Google Page Ranking and Google Backlinks - How to Get on Page 1 of Google

The best way to get listed on page one of Google is to get quality backlinks that increase the Google page ranking of your blog or web content. In this article I share with you the top 10 strategies I have found useful in improving the PR ranking (Google PR) of my blogs and other web content.

I actively use each of these SEO strategies and have achieved good results particularly I am seeing my articles being promoted higher in Google search engine results. If you are an article writer and don't own a blog this article is equally relevant to you as the same strategies apply to your web content.

10 Ways to Improve Google PageRank

1. Build Quality Backlinks
   Build backlinks to your blog and article pages. Get backlinks from blog directories, commenting on blogs, social bookmarking sites to name a few sources. Try to get backlinks from quality websites with a high Google PageRank in preference to a whole lot from sites with a PR 0 or PR 1. The majority of your links need to be from sources with a Google PR of 3 and above.
   
   To find out the PR of any website or webpage you can use a PR Checker tool. Just enter the URL into a PR checker tool and it will tell you the Google PageRank and the Alexa ranking. To find a free PR Checker tool just use the search phrase PR Checker tool in your browser.
   
   
2. Build Backlinks From Multiple Sources
   It is not enough to just get a couple of links you need to build multiple backlinks to your blog to get a good PR. Avoid building all your backlinks from the same source. The problem with getting all your links from the same external source is that if Google were to devalue the website's links for some reason your blog content credibility would be compromised.
   
   Use a link popularity tool to check where the current backlinks to your blog or web content are originating from. Enter the phrase link popularity tool in your browser to find link popularity checkers or use Search Bliss Link Popularity Tool
   
   
3. Concentrate on Do Follow Backlinks
   Links from other sites to your blog or web content can be "no follow" or "do follow". Do follow backlinks add to the authority of your blog with search engines while no follow links do not affect your blog's PR even though they bring in traffic. To build Page Rank you need to concentrate on building do follow backlinks. This same rule applies to writers who submit articles to article submission sites.
   
   
4. Get Backlinks from Top No Follow Websites
   I have found that getting links from top social bookmarking sites and answer sites like Yahoo Answers and Delicious is worthwhile even though the links are not do follow. With such high PR these sites are worth linking to and can help your PR.
   
   
5. Build External Links to Your Blog Naturally
   Aim to build your backlinks naturally rather than creating them all on one day. The drip feed method of building links over time is preferable. There are some useful free social bookmarking tools out there that can help automate backlinking. You can try IMAutomator which has both a free and paid membership. IMAutomator can be set to add a link a day or to add them over a number of days. The downside of this drip feed strategy is though that your backlinks will take awhile to be created and picked up by search engines.
   
   
6. Use Your Keywords As Anchor Text When Creating Backlinks
   When building external links to your blog be sure to include the keywords of your blog post or article as anchor text where possible. Mix up the keywords in your anchor text so you don't always use the same exact phrase to avoid it being identified as spam.
   
   An example of anchor text linking for this article would be
   

   <a href="link to your blog">Google Backlinks and Page Ranking</a>

   
   
7. Ensure Your Keyword or Keyword Phrase Appears in Your Blog Title
   Your title not only helps readers understand what your article is about but search engines too. The title you give your blog post is a very important factor in determining whether your article will disappear into oblivion or get promoted to page one on Google. Make sure that your title includes your keyword, keywords or keyword phrase.
   
   Spend time crafting a keyword rich article title. If you are not sure about which keywords to use make use of the Google Keyword Tool to help you choose a keyword rich title.
   
   
8. Use Keywords Throughout Your Blog Posts
   Having the right keywords in the right ratio is a large factor in making it to the first page for your chosen keywords. Scatter keywords throughout your blog post. Keyword density needs to be about 3%. Don't overstuff articles with keywords as this could have a negative effect. Make use of synonyms that are similar to your keywords.
   
   
9. Use Keywords in the First 50-100 Words of Blog Post or Article
   Search engines like Google give emphasis to text that occurs at the beginning of an article. That's why I like to start all my articles with the keyword phrase in the first sentence. The closer to the beginning of your post your keywords appear the better but don't make it look or sound unnatural as search engines are pretty smart.
   
   
10. Anchor Text Your Keywords for Internal Links
    Internal linking is a factor when determining Google PR. Make sure your posts are linked internally. Use a related articles hack if you are using Blogger to help you achieve this. Wordpress bloggers can find related articles plugins to show related articles on their blogs. If you are an article writer include links to your other related articles each time you publish an article to build internal links.
    
    A good way to link internally is to use the keywords of the post within the anchor text of the link. Anchor text linking is preferable to just using the URL as the link.

As the Google PageRank of your blog is only reviewed every 3 months or so don't expect your Google page ranking to improve overnight. However, if you consistently apply these 10 basic strategies to your blog posts and your backlinking activity you are likely to begin to see your posts rising in search engine results. The more quality backlinks you can build the better your chances of a Google PR above PR 0 or PR 1.