18 November 2007
Top 10 Search Engine Listing and Ranking Tips.

There are many companies offering first page ranking services guaranteeing top page listing in the major Search Engines for as little as £199, within 3,5,7 days.

The problem is the search terms that gain these results are unlikely to allow prospective customers to find your website.

For the website www.davidcouplandaccounts.co.uk first page ranking can easily be achieved for the search terms, davidcoupland, couplandaccounts, davidcouplandaccounts and www.davidcouplandaccounts.co.uk. Technically this has completed the ranking companies side of the agreement, but no one looking for an accountant is likely to find the site.

The ranking company will tell you they can work towards gaining top ranking for your preferred keywords and terms, but it will take time and will cost you more.

So why not try and do it yourself?

How do you actually get top ranking? Unfortunately the reality is that it will take time but there are several extremely effective techniques that are invaluable and will speed up the listing and ranking process:

Submitting your site monthly to the major Search Engines using a guaranteed inclusion service such as www.premiumsubmission.com. Submitting monthly will increase the value of your website in the eyes of the search engines.

Change your site content and Meta Tags before each submission. This will over time enabling multiple listings for a single URL.

Incoming links from highly ranked sites. Try contacting sites similar to yours though not direct competition, and request mutual or ideally exclusive links to your site.

The frequency of keywords used in the text of your site.

Always choose a relevant for your submitted page. The title should reflect both your keywords and URL. Each link page should have a different relevant .

Avoid image only websites. Only a site made up mainly of text can be effectively placed in the major search engines.

Be imaginative with your key terms. Use variations that your competitors don’t use to improve your ranking.

Flash only websites cannot be read by Search Engines and your site will not be listed at all. You should consider building an alternative site in HTML.

Give all your images an tag that relates to your search terms and keywords.

Most Search Engines give more importance to the text closest to the top and bottom of pages, so this is where you should aim to concentrate your keywords.

Search Engine ranking takes patience, there is no magic technique, but if you follow the steps outlined above over time you can achieve good placement and exposure for your website.

Good Luck !!

Ashley Smith
Acknowledged Internet Solutions