To rank high with google, you need to supply with a great user experience to your users. What is a great user experience to users in google’s terms? mainly Great and original content, fast loading time and applying to technical standards. In this post I will review some of the most important factors you should keep in mind in order to rank high with google.
Rank high on Google – On page SEO
On page SEO actually applies to all you do on your website. Technically and content speaking. This includes the following:
H1, H2, H3, H4 tags
You need to make sure you have a main topic which will be assigned as your h2 (because your H1 is already taken with your article headline). In addition, You can have 5-10 H2 tags, as each one of the tags can be more detailed in 3-4 H3 tags. That is “the secret” for applying to google’s rules regarding H1, H2, H3,H4 tags when talking about good “on page SEO”. Google loves to rank high websites that apply to this method. Of course, that’s not enough to rank high with google, but it’s a good start.
Site loading time – Needs to be fast
One of the most important factors to rank high on google is that your site or blog will load fast. How can you achieve that? by hosting your website on a great hosting plan. You should definitely consider hosting it on a VPS (VIRTUAL PRIVATE SERVER). It will make your site load so much faster.
Compress photos
To make your site speed the best, you should compress photos on your website. You can achieve that by using various free plugins on the internet or hire someone to do it for you. Make sure the pictures on your site will be as small as possible, but do not compromise on their look and feel.
To rank high on google – Write the best content you can generate
Include a lot of examples when you write. You’re goal is to generate the greatest content ever. Why? because the better it will be, the better you’ll rank with google. You need to bring examples, write from your heart. Write from your own experience. People love that content comes from the heart and from personal experiences. It’s the most viewed content on my blogs, and the posts that are with the highest “time on page”.
Don’t be satisfied with a mere of 600 words per post
Today, it’s no secret that google likes to rank high websites that includes more than 1,000 words per post. It’s true that some posts that are being promoted highly with google with only 400-600 words, but these websites have such a strong link building, that google “lets them get away” with just 400-600 words.
If you’re just getting started, you need to impress google and your readers. You need to generate long posts. Don’t give yourself a slack. Work hard and don’t publish a post, just to “publish a post”. Make it good. So you will be proud of it. Write each post like it’s going to be published in the New York Times. Here you can read my awesome +20 best blogging tips to make your blog successful
Use Yoast plugin
I highly recommend using Yoast plugin that helps write great posts that apply to google’s basic SEO standards. Just look for “YOAST” in the plugin section of your WordPress website. (Don’t have a wordpress site yet? here you can learn how to install WordPress in less than 5 minutes – with no coding knowledge.
Rank high on Google – Off page SEO
Off page SEO is a different story. When speaking about off page SEO, you are in the big boys field. You need to contact large scale bloggers. You need to offer them publication of your content in return of a link back to your blog. Don’t be shy, because it’s a jungle out there, and the strongest win. Do not be fulled into thinking your blog can succeed with no hard work outside of your website. Writing great content alone won’t bring you no where. You must get outside links, from established blogs or websites.
Which websites are the best to get links from?
Read my lips (or my words) – Do not ever buy links from Fivver. Buy other stuff from fivver – like great logos, and designing materials but don’t buy links. I heard so many horror stories about people and friends of mine that have done that, and got their websites kicked off google for good! It took them years to take back their websites to google’s indexing. Do not play with google, because google doesn’t like to be played with. You know why? because they take their business seriously. They want to give the best user experience to the people using google. If you would try to fool them, and because of you they will put in first page sites that are not good, their business will get hurt. Don’t mess with google.
Don’t get links from websites that are not related to your content
You should try to get links from blogs with subjects that relate to your blog’s theme or content. Try, for the “link juice” to get diverse linking, from different blogs, and only slightly difference in subject. For example, if your blog is about food, you can get links from other food blogs, from restaurants, from companies which supply food equipment and so on. You can’t (and shouldn’t) get links from online marketing blogs. Not from Yoga instructors…. got it? just don’t. It’s a mistake and google won’t like it. I suggest you use this tool to understand more about link building
Get Referal traffic from Social networks – Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Linkedin
Get as much traffic refered from these websites. Google really likes that people come to your blog from social networks. It’s a big sign that your content is with good quality and google likes to rank high websites that have quality content. Open an account for your blog in all the big social networkds: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Linkedin and more. I promise you’ll see results real soon.
On page, Off page and the best content
To sum things up, you must make sure you comply with On page SEO and Off page SEO rules and standards. In addition, you should write the best content possible – including photos, examples and whatever you think that will make your readers happy, interested and engaged.