I am going to show you how to improve Google search ranking for free. This is going to be the slap in the face that you need.
I am not going to pull any punches here.
If you are struggling to hit the top spot you are going to love this.
It’s quite a bit of work, but this strategy works.
This is what you are going to need:
- 15 x 700 – 1000 word articles
- 15 x 200 word articles
- 3 x 500 – 600 word articles
- 4 x images bare minimum
- 3 x videos
If you are not prepared to work for that top spot then leave now, this is not for you.
I will cover each and every step in detail, do not miss a step.
If you miss a step then that is the exact reason why you are not ranking number one.
There is no reason to email me asking why you are not number one. You know why, you have missed a step and got lazy.
Good news, you are going to improve your ranking with this strategy.
I can’t stress this enough…. ALL OF THE STEPS ARE IMPORTANT…..DO NOT MISS ONE.
I have ranked many sites over and over using this strategy.
The strategy takes a bit of work, but it is free.
The ranking sticks too.
I used this strategy on one of my dog breed sites back on April 30th 2015, the page still ranks number 1 today.
The strategy works on easy to medium seo competition score keywords with just one shot of backlinks.
More competitive keywords will need another round of backlinks.
So basically just rinse and repeat until you hit the top spot.
Before we get started on the backlinks we need to take care of our on-site seo. Do not miss this step, it is very important.
Improve Google Search Ranking In 2 Steps:
Step 1: On-Site Optimisation
If you are going to miss this step then do not bother with the rest of this strategy.
YOU HAVE TO DO THIS.
I have had so many emails asking me “why isn’t my site no. 1 yet?”. The first thing I do is look at your site, then I Google your keyword and see that the top ranking site has far superior quality content to yours.
You need to have the best content to rank number one.
So, Google your keyword in the Google you are trying to rank on (Google.com or Google.co.uk or whatever) and take a look at the content on the top ten ranking sites.
I always pick keywords where the top ranking sites have weak and very thin content. This makes ranking a whole lot easier.
Google’s aim is to have the best, most informative content ranking number one. So give this to them.
If you have poor content it does not matter how many quality backlinks you get, you will still fail to hit the top spot.
Here is why;
Visitors will come to your site from the SERPs and realise that the content is not that great. Then they will hit the back button almost immediately. This in turn tell’s Mr Google that your content isn’t really that good or useful at all.
I can’t stress this first step enough: YOUR CONTENT IS IMPORTANT!
It is very simple, yet so many people fail to follow this rule.
You are going to write more informative content than your competitors. Don’t get lazy and leave it. Just do it, if you really want to rank number one you will get onto it right now.
How to make your content the best; (do not miss any point)
I told you this was going to be the slap in face you need 🙂
- Have in depth content with 2000 words or more. I know that this is not sometimes possible, so just make sure you have more content than the top ranking sites. If the top ranking site has 3000 words then you are going to pump out 3500 words. Just do it…..or get yourself an easier keyword where the top ranking sites have less content.
- Have bullet points and numbered lists in your content.
- Make sure that your keyword appears at the top, in the middle and at the end of your content. Your keyword should be in the first and very last paragraph. Make sure your keyword density is not too high, around 1% is great.
- At the very minimum have three images in your content. Make sure that you have your keyword in at least one ALT tag. Get the keyword in the image file name if you can.
- Drop a related informative video into your post. You can create one yourself, or use any from YouTube.
- Make sure that your chosen keyword is in the main heading (the H1 TAG)
- Get the keyword into another heading on the page (the H2 TAG)
- Your chosen keyword needs to be in your URL extension.
- Put your keyword at the start of your TITLE TAG. Make sure your TITLE is unique.
- Put your keyword in the DESCRIPTION TAG.
- Have an outbound link to a related article. Google your keyword, do not link out to one of the top ranking sites. That would be stupid.
- Drop some links to other related content on your site.
- Make sure your content is adding something different to what is already ranking in the top 10.
That’s your content fully optimised.
A WordPress Plugin Called “WordPress SEO By Yoast” will help you optimise your content. Take a look at the video below to see it in action:
Feels good to have the best content doesn’t it?
Makes it so much easier to promote, share and get shares.
Now I hope you understand how important this step is.
If you miss it you are not going to rank number one.
You will be throwing your money, time and effort away promoting your site if you miss on-page optimisation.
Building backlinks will be pointless if you miss this step.
Internal links:
Internal links are very important too.
We are going to give Google bot a big signal as to what our content is about.
Go through all the content on your site and drop an internal link to your new content.
I find using exact match anchor text here very effective.
Do not miss this step thinking that it doesn’t matter, because it does.
If you have a new site you should drop some more content on there. The sole purpose of this is to get an internal link to the post you have just created.
How many internal links you do is up to you.
As a bare minimum I always do 2 internal links.
Go ahead and do those 2 internal links, it does not take long. Make sure you use exact match anchor.
NOW YOU HAVE THE BEST CONTENT AND SOME INTERNAL LINKS; WELL DONE…..
The work has only just started. If you have chosen a profitable keyword it is well worth it.
I might sound harsh so far. I am not doing this to be horrible. I want you to succeed, and this is the way to do it.
Before we build any backlinks at all we are going to get some social signals. You can get them yourself for free using addmefast.com.
You can also get this done using an SEO CLERKs gig for just $1. This will give you 1500 powerful social signals from all the major platforms.
You can get a lot of this work done using these cheap seo packages. You can save a lot of time getting other people to set up the Web 2.0 sites for you.
If this is your first time ranking a website I highly recommend you do all the work yourself.
Step 2: Free Backlinks
It feels good to have the best content.
So let’s get it ranking number one on Google search.
First you need to make sure that your content is indexed in Google search.
Go to the respective Google search engine that you want to rank on and pop your content URL in there.
If your site shows in the SERPs then you are indexed and ready to pump out the backlinks.
Do not panic if you are not indexed. Just pop your URL into Google Console and in a few minutes you will be.
Our first 5 backlinks are going to be from Web 2.0 sites.
TIER ONE
Let’s get started.
Web 2.0 Backlinks:
First of all we are going to write 5 unique articles.
Do not scrape them.
You will not use scraped content in this strategy.
The Web 2.0 sites that I created in 2015 are still live and get traffic. I have not touched them since.
Why do you think they are still alive and indexed?
Because I have added useful content to them, not spam.
You are going to write the articles.
Do not compromise here, you have to write the articles yourself. If you are going to scrape content then do not come crying to me wondering why the strategy did not work.
Open up your preferred word processing software and get started.
To start off you are going to write 5 articles that range from 700 to 1000 words in length.
You are going to post these articles on free Web 2.0 sites.
Before you post the content onto the web 2.0 sites you are going to create and upload a video to YouTube. We do this first because we want to embed the video into our Web 2.0 posts.
The video can be a simple recording of your new web content that you published your money site. You can create a free video fast, upload to YouTube in a few minutes using biteable.com.
Make sure that you link to your money page from the YouTube video description area. Use a full URL anchor including http. Add a unique description for the video including your keyword a few times, write about 100 to 200 words here.
Also, make sure that the video file name has your keyword in there. Make sure the video Title has your keyword in there too.
You can set up all the Web 2.0 sites under 1 email address. I did not use any “hide my IP” service or VPN. All of this was done for free.
Make sure that your exact keyword is in the sub domain URL of the Web 2 site.
Always have your exact keyword in the article main heading and sub heading.
Make sure that the keyword appears at the top, in the middle and at the bottom of the content.
The same principles apply here as it did for your money site page.
First Web 2.0 Site:
My first Web 2.0 site is built on WordPress.com. It is still live and indexed in Google search today, even though it was first published on 30th April 2015.
The article I published on this site has:
- Unique content, which is just over 1000 words in length.
- Includes 4 images in the post.
- Has 4 related YouTube videos in the post.
- Links out to a related Wikipedia page.
- Has an exact match anchor text backlink to my money site.
Second Web 2.0 Site:
The second Web 2.0 site I built was done on the Webnode.com platform. This particular site is still alive and kicking today.
The content I published on this site has:
- Unique content that I wrote myself. The content is 1000 words in length.
- Has 3 images in the post.
- Has 1 video in the post.
- Has an outbound link to a related site, not a competitors site.
- The anchor text used is my money site URL. Full open URL with http:// and everything else in between.
Third Web 2.0 Site:
The third web 2.0 site is built on Weebly.com.
- Has a unique 717 word article.
- Has 1 image in the post.
- Has 1 video in the post.
- Has an outbound link to a Wikipedia page.
- The anchor text used is “click here”.
Fourth Web 2.0 Site:
The fourth Web 2.0 site is built on Jimdo.com.
- 848 word unique content.
- 1 image in the post.
- 1 video in the post.
- Links out to a related site. Not a competitor.
- The anchor text used is URL. It is “www.blablahblah.com” and not the full open URL as before.
Fifth Web 2.0 Site:
The fifth piece of content is published on the very popular Bravesites.com Web 2.0 platform.
- 851 word article.
- 10 images.
- 1 video.
- Links out to two related sites.
- The anchor text used is a long tail variation on my keyword. For example, if my keyword is “best cheese graters” then my anchor text on this Web 2 site would be “6 of the best cheese graters in the world today”. Make sure your keyword is in there.
That’s the web 2.0 sites taken care of. These links alone will improve Google search ranking.
All of these sites are still live today.
This is because I added valuable content to them.
The sites are live and my ranking has stuck, that is the key here.
THIS IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO WRITE THE ARTICLES YOURSELF!
You have to be certain that the articles are unique, add a little something of value and make them relevant. The only way to do this is to write them yourself.
Do not get lazy and miss this step. YOU WILL NOT RANK No. 1 IF YOU DO.
You can index the Web 2.0 backlinks using Google Console.
Do not index all 5 on the same day.
Index one each day over the next 5 days.
Slow and steady always wins the race here.
DOC Shares:
Now we are going to get some very quick and easy DOC share backlinks.
This step is not as labour intensive as the Web 2.0 backlinks part.
It’s time to open up your favourite word processing software again.
You need 5 articles around 200 words each.
Make sure:
- Keyword is in main heading
- Keyword is in sub heading
- Keyword is in first paragraph and last paragraph
- Keyword is in Doc save name.
- Have 2 or 3 images in the document.
You will use a long tail anchor on all of these backlinks.
Save the documents and upload to these DOC share sites:
All of the backlinks that I created on these sites are still live and indexed.
Go ahead and index each URL using Google Console.
Index 1 backlink per day over the next 5 days.
Niche relevant blog comments:
Now we need to get some niche relevant blog comments.
I use a $1 SEO CLERK gig for this step.
You can do this step yourself for free. Go to step 5 on my free backlinks post for information on how to get it done.
Only use your name as the anchor text.
We want to build an anchor text profile that looks real, not a spam one.
Do not use your keyword or URL as the anchor on blog comments.
These backlinks will be from sites that are already indexed in Google search. You do not need to submit the URL to Google Console this time.
Image Share:
These are the fastest backlinks that you are going to get.
You are going to get 2 image share backlinks from:
You are going to get the backlink from the image description area.
Your anchor text will be your full post URL including http.
Make sure that your image save file has the keyword in there.
Make sure that the image title has your keyword in there.
Make sure that the short image description (5o words or so) has your keyword in there.
Don’t forget to get these backlinks indexed too.
TIER TWO
Now you are going to power up the backlinks you have just created.
If you want to improve Google search ranking without Tier 2 backlinks take a look at my expired Web 2.0 backlinks post.
Web 2.0:
Open up your word processing software again.
You are going to write a 500 to 600 word article. The article I used to rank my dog breed site was 610 words in length.
When you write the article keep in mind that you are going to link out to the 10 URLs that we have created on Tier 1.
The anchor text we are going to use will be long tail variations on the main selected keyword.
You are only going to do one tier 2 site. This one site will link to the 5 web sites we created earlier. The site will also link to the 5 doc shares that we did.
You are going to publish this content on blogger.com.
Make sure you have the keyword in the main heading and a sub heading.
Drop some images into the post and also a related video.
Do not link to your money site from this post.
Now go ahead and use Google Console to get the site indexed.
Wiki Backlinks:
Now we are going to get a whopping 3000 contextual wiki backlinks to our doc share and tier 1 web 2.0 backlinks.
I used a $1 SEO Clerk service for this. It is very cheap and well worth the money.
Ask for 10 backlinks per post, use long tail variations as your anchor text.
That is month 1 complete.
In month 2 we are going to do the same thing again.
We are going to go to YouTube and create and upload a new video.
Then we are going to add another article to each of the web 2.0 sites that we set up in month 1.
Go ahead and do 5 more doc shares on the same sites as before.
Then get some more niche relevant blog comments, do the image shares again too.
On the same blogger.com site used for tier 2 before add another 600 word article and link to all tier 1 links again.
Go and get the tier 2 wiki backlinks again.
Month 3 is going to be more of the same, only we are going to use different web 2.0 sites on tier 1.
You are going to record and upload a new video to YouTube.
You are going to write 5 more unique articles that are 700 to 1000 words in length.
You are going to publish this content on these web 2 platforms:
Then you can do 5 more doc share backlinks using the same sites as before.
Forget the image share and blog comments in month 3. You can do them if you want to. I did not do them when I ranked my dog breed site no. 1.
You are going to use a new Web 2.0 site for your Tier 2 backlinks in month 3. You can use ampblogs.com this time around.
You will write a 500 to 600 word article for publication on ampblogs. This site will link to all month 3 tier 1 web 2 sites and doc share URLs.
Then go ahead and get the 3000 contextual wiki backlinks to the tier 1 web 2 sites and doc share URLs.
That is how you can improve Google search ranking the right way.
If you are not number 1 just rinse and repeat until you hit the top spot.
PLEASE DON’T SKIP ANY STEPS…..
Hey Nick, what about the video creation website, we have to upgrade to download. Is there any alternative? Maybe I can use my smart phone to create the video?
You can directly upload them to your youtube channel.
Which format did you saved the doc file in? Do I save it as Pdf? You mentioned above you saved it as .txt extension but with this format the I cannot seem to make a backlink.
If you were to rank a brand new website would you use this technique from the get go? Or do the free backlink first then go for this strategy?
Hey Nick, I just love your work and I’m everywhere on your site. I read this guide and I think that it seems very promising. However, let me ask some questions and make some suggestions (I need you opinion).
For the wiki 3k wiki backlinks, we should spread the on to 5 web2.0s and doc shared, right?
Also, in the 2nd month, wouldn’t it be easier if we just put the first 5 articles that are 1k word long into a spinner, spin them, re-read them, correct mistakes and make them more readable? Won’t they do the same job? (I’m asking this because read about guy who is doing this exact same thing and ranking like crazy).
Also, I’d like to hear your opinion on this one.
After we add the tier 2 links, can we add 5 expired web 2.0’s just to add some diversity? Of course we will use spun content? Let me know what do you think.
P.S Thank you for the email response, waiting to hear from you again.
Best regards,
KireG.
Nick My One of keywords having 36 SEO Difficulty and on 85 position On Google. My DA/PA Are 14/25. Will this strategy rank the keyword or no first i need to gain more DA/PA???
Hi Nick,
After web 2. 0 backlinks, what we have to follow…Blog commenting or wiki links for tier 1 web 2. 0 backlinks?
Hi nick,
I just want to know the onsite interlinking strategies for small amazon affiliate sites , iread about various type of silos and now little bit confused . I have a 4month old site which is build on WordPress, and has more than 25pages published. Many of Page’s URL indexed and gain traction in 20- 90 positions. I used the category ->post structure.
Before creating any back links and rankings I want to do this onsite interlining. However I have done some how I can. But iam not sure what is the best and tested strategy for small niche based website.
I will feel glad you will spare some time to put your invaluable words on this topic to guide new bloggers.
Thanks and regards
Kameshwar
Hi Nick,
I am not clear with doc sharing. Where do we have to place our website link? Do we have to create the link in the document?
I just created a word document with my backlink in it and uploaded it to isuu.com. After that I submitted that google. When I checked the text version of google cached copy, there is no backlink in it. If google don’t see links then what is the use of submitting to doc sharing websites.
Thanks,
Vijay
Hi Nick,
I need a small help in creating web 2.0 on jimdo. I just created a blog on jimdo and published it. When I viewed the source code of the blog, it has meta robots tag with noindex and nofollow. How to get rid of this robots meta. I didn’t find any setting on jimdo to get rid of this.
Nick, follow-up question. If a keyword has a brand name in it, and the top ten results are all big shopping sites, amazon/walmart/target/ebay, with no blogs or long form content at all. Is it possible to get into the mix? I’m not clear if these kind of results are opportunity or warning.
thanks!
Nick, I just wandered over here from an old blackhat post linking to an old url of yours. BAM! this is so much more than I was hoping to find. thank you so much. since i’m new i’ll ask why do you make clear first timers should DIY, vs pay for this service? After I’ve got the right content, and thanks for making the importance of that clear, what if even I can do the steps I needed to hire out for time reasons? Are you saying without doing it first your not an educated buyer?
Great post.
I have doubt regarding blog comments.
As you mentioned, after web 2.0…we need to follow niche relevant blog comments. So are they for main money site or web 2.0 backlinks just created?
Ahh,sorry I forget to add that Branded anchor text plays a part as well over exact anchor text example rankersparadise.build the brand awareness .not to the public.but Gangster G.because he loves brands.dont believe?
Try Google anything about backlinks this Brian Dean Neil Patel will show up.
They rank long tails like a gangster.without much links nowadays.
All right,back to work.
Great! I want to ask a question.
Can we use same email address to register all of these web 2.0 and doc sharing sites or we need to make separate email accounts for each of them?
Hi Nick, I’ve been looking at the image shares you are talking about. Signed up to imgur and did as you said, but for the life of me cannot work out how to get a link working in the description, I’ve tried all the ways I can think of bare and html and googled it with no success, any tips please?
So nick.. in the first month we built 5 web 2.0 link
Nd in the second month.. do we have a create amd publish from the same sub domain ??
Example: publish a post from abc.worpress.com with a link to money site..
2nd month: publish another articleand link to my money site from the same abc.wordpress.com??
Woohoo going to use this method on a new keyword I am targeting. It has a score of 33 but even though that number is quite low there is a lot of competition for it. It is basically “wedding photographer xxx” with the xxx being a location. The sites on the first page of google are quite historical and their home pages. Fingers crossed I will crack it with this method as it will bring in a lot of business. Do you think it is worth it knowing that there is a lot of competition out there, despite the keyword difficulty of 33?
Hey I got in first reply. Well done Nick another great tutorial.
It looks like whatever links we created, do it slow and steady, it will rank number 1. am I right?
Nick. Great to see another mind blowing post. I was thinking to use a tier 3 blog to link to all tier 2 blogs that you taught in the free backlinks post. I setup the link wheel with the gig you recommended. Then I send wiki backlinks to the tier 3 blog. The problem is the content are spun articles. Do you think this will work?