Tip Number 5 – Figure Out Where You Rank

You need to understand where your website ranks and for what key phrases it does well for. Once you have identified what you want to show up for, start running ranking reports. Any reputable SEO company can run a ranking report for you for under $100. Sometimes it can be as low at $20. But you can do this yourself for free if you have time. Simply type in the key phrase into the search engine and start going through the pages. On Google you want to look for your domain in the “green” text under the description and link. Keep moving through the page results until you find something. This could take a while. Once you get through 10 pages, and then try another key phrase. If you are ranking above 100, then just mark 100 for the ranking result on a spreadsheet. Use this spreadsheet to track your results for all the key phrases. This will create a baseline to show you if things are improving over time. Don’t expect big jumps in your rankings