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What does it take to \u2018finally\u2019 outrank your competitors in the organic search results pages?<\/p>\n
It\u2019d be worthwhile if you focus on your strongest competitors<\/strong> that are already occupying the top 10 organic listings.<\/p>\n We all know that Google\u2019s front page is where the clicks, traffic, and sales<\/strong> are. According to a study conducted by Ignite Visibility in 2017, the top 5 positions often receive more than 70% of search traffic. The number #1 position alone gets 20.5% click-through rate<\/a>. That\u2019s a lot of traffic.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you continue to dance back and forth in pages 2 and 3, your web traffic will hardly grow unless you use other sources such as a social media channel as a traffic source.<\/p>\n When a user searches for information in Google, there are basically 3 options that show up:<\/p>\n To effectively outrank your competitors, you need to target these three options. If you can\u2019t outperform your competitor in one option, try one of the other options.<\/p>\n That said, I want to show you 6 proven ways to outsmart your competitors in Google top 10 results.<\/p>\n Whatever your industry or market, the process of putting your brand to gain more visibility in the search engines is the same. Yes, the approach one SEO company or business uses may differ from the other.<\/p>\n Before you can compete successfully against another website in your industry that\u2019s already sitting at the top of Google results, it\u2019s important to know who they are.<\/p>\n That\u2019s the essence of competitive analysis. You want to check their strengths, weaknesses, and advantages you have over them.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n For a quick competitive analysis, I like to use SEMRush.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s use healthline.com as an example. To do that, visit SEMRush<\/a> and enter your website URL (www.healthline.com) in the search box. Then hit \u201cStart now\u201d button.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The tool will analyze your website. After that, scroll down the page to find your main organic competitors.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now that you\u2019re aware of your organic competitors, it\u2019s a lot easier spy on the websites even more. Here you\u2019ll find multiple competitors or different sizes. Analyze their website URL individually using SEMRush. Some of the data you should try to gather are:<\/p>\n One of the most overlooked signals that affect SEO is user experience.<\/p>\n User experience is what drives someone\u2019s first Impression of your business. Does your site load fast? Is your content easy to consume?<\/p>\n Since people don\u2019t read a page word for word, it\u2019s your responsibility to make your page scannable, according to Nielsen Norman Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Even if you eventually rank in Google\u2019s number #1 or #2 position after investing your time and money if your website isn\u2019t useful, people will leave. If people are leaving you won\u2019t find yourself being able to hold that position for very long.<\/p>\n According to Adobe, 79% of mobile users<\/a> who don\u2019t like what they find on a website will go back and search for another site.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Once you\u2019re armed with your organic competitors (like we did earlier), don\u2019t just try to build more backlinks or add more articles to your website.<\/p>\n First, take a look at their sites compared to yours. Ask yourself what are they doing right? How could they improve? How do I compare? You must be willing to invest some time to keep your readers engaged to keep them on your website to read your content.<\/p>\n Interestingly, improving the user\u2019s experience on your website can be a competitive edge if you discover that most of your competitors\u2019 websites are poorly-designed and doesn\u2019t offer a good user experience.<\/p>\n Make sure your website is mobile-responsive so that your ideal customers can use it on all devices including desktop computers, tablets, and smartphones.<\/p>\n Optimize your page load time as well. Several studies have proven that even a little delay in page load time can reduce conversions.<\/p>\n This is the fun part. If you\u2019re going after head keywords, then you\u2019ll find it more difficult to push beyond what your resources can carry.<\/p>\n By that I mean you need a lot of money and time to rank head keywords.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re in the healthcare market, for example, and you\u2019re doing everything possible to show up for head terms such as family health care tips, baby health care, healthy tips, etc., it\u2019d be difficult to beat established health websites that have existed before you even got a license or registered your domain name.<\/p>\n A better approach is to target long-tail keywords that highly successful healthcare websites don\u2019t care about. The long-tail keywords are long, have fewer search volumes but they\u2019re easier to rank for. Their conversion rates are high as well. [source<\/a>]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here are some examples of long-tail keywords in the healthcare market that have decent search volume and are easier to rank for in Google:<\/p>\n 9 month old baby activities Each of these long-tail keywords is relevant to your website and will provide value to your readers if you create useful content.<\/p>\n So while your competitor is ranking for health care tips, you too can show up in the same Google top 10 results by targeting longer tail keywords such as \u201chealth care tips for the homeless.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re struggling to rank organically and beat your top competitors, another approach that works is Google Ads. Remember that Google Ads usually appear above the organic listings.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This will cost you money for sure. But it\u2019s a good way to still get search users to click-through to your website and read your content. <\/span><\/p>\n Some of your competitors are already paying a lot of money on Google Ads. And the ROI can be huge. [<\/span>source<\/span><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This example proves that for every $100 spent on the Google ads, you would make $330.40 back.<\/p>\n So it\u2019s easy to turn $100 into $430.30 and even quadruple your income while also ranking higher than your competitors in the search results.<\/p>\n If you have a valuable product you want to sell, a PPC campaign is a proven way to get the word out and start to rank almost immediately.<\/p>\n Search Engine Optimization (SEO) takes time. It\u2019s not a shortcut to growing your business online — but it works.<\/p>\n So while you\u2019re creating useful content, building backlinks, and enhancing user experience on your website, you can spend $100 – $500 per month on Google Ads to outrank your competitors and grow your business.<\/p>\n Google favors authoritative websites more than new sites. Think of TechCrunch, Lifehacker, Cnet, The HuffPost, Inc., Forbes, Entrepreneur, CNN, BBC, and so on.<\/p>\n\n
1. Analyze Your Competition<\/h2>\n
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2. Think About User Experience<\/h2>\n
3. Target Long-tail Keywords<\/h2>\n
Health care advice for the homeless
Nursing care plan for homeless patient.
Healthy eating for the elderly
10 tips for healthy aging<\/p>\n4. Consider a PPC Campaign<\/h2>\n
5. Get Featured on Authoritative blogs<\/h2>\n