I would love my webpage to show up on google searches when using a certain keyword (not in the advertisement space), but i also don't want to change anything visible on the page. is there anything i can do?
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March 22nd, 2010
i love my webpage as is. under certain search terms, it is the top hit. under other very relevant search terms, i can’t find it anywhere in the hits. i love the current layout of the webpage, so i don’t want to change anything that impacts the use of the page. i could add text in white, or something like that. are there other ideas of simple stuff i could do? many thanks, and much love….
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Of course. Title each page informatively and put in META tags.
Some folks even use print in the same color as the background to trigger search results. Super easy to find if you highlight, though, and people will know what you were up to.
there is lots you can do actually, you can use meta tags as mentioned by @wonderingwhy as well as giving all images a description, you can create a XML site map and submit it to google, you can try and work in particular words a little more often, you can also work on having places that talk about certain topics link to your pages on the same topics.
got a link to your site? maybe i can help more
@laureth and google may decide to black list you as that is against their policy and then you wont show up on google at all.
EDIT: do not pay anyone for SEO! making your site show up on google is not an exact science and anyone who tells you they can get you to the top is full of crap and probably a con artist.
EDIT2: keyword example:
<meta name=“keywords” content=“keyword1 keyword2 keyword3 other key words” />
<meta name=“description” content=“this page is about keyword1 and keyword2 but also talks a little about keyword3 and this and that”>
<head>
<meta http-equiv=“Content-Type” content=“text/html; charset=utf-8” />
<title>site name and title keyword keyword</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
Meta tags are losing their significance. Your keyword will absolutely need to appear at least in the title of your site. I recommend using the keyword first: <title>Keyword phrase | City, State | Site Name</title>
The next thing you can do is link building. Blog, facebook, twitter… Just go build links anywhere you can… the more relevant the better.
@laureth Having words the same color as the background will get you banned from Google.
Good luck!
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