This will give you an idea of how long it will take to beat them!

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submitted by SuzanneMorrison 2009-08-12 10:35:43 am    

 


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