Getting a good ranking on Google
Google is the most popular search engine. Submitting, getting listed and getting a high ranking in Google can get you a lot of traffic, usually even more than Yahoo. Google uses link popularity while ranking web sites which results in quality search results therefore making it a favorite among most web searchers.
- Submitting to Google
You need to only submit your homepage to Google. It will automatically index the entire site. Don’t submit individual pages of your site.
Tip: Google’s crawler Googlebot will follow all the links in your site. So make sure all your pages are linked otherwise some of your pages will not get indexed. Submit to Google here
- Getting Listed in Google
Getting listed in Google is usually very fast. We got listed within 2 weeks and all our new pages are usually listed within a month. The time frame depends on their crawl schedule and how many other web sites are in queue to be indexed before ours. In our experience, Google usually lists a site within a month. Tip: Make sure your web site is ready before you submit it to be listed. Google will index your entire site, content and all. It takes keywords from the meta tags as well as the content. You’ll find that Google will send you the maximum amount of traffic (in our case it is triple of what Yahoo send us – and Yahoo is supposed to be the #1 Search Engine), so time well spent on your web site will pay off in the long run. Tip: Google usually indexes sites during the 2nd week and lists new content during the first few days of the next month. We usually see our new content added on the 2nd or 3rd of the month. A safe bet is to wait for a month to see new pages listed. - Ranking in Google
Getting listed in Google is pretty easy but what really matters is your ranking. The best way to get a high ranking in Google is to have many sites linking to your site. Oneway relevant links are valuable. Do not get involved in link farms. As Google uses link popularity as its most important factor in ranking web sites, getting many sites to link to you is your best bet in getting a high ranking. Take a look at our article on link popularity to get some ideas on how to get other sites to link to you.
If you are offering a freebie on your site make sure you go to the freebie submission page and submit your freebie to the popular free sites – get quality links and increased visitor traffic with only minutes of submission efforts! Tip: Try to develop quality content which is different from what other sites are offering and you’re guaranteed to get a high ranking in Google. Think of specialized keywords instead of using generic terms. Using generic keywords would usually land you in the 30th or 40th page whereas using specialized, or a combination of keywords would get you in the 1st or 2nd page of search results. Think of writing articles that others have not written and you’re sure to come up in the first 10 search results. E.g. If we were to write an article on web design we would probably come up in the 100th page of search results, whereas if we were to write on ‘Creating Swap Images in Fireworks’ we would probably come up in the first 10 search results.
- Make sure all your important keywords should appear in your title, description, content and alt tags of your web page. This increases your keyword density and helps in boosting your ranking.
- Write articles, give away freebies and make your site a quality site with fresh content. Sites will automatically link to you thus increasing your link popularity.
- Here’s a cool trick to find out if you are listed in Google. Type this URL in your browser
https://www.google.com/search?
q=YOURDOMAIN+site:WWW.YOURDOMAIN.COM
Google will return to you a complete list of all pages that lie on yourdomain.com that exist within the Google catalog.
Example
https://www.google.com/search?q=smartwebby+site:www.smartwebby.com - You can also find out how many sites that are listed in Google are linking to your site. Here’s the trick. Type this URL in the browser and watch the results.
https://www.google.com/search?asˍlq=YOURDOMAIN.COM
Google will return to you the number of pages which link to your web site in addition to a listing of each URL.
Example:
https://www.google.com/search?asˍlq=smartwebby.com - Remember if you cheat or are seen to cheat google will penalize your ranking for up to 12 months. it’s better to use good old fashioned popularity than to purchase your popularity. A google penalty is hard to detect and even more hard to shift.