SEO Rankings - How To Get On The First Page Of Google

Everybody wants to get on the first page of Google, but of course not everybody can. Have you looked at some of the top ranking sites in a keyword category you are marketing in and wonder "how in the world does a site like this out rank me". Well, I'll show you one trick they use to do this.

While most blog and site owners are doing things the right way, you always have the Black Hat guys still doing their thing. What I'm about to show you is one way they get on the first page of Google and stay there, for a while anyway.

Google knows all the tricks people use to get their sites ranked, the challenge is to sniff out these deceptive methods, and eventually Google does just that. When they do your site will get boxed or even worse de-indexed.

I do not recommend you do this, but it is always interesting to know all angles of the game.

Getting on the First Page Of Google

The method used is called Hidden Text. It's actually very simple, in fact just look at the example that follows.

Here is the first paragraph from one of my sites:

The mistake I made early on was starting an Internet business plan with someone elses plan, not one of my own. I would have been much further along by learning the basics first, before trying the easy money route. There's no need to take the bumpy road unless that's the way you like it.

This is what the reader sees, but Google reads all text above plus this:

<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Starting an Internet business starting an internet business starting an internet business</span>

Now, what have we done here. We have stuffed more keywords so that Google reads them, but your reader doesn't. By putting a little html code in with the keywords you have made the text blend in with the background of your post.

The hidden text will make no sense to your reader, but it will help Google identify your keywords and help your site rank better. If your stuff keywords to much you can get penalized, so keep your keywords somewhere in to 2 to 4 percent range.

In most cases the average hidden text can be uncovered by doing a CTRL + A, this will highlight all text and expose any hidden spam that's there.

Now the above paragraph will look like this:

The mistake I made early on was starting an Internet business plan with someone elses plan, not one of my own. I would have been much further along by learning the basics first, before trying the easy money route. There's no need to take the bumpy road unless that's the way you like it.
Starting an Internet business starting an internet business starting an internet business

As you can see the the hidden text, which ads no meaning to the paragraph, is exposed.

In the old days keyword stuffing was more effective and SEO folks used it frequently. Now that search engines have matured I'm not so sure it's even worth the hassle. If nothing else it's fun to play around with and you will get a taste of how it is to tip toe on the dark side.

Gaming the system, getting an edge, where there is competition you will always have these sort of things going on. If you decide to try something like this do it with a site where if penalized it won;t matter much.