What Does Google like for High Page Ranks?

Roger C.
Google is the search engine king right now, so in order to have a successful business website, no matter what your niche is, you have to know how to please this gigantic search engine. Getting ranked in Google is not an easy task, especially with all the competition you have. Every day new businesses and websites are finding their way to the Internet and many of them are going to be your direct competition adding up to the list of competitors you already had.

Having a high Google page rank for your website and related keyword or keywords is one of the best and most profitable ways to make money providing you have a money making website. Sadly, Google never reveals the factors affecting the page's rank, and this is the reason why webmasters have been spending countless hours searching, trying, and guessing the factors that can provide them a better page rank. There is an estimate of a couple hundred small factors that influence Google's choice and to be a strong player in the Google game you need to try and use as many as you can.

Although Google is not the one and only site to get traffic from, it is definitely the top place. It accounts for about 70% of the traffic related to web search in the U.S. and even more in some countries. Another important factor to note is the Google's brand weight in terms of prestige, respect and trust among people. Millions of people use Google to find answers to their questions, and they usually get them right away. This is because of Google's ability to detect the websites more relevant to the user's search entries.

One of the most important factors Google takes into account when choosing the results it shows first is relevance. In order for Google to show your site, your content should be the most relevant to what is being asked. Your relevance can be increased by using SEO techniques, having quality and unique content, or back links from authority sites.

All these factors are very important. To increase the appeal of your website to Google you MUST provide good quality and unique content. This is the reason why most websites in top rankings for highly competed topics often have hundreds or thousands of pages. Just think about video games for instance. Top listings include sites like IGN, Gamespot, or Gametrailers just to name a few. These sites have literally thousands of articles, news, videos, reviews and user comments. Those sites receive millions of visitors because they provide the best and most relevant content in their niche.

Satisfying a consumer is one of the best ways to get traffic. The process might be time consuming and slow if you are doing everything by yourself, but the rewards are worth the effort.

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