A colleague of mine asked me what my SEO methodology was regarding new clients. I had to watch my tongue because I have strong opinions regarding SEO and they are all correct. I really like to think that I am better at SEO than most simply because I use non traditional methods and have spent years following the different updates and strategies to get rankings consistently.
I don’t like revealing my secrets about SEO because I don’t like creating extra competition but I figured that I could give a few tips that are recommended by google to keep you interested and coming back to my site for part 2. Now if you were to get started online and wanted to get your site ranked this what I would tell you in the first 5 minutes.
- Buy a domain that matches your purpose
- Put as much content that relates to your service or product on your site
- Verify your site with google as a business and as a webmaster.
After we got the basics down I would recommend getting listed on Directory Submission Sites and getting listed on Article Submission Sites. If my client had a low budget and wanted quick results then I would recommend getting a full service press release.
By following these steps when setting up your website you set yourself apart from 90% of the other websites, and will usually get your site ranked on the first or second page of google. These rankings should hold until you do something smart or stupid.
There are a few more methods that I use that are non traditional that I will share in upcoming posts. In the meantime see what google has to say about SEO from the biggest search site on the planet by visiting support.google.com and google.com/insidesearch for a better understanding of the online search process.