Stop! - Before you start to think.....this is just not my thing and I don't really understand page rank, google, backlinks and all the other technical jumbo - stop a minute. I promise this Hubpage will be simple and easy to understand, as that's how I understand it myself! I am not an SEO or page rank expert and my depth of knowledge has much developing still to be done.

In this Hubpage you will find information about how writing at hubpages can increase your google page rank. But before we can delve into the deeper issues of how this is achieved, you must first have an understanding of some simple search engine terms and concepts. You will be walked through understanding terms such as one way links and back links, and how they fit into the overall page rank puzzle.

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If you like the big picture point of view on complex areas such as google page rank......then, you'll love my HubPages.

If you like practical steps and 'how to guides' then we've got you covered there also.

Once you have an appreciation for this strategy, you'll be amazed at how easy it can be to improve your website's google page rank and traffic using writing sources such as Hubpages, articles and blogs.

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The other day, while I was sitting here writing another hubpage - I had one of those moments where something just falls into place.

It was one of those moments where the world slows down and then for a moment everythings else stops. Ok well maybe I am building this up as a bigger than ben her revelation - but for me that's exactly what it was.

I'd just finished a Hub on How To Write A Search Engine Friendly HubPage, and was listening to a training call on Internet Marketing Strategies. My mind was still churning around on the subject of HubPages and how fantastic they are.

You see, since discovering this website the number of articles I am writing has dropped off dramatically. I still do blog posts to promote my business but in a way HubPages had started to replace the time I'd have previously spent on articles. At Hubs you get to be far more creative with your choice of source links, references, images not to mention all the other fun back office stuff like viewing traffic stats etc...hang in with me, we'll get to the page rank part soon....

I decided to get my notepad and write a list of reasons why I'd started writing articles in the first place. I came up with the following list of reasons....

• traffic
• list building
• back links
• branding
• niche expert positioning
• google listings

   

While I can get all of that from writing articles, I can also get that at HubPages - but personafied. Then I remembered learning about powerlinking in a internet marketing class I had taken. At the time of taking the class, I understood the principals of why and how powerlinking worked, but failed to get a deeper understanding of HOW to put that strategy into effect for my business.

I am the type of person who likes to have a list of 'TO DO' tasks otherwise I start to loose focus. Give me a step by step guide and I can achieve pretty much anything. (I sure wish my husband could be the same when it comes to reading instructions prior to putting together flat pack items! - but I digress....)

Here is where it get's interesting....I realsied that if I linked all of my source writing together to promote my website, Google would notice and in the long term it would improve my page rank and organic search engine traffic.

Below is a photo of the scribble I made on my note pad as I sat at my desk.

I was so excited by my little drawing, that I got out the kids craft box and took out a piece of A3 size drawing paper, grabbed a highlighter and set to working on a bigger version of my scribble.

I triied as best I could to draw my mental image on the paper - step by step.

Trying to work out if my idea was right or had I missed something?

• So how does this all fit together?

• Why was I so excited by my drawing?

Before I get on and answer those questions, here is some information on basic terms and concepts you should have an understanding of.

Understanding Google Page Rank - The Basics

Here is a brief search engine 101 terminology summary that should help you understand how this all fits together.

What Is Google Page Rank?

Google page rank is goggles assessment of the importance of your website. Put very simply, it is a score given to the page by google on a scale of 0 through to 10. 0 being the lowest (worst) score and 10 being the highest (best) score.

What Are One Way Links?

A one way link is a connection from one site to another that points in one direction only.

What Are Two Way Links?

Two way links occur when one page points to another and the link is returned. When two sites are linked to each other and point to each in return, this is a TWO way link.

What Is A Backlink?

A backlink is another term used to describe a one way link. Generally the terminology is used in SEO terms when a website points to yours when there is no reciprocal (two way) link pointing back.

How To Advice

1. Write an article that links to your website.
2. Create a hubpage that links to your website and article.
3. Write posts to your blog/s that link to your HubPage.
4. Write posts to your blog/s that link to your Article.
5. Make a press release that links to your website.

By this stage you have multiple one way links pointing to your website. The more articles, HubPages etc that you create, the better.

Articles are particularly fantastic ways to generate one way links as other website owners who need content may publish your articles and the more often this happens the more one way links you have pointing to your web page.

Using HubPages like articles is a wonderful way to monetize your content creation and a fun way of building links. Create a network of articles that promote your HubPages and the more traffic you will get to both your HubPages and website. The more links you create, and then the better your Google search engine listings and page rank.

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Some facts about SEO and page rank;

• One way links pointing towards your site are weighted the highest by Google in terms of contributing to your pagerank

• Two way links generally mean your websites compliment each other in terms of information.

• Content - quality, relevance, uniqueness and freshly updated content all factor highly into Google page rank calculations

• Backlinks

As I often write about, any good content starts with good keyword research.

Choose the keywords and keyword strings that you want to target. Your targeting process should include factors like target audience and the type of competition you are up against to reaching said audience.

The staff here at HubPages have enhanced the site to include a keyword suggestion's as you create your content, and I highly recommend using this tool.

Here is some free handy keyword suggestion tools to get you started with your keyword research;

http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/

https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

http://www.google.com/insights/search/#

http://www.webconfs.com/keyword-playground.php

Meta Tags

http://www.widow.com/

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Here is how I choose to look at it...

Hubpages are already search engine friendly with regards to being listed on Google.......of course you can always write a search engine friendly hubpage v's one that is not going to be as tasty to the SE's - they seam to be gobbling up hubpages right now and loving it - HubPages must be low cal cause Google doesn't seam to be slowing down on the binge!

So instead of writing at hubpages to directly promote your website or marketing/business opportunity, use it as a tool to increase your traffic thought the use of the Google listings, links function and the boost that interlinking your hubpgaes, sites, articles and blogs can give you . Write informative, funny, even funnily stupid hubpages on topic in your niche. Develop your own writing style and brand yourself.

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At the end of the day, publishing at HubPages can only strengthen your search engine ranking and exposure.

The guys that run the show at HubPages have presented you with an online platform for content generation that is search engine friendly and optimized. Google the search engine, will index any content you publish within a matter of days.

The more original content you publish that is meaningfull and well constructed and points to your website/blog in going to help improve your page rank.

Try out some other places to write content that can help increase your google page rank, such as;

• Squidoo
• Ezine Articles
• Articles Factory

No matter where you choose to write and submit your content, remember that first comes....QUALITY. If you are writing garbage, then no one will want to read it.

The more, I check around HubPages, it seams that I am not the only one who has discovered the power of using hubpgages!

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Some More Tips To Take Away!

• Articles

Write as many as you can and as often as you can. Then publish them on quality article directories.

• Blogs

Regular posts to blogs will help generate traffic to your website.

• Social Bookmarking

By the use of social bookmarking sites, you can organically increase your google page rank and traffic. Be active on these sites, build friendships by joining groups and promote your content and others on the site. This is also a great way to get your content listed FAST on the the search engines.