There is a ton of bad information on the Internet about how to rank high in Google. And the worst part is that some people are paying big bucks for garbage information.
Today I’m going to show you how to take a brand-new website and get it indexed by Google and eventually rank #1 in Google. And I will do it for free.
None of the steps involved are difficult to understand but I must warn you that there is a ton of ground to cover.
Where to start
Everyday people search the Internet for solutions to their problems. Your quest for a top ranking in Google begins with knowing exactly what problem your website solves.
And you should be able to explain the problem that your website solves in 1 sentence.
Example: Nick’s Traffic Tricks show you how to get more traffic to your site.
Example: Bob’s website shows you how to get your poodle to stop peeing on your Persian rugs.
Example: Jim’s website shows you how to win a llama spitting contest.
If you don’t know what problem your website solves then you are in trouble, and all the keyword research & search engine optimization in the world won’t help.
A quick word about advertising
Most of you want to rank high in Google so you can get more traffic and ultimately make more sales. And knowing exactly what problem that your website solves will make it 100 times easier to find targeted and high converting advertisements for your site.
Generate a keyword list
You need to generate a list of keywords and keyword phrases that best describe the types of searches that your target audience will be typing into Google.
For example, if your site is about how to jump higher then your list may include:
- jump
- jumping
- jump higher
- jump height
- increase jump
- maximize jump
Try to come up with 4 to 10 keywords or phrases for your list.
You might also use an online thesaurus to come up with synonyms for your keywords.
Don’t worry if your list is not very long. In the next section I will show you a tool to generate a ton more keywords.
Keyword research part 1
Once you have a list keywords that you would like to possibly rank for it’s time to do some keyword research using Google’s free keyword research tool.
It’s very easy to use and I recommend sorting your search results by Global Monthly Search Volume. And what you’re looking for are relevant keywords that have the highest number of searches.
I made a quick video showing you exactly how to do this:
Keyword Research Part 1: Finding keywords with lots of searches
Keyword research part 2
In this phase of keyword research we want to determine how valuable different keywords are.
For example, if I had a website about dogs I would probably find that keywords related to stop barking dogs would be more valuable than keywords like dog tap dance lessons.
How to actually do this research is best explained in a video that I made:
Keyword Research Part 2: Finding keywords that are profitable
Keyword research part 3
The last step in your keyword research is to determine how much competition each keyword has.
Using the Google keyword tool you want to determine how many websites are competing for each keyword in your list.
The easiest way to explain how to do this is with a video I made:
Keyword Research Part 3: Evaluating Keyword Competition
Keyword research conclusion
In summary the keywords that you select for your website should match ALL of the following 4 criteria:
- Keyword is related to your target audience
- Keyword has enough searches each month to make it worth your time
- Keyword is valuable enough
- Keyword has an amount of competition that you are comfortable with
I did an experiment
A while back I did an experiment to see how fast I could rank for a silly keyword that had virtually no competition.
So I made a blog post with the title Biggest Absolute Failure. I knew that my blog platform would put the keyword phrase Biggest Absolute Failure in all the right places and I waited to see how long it would take Google to rank me for that particular keyword.
When I checked my rankings a couple hours later I was surprised to find that Google had ranked my blog post #1 for Biggest Absolute Failure.
I was excited about this but quickly realized that ranking for this keyword didn’t help me get targeted traffic. The phrase Biggest Absolute Failure wasn’t relevant to my niche, it wasn’t valuable, and no one was searching for it.
So when striving to rank high in Google make sure you are selecting keywords that match the 4 criteria in the list above.
Finding balance
Most likely you are not going to find the perfect keyword with tons of searches and no competition. Instead you’re going to have to find a balance between these things.
Avoid vague keywords
A lot of people want to rank for the keyword computers or real estate or dogs. The trouble with these keywords is that they are super competitive and you really have no idea what a person is really searching for.
For example, if someone searches for computers they might be looking for:
- parts for computers
- buy computers
- computer repair shops in St. Louis
- computer programming languages
- the history of computers
- news about computers
- schools and classes about computers
- movies about computers
Each of these terms has a very different audience and you have no idea what someone is really looking. So do yourself a favor and avoid vague keywords.
I covered this in more detail in:
2 Reasons Your Keywords Suck (And How To Fix Them)
But Nick, all this keyword research stuff sounds hard and time-consuming. I just want to rank high in Google and think about this stuff later.
Figuring out what problem your website solves and keyword research are the 2 most difficult things you will do to rank high in Google.
But they are the most important!
The domain that you purchase for your website will depend entirely on the keywords that you choose. If you skip keyword research you will buy the wrong domain and it will make it far more difficult to rank high.
Websites don’t just rank high in Google; they rank high for a specific keyword phrase. So make sure you rank high for the right keyword phrases.
More tools and resources
There are tons of keyword research tools and tutorials available to you that I did not cover in this post. To learn more about keyword research go check out Keyword Research 101.
Buy the right domain
Once you figure out what you’re ideal keyword is you need to get the domain that has those keywords in it.
For example if your target keyword phrase is
how to train hippopotamus ballerinas then ideally you would purchase the domain HowToTrainHippopotamusBallerinas.com.
Sometimes your ideal domain is taken so you may have to put dashes in between words. Another option is to put a filler word at the beginning or the end of your domain.
For example, if HowToTrainHippopotamusBallerinas.com was not available you might try
- LearnHowToTrainHippopotamusBallerinas.com
- A1HowToTrainHippopotamusBallerinas.com
- BestHowToTrainHippopotamusBallerinas.com
Get a .com
Whenever possible you should buy the .com. In my experience domains that end with .com or .org or .net rank better in Google and get more traffic.
I favor .com domains over .org & .net because of word-of-mouth marketing. For example, if I have a friend who wants to train his hippopotamus to be a ballerina I will refer him to my site HowToTrainHippopotamusBallerinas and he will usually assume that it is a .com. If instead my website is HowToTrainHippopotamusBallerinas.org my friend has to remember one more thing about my website and is likely to forget that my domain ends in .org.
Learn more about picking the right domain:
Do You Have The Wrong Domain? 4 Tips For Choosing The Best Domain
But Nick, I already spent $10 on a domain. Do I really have to get a different one to rank in Google?
No you don’t, but it will be a lot harder to rank high with a crappy domain.
It’s kind of like running a marathon and asking, “If someone tied my hands behind my back would I still be able to complete the marathon?’ You could, in theory, still finish it but running a marathon is hard enough without any extra handicaps.
And ranking high in Google is a lot like running a marathon; it takes time, effort, and preparation. Why would you want to make this even harder?
Search engine optimization
Just about everyone has heard about search engine optimization by now. So I am going to skip the nitty-gritty details and just go over a few highlights.
Search engine optimization can be broken into 3 basic components:
- Keyword research
This was covered at great length in the above sections. - On page optimization
You want your keyword phrase in your domain as well as your title tags, h1 tags, etc. (If any of this is new to you then go read Your Grandma’s Guide To Search Engine Optimization and Keywords) - Back link building
You need to have other websites link to your website because each link is like a vote. And the more votes you get the better. We will go more in depth into this in a later section.
Google’s Search Engine Optimization Tips
- Search Engine Optimization – Download The 22 Page Guide Straight From Google
- Video: How can new pages get indexed quickly?
- Video: Do site load times have an impact on Google rankings?
- Video: How much does a domain’s age affect its ranking?
- Video: Two questions about the link: operator
- Video: Why does Google index blogs faster than other sites?
- Video: Which is more important: content or links?
- Video: Should I use underscores or hyphens in URLs?
- Video: More than one H1 on a page: good or bad?
- Video: Should I use pipes or dashes in my titles?
- Video: Google does not use the keywords meta tag in web ranking
- Video: Which SEO agency do you recommend?
- Video: Are nofollow links irrelevant?
- Video: Will SEO still exist in five years?
- Video: What impact does server location have on rankings?
- Video: Can I publish 100+ pages at once?
- Video: Two questions about nofollow
Also checkout:
You really need a blog
Putting your keywords in your title tags, h1 tags, etc. is tedious and a pain. Luckily there’s a simple solution: use a blog!
Blogging platforms like WordPress and others have come a long way and basically do all of the on-site optimization for you.
Read more about how blogs make it easy to rapidly develop websites:
You’re An Idiot If You Don’t Have A Blog
Back link building
Most of you are ready know why building links to your website is important so I won’t spend too much time on it here but instead I’m going to give you 4 resources to check out if you are new to link building:
- Link Building Part 1: Why Your Site Needs Links
- Link Building Part 2: Why nofollow matters and how to find blogs that don’t use it
- Link Building Part 3: How To Build Back Links Super Fast
- How To Increase Your Search Engine Rankings (Plus 50 High PR Web 2.0 Properties)
- Download Angela’s list of 30 High PR Backlinks
One powerful way to get links is by leaving worthwhile comments on dofollow blogs. But these blogs are a pain to find so I made a list of them here: Huge List Of DoFollow Blogs
There is another strategy that involves you becoming the top commentator on popular blogs to get more links, so check out How To Build Back Links Super Fast
Some of you use article marketing to build your back links. While I’m not a huge fan of article marketing there are a few resources that you should check out:
- Taking Article Marketing To The Next Level With Link Trios
- Video: Article Marketing: How to craft a great title
- Video: 3 most important parts of article marketing
- 4 Tips That Make Article Writing Easier
- Article Marketing – How To Choose The Best Topic For Your Niche
You can also get a free back link from me here.
You should spy on your competition
Do a quick search on Google for the keyword phrase you would like to rank #1 for and count how many back links each of the top 10 websites have.
The back link count for each website will vary but it should give you an idea of how many back links you will need to rank in the top 10.
The real way to build tons of back links
Most people build a website and generate content that is mediocre. And they spend most of their time trying to con, convince, and conjole other websites into giving them a link.
But they are doing it backwards.
The best way to build lots of back links is to generate freaking awesome content. If what you post is absolutely epic in nature then people will link to you because they love your stuff.
Get your website indexed by Google
Before you can get your website ranked high in Google you first have to get Google to notice your website even exists. This is generally a pretty simple and straightforward process.
The simplest way is to build a few back links to your website. You can generally do this by leaving worthwhile comments on other blogs that support nofollow. (What’s NoFollow?)
Want to go deeper? Check out these:
- 11 Ways To Get Indexed By Google Super Fast And Start Building Backlinks
- Video: How to get Indexed by Google Almost Overnight
- Video: Google Reader May Help You Get Indexed
- Video: Get Your Site’s Pages Indexed Faster With The WordPress Google XML Site Map Generator
- Video: How can new pages get indexed quickly?
- Video: Why does Google index blogs faster than other sites?
Google Analytics
You really need to use Google analytics (or some other stat tracking software) to monitor how much traffic you get.
One of the best things about Google analytics is that it will show you how much traffic you are receiving for various keywords. And some keywords will end up sending you way more traffic than others. Your job is to figure out which keywords those are and then build more back links for those keywords.
Unfortunately most people using Google analytics don’t have the faintest idea how to analyze the data and use it to get more traffic. To help you get the most out of Google analytics I’ve made several video tutorials:
- Video: How to use Google Analytics to find the best keywords
- Video: Get Traffic By Analyzing Your Most Popular Pages
- Video: How to use Google Analytics to find the best content on your site
- Video: How to use Google Analytics to find the top exit pages
- Video: How to use Google Analytics to find the best referring sites
- How I Used Google Analytics And Firefox To Improve My Blog
Ranking in other search engines
95% of everything covered in this blog post will help you rank in other search engines like Bing and Yahoo.
There are some minor things you could do to help you rank even higher in those search engines but I’m not exactly sure what those things are offhand. And to be honest, it’s probably not worth your time.
Special thanks
Special thanks go to Corbett Barr of Think Traffic for encouraging me to write something epic.
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This is a topic many people are very interested and you covered very nicely and with many details, thanks for the helpful information.
Your site deserves to be on the first page of Google, not only for traffic tricks, but hopefully for other keywords as well.
I wouldn't mind ranking #1 on Google for traffic related keywords.
Absolutely Nick, ranking #1 on Google for "traffic" related keywords is a great step to take. This is because, it's selling like hot cake and so many sites are going live every second.
They need ready made traffic and since you are ABOVE, your conversion rate would soar. I'm currently ranking #3 for a decent "web traffic" keyword and there is no single day I don't make 3 sales.
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yeh this is a really comprehensive post, there's an awful lot to learn regarding SEO and stuff, but this is a really good guide to the basics. Thanks.
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I don't think your domain needs to include keywords. Aren't you supposed to make a site for humans, not search engines? As such, your domain needs to be easy to remember. Seriously, who will remember (and type correctly!) HowToTrainHippopotamusBallerinas.com? A much better name would be hippo.com
I agree that your website should be designed for humans.
But if your goal is to rank high in Google (which is the point of this post) then having your keywords in your domain will make a world of difference.
If you don't care about your Google ranking then there is no need to have your keywords in your domain.
And your point about HowToTrainHippopotamusBallerinas.com is valid; it's too long and silly. I probably could've come up with a better example.
It just depends though Robert, if you are going for a branding deal, then yeah you should go outside of the keyword in the domain, but for most websites having the keywords in the domain name is ideal, and especially getting a dot com. Just gotta use common sense though when creating the domain name
-Jean
Good points Jean.
Thanks Nick
Absolutely agree with you Nick. If you don’t bother about Google's ranking then you don’t need to have keywords in your domain name.
Thanks for that.
Those are some excellent tips, and quite a refresher even for those who thought they knew all the tricks. I'm going to bookmark the article for future reference, as I am sure I'll need it.
Thanks. I'm glad you found this blog post worthy of a bookmark!
Excellent Topic Man. I really like your post. Keyword Research is an important part of website success.
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"You should spy on your competition"
interesting approach to check out the sites that link to your competition. Will start investigating right now.
Nick,
somehow your links to other pages on your blog don't work.
When clicking on the one for the 'Huge list of dofollow blogs' I get a 404 error.
Link code on your page looks like below, containing the originating page as well as the destination page:
http://nickstraffictricks.com/4856_how-to-rank-1-…
Thanks! It should be fixed now.
Good – Thanks.
Now could you please edit the post above as the incorrect link would get spidered and cause you 404s in the future.
Huh? I fixed it a couple days ago. Is it still broken for you?
No, you got me wrong (or i didn't explain it correctly).
I meant the link I left in my comment above timestamped February 7, 2011 at 8:23 am.
Thanks NicksTraffic, It is the complete course from all that I ever saw.
Nick, thanks for this wonderful post. Ranking #1 on Google is a nonstop job, and you have given here wonderful advices that would have easily been sold as a WSO at the Warrior Forum. I am now on first page of Google for my wife's company website, and it has been a hard and long journey gettting there, but with your wise words I am sure I will put her website on top of first page.
Thanks again for your priceless post.
All the best
Juan
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Thanks Juan. Best of luck to you.
Nick,
I agree with the your training information on "How To Rank #1 in Google." Your explanation is clear and to the point. I have spent hundred's of dollar on systems that do not explain the process as clear as you have. And you have provided it free. I still struggle with how many backlinks it takes to get my websites on page 1 of Google and the time it takes. I have found that it takes months and months to get a site on page one of Google.
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Thanks! It takes time to build backlinks for sure.
Great post Nick. These are some in-depth tips to ranking fast and effectively in Google. And eventually taking that coveted number one spot. Thanks for sharing.
- Robert
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Thanks Robert.
Great ideas!! But isnt this considered keyword spamming by google?? I thought google changed the policy on this!!
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How is knowing your audience and selecting relevant keywords spamming?
It's almost sad that there are some people like in your example, who rush to buy their domain without thinking through it as a deliberate process that needs to be done in a specific way, and then later they say, "I already got a domain, why should I pay for another one?"
If correcting a mistake in business costs $15 or less, that's truly a very good deal, but some people do not realize the importance.
Very well said.
Thank you, it is a very nice description. I especially like that you collected related posts so I don't have to search for the additional references.
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Glad to help.
Nick, this was great. My husband is planning on quitting his job and coming home to work with me later this year, and wants to be in charge of keyword research, backlinking, Adsense, etc. That way I can devote more of my time to actually writing, something I enjoy more and he isn't very good at. : )
Having him sit down and read all of this (along with all the other resources you listed) will give him a HUGE head-start on understanding all of this. I'll be adding a bookmark for this page!
Yay more bookmarks!
Glad to help Lindsey.
keywords research is the most important part of every seo campaign..because right and potential keywords brings lot's of traffic your business with genuine customers….
After the right keywords selection u need to have good right campaign for your targeted business..
Jacob Lee
Good points Jacob.
Wow Nick the is an extensive guide. Very well thought out and useful. I have a few websites I have been holding off on, and I am now going to bring them forward and try to use your method, with a few tweaks of course. Thanks for the info I am excited to see how it ends up working out.
I am glad it was helpful.
Hi Nick,
I've been a regular visitor to your site for a long time and your blog posts have been of great assistance over the past year. This posting is extremely useful for people who are starting out for the first time because it contains pretty much everything they need to know.
The big thing that people will need in abundance when trying to conquer the rankings is patience; it takes a great deal of time and effort but hang in there and you may succeed.
Yes patience is very important!
Keyword research is the main task. If someone wanna good rank position in SERP then its main task. All the tips mentioned above are really helpful. Really all points are good…
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With the above points I can figure out that Things now look really easy to rank #1 in Google
It's easy to understand, but takes real effort.
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Generating a keyword list is a great idea. I think developing useful keywords is my biggest problem. For the niche that I am in I think that I have been using way too many generic keywords that are in no way going to help me compete against all of the competition that's out there.
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This is a really comprehensive post,it was so help full thanks for sharing.
Nick, do you think that backlinks from quality websites really help in ranking on SERP? I thought backlinks from good PR sites help in getting Page rank to your site other than indexing. When I get few good backlinks from quality sites, I find a shift in my site ranking on Google. It starts ranking on first page…!
When you get backlinks from good PR sites-your site comes up on Serp…though it may not have PR at all….With few good backlinks I find a major shift in my site ranking. How its possible?
In nearly every case back links will help your site rank higher in the search engines. Back links from high page rank sites will help even more.
To be honest, I don't really worry about the page rank of my sites anymore because I don't think it really matters. I have sites with a page rank of zero or one showing up on the first page of Google because they're in a niche that doesn't have a lot of competition.
I think its may be due to the type of niche and keywords that is making me to rank higher in a very short time.
This is truly great free information and not like those crap that exists and people pay for, like what you said. Make good in our keyword research because your posts will base on those keywords as well as you site too overall.
As far as choosing a domain name, I think some websites are expected to be their business name instead of their keywords. For example, I wouldn't expect Walmart's website to be cheapstuff dot com. I'd expect it to be walmart dot com because that's the name of their brand. Thoughts?
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really nice post, especially liked part about article marketing,
cheers
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Now this post is awesome nick. I like the detailed explanation about keyword research you did. I would like to add only onething into this people should try to get aged domain that helps to get rank more quickly as compared to newer ones.
I think i love your blog a lot.
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Wow! this blog is really a complete SEO course.Thanks Nick.
I have spent a lot of time on SEO the last couple years to watch its effectiveness start to dwindle. It is still one of the best ways for me to get targeted traffic. But when you consider the cost of your time to learn and use SEO tactics compared to the new techniques that you could be using that build actual relationships and trust with your customers it only makes sense that SEO will be less important over the next couple of years.
Still not easy to get no:1 in google. Thanks for the tips Nick.
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Ranking in Google depends largely upon your backlinks and content. If you are fortunate enough, you'll rise. Once you have risen up, you need not do much work for further promotion, the hyperactive net spectators will do the job for you!
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The more competitive your niche the more you're going to have to work to maintain your position when you rank high.
Hi Nick,
I've been lurking on your blog for some time now, but i can't pass on this great article without leaving a comment.
I've never seen so much useful information about ranking in one place. Must have taken you some time to get it all together and it's going to take me a lot more to read it all
)
I'll be buying a new domain soon, but i believe it'll be easy to rank it if i manage to read it and actually understand it all.
Thanks for your hard work, Maria
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Thank you Maria!
Should you try to rank number 1 in google by posting on forums?
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While you certainly can I don't think it's the best place to begin. Check out my blog post here: http://nickstraffictricks.com/4856_how-to-rank-1-…
Wow. Great article. I've been trying to learn more about SEO and right now trying to get to the number one spot with a client's website and key words. I'll try and implement much of what you've listed. Thanks!
Thanks Rob!
WOW, Nick!
I have spent the last hour lurking around….lots of great content.
I have 2 questions:
I used to have Angelas backlinks (I see that you're promoting her product, thus my question) but I noticed that only 24 hours later after releasing the list, most of the places were already deleting/or not allowing the comments/posts anymore, due to spammers.
Even with the PDF locked system that she implemented we got the same problem, that's why I canceled my subscription.
1)Does she created a better way to get rid of the spammers that use her list?
2)I'm interested in buying the Fast Attack SEO – WSO
What make this report better than others?
Best Regards,
Mariana Teagan
Hi Mariana,
> 1)Does she created a better way to get rid of the spammers that use her list?
I never experienced this problem when I was using her back link packets a while back. Is this problem relatively new? Have you e-mailed Angela about it?
> 2)I’m interested in buying the Fast Attack SEO – WSO
> What make this report better than others?
It's probably the most comprehensive search engine optimization guide I've seen and one of the cheapest. I will be posting a review of it in a couple days.
Hi. Nick
Thanks for replying
I stopped using her package around July (I think) last year.
Yes I emailed her and I waited 2 months before canceling my subscription. Maybe now she got a "tight security" on that?
I'm buying this Seo report (from your link
) right now!
Best Regards,
Mariana
Hey thanks Mariana. Let me know if you need anything.
Hi Nick. I like your clear and doable tips and ideas about social bookmarking and blog comments. Thanks for your post! You really helped me. I’m going to try OnlyWire. Thanks for a very useful list of blogs as well!
Nick, thank for such an informative post. I've been doing SEO for 2 years now and some of my keywords are also ranking #1 in Google yet they can't maintain the rank because there are a lot of competitors. But after reading your post, you gave another bright ideas.
Must say some awesome useful tips in d bucket..
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Wow! Thats a long list of things to do to get our sites ranked #1. Mostly people whould shudder at the thought of doing this things and may have second thoughts about the whole thing.
For me it just gave me a blueprint to follow for my ultimate goal. Its better than most of the products, etc I've bought.
Thanks for sharing Nick.
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Hi, Nick
I just stopped by to say "thank you" for this great WSO written by Craig Mako.
For everyone reading this, check out the first blue link at the top of this page…it will sends you to the Warrior Forum and its WSO…It's truly a MUST have it!
I'm using the backlink indexer service suggested in the pdf and I'm loving it…..however, I noticed that the forum profiles links are hard to get indexed. What do you use to index your links? Are you having the same problem with the url's from forums?
I'm giving Angela's backlinks another try, too – thanks to you
Cheers,
Mariana
> What do you use to index your links? Are you having the same problem with the url’s from forums?
Getting your links indexed can be tricky. There's a new product on the market that I will begin testing tomorrow. I will let you know how it goes.
> I’m giving Angela’s backlinks another try, too – thanks to you
Great. Let me know how works out for you.
Thanks for replying, Nick
My only problem so far with Angelas' links is the low indexing
rate… I'm looking forward to the results of your test!
Regards,
Mariana
Thanks for the tips nick, i really think that .com domain is very good way to increase traffic as i have previously experienced when i started a site with co.in domain, .com really ranks in search engines.
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I think amazing article. I found here something new about SEO. I think anyone SEO person who get their site in rank 1 in Google than this article is very helpful to them. Here you had covered very important tips and tricks and also with good explanation. Good job Nick. Thanks.
Great article Nick. Thanks for taking the time to share the information. Explaination on the Keyword Research is well put.
Nick,
This would be one of the most informative post I have ever read. After reading the wealth of information here I am going to unsubscribe from all the dribble I seem to be getting with so many other site and base my approach on your articles here.
Again great read.
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Great post Nick. These are some in-depth tips to ranking fast and effectively in Google.
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That, my friend is the definition of 'Epic'. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
You really explained it well. Thank you for this powerful information.
Well to be honest Google always places high attention on sites that are linked by high PR Domains so ranking number 1 in Google search requires 20 backlinks from at least pr 7+ different websites
Hello, I was frustrated and confused about my website ranking. After reading this article I get some relief. My website http://diggwallpapers.com is 1 year old now but still it's ranking is very low. I only get average 2500 visitors daily (around 5-6000 pages/day). And my new blog is http://bollywoodunya.com is just starting. Please have a look and let me how can I improve the backend of my website and blog to get it top of the Google. Thanks, Please Reply me If someone really want to help me.
I'm happy to help. First off, what keywords are you targeting? What keyword phrases would you like to rank #1 on Google for?
I think I have what it takes to eventually rank #1, determination, dedication and patience. With the help of your blog maybe I'll see you at the top someday.
Thanks,
Jimmy B
PS If you come up with anything new, please keep me informed.
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Hello Nick,
for your opinion,
are the keyword included in the domain name more important than everything else?
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> more important than everything else
They're very important but are only 1 important ingredient in the SEO recipe.
It gets a little bit harder to get #1 in SERPs, as Google launched its Panda update. Google loves unique content and that is the purpose of the panda update – more quality content, no duplication and so on.
Some very good points there Nick.
i now use a program called Market Samurai and it does all the hard work for you. I would highly recommend it!
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Nick,
That’s one EPIC post you have there!
The story about getting to number 1, page 1 in Google – I did that some time back also! It was fun, as it highlighted the point of commercial intent in a fairly big way.
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I like the part where you talk about getting links because I still feel that links are the one part of the equation that will help you beat a competitor for a better position. Without enough link juice you won’t get the results you want.
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As usual, great post. Even though you laid out some of the basics, the social bookmarking tool and the Do-Follow list you provided on the other page are invaluable. Also, enough can’t be said about the title and h1 tags. I saw my rankings jump, albeit not too significantly, after adjusting that. Thanks again for the great posts.
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thanx a lot. m gettung good results by the above useful guidelines.and traffic is increasing day by day.u have explained each and evrything very clearly.thanx once again
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Hey Nick,
Keep coming back to this page, it is excellent. Today I found the link in the special thanks part of your post – that seems to explain the length of the post. That was also a really good post too.
Do you find that sites are have the same process if you are going to use them for adsense as they would if you were going to do some sort of selling of products? If so, how do these differ?
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I think the processes are quite similar.
Hi
Really Thanks alot for all these valuable information. Really great job. Please visit my forum .it’s about internet marketing and tell me how to get it to the #1 in Google.
Are looking for help or just trying to advertise your site.
About one full year ago I signed up here Nick as a subscriber to your site. At that time, my online portfolio consisted of my original website (a first page/top rank site) and my then-brand-newly released second site.
Thanks at least in part to the information I have learned here (and some other sources), my online portfolio has increased tremendously to now over 20 sites.
Some are adsense sites, some are mini-sites made for local search, some are specifically to promote an affiliate product.
The goal with all of them is Top Search Engine rankings and thus free traffic.
Thanks again for all I have learned from you over the past about one year, I am pleased to report to you in all humbleness and modesty that I am now blessed that my first three websites are all top ranked (the first 2 on page one, the third between positions 9-15 on Bing), some of my free sites are top ranked (at least one each on blogspot dot com and wordpress dot com, and 3 or 4 of my local search sites [Example: barber in dallas] also are top ranked in Google and or Bing. I had considered asking if you may be interested in a guest post about this from a devoted fan/subscriber/reader.
Thank you for the kind words. I would love a guest post. Read about my rules and guidelines here:
http://nickstraffictricks.com/guest-posting/
This post was really great for us who are having a problem of how to make our site a number one on google. Thanks for sharing this information and its a pleasure to visit this site again and read those interesting post. Great job guys!
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I don’t know if i was dumb or not. i have once visited this website and closed in matter of seconds,thinking of finding again the repetitive information of traffic building which i was searching for my website. but in past hour reading just 10 articles, nick has proved me wrong. i am amazed that following up the tricks will surely help you. either getting a huge traffic or a little. my website is just 2 months old and got just 200 hits per day till the day i was searching for traffic. but after applying some tricks posted here i think its improved to almost 300 hits per day which is pretty nice in last 4 days. i am thankful for all this tricks
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Good work! Let me know if you have any specific questions!
Nick! What a fantastic post! Seriously dude! Most of this stuff I know already, but you write it so much better. A lot of work has gone into this, I can see, and have done a much better job than I ever did in the past when I had attempted to explain it all to my downline.
I have book marked your site and will be looking to have my sites link to this site, So please keep it here. Its a valuable post. And I for one wish I found it years ago.
Keep up the great work, I know you will.
Plus thanks for the resources you have included on the page. I hope I can assume that they will be kept updated?
Reubswork.
You are awesome. This breaks things down so well. Gonna spend some time on your backlinking section here. Heck I’m spending a bunch of time on your site.
Another great post. I have been reading your blog for the last few days and following all your tips to start promoting my Ebook. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
This is such a great post! The keyword research information is excellent. And keyword research is so important. Thanks!
Hello Nick, I have read many blogs and articles about Google Ranking; but here i have Got very interesting blog related to Website Ranking.
And your 1 point is related to Keyword research, Keyword takes first place while we are doing On-site SEO. If we have selected right keyword then it will very helpful for us for Good Ranking in SE. And Second most important Part is Domain selection; our Domain must be User Friendly, related to our services or Products.
And Backlinks, Google Analytic and its code is also important for Good Ranking.
I’m very Thankful to you for sharing such a nice Information.
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thanks nick for providing the link to the 22 page google SEO.
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Since getting a domain name with my keyword phrase in it can mean a lot for SEO purposes, is it best to create a website for each keyword phrase even they all revolve around the same or similar topics or is it better to just create one website with multiple pages?
Pick 1 domain related to multiple keywords.
Hi Nick, I’m so drawn to your site and continue to come back. In all honesty I like to try to get a backlink, but I end up staying on the site and reading far more then my time allows. You offer such great value and in such an easy to understand method. With all the great course out there you are giving the information for free, which I find to be quite awesome.
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Its not often I find a blog that gives accurate and concise facts about SEO
A lot of it was almost like reading my own advice.
Good work.
For a London UK based SEO expert please contact me.
Holy crap… You have a TON of information on this page! Takes some time to get through.. Thanks for all of your hard work!
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Hi Nick, Keyword research has always been one of my biggest failures. It’s the most important part of the who process and i never spend enough time on it.. Thanks for the great tips
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Great stuff Nick.! I love this site for not only you opening up follow links but the information you send is awesome. I always refer back to this site if i have a question and grab a link for a new site also (not gonna lie). You have helped me out in so many ways and just want to thank you for that again. The information you send out is so straight forward and easy to understand, like this topic on keyword research. It’s a tough topic to nail down, but you simplified it in such a great way.
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Like you said its a pain to do this but it all helps. I even notice nofollow links still help me. Thanks for the tips.
Realy a awesome article. Its a challenge to get the first page rank or get first place on google or any search engine. This article helps me & others to get first page rank.
Regards,
Smith
Im using statcounter, now is this a problem?
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Why would that be a problem??
Lot’s of helpful info in one great post. Thanks Nick!
A lot to saok up here Nick I’ve opened a bunch of your pages in tabs and will go through them when offline. They definitely need my full attention, plus maybe a notepad handy too. Thanks – Martin
This is amazing. It has always been the biggest goal, but it takes a lot of work to rank #1 in google and keep it there. Great tips you have here. Thanks for sharing this with us. This will be a great guide to start aiming for #1.
I’ve had the domain for 10 years now (how else could I get my own name) and finally got a site up and running. Obviously I read your post on backlinks but it’s been a booger trying to wrap my head around most ot the rest of it. Appreciate the heads up, though.
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I have applied more than %05 of what you say in the article but still my blog is penalized by Google for keyword Stuffing.
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Hey there Nick, I’m currently looking into the SEO stuff, and I must say, this page is fantastic, good work!
Cheers
/Jimmie
Thanks for the great info!
I will be sure to use these links.
Another brilliant post Nick, so much great content to get stuck into, I may have to lock myself away for a week!!!
Awesome stuff nick, so many valuable information. thanks
thanks for these tips. these tips are working even after the changing policies of the google.It is a antidot for the google poison.
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