Ranking High in a Search Engine Result Page (SERP, ill use the word SERP often). Isn’t that what everyone needs ? And in today’s world scenario if you are targeting for a high visibility then you only have to rely upon search engines. Most of the people like you and me (since you are reading this and I used to read this.. lol)

Apparently there is a rumor that blogs tend to rank well in SERPs. Is it true ? Well not sure but yes I usually see blogs top in SERPs. Basically the fundamental to ranking is fresh content. Anything I write on my blog tends to rank in top 5 for a couple of weeks & then moves down or to 2nd or third page.

Anyways leaving that alone we will see the actual reasons why your website might not be ranking well.

• Link Spam

  You are probably spreading you links all over the web like everywhere directories, forum signatures, blog comments, wikis, guestbooks and everywhere else. Beware Google sees everything, lol Google is the GOD of the web.

• Over optimization

  Consider this, your website is well ranked in google, you get nice search engine results, you are quite pleased with your “White Hat SEO Tactics” and suddenly your rank falls. WTF ? Yes that is what over optimizing is. Read this article to know more about over optimizing

• Poor Architecture

  You might have a bad architecture like improper navigation and the spiders may not be able to crawl your website properly

• Inability to drive traffic to your site

  Got No traffic ? Then whom are you writing for ? Start with a Bidvertiser PPC Campaign (Use this link to get 20$ worth of ad clicks for free) for better conversion rates.

• PLR articles

  Never ever use PLR articles again on your website. You gain nothing Write your own content or hire a copy writer

• Irrelevant Links

  You might have a backlinks but what is the use of having a link back from a sports related blog to your food related blog ?

• Useless Advice

  You took an advice from someone who told how there ranked in google and bought a ebook from them. There are so many people to help you out there, like so many blogs and seo forums that you may never need an ebook again

• Copied Content

  Your content is not original, you basically scrapped of someone else website. You stole some one else content you thief ! Don’t steal others content. Use ideas and write them in your own language. If you have a bad English you can ask others to help you perhaps once again hire a copy writer.

• Domain Authority

  The domain authority of the websites positioning above you is very high. Usually if your page is dugg with the same title, then you tend to see digg.com above your original content. If this is the reason, you probably can’t help it

Lastly if you own a wordpress blog and looking for it to rank higher on search engines then my friend Syed at Balkhis.com has written a interesting post on how to rank high in search engines.

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