Top 10 Resources You Need to Know Before Reading Play Google’s Game

October 13, 2015 Chapter Links, Top 10 Resources No Comments

Review and bookmark these great SEO website resources before you start reading our book. You’ll be happy you did.

1. Matt Cutts – Google SEO & Quality Guy – YouTube Channel
www.PlayGooglesGame.com/matt-cutts-youtube-channel
He also has many, many videos on Google’s Channel.
www.PlayGooglesGame.com/google-youtube-channel

2. How Google & SEO Works
www.PlayGooglesGame.com/how-search-engines-work

3. Google Search Console Help
www.PlayGooglesGame.com/google-search-console-help

4. Google Search Console “Dashboard”
www.PlayGooglesGame.com/google-search-console

5. Google’s Quality Guidelines
www.PlayGooglesGame.com/google-quality-guidelines

6. Top 5 SEO Tips Working Right Now
www.PlayGooglesGame.com/best-seo-tip-today

7. Official Google SEO Guide
www.PlayGooglesGame.com/official-google-seo-guide

8. SEO MOZ
www.PlayGooglesGame.com/seo-moz

9. Search Engine Land
www.PlayGooglesGame.com/search-engine-land

10. Get Updates Right From Google
www.PlayGooglesGame.com/google-seo-blog

Google Search Console Sign Up Message Screen

October 13, 2015 Google Search Console No Comments

Here’s a what you’ll see once you have added a “property” (in other words your website) and verified your website on the Google Search Console

Remember you must sign in first:

google search console sign in screen shot

To: Webmaster of http://www.playgooglesgame.com/

Google systems show that you recently verified your site in Search Console (or created a site with Blogger or Google Sites which does this automatically). We have some tips to help you get the most of this free service and maximize your site performance on Google Search.

Set up your Search Console account now:

1 Add all your website versions

Make sure you add both “www” and “non-www” versions for your site. Also, if you use the HTTPS protocol, add those variations as well.
Add a site
2 Select your preferred version

Choose whether you want your site to appear with or without “www” in Google Search.
Set preferred version
3 Select target country

Set your geographic preference if your site targets users in a specific country.
Choose country
4 Share access with co-workers

This helps Google better understand how to crawl your site.
Manage site users
5 Submit a sitemap file

This helps Google better understand how to crawl your site.
Submit a sitemap
6 Learn how to work with Search Console

If you read only one document, this is it.

Not sure how to set this up? Use our help resources.

• Learn more details about site verification and how to set permissions for other users.
• Get help in setting a preferred domain or setting a geographic target.
• Learn what a sitemap is and how to manage it.
• Ask questions in our forum for more help – mention message type [xxxxx-xx].

Build Amazing Content and They Will Come…

September 25, 2015 Chapter 6 - Google Loves Good Content No Comments

Good Content

Everything Google does revolves around content. It’s a fundamental philosophy that Google started with and that never changes. The only thing that does change is the way they go about determining which websites have great content and which ones do not. They only rank sites with good content at the top of the search results.

google loves content

Google Connects all the Dots to Rank Your Content

Google Loves Blogs

July 17, 2015 Chapter 8 - Google Loves Blogs No Comments

That’s right. We’ll devote a whole chapter to this in our new edition.  AND WordPress is your best solution to create a fully functional, scale-able website, with a blog page incorporated as  a page within the website.  WordPress Wins!

Proof positive.  Greg just wrote an article on DNV Fabrication for his metal fabrication business at Ocean Fab. DNV certification is competitive worldwide, and within 24 hours the article ranked #2 on a regular Google search and an image from the article ranked #5 on Google Image Search.

#2 In Google Search Within 24 Hours

google loves blogs

 

#5 In Google Image Search Within 24 hours

 

google loves wordpress

 

Mobilegeddon – Mobile Friendly Websites

May 12, 2015 Current SEO No Comments

Google has announced a change in their ranking algorithm effective today. They are calling it significant. which should get your attention.
http://www.usatoday.com/…/mobilegeddon-could-impa…/26090627/

This is the first time in history that Google has pre-announced an upcoming algorithm change.

Google is giving a website address where you can check to see if your website is mobile friendly:
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/

Hurrah for WordPress! – made it all easy to convert to a mobile friendly website theme.