The (Not So) Shocking Truth About Getting A High Search Engine Ranking

I saw my site # 3 on Google and wondered how some of my fellow entrepreneurs did it. Well, it's not a big secret and it won't cost anything other than your time. This is what I did:

1. I searched online for information about titles and descriptive tags to better understand what they should say. http://www.selfpromotion.com is the best site for this kind of information. It's all about search engine positioning and you can register for free. However, the account is only valid for 4 weeks. The webmaster then asks you to donate money to your site to keep your account active.
2. I used Overture's free keyword tool at http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/. Simply enter keywords relevant to your site, and Overture will generate the most popular search terms people use. I picked the most popular terms [checked relevance] and created a list of keywords for each page of the site in Notepad.
3. Next, I accessed http://www.scrubtheweb.com/abs/meta-check.html. This handy tool checks meta tags and tells you if there are too many characters in the title, keyword, or description. The above site is just one of many meta tag analyzers available on the net, so all analyzers are different in terms of the number of characters required for meta tags. What is my advice? Choose one and keep using it for at least a while. Otherwise you will just be frustrated.
4. As soon as I uploaded the page with the new meta tag, I resubmitted it to the search engine using [previous] World Submitter-http: //www.worldwidepromoter.com/? Strategy. Note: Some search engines require you to submit your site manually to be listed. Selfpromotion.com has great information and articles on how to properly send to these engines. I don't recommend submitting to search engines once or twice a month unless you want to risk being accused of spamming them.
5. Look for opportunities to add links to relevant sites. The more links your site has to other sites, the higher your search engine rank. However, you will want to avoid linking directly to competing sites.

You may find that selfpromotion.com is the only place you need to get information about search engine positioning. I did a lot of research and found some sites with great information so I tried to combine them all. Am i gluttony for punishment? Probably;] But even if it took hours to redo all the meta tags from scratch, it was worth displaying your site on Google's top 10!

Elizabeth Piotorowski