Most probably you have found this page because it showed on the top results in Google. I have few websites and all of them show on the top ten results in Google even though they are all relatively new.
It usually takes me less than a month to start new website that comes up first in Google’s search engine. If you searched the web for tips for making your website come up in Google you will find hundreds of them and while they are all useful still the only ones that are really needed are the ones in this article.
This article along with its complementary articles can without doubt let your website appear on top of the results in Google.
- Internal linking is very important: External links are very important but I have lots of pages that show on the top of the results in Google without having any external links pointing to them and without having any page rank (see my article Internal linking optimization for more information). The other very important tip is to let the internal link's anchor text contain the same keywords your original article has.
- Write articles that match popular search keywords: Your article’s title , keywords and header tags should match popular search keywords. For example if people always search for the keywords “How to become rich fast” then your article should be optimized for this key phrase.
- Does time really matter?: Older pages are more respected by search engines but I usually see my new websites showing up in the top results in Google three weeks after the creation date. In short, time doesn’t matter, if anyone told you anything other than this know that he doesn’t have enough experience.
- Your main page should be stuffed with keywords that are related to your articles: Pretty self explanatory, taking the last example into consideration the main page should contain the keywords “Become rich” and “Fast”. Of course its much better to have the whole key phrase in the main page if possible.
- Does frequent updates really matter?: Yes, updating your website daily is a must. Google gives higher importance to websites that are updated daily. You can take one or two days off but try to update your website during the rest of the days.