There are several factors responsible for your site’s Google search rankings. By carefully evaluating and targeting the most important ones, you can improve your search rankings.

Ahrefs contributor Joshua Hardwick has published an article featuring 10 steps to rank higher on Google.

He says, “Hundreds of factors could improve your Google rankings. But some are more difficult to influence than others.

1. Choose a keyword

If you already know which keyword you want to rank higher for, skip this step. Otherwise, you need to find a page that could rank higher for its target keyword.

Here’s an easy way to do this:

  1. Paste your domain into Ahrefs’ Site Explorer
  2. Go to the Organic keywords report
  3. Filter for rankings in positions 2–10

You should now see all keywords you rank for on the first page of Google, but not in position #1. All you have to do is choose one.”

How to Rank Higher on Google (10 Steps)

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