Google Page Rank

privateb · 17-10-2010, 19:28

Hi guys

I am trying too find out how to get my new website on the 1st search page of Google.
Our website designers have done the SEO work, is there anything else I can do?

Thanks Ryan

**Chris** · 17-10-2010, 19:36

You could check that they've done the SEO as well as it needs to be done ... if you have entrusted it to a room full of graphic designers and coders, don't assume they know how to spell.

You should sign up for a Google account and then monitor your site through Google Webmaster Tools. This takes a few days to gather data and get working but it will show you what the top keywords on your site are (this can be very revealing, especially if it turns out the top keywords words actually used on your site are not the ones you thought they were). It will also tell you where on the web other sites are linking to you. You should spend some time looking for places you can get a link to your site (non-spammy, of course). Links to your site are part of the ranking process.

Other than that I'd say:

1. Sign your business up for a Google Maps entry if you possibly can. Searches that have a relevant geographical location often throw up a Google maps summary at the top of page 1. We got our B&B onto the first page of Google results within a week by concentrating on giving it a very thorough Google maps profile.

2. Put a blog on your site and update it regularly. Google loves sites that are obviously active. Refresh the content on your main pages as often as you can as well, for the same reason.

**Kymmy** · 17-10-2010, 19:38

Have you got a sitemap and submitted it to Google?

privateb · 17-10-2010, 19:46

Hi Guys thanks for the quick responces.

Kymmy we have a site map but dont know if the web desisners and seo guys have subbmitted it to Google, I will ask tomoorow. Thanks

Chris I have Google Analytics account set up for the site, are there other tools available? Also we are adding a blog and I will look into adding us on Google maps. Thanks

**Chris** · 17-10-2010, 20:03

You can play about with Google Adwords (even if you're not actually using Google ads) to assess how sought-after your keywords are. It may help you think of additional keywords and phrases you might try. At the very least it will give you a realistic perspective on how hard you're going to have to fight to get a good ranking yourself.

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Is your sitemap being generated in the proper XML format or is it simply an HTML page on your site that lists what all the other pages are? It needs to be the former to be acceptable to Google.

mr_bo · 17-10-2010, 20:25

Some good tips are plenty of feature rich text, h1 h2 h3 tags, alt tags on images, meta description in head of page needs to be comprehensive, try not to repeat page title on each page and links to each page help if written in html so spiders can follow. Also use the page name ie /index.html /contact.html /(main purpose of site).html