Website Search Engine Ranking

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Have you ever stopped to wonder just how search engines come up with pages and pages of results for a search? Most search engines rely on a confidential algorithm to determine how relevant each website is to a particular search. While all of the factors used by the major search engines are not known to us, many of them are or can be deduced by looking at top ranked websites. Most webmasters understand that website search engine ranking is dependent on a number of factors that they can control. Properly utilizing these critical techniques is the best way to improve your rankings. In general there are five main areas to focus on.

1. Website design: the design cannot be separated from SEO (Search Engine Optimization). The programming, on page elements, page structure and formulation must all be implemented with search engine friendliness as a key consideration. The code of the site should also be W3 Validated.
2. Content: The content on your website must be relevant to the page titles and descriptions as well as be appropriately keyword rich. This is typically done by including relevant keyword used in the proper ...
... density throughout your website. Most experts agree 2 †3 keywords per page is best. Don’t forget to be sure your human readers will be as interested in your content as the spiders.
3. Keywords: Using keywords appropriately throughout your website is critical. Spend as much time as you need to develop a solid list of keywords and be sure to review it on a regular basis. Keywords should be used not only in the content as noted above but in title tags, Meta tags and sub headings.
4. Backlinks: Backlinks are crucial to SEO success. The quality and quantity of backlinks is a major piece of what Google uses to rank pages; so it is important to organically create links that point back to your web pages. This is another step that takes time to do right, but it is worth the payout. Spend time researching related sites and contact the owners to request a link, or take part on DoFollow message boards and forums. Most importantly, write great content (articles, blogs, and press releases) constantly and syndicate the content with the proper optimization techniques to generate naturally occurring, highly relevant backlinks.
5. Visibility (Being There): increasing your overall presence on the web is important as well. Utilize social media sites, forums, discussion boards, article marketing and blogs to increase the visibility of your site. Not only will you get links, you will begin to establish yourself as an expert on your chosen topic.

Many online business owners find the process of improving their overall website search engine ranking daunting and it can be. Seek only the best internet marketing companies by searching for them. If they can easily be found organically, then it is likely they can do the same for you.

Never forget that no matter how well designed your site or how good your product, if people cannot find you they will not buy from you. Investing time or money (if you hire an SEO firm) in your optimization is one of the best things you can do to improve your bottom line.

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