Need help!

[teamfocus]

Howdy,

I'm a bit confused on how to get a good PR with Google. I think I was black listed awhile ago and don't even know why? My page was completely dropped from the listings and only recently re listed. I have back links. But when I type in Team Focus I'm not even listed yet I have a small page rank.
Any thoughts?

http://www.teamfocus.us/

Hello Rick,

When I Googled - link:www.teamfocus.us

It shows a sampling of about 19 of your backlinks. I suggest you follow all of the great SEO (search engine optimization ) advice on getting more IBLs (inbound links) to your website found throughout the varied threads here at WPW forums.

BTW - Have you yet submitted your website in the appropriate forum here for constructive critique? If not, I encourage you to do so.

[cbp]

PR (PageRank) is a different thing to the ranking of a page. PR is based on the number of links to a site. The ranking of a page is based on more.

Here is my SEO101 guide, that I have posted before:

Here is my guide to SEO101

Basically, hypothetically and conceptually:

ranking = importance x relevance +/- quality signals

Importance
Search engines try to rank the more important sites first:
*importance is largely based on link popularity (Google calls it PR) - the more links, especially from higher PR sites, the better --> seen as more important a site --> rank higher
* links from authority/expert sites (ie Hilltop theory) may also be an 'importance' factor
* lots of good content makes sites want to link to you as you are a good resource

Relevance
Search engines try to rank the most relevant sites higher. To be more relevant to a particular keyword(s) you need:
* Keyword(s) in the title, description, H1 tags and have the highest density on the page, but still keep low as possible and flow natural with the text
* Keywords in the anchor text of incoming links - this is currently the most important relevance factor in Google
* links from other sites on the same theme/topic (ie TopicSensitive Page Rank theory)
* good content (so you get the relevant links)

Quality signals
Search engine try to rank the better quality sites first, so look for "signals":
eg
* do nothing that gives any hints that you are participating in link exchanges for the purposes of ranking better (ie link for the benefit of the user)
* don't link to a viagra or casino site unless you are a viagra or casino site
* duplicate content issues
* natural linking, maybe slow accumulation of links from different IP addresses to avoid sandbox if a new site
* etc

CBP

[teamfocus]

Originally Posted by cpw3

BTW - Have you yet submitted your website in the appropriate forum here for constructive critique? If not, I encourage you to do so.

Yup! Been there done that. Yes it is a simple tried and true design. It's done in Front Page and is easy to update, but does contain a few HTML errors. But overall it did get favorable reviews.
But Thank You for your reply!

[teamfocus]

* don't link to a viagra or casino site unless you are a viagra or casino site

They have been removed!