It’s every website owner’s goal to be ranked in Google’s top 10 rankings. Tell me if this sounds familiar. You heard something about SEO and start doing your probing. Soon you have learnt some outstanding tips that assures you a top spot in Google! You jump into it, only to see some very inferior results.

The problem with this is usually very easy to solve. Information overload is usually a leading culprit and you only muck around with a wide variety of SEO techniques instead of keeping with a tried and tested plan. Here I have gathered for you the top 10 essentials of getting your page ranking solidly in the top 10.

Tip 1) Research To Find A Good Niche

If you manage to rank number high for a keyword but nobody is interested in buying anything based on that keyword, it is time wasted by you. It’s crucial to find a niche in which there is money to be made.

Tip 2) SEO-Friendly Design

Before you start off, plan the layout of your site first. It should be easy to get around and contain text links to all your different pages. Adding a sitemap will also help the search engines to correctly index your site to have it available in its search results.

Tip 3) Competitive Analysis

Such complicated words actually describe a simple concept. You should do some basic research about your niche. Find forums where your target market congregates and see what problems they are having. Have a look at your competitors’ pages and see what they are doing and improve on that.

Tip 4) Keyword Research

Probably one of the most decisive steps, your keyword research should be done competently. Do not immediately target broad keywords as you will most definitely not start ranking for them easily. Rather target long-tail keywords with considerably less competition and you will start seeing rankings very soon. Keep in mind, these long-tail keywords are more often than not a LOT more profitable than broad keywords.

Tip 5) Create Unique Content

Copying content from other websites are probably the biggest no-no as far as seach engines are concerned. You can either write the content yourself or get other writers to do it for you. You can get tons of online freelance writers to help you.

Tip 6) Submit Your Site To Directories

Even though people might argue the validity of this, online directories like DMOZ holds unbeatable authority in the search engines’ eyes. You should really think about this investment if you plan to keep an online presence for a few years.

Tip 7) Submit To Article Sites

This is where the ranking secret lies. Put together a handful of unique articles, each targeting one specific keyword. You can also work in a handful of secondary keywords but make sure your primary keyword is included in the title as well as at least a 1% density within your article. In your resource box you can put one or two links and it’s THESE links that you use to get free one-way links that will skyrocket your rankings!

Tip Add New Content Regularly

Google is continuously looking for new content and if your site gets updated quite often, Google will be all over it. An easy way for you to do this is to start a blog on your site and write approximately 3 posts a week. This will pull Google back over and over again.

Tip 9) Do Promotion Online & Offline

People have the illusion that offline promotion is unnecessary but this is not true. This is not required in the beginning, but can make a real difference later on. Online you should keep in mind to make your promotions appear as natural as possible because nobody likes explicit selling and over-hyping, search engines like Google included.

Tip 10) Stay Up To Date With SEO Trends

The field of technology is extremely temperamental and fluid. New advances are constantly made with hardware, software, online services and Google’s algorithms. I firmly suggest you signing up to at least one online technology site to be kept up to date with the latest Google trends. This will always keep you one step ahead of your competition.

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