How To Rank Higher In Google Search Results

Rank is critical to a business’s success in this digital age. Savvy entrepreneurs know that search engine optimization is a necessary part of the marketing toolkit — and it doesn’t have to be difficult.

Writing content for blog is not enough to rank well in search engines. We need some special care to make our blog SEO friendly. There are many things that we must care during blogging. Instead of letting your Google rank get you down, apply these tips and techniques in order to boost your websites's rank.

1. Optimize Post Titles

Know Exactly What Words People Use to Search. The biggest mistake people make in trying to rank high in Google is having no clue what people are actually typing into search engines to find you. An easy way to find this out is to go to the Google homepage and slowly start typing in your phrases. You'll notice Google suggested searches come up. Use those exact phrases in your titles. That's what people want, so give it to them.

2. Add Keywords To Content & Images

You should also choose keywords that people are going to look for — so imagine yourself as a searcher. You can also use Google webmaster Tools for keyword search. 

Images are not only use to make blog posts attractive but also to use as an extra place to put keywords. For that edit your image name and put the relevant keywords.

3. Blog Commenting

You might think that why waste time to leave comments on other's blog. This is the big mistake that newbie bloggers do. You should participate in the conversation on other blog's by leaving a valuable comment. It will not only introduce you and your blog into the blog-o-sphere but also you will get quality backlinks for your blog.

You must target CommentLuv enabled blogs to gain dofollow backlinks. 

4. Create Evergreen Content

Create content that is forever useful, not trendy and disposable. Create content that people will be reading 10 years from now, and you'll be getting backlinks for a decade.

5. Colleges and Universities

The biggest SEO secret is that when .edu sites link to your website it gives you a higher Google ranking. Contact college and universities and find a reason for them to link to your site (for example, by running a special internship opportunity).

6. Update Your Site Frequently

The more often you update your site, the more important Google thinks it is. If you can publish content to your blog every day, Google will start to recognize you as a great source of information for whatever your keywords are. With every blog post, you have another chance at ranking for new search terms, so each article increases the odds of your site being found.

7. Take Advantage Of Local Search

Are you a local business? Have you claimed your listing on Google, Yahoo! and Bing? If not, stop reading this article now and go claim your business listings immediately! I've seen a huge jump in traffic for businesses by simply claiming and filling out all the fields on these local profiles.