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.

3 Good Reasons to Bookmark Your Blog Posts at Propeller.com

Propeller.com is a well established social news portal that accepts links to content such as articles, videos and images from all over the web. For a blogger and freelance writer like me that is great news because it offers a chance to gain exposure for my blog content, a way to generate more traffic and a vehicle to build do follow backlinks to my blog.

Reasons for Joining Propeller.com

• Gain greater exposure for my blog
  
• Generate traffic to my blog
  
• Create do follow backlinks

Propeller.com Exposes My Blog to a Wider Audience
As Propeller.com is a large website with many loyal fans adding content to Propeller immediately exposes my blog to a wider audience than I could achieve by just slaving away writing articles and getting organic traffic alone. Propeller.com offers users the potential to build a thriving community with many subscribers. Plus by joining groups that are relevant to my blog content it is possible to gain a readership over time.

Propeller.com Sends Traffic to My Blog
By creating links at Propeller.com to my blog pages anyone wanting to read the full article will need to visit my blog. So I immediately gain a visitor. If that visitor reads the article and perhaps another I have potentially gained a follower. If the reader sticks around long enough they may also generate some income from my blog by clicking on an Adsense advertisement or following an affiliate link.

Creating Backlinks at Propeller.com
I have found Propeller.com a good place to create "do follow" backlinks to my blog. "Do follow" backlinks are important to create for blog pages because they add weight to a blog's credibility and its Google PageRank.

As I am busy establishing this blog I have identified that taking the time to add a link to each of my blog posts on Propeller.com is a useful way to build backlinks to my blog and gain additional traffic.

Building backlinks is time consuming and labor intensive anywhere on the web and the same is true at Propeller.com. However the benefits gained make the effort worthwhile. The chance to earn additional Adsense earnings through the increased traffic levels is the reason I persevere with manually building links.

Propeller's High Page Rank Creates Quality Backlinks
PageRank is the measure that Google places on a blog, website or article. The PageRank of a page reflects its importance on the web.

PageRank is largely determined by the quality and quantity of your blog's incoming links. Thus a blog page that is linked to by many sources on the web will have a higher PageRank than some web content that has none or very few links. And when those links are not just from anywhere but from sites with a high PageRank like Propeller.com then it is likely that the linked to blog will also receive a higher PageRank.


Propeller.com currently has a Google PageRank of 8 out of a possible 10. Any inbound links to my blog from Propeller.com therefore are going to raise the standing of my blog.

Keep in mind that the higher the PageRank of a site the better it is placed in Google search results too. By creating backlinks to Propeller.com I am therefore creating potential for my blog posts to appear on the first page of Google Search Engine Results (SERPs)


How Do I Build Backlinks to a Blog at Propeller
Propeller is easy to use. If you have used Digg before then Propeller's interface will be familiar to you.

To add a link you simply enter the URL of the blog post or article and then post a title and short summary of what your blog post or article is about. In order for your articles to be found easily you add relevant tags that are likely search terms that someone might enter to find your article. Once your link is published on Propeller there is a direct link from Propeller.com to your blog.

You can expect visitors from Propeller.com as a result of adding an article link. Users at Propellor.com can rate your articles so if readers find your blog posts interesting your link my get propped (similar to having someone Digg an article) and thereby promote its popularity.

Do I Get Paid for Bookmarking at Propeller.com?
Propeller.com does not offer incentives beyond providing a direct "do follow" link to your web content. Unlike RedGage and Xomba there is no payment for bookmarking your articles and there is no referral program. If you are interested in getting paid to bookmark take a look at my article - How to Earn Adsense While Bookmarking Your Blog.

Tips for Bloggers Using Propeller.com

• Use a different title from your blog post for your Propeller link
  
• Complete your profile by filling out the bio so that readers will have a sense of who you are.
  
• Add an image or an avatar that will make you easily recognizable
  
• Link to your blog under add website
  
• Create links to other blogs or articles on the web under the links section
  
• Participate in the community

Summary
There are a lot of reasons to start posting links to your blog pages at Propeller.com. Not only are you gaining greater exposure for your blog posts you are also bringing in referral traffic directly to your blog. Extra traffic means potential for increased readership and increased Adsense clicks. As links are "do follow" you are adding to your blog's authority everytime you add another link to Propeller.com.

To find out more about Propeller.com feel free to visit my Propeller profile and if you feel comfortable in signing up don't forget to add me as a friend.