Why is my site not showing up in Google?
Now, in terms of how to get Google to give your site a good ranking, there are three specific things you need pay attention to (because they’re the things the Google spiders pay the most attention to!):
1. Your inbound links
By high quality I mean, from sites that have a Google PageRank of 4 or more. (You can check out a site’s PageRank by downloading the Google Toolbar to your browser.)
The best ways to get these links are to:
Make sure you acquire your inbound links gradually over time, so they look natural. As I mentioned in last week’s newsletter, you can buy links, if you want — just don’t buy a whole bunch at once. Nothing screams "paid advertising" more than 100 links mysteriously pointing to your site overnight!
2. Your anchor tags
It’s not just enough to have any old inbound link pointing to your site… do whatever you can to make sure the anchor tag has your top-performing keywords in it.
Google is looking for hyperlinks attached to actual phrases (as opposed to URLs). The idea is, hyperlinked phrases are more likely to lead to a useful reference site.
For example, if you have a dog training site, Google will pay more attention to a hyperlink that’s attached to a phrase like, "best dog training tips" than a link that’s attached to: www.doghouserules.com.
Here’s what the ideal link looks like:
<a href="http://www.yoursite.com">keywordphrase</a>
And like I said last week, make sure your anchor tags don’t all use the exact same keyword phrase. They should include variations on a number of different keywords. That’ll make them look more natural in the eyes of the search engines.
3. Your title tags
Did you know that your title tag is one of the most important tags on your site, when it comes to SEO? It’s one of the first places the spiders look when they arrive on your site. That’s why you absolutely have to make sure you include your top-performing keyword phrase in your title tag.
(You can see what your title tag is by looking at the very top of your browser when you’re on your homepage. What information appears there? Does it include your top keyword phrases? It had better!)
On top of that, your title tag is the text some search engines display in the listings that appear in the search results. So it needs to clearly communicate to your visitors exactly what they’ll find when they arrive at your site. And the best way to do that is by including the exact words and phrases they typed into the search engine.
Finally, I wanted to point out that you need to have patience. Search engine optimization isn’t an overnight cure for whatever is ailing your business. Sometimes it can take up to six months to see the results of your work. But I promise you, the results will be worth it!
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