Nothing can be more frustrating than not finding your site on the first page of the search engine’s result.
If this sounds familiar to you then you’re at the right place. Here, I will tell you how to get on the first page of google without paying?
Trust, after reading this article, you will be in a position to rank your articles (blog posts) on Google.
How To Improve Google Search Ranking
Do you know? According to one study, the first page of Google captures around 92% of the clicks.
Hence, increasing SEO ranking for free is a pinnacle for any online website or blog.
On-Page and Off-Page SEO techniques are the best ways to improve your Google rankings and organic traffic of your site.
Next, assuming you have implemented proper On-Page and Off-Page SEO techniques but your blog posts are not ranking higher in the search results, hereby, in this article, I have shared the 5 proven ways to rank higher on Google.
But, before starting with them let’s have a brief introduction about On-Page and Off-Page SEO techniques first.
Always remember, it is not possible to rank on the first page of Google, without proper implementation of On-Page and Off-Page SEO Techniques.
On-Page SEO Techniques are those techniques that are implemented on the particular web-page of your website. For Example,
- Do proper and detailed Keyword Research
- Use proper Heading Tags (H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, and H6)
- Do proper Internal Linking
- Optimize Your Images properly
- Write Catchy Title and Headlines
- Write unique Meta Description and Tags
- Use Users Friendly URL structure
- Ensure proper Keyword density
- Publish high-quality content etc.
Whereas, Off-Page SEO techniques are those techniques that are implemented outside your website. For Example,
- Building high-quality backlinks
- Social Media Sharing
- Contribute as Guest Author
- Directory submission of your site
- Forum submission of your site
- Article submission of your blog posts etc.
Now, once again assuming the above techniques are in place, let’s dive into the proven ways to improve your Google search engine ranking.
5 Ways To Increase Google Ranking For Free
Almost all bloggers and online entrepreneurs are aware of these SEO techniques.
But still, only a few of them got succeded in ranking on the first page of the search result.
Do you know? Why? To get this answer please read below.
#1. Write More Numbers of Related Articles
This is the first and the best way for getting your articles (blog posts) to the first page.
In this technique, all you need to do is just write more numbers of related articles or blog posts.
For example, if you want to rank your Google Adsense article on the first page of Google then more numbers of articles on it.
We have used these techniques on our site and the results are in front of you.
Today, most of our Adsense articles are ranking on the first page of Google. The below-attached snapshot is a proof for the same.
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Still not believing in me? No problem, just check out these snapshots of TechShristi website, where I have written lots of articles on ‘CMA Campus Placements‘ and it is ranking higher in the search engine.
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Writes A Lots of Related Articles
Hence, if you want to rank your articles higher in the search results then writes lots of articles on that particular topic and do not forget to interlink them properly.
#2. Keep Your Articles Fresh And Updated
This is another important step to increase your ranking on Google and other search engines.
Google and other search engines hate outdated content. Hence, outdated content ranks lower in the search engine.
Trust me, if your articles are up to date and fresh then it will definitely going to help your site.
Besides, improving search results ranking, it also has other benefits too. Some of these other benefits are mentioned below.
- Your readers will love up to date content
- Fix Grammar and Spelling Mistakes
- Improve Click-Through Rate
- Improve your Content accuracy
- Improve Freshness of the entire blog
- Update broken links
- Link back new and better resources
- Improve the frequency of Google Indexing
- Optimize for the right keywords
- Modify your content as per recent Google Updates etc.
I strongly suggest changing the date to ‘Last Updated Date‘ on your blog. This will inform Google and other search engines about updation of your blog posts.
The below code will help you in achieving this. This code will show the last updated date on your blog posts instead of the published date.
<span class="entry-date"> <?php $u_time = get_the_time('U');
$u_modified_time = get_the_modified_time('U');
if ($u_modified_time >= $u_time + 86400) {
echo "";
the_modified_time('j/m/Y');
echo ", "; }
else {echo ""; the_time('j/m/Y');} ?></span>Next, these dates will also appear in the search results which shows that your article being updated recently. For more information, please refer to the snapshots attached below.
#3. Add Schema Markup Code To Your Blog
Schema Markup code is a form of Microdata or structured data that is added to a webpage to help search engines to better understand the content in it.
For example, by adding the recipe markup code, you can easily inform the search engines about it.
Next, the search engines will show your posts as shown in the below-attached snapshot.
Though there is no conclusive evidence that Markup code will help you improving SEO ranking if you add this markup to your page then it will definitely help search engine to better understand the page.
No matter, whether it impacts your ranking either directly or indirectly. I strongly suggest adding the markup code to your blog. This is because this code will not have any harmful impact on your site.
Next, I personally found this code useful to me. I noticed a drastic improvement in the ranking of my blog posts when I installed them on my blog.
For more information please refer the below article
#4. Add Visuals To Your Content
Days are gone when blogs are simply text-based. Now, you can also add different visual media to it.
For example, you can add Videos, Images, Infographics, etc to your blog post.
Always Remember, the visuals will make your content more interesting and engaging.
But, a question may still arise? How visuals will help you in improving your rankings in Google and other search engines?
To get this answer, please refer to two examples below.
Pinterest is a social networking site used to find information using Images. I am using this site to drive traffic to my online embroidery designs store called ‘EmbroideryShristi’.
Trust me, Pinterest works well for my Embroidery store.
Next, Images uploaded on EmbroideryShristi are so optimized that it gets easily ranked in the search engine. The below-attached snapshot will clear everything.
In the above-attached snapshot, the first highlighted image of ‘Axe‘ is from EmbroideryShristi.
Similarly, you can also use the video-sharing platform to rank higher in the search engine. The well-know digital marketing blog personality named ‘Neil Patel‘ is using this technique.
Hence, these visual media play an important role in ranking your content on the first page of Google and other search engines.
#5. Increase Web Traffic On Your Blog Post
Let us understand this with an example.
During my college time, I have written a few articles on ‘CMA Campus Placement‘.
At that time, I was a complete beginner and trust me, I have not done any kind of research before writing those articles.
In fact, I have not used any kind of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) techniques at that time.
But, still, those articles are ranking higher in the search engine?
Have you ever wonder? Why?
To get this answer, please read further.
There is no doubt in the fact that if your articles rank higher in the search engine than your blog will get a good amount of traffic for free.
But, besides this, there is one more fact. If your article gets a good amount of traffic then it will automatically start ranking higher in the search engines.
Believe me or not but this is true.
This is because if more number of users visit your blog posts than it means your blog is good.
Next, if online readers love your blog then Google will definitely be going to like it.
And, hence, your articles will automatically start ranking higher in the search result.
In simple words, if online readers like your blog posts then Google will also like it. Right?
Here, it is also very important to note that this web traffic can be of any kind. It is not necessary that you should get only organic traffic to rank your blog post.
Any kind of real traffic including Social or Referral can boost your search position in the search engine.
Hence, it is always advisable to social share your articles on various social networking sites and tries to increase traffic on your posts by any means.
The Last Words
No matter, what kind of technique you use? It will work only if your On-Page and Off-Page SEO techniques are in place.
Next, for optimum results, it is always advisable to implement all the above mentioned five ways together.
Always Remember, implementing any single technique will not going to help you.
At last, if you think we have missed out on any important steps to be mentioned here in this article then do not forget to share the same with us.
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You can also contact us if you face any problem in understanding the above article or implementing them on your site.