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How To Improve Your Google Ranking - 3 Easy Steps.

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Article Overview: Ranking high in Google’s search results can have a phenomenal impact on the success of your business. You can either engage the expertise of a Search Engine Optimisation company, or if you have the time, there are some changes you can make to your website yourself.

How To Improve Your Google Ranking - 3 Easy Steps.

Ranking high in Google's search results can have a phenomenal impact on the success of your business. You can either engage the expertise of a Search Engine Optimisation company, or if you have the time, there are some changes you can make to your website yourself. Following these 3 important but simple steps will soon have your website climbing the search engine rankings:-

Step 1. Keyword Research

What keywords do you think your customers would type in to search for your products or services? A keyword can be one word (e.g. "optimisation"), but multiple keywords or keyword phrases are usually preferred, because they are more specific and more likely to be what your customers are looking for.

Write down as many as you can think of. Brainstorm with your team. Think of alternative words. Consider geographical phrases if they are important to your customer (e.g. "house cleaning Liverpool"). Also, get some ideas from your competitors' websites. Try to make a list of 20-30 keyword phrases.

Choose the two keyword phrases you think would be searched for the most. But also remember, the more competition there is for a keyword, the harder it is to achieve top rankings. If you want to rank high in Google for the keyword "insurance", you have a very long journey ahead. So try your best to select two keyword phrases that are the most relevant to you business but that are not vague nor competitive. It's a good idea to have 2 or 3 words in each phrase (e.g. "wedding catering services")Once you've selected your two best keyword phrases the next step shows you how to make some improvements to your home page.

Step 2. Web Copy

Web copy refers to all the words or text on your website. Because content is king in the world of search engines, your keyword phrases need to be placed strategically on your webpage to convince Google that your content is highly relevant to those keywords. The more prominent they are, the better. (Keep in mind that as important as search engines are, customers come first, so make sure your copy also reads well.)

Here's how you can increase each keyword's prominence:

• Place your keywords in headings, preferably at the beginning of the heading;

• Include keywords towards the top of the page;

• Bold or italicise keywords where appropriate;

• Instead of having a link to another page that says "Click here to read more", reword it to include your keywords, e.g. "Read more about our web-copywriting-sales-copywriting-seo copywriting Services".

An important tip is to also include these keywords in your HTML "title tag". Use your content management system to make these changes yourself, or perhaps ask your web developer to do it if you're unsure how. Once you have fine-tuned your home page, consider adding new content, such as detailed descriptions of what you offer, FAQs and informative articles about your products and services. (If you don't want to write these yourself, they can be located for free on the internet - do a search for "articles directory").

Step 3. Link Building

Each link from another website to your website (not from your website) is considered by search engines as a vote of popularity for your business and will improve your rankings. But it is the quality, not quantity, of the links that is crucial. The other websites should be relevant to your industry, and preferably highly regarded themselves. Ten quality links count far more than 500 links from arbitrary websites. In the same way your personal business network can have a significant impact on the success of your business, so too the online network you build on the internet.

Brainstorm all the relevant websites that could link to you, such as non-competing companies, and industry bodies and organisations. Write a friendly email to each describing the benefit their visitors would get in knowing about your business, and request them to create a link to your website. Most people will not respond first time round, so a follow-up phone call may be required.

The above process can be also be repeated for each page of your website. Remember to keep updating your content, and continually increase the number of links to your website. As you see your rankings climb you should see a corresponding increase in web traffic and a substantial increase in sales enquiries. Be sure to record the source of your customer enquiries, so you can measure the success of your marketing efforts.

Remember, if you measure it, you can improve it.

How do I monitor my results?

Monitor your rankings in Google over the next few months by typing your chosen keywords into the search box, and recording your ranking. Also look at your hosting reports to understand what search terms your visitors are using to find your website.

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