Great Tool To Improve Your Ranking For Your Main Keywords
Every site or blog has a main keyword (or at least I hope you do) that it wants to rank well for in Google Search Results. In my case it is “wordpress web 2.0” and if you do a search right now on these keywords you will find my blog in number 3 and 4 positions with only the wordpress.org ranking higher. See image below …
But that test only provides me with information without full understanding of why, although as a webmaster I’m fully aware of many things involved and done my [tag-tec]SEO[/tag-tec]. Google gives great value to other sites linking to you for with your chosen keyword in anchor text and what it sees as relevant links. More sites refer to you – better you will rank.
And I just run into a great tool that will help you do just that!
TouchGraph Google browser creates an awesome visual representation of networks interconnected for specific topics. Using it extremely simple and once you type in your chosen key phrase in quotes it will launch a new java window with full graph.
And here are my results, click on image to get full view (opens in new window). In the image I have specified where my blog pages located on the graph and as you can see quite clearly it pretty much stands alone. One nice exception is my profile on MyBlogLog. I have made sure to join communities of people running blogs on similar topics and as result – Google sees it as a network for my chosen keywords. So here is another benefit for you to participate in [tag-tec]Social Networks[/tag-tec]!
Should I leave it as it is or can I improve it?
Absolutely! As a matter of fact I have done just that. WordPress.org topic ranks #1 for my chosen keywords and since it is extremely relevant to my WordPress Web 2.0 Guide I have commented with a link. But I made absolutely sure to avoid spaming! That topic is a question and I simply provided an answer in my comment and requested feedback. Perhaps it will provide some value, perhaps not due to “no follow” tag but either way I have a link from my main competition for my chosen keyword and if someone goes there first – I still will get my traffic since my comment was a relevant answer to the question.
Second obvious thing to do is to increase my community presence. MyBlogLog profile has managed to provide me a nice value in form of social network that Google has noticed. I have to add that I failed to take full advantage of BlogCatalog network that has similar concept and it would be the next logical step.
You can do similar search and once you locate your main competition – try to contact sites that are seen within its network and see if you can get some links back from them. Sometimes simply asking for exchange will do the trick …
So go on! Improve your Google ranking for your chosen keywords, do some basic search engine optimization.
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Every site or blog has a main keyword (or at least I hope you do) that it wants to rank well for in Google Search Results. And I just run into a great tool that will help you do just that! So, Go on! Improve your Google ranking for your chosen keywords…
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What a great tool. I just need to understand how to harness the value. I also come on Google’s first page for EIPP. As such I can see my blog on TouchGraph. But it seems to be isolated from the others. And other websites seems to be linked to competitors sites. What information can one extract from the links connecting two websites?
Need to spend more time…
Manoj,
I’m also still working with it but here is my understanding. Interlinked groups of sites are what Google sees as networks on related subject or search query, interlinked and connected to each other.
While you can get good ranking through individual incoming links I think this tool might be displaying of what is to come with semantic search. Just my guess but if big G sees group of sites as network competing against you on search term – how long will it take before they place more relevancy score to those sites and drop you from front page?
So, the strategy – contact those sites and try to get them link back to you by whatever means necessary
Alex
Hey,
Great resources and tips!
I’m a MyBlogLog lover (and user), but I just discovered the BlogCatalog network a few days ago. Tried to set my blog up with them and was strangely rejected. The email they sent didn’t give any specific reason – just a list of possible reasons, none of which seemed to apply.
Wow. Rejected. Oh well, at least there’s MyBlogLog!
Thanks again for a great post.
…jp
jp,
Just cause you got rejected don’t mean you can’t try again
I would definitely try again. BlogCatalog is just as great community as MyBlogLog 
Alex
JP, I seem to have a profile on blogcatalog..Just added to my blog.. but not sure of its value..most of the people on my network has profiles only on mybloglog.
Manoj,
Main benefit of any network comes as you increase your interaction. More then likely you visit many blogs whose owners have MyBlogLog profiles. Try visiting a blog or two from blogcatalog … results will be interesting.
I can guarantee that at least owner of the blog you visit will return the favor – that is one visitor you wouldn’t have previously reached. As you interact more, you benefit more …
Alex