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How to Beat Google Without Even Trying

 

Beat Google

It you’re an aspiring-to-intermediate webmaster, you probably spend a good deal of your time trying to figure out ways to get more traffic. Good thinking! At this point, you surely have realized that Google is one of the best possible sources for organic traffic you could hope for, since it’s by far the busiest of all search engines.

In fact, you may have noticed there’s no shortage of insider’s information on how to “Beat Google overnight” or “trick Google into giving your website top rankings”. Right? Well, if you still believe such claims may be possible, this article will provide you a sound perspective that will surely prove beneficial.

Trying to beat Google is like building castles on quicksand

While there are shady techniques out there that may allow you to weasel your way into organic search rankings, doing so is never a good long-term strategy. Because sooner than later, all imaginable “black hat” techniques are bound to fold… leaving the perpetrators with nothing but crumbled website dust and a bad reputation.

It’s not just a matter of honesty, either: it actually boils down to forethought. If you’re basing your on-line business on deception; if you’re always looking for a way to trick Google… what you’re doing is analogous to shooting yourself in the foot.

Think about it: Google serves billions of searches each day, and they clearly know what they’re doing. Wouldn’t you be in a better positioned with you somehow worked with them, rather than trying to “beat” them? Google can be your greatest ally, so why would you even consider antagonizing them?

Why would you bite the hand that feeds you traffic?

Provided you play your cards right, you actually stand a chance to get a share of their gigantic traffic. And it won’t necessarily cost a dime! With that in mind, doesn’t it sound like a good idea doing all you can to actually work *with* them to get an increasing stream of organic visitors, rather than trying to deceive them and steal mere glass of water from their huge fountain?

Here’s how you really get power from Google, without need to antagonizing them: you play by their rules. And a cornerstone to all their rules is providing a great user experience. So if you make that a top priority for your website, you’ll be well on your way to reaping juicy fruits down the road.

If you focus on making your website valuable to your users, Google will follow suit. It will quickly gather that you are building a reliable and useful on-line resource, and start sending traffic your way… provided of course, you work towards building a trustworthy website – as opposed to working to deceive Google.

How to “dominate Google” by playing their rules

And how do you make the user experience a priority of your website? To begin with, you write interesting content, and you make it relevant to the subject matter. You get started learning about proper “white hat” SEO, and start applying that knowledge to your website. All the information you need is readily available in this website and many other places… you just need to bother to learn.

Never mind looking for shortcuts. Focus on learning how to properly develop websites.

Is that all it takes to dominate Google and get lots of traffic? Nope, but it’s a solid base for your subsequent constructions. After you’ve optimized your website internally , it’s time to get networking. In order for your website to gain authority and start climbing the SERPS (search engine result pages), you will have to interact with decent website and arrange ways for them to link to your own.

With a good content strategy and a consistent website promotion, rest assured that Google will keep sending more and more traffic your way, and you’ll never have to worry about them banning or penalizing your website. You’ll just have to worry about what to do with your increasing revenues.

Your website’s long-term success is a function of user experience

If you’re serious about being a webmaster, and if you’re here for the long haul: do yourself a favor and stop looking for tricks and hacks to get ahead of the curve quickly. Learn all you can about Google’s  webmaster guidelines, and do your best to uphold them.

It may take a little while longer to start getting results (compared to using sleazy techniques), but once you do start getting results, they will be cumulative and consistent.

No need to worry about waking up one day and realizing your schemes were uncovered, right? Not when you’re all about doing things right.

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Matt
 

After a career as a professional musician and band leader in the Miami South Florida Area I decided to see if I could make some money with this new internet thing. After years of trial and error I started to get the hang of it and now I am completely financially independent because of my various online businesses. The goal of this blog is to chronicle my continued marketing experiences. I focus on real examples of what works and what does not work. Google does not give us a recipe for getting our sites ranked. We have to use our own experiences to see what actually works rather than theory. I hope you enjoy the blog. Please let us know what you think in the comments area. We appreciate your feedback.