Tutorial: Getting Up There In Google

Ok, well I can’t say I’m perfect. But I’m doing a damn site better than a lot of other bloggers I have seen, at least some of my pages get top rankings in Google :)
So, I decided to write a sort of tutorial in order to help the not-doing-so-well or brand new bloggers along the way a little bit :)

So, you want to get your site or pages up there in Google? But there are so many results :( How are you going to do it?

First step is research. Decide what the keywords are for the page or site you want up there, and Google them. See what you are up against. I don’t reccomend taking on huge sites, like BBC or CnET, but look for keywords with slight less results. Now, take your page, and place those keywords (in a relevant way) into the text. For instance, if you are talking about computers, referencing a certain component might help.

Next up, you need backlinks. This is how Google chooses your position in otherwise tied results, backlinks and PR. So, you need backlinks.
As I’ve said before on the forums that I frequent, one of the best ways (in my opinion) to get backlinks is to use Google BlogSearch, found at blogsearch.google.com

All you have to do is search for your keywords, find blogs about them, and post comments, with a nice link back to your site, and suddently, Google will value your page more. It’s not instant, but after a few days or a week, your rankings will go up.

To track this, and not spend forever searching for your keywords, you should use the Google Webmaster Tools. It is the best, without a doubt. It’s at www.google.com/webmasters/tools , and once you’ve verified your site, you have access to a huge number of resources.

Well, that’s most of what I can think of, for the moment, I’m sure there is more, but that’s what worked for me :)