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How Does A Website Get A High Ranking?

posted on: November 19th, 2009

At Click Consult we get to work with websites that enjoy high rankings in the SERPs and those that are finding it difficult to be ranked at all.  No matter where your website is ranking, you will have competitors that you need to be one step ahead of and developing a good SEO strategy is paramount. You may wonder when looking at other sites why one in particular is ranking higher than the others.  Or you may want to learn how to compete with a specific site.  Here are some guidelines that can help you to fully understand the merits of sites when comparing them against your own: PageRank:  Those sites with a high PageRank are, in the main, long-established sites with quality links directing back to them.  A small site with PR0 will have little chance of achieving a ranking on a level with or above a PR7 site, for example.  You need to be realistic when comparing yourself against competitors. Age:  If a site has been around for a while it will have built up trust.  Therefore older domain names tend to have higher rankings than younger domain names. Links:  Rankings can be affected by back links.  To be effective, back links should be connected to your industry and you need to check that you don’t link to penalised sites. Content:  Content must be unique and kept up to date and relative to your industry.  A site with good content will rank well providing the content is relevant and the text isn’t spammed with keywords. For more guidance on how you can ensure your search engine optimisation is effective, contact us at Click Consult.

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Avoid Going Into The Saturated Market Alone

posted on: June 1st, 2009

Internet marketing is one of the most competitive fields to try and compete in these days. Any new entrepreneur must be smart to make a success of their internet marketing campaign. To focus immediately on a specific market that will draw large volumes of searches is not necessarily smart. Some people think that to be a success they must compete in what people are most looking for. Without doing in-depth research into niche marketing, some people think to compete in any random market that attracts huge competition means they will be able to grab a piece of the pie. Less is better The reality is that big businesses have often had years to work their way in; they have money, a team working at marketing and have laboriously worked their way to expert level in that particular market. Their web presence is huge with numerous networks, countless web articles, extended website and numerous landing pages to draw free traffic. They are indexed, use blogs and work with social media networks. When you enter the world of internet marketing you generally do not have the resources that they have. Be smart, research and find your perfect niche markets. Search for markets with less competition and lower search volumes - although not so few that you won't attract any business. Those niche markets that have several hundred searches per month with only a specific few keyword phrases will be far more effective than picking keywords with hundreds of thousand searches per month. The norm is that you have less competition and lower search volumes with long tail keywords. Numerous free tools will identify what is working well and what is not and show you the exact competition you will have as well as those related keywords you should go for.

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