How to rank on Google, fast

Hey friends,

This week I’ve been thinking about what new website owners should do first to appear on Google as quickly as possible.

It all started when I received a WhatsApp from a recent client of mine.

Not being able to find yourself on Google is a common concern for new website owners.

The short answer is that Google will naturally find your new site over time… but there are 2 things you should do after launching a website to speed up the process:

1. Submit your website url to Google Search Console

2. Generate a .xml sitemap and submit this to your Google Search Console account

Once you’ve completed these 2 steps, you’ll start appearing on Google fairly quickly.

I can attest to this after launching unweb.studio just a few days ago and seeing us appearing well on Google already.

Of course, being indexed by Google is just the start.

You’ll want to continue working on your SEO continuously, in order to climb up the rankings to be discovered by potential clients. Some long term strategies I recommend for improving your SEO:

• Identifying keyphrases to rank for

• Content creation (on-site blog)

• Developing a backlink strategy

• PPC Google advertising

• Optimising your Google My Business

For more detail on these check out the full post I wrote here.

In other news, this week I’d like to shout out Meris from Mokkap for:

1. creating an awesome mockup resource for designers

2. providing excellent customer service and resolving a payment query quickly.

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Sam