"Three tips to compete with established websites on Google"

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If your website isn't sitting at the top of the search engines, you're letting thousands of dollars worth of potential sales slip right through your fingers... it's that simple.

Here's why:

Over 40% of web users only look at the first page of their search results (the top 10 websites listed)...

So if YOUR business isn't listed on the first page, you're losing TONS of sales to your competitors who are!


Old websites have a big advantage over new websites. Websites that were around several years ago had far fewer competitors and it was much easier for them to get high rankings in that environment.

As these websites have been around for a long time, search engines trust them more and they had a lot of time to get inbound links. If you have a new website, it will be difficult to compete with these established sites.

It is possible to compete with the big players if you have a new website. Here are three tips that will help you to compete with established websites:

Tip 1: Use less popular versions of your target keywords

It's nearly impossible to get high rankings for competitive keywords. Of course, these keywords should be included on your web pages but you should also optimize your web pages for less popular keywords that are not targeted by your competitors.

If your competitors target the keyword "pizza new york" then you might optimize one of your pages for "pizza newyork". Even if your version of the keyword gets only a fraction of the original keyword, you will still get more visitors than before.

It is much better to rank #1 for a slightly less popular keyword (you will get some visitors) than to rank #60 for a very popular keyword (you will get no visitors).

Tip 2: Optimize your web pages for as many keyword variations as possible

Repeat tip 1 with as many keywords as possible. For example, you might use "best pizza in new york", "recommended pizza restaurant new york", etc. Even if each keyword delivers only some visitors, you will get many visitors with all keywords combined.

Another advantage of getting high rankings for many of these long keywords is that your website becomes relevant to a topic. The more high rankings your website has for keywords that are relevant to a topic, the easier it gets to get high rankings for more competitive keywords.

Optimize different pages of your website for different keywords and optimize as many web pages as possible. People who search for long keywords are usually people who really care about the subject. These people are more likely to buy something and they might also link to your site.

Tip 3: Create web pages just for getting links

Some web pages on your website should generate revenue, others should help you to get inbound links. The more inbound links your website has, the easier it is to get high rankings.

Create web pages that solve the problems of the web searchers. Write "how to" articles about a very special topic. These web pages often get many inbound links. Of course, you should also actively build inbound links.

Getting high rankings for a new website is not difficult if you choose the right way. Do not attack the big players directly. Start with many related keywords and then proceed to the more competitive keywords.

Focus on both optimizing your web pages and getting good inbound links. Your website must have good optimized content and good inbound links if you want to get high rankings on Google.
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  • Profile picture of the author geotarget
    Some great tips here, I will use some for my own website, thanks for the article.
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    • Profile picture of the author mcarey6
      I would have to agree with this strategy. I'm still somewhat new to SEO but I actually stumbled onto this method awhile ago through experimentation. I started off shooting for the moon and trying to run with the big dogs and quickly got frustrated with it. Then one day I was checking Google Analytics and noticed I was getting a little traffic from a related keyword that I wasn't trying to rank for but I was somehow on page 3. So I went out and got some links for that keyword and manged to make it to number two with no problem.

      I then did some more keyword research and found a bunch of low traffic keywords and started to do the same thing for all of them. Before I knew it I was getting a lot of traffic because I did so many easy keywords.

      Over time it started to bring up my rankings for the larger volume keywords. After a few months of somewhat part time working at it I was on the first page for a few larger volume ones. Not number one but I was on it. I started making some good money and became super excited.

      I'm about a year in now and doing very well and this startegy is how I was able to get my first site off the ground.

      Great info and thinks for sharing it

      Barry
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  • Profile picture of the author Oling
    Yes you are right. Great article and some of the gurus here have pointed before, you need to start form those less competitive keywords and go for the bigger ones.
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  • Profile picture of the author Franck Silvestre
    Excellent post, I've done exactly what you said in the past and outranked them all.

    I confirm that this work.

    Franck
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  • Profile picture of the author Ryan6
    Yep, nice post here. It is very difficult to rank for generic terms, especially if you are relatively new on the scene. Gotta love the long tails.

    Link baiting is an interesting way to gain interest and even relevant polls could help.
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