hello everyone, happy new year.
in this post i will show you,
how to get your website rank on google || get on top
Important notice:
A lot has changed in the world of search engine optimization.
However, certain fundamental principles remain unchanged.
For example, targeting keywords with the sole intent of improving organic rankings no longer works with search engines but choosing the right keywords is still an important piece to the puzzle.
Beyond getting SEO juice, keywords reveal a lot more about users and what they’re struggling with.
and this will be taking us to a checklist that will help us to rank higher on google search
now let's get started:👇
how to get your website rank on google || get on top
CREATE CONTENT WHICH CAN RANK ON GOOGLE
now how can we achieve that:
i: FIND WHAT PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR.
how do we find what people are searching for?
go to Google think what your business is all about.
let's say you are running a cuisine food, just type it on google search bar, as soon as you type it you will find what people are searching for.
ii: WE NEED TO CHOOSE THE PEOPLE WHO YOU WANT TO REACH.
so you can pick any set of users you want, like keyword/topic.
iii: WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT THIS USER'S MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR.
to find out what this user's are looking for, once you get the keyword/topic you now know what the user are looking for
iv: WE NEED TO CREATE CONTENT FOR THIS USER'S.
as google want it's users to find what they are looking for, in order to rank on Google search, we need to create a content on our website which answer the user question, let's see how we can create the content.
To create a content,we have to go to our website.
NOTE: as we are creating a content that will answer there question we have to make sure to add the keyword/topic we find on google search as the users are trying to find the best answer to there question.
we have to make sure we give a good answer on our website and also make sure we add good images.
now we have successfully solve the user problem and creating the content, we have to publish it on our website.
#now we have to make our link and description seo friendly.
how to get your website rank on google || get on top
2) MAKE YOUR SITE LOOK GOOD
now how can we achieve that
i: MAKE YOUR LINK ATTRACTIVE
now go to sittings click permelinks , that is where you can change how your link will look like, the default there is (plan) and it makes our link not to show in a good manner eg: (post-name-random-number-punctuation mark).
now to make our link more attractive, all we need do is to select (post-name) and all the link will change to this format (your-site-link.com/your-postname) now click save changes.
now if any user search for that keyword/topic your site is likely to rank better now on google,
because link also help your site ranking.
now you know how to control your title and your link, what about the description.
ii:HOW TO ADD DESCRIPTION
now let's see how you can add description, now wordpress by default does not have this feature so in order to add our description, we need to install a plugin called (yoast seo) to install the plugin go to your wordpress dashboard in the left click on plugins-add new,then search for (yoast seo) now click install after the installation click on activate.
now let's add our description, go to the post you want to add the description, refresh it then it should show you how the post will appear on search, now click on the edit button down there, now add your own description and click close and update.
now we have our content up and running, and have added our title and description also make our link to look good.
how will google know about our website content
this is very easy to do.
3) HOW TO TELL GOOGLE ABOUT OUR WEBSITE CONTENT.
let's move on
i: TO INSTALL A PLUGIN.
now to tell google about our site, we have to install a plugin called
(googlesitekit) install and activate the plugin, hope you know how to do that.
because that plugin will help us to to tell google about our website content.
ii: GOOGLE SITE KIT SETUP.
to setup the plugin, click start setup
then it will automatically take you to another page to set it up.
click sign in.
this time sign in with you google account, after that click allow, now to complete the settings just click on proceed then again click allow, and finally click add site.
so now we have successfully setup our plugin, if we click go to my dashboard
we can see that google is now connected to our site.
iii: TELL GOOGLE ABOUT PAGES ON YOUR SITE.
let's say we publish five blog post on our site.
so to inform google about your posts, we need to submit something called sitemap.
so what is a sitemap? : is a page which has all the link of our website.
so we have to submit our sitemap to google so our content will be index.
iv: HOW TO GET OUR SITEMAP.
to get our sitemap, we need to go back to the yoast plugin which we installed before, head over to wordpress and click seo from the left side bar, now go to features
you will see an option called sitemap, now to get the sitemap, click the question and click the link you will see after that, you now see your sitemap and now when you click on post sitemap, it will show you the link to all the post we have publish on our site, so submitting the sitemap to google will help it find all the content on our website easily.
v: HOW TO SUBMIT OUR SITEMAP.
now to submit your sitemap to google, go back to the main sitemap page now go back to wordpress dashboard, on the side bar click on (google site kit) and click search console, now click the link on the right to open it, and it will take you to that page, now to submit your sitemap just click sitemaps and there you need to enter your sitemap link, to get the link let's go to our sitemap, now on search bar of your browser copy the link there, go back to search console and paste the link and click submit and boom our sitemap is now added, when you publish new content it will be automatically added to your sitemap and it will be recognized by google.
so this is how you can tell google about the pages on your website
now we have optimize our website is should rank better now on google search results.
how to get your website rank on google || get on top
4)THE PRINCIPAL THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW.
i: it takes time for google to find your content and then rank it for the correct search terms.
so be patient while google review your content.
ii: remember that google want to show the best possible content to it visitors, so take a look at the competition and enjoy your content and something new or better to offer to the visitors.
iii: also try to create content which is better then what your competitor has to offer.
okay now you know how you can make your website appear on google search result, but how do you know if your site is ranking on google.
how do you see the number of people visiting your site from google search result, so to check if your content is ranking on google.
5) HOW TO SEE A KEYWORD YOU ARE RANKING FOR.
is very sample.
i: let's go to our wordpress dashboard, on the sidebar click on (sitekit) now as soon as you click it, you will see the number of impression and clicks you are getting from search results.
if you want to see the search terms which your content is ranking for, scroll down and you will see the search terms which your content is ranking for.
ii: now if you want to see how a particular blog post you write is doing on google, just click on the search bar down there and enter the title of your post and select it, and click view data on the right hand side, you will now see the impression and click the individual post has got from google search result.
so this is how you can know how content, you have published is ranking on google and how many people is visiting your site through the content.
6) WHAT YOU ALSO NEED TO KNOW.
if you choose a keyword which your competitor has already rank for, then you might find it difficult to rank your site for those search terms.
in that case you need to find keywords which are easy to rank for.
so that is it guys, this is how you.
how to get your website rank on google || get on top
i want to turn the microphone 🎙️ over to you, which of the checklist are you gonna try first, is it making your site to look good or how to tell google about your website content.
you can tell us on the comment section below, because when we see you dropping comments we will be so happy to do more research and don't forget to share it.
thanks alot, see you on the next one, peace. 👍