| Now I am no expert, but I want to fill you in on | | | | 2. Write content using these keywords on your |
| what I have learnt so far about ranking well in | | | | site using hn tags, bold italic and underline for |
| Google. We have been trying for that coveted #1 | | | | these keywords. This is not that important, but |
| spot for our chosen keywords on Google for | | | | hey, every little helps - right? Don't forget to use |
| ages and now we are just about there. So let me | | | | your keywords also in your title and description |
| show you what we did and how you can do it to. | | | | tags also. |
| As a tip - if you run a service which is 'local' then | | | | 3. Go out and get links coming into your new |
| you will need to localize your keywords. | | | | keyword optimized pages with your keywords in |
| 1. Find some keywords that are not too | | | | the link text. This is one of the best ways to get |
| competitive and have a reasonable amount of | | | | inbound links as it also helps to build you a solid |
| traffic. So for example if you were in the fruit | | | | and well formed reputation. You can submit |
| selling trade you could choose something like 'fruit' | | | | articles on a whole range of topics on thousands |
| as this has on average 67,000 searches per | | | | of article directories all over the internet. For each |
| month on overture (search engine), however the | | | | article that you post you can place at least one |
| competition is high, with 221,000,000 pages | | | | inbound link in it that points towards your site. This |
| containing that keyword. Although this is not | | | | link can be palace in your 'Author Bio'. Any articles |
| impossible, it would be a mammoth task and | | | | that you submit will want to be 'keyword |
| would probably take an army of SEO experts to | | | | enriched', which means that it will have to mention |
| get you to number one. What you could do is go | | | | several times a term that you think people will |
| for a less competitive keyword like 'fresh fruit | | | | use to search for you site. Once you have your |
| salad recipe' which only has 6,040,000 pages | | | | article you will need to submit it to some online |
| containing that keyword and still has over 1000 | | | | directories. For this, quantity is just as good as |
| searches per month. If you choose say ten of | | | | quality. |
| these keywords and optimize them you could | | | | 4. Wait for a while - but keep getting links while |
| soon have 10,000 visits per month. | | | | you are waiting. |