How do you rank high in natural search? The answer is simple and refreshing:
Be useful.
Have content people want to read. Not only will you be helping your customers, you will also increase your natural search ranking.
Many people create content with a blog. A blog is a great way to talk to your customers in a more informal tone. They get a better feel for you and your company, and they often find additional, useful information. In talking about your business, you are bound to use keywords that rank you higher in natural search results.
Make lots of friends.
The more sites that link to you, the more important search engines think you are. It’s just like people. The more people have heard of you, the more important people think you are. The quality of the websites that link to you, however, is really important. A link from a major website like the BBC is much more important to your ranking than links from one hundred really small websites.
Have a lot of information.
The more pages you have on your website, the higher your ranking in natural search.
Avoid Flash
Flash “breaks” your website for search engines. If you look at the code of a website using Flash, it simply states, “Must have Flash player to view this site”. It doesn’t tell the search engines anything about your website, or why it is relevant to the search.
Do your business a favor and focus on natural search from the beginning. Your money will be well-invested!
