My SEO Journal: How I Have Achieved & Maintained Top Rankings - Part #9
• I Have Top Rankings For ‘SEO Consultant Tennessee’ •
• Why Solid Attention To Basic On-Page Optimization Works •
In previous posts about how I have achieved top organic rankings for various important keyword phrases on my websites, I showed some local search results for a couple of pretty specific long-tail phrases relating to my SEO consulting rankings.
So today, I thought I’d show you that I am doing very nicely with a top #1 and #2 organic ranking for a more specific keyword phrase that targets the state in which I reside – Tennessee.
Here’s a screen shot taken today (July 10, 2008) for the listing ”seo consultant Tennessee” that I’ve utilized on my website www.SEO-Innovation.com:
I’m proud of these top-spot rankings! I mean … the ranking results are for all the SEO consultants in Tennessee. You know, there are a number of pretty successful SEO consultants in this state that have websites that been around a lot longer than mine … yet I’m ranking at the top. 
How’d I Achieve Top Organic Google Rankings?
If you’re learning about the ins and outs of how to properly tend to on-page optimization for your website or blog, you probably know that there are a number of factors that Google takes into consideration when determining which site is #1, #2, #3 and so on. Though careful attention to properly optimizing the Title tag , Description meta tag and knowing how to utilize your keyword phrase through-out the content is very important, there are other factors that Google takes into consideration, too.
These all important factors that add up to everyone’s Google rankings can be the following, but not limited to:
- Keyword phrase targeted in the Title tag
- Keyword phrase targeted in the Description meta tag
- Keyword phrase targeted in the page title and coded H1 or H2
- Content focused specifically on the targeted keyword phrase and keyword phrase (and appropriate modifiers) is used in the content
- Cleanly coded (robot crawlable) website
- Inbound links (relevant to your site and quantity of relevant links)
- Inbound link anchor text
- Age of your domain
- Many lesser factors
So back to why I believe I am ranking above all the other SEO consultant’s sites here in Tennessee. Well … evidently I’ve done a very good job of on-page optimization, number one. Next, though my website is not an “older” site than some of the other Tennessee SEO consultants’ sites, when all the factors are added up, Google says “congratulations, SEO-Innovation.com … your ranking factors all add up to being the most relevant for the queried search term and so, you’re #1 and #2.”
It’s All Up To Google’s Search Engine Ranking Algorithms
If I tell you it is a bit of a mystery to me as to why I have beat out a few of my competitors (who I’ll leave nameless), I am being honest with you. I know I do a darn good job when it comes to organic optimization, but they seem to, also. But it really is a crap-shoot quite often in more competitive markets.
Why one site may rank above the other can often be difficult to exactly nail on the head! You truly have to dig down into all the above mentioned factors for each website you rank higher than, or lower than, to try to ascertain the hows and whys.
But suffice it to say, that I practice what I preach … and what I teach. And with this screenshot, I can show you clear evidence that what I do when hired by a client works, because it also works for me! 
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