Although Google looks at over 100 different criteria (which can change in importance over time) for ranking websites, there are five aspects or elements that are currently deemed a must do if you’re serious about top ranking on Google. There are also other elements that are important also, but we’ll leave that for some other time. The following are listed in approximate order of importance, with the first item being much more important than the others:
1. Keywords used in the title of your pages (between the TITLE tags)
2. Keywords used in headings (H1) and in the first paragraph of your blog
3. Keywords used in link text, both on your blog as well as on other blogs
4. The PageRank value of your pages
5. Pages that contain at least 200 words or relevant text content (the more pages the better)
I know you’re sick of talking about keywords all the time but people seem to forget the importance of relevant keywords, not just keywords in general. To rank higher on Google, you just need to optimize your blog for your best keywords, get as many important and relevant websites to link to you and make sure anchor texts are being properly set up.
5 Things Google Looks For…
Although Google looks at over 100 different criteria (which can change in importance over time) for ranking websites, there are five aspects or elements that are currently deemed a must do if you’re serious about top ranking on Google….
PlugIM.com
September 3rd, 2007
5 Things Google Looks For…
Although Google looks at over 100 different criteria (which can change in importance over time) for ranking websites, there are five aspects or elements that are currently deemed a must do if you’re serious about top ranking on Google. There are also…
isedb.com
September 5th, 2007
very nice information. we will do for our site same 5 tips and try to bring our in top result of google
thanks
Bid Links
September 5th, 2007
Nice directory you have there, thanks for stopping by.
Daniel Vukadinovic
September 5th, 2007
I’m trying hard to catch a PR5. These tips and the earlier one about “how many links” are too good.
Earn Money Online
September 5th, 2007
Thank you very much! It would be nice if you could despam my comment on your PayPal post because it’s been two days and it’s still not visible :).
Daniel Vukadinovic
September 6th, 2007
Daniel,
I couldn’t find any comments awaiting moderation. Can you please come again?
Earn Money Online
September 7th, 2007
Why, what happened? You wrote some comments, then asked to delete them this time!?
Earn Money Online
September 8th, 2007
Reply sent.
Daniel Vukadinovic
September 8th, 2007
Yup, I know all of this. No wonder my sites rank #1 for the top 3 gaming consoles
mark
September 12th, 2007
What’s your site?
Daniel Vukadinovic
September 13th, 2007
Daniel,
I know yahoo and msn put more emphasis on keywords than google does (at least that’s what i have figured out). I thought google was more about the *content* than keywords. Great article. thanks.
Traume
September 21st, 2007
Google does love content indeed, especially fresh content every day that’s why it’s more appropriate to run a blog rahther than a static website for SEO purposes.
Daniel Vukadinovic
September 21st, 2007
I heard that Google just changed the algorithm a lot - are these tips still the top 5?
Jen
November 18th, 2007
Google can tweak their algorithm a little bit but they can’t change the essentials.
Daniel Vukadinovic
November 20th, 2007
Helpful. Bookmarked-thanks!
Jake
November 21st, 2007