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One of the most impor­tant ways to get a large amount of traf­fic is secur­ing a top google search engine ranking.

But unlike what many SEO (search engine opti­miza­tion) firms will tell you — you just can’t shove your way into a good ranking.

Think about it — Google has thou­sands of the world’s smartest engi­neers work­ing to make sure their search engine does not get manip­u­lated. Any loop­holes you read about will likely be fixed within months. Google isn’t sit­ting still. So don’t waste your time trying.

So how do you get your site well posi­tioned? For­tu­nately there is an eth­i­cal way that can get you high search engine placement.

What we’re going to reveal here is a tried and tested 9-month sys­tem pio­neered by James Glog, the founder of a suc­cess­ful startup in Sil­i­con Val­ley. James wouldn’t let us reveal his real name — but let’s just say that James is on a first name basis with sev­eral engi­neers in Google and has a solid under­stand­ing of how to eth­i­cally get a good Google ranking.

The phi­los­o­phy James preaches is not about manip­u­lat­ing search engines. It is about under­stand­ing how they work and how to plan your site mar­ket­ing strat­egy so that you can achieve good rank­ings in a rea­son­able amount of time.

James helped us pre­pare a detailed spread­sheet out­lin­ing his sys­tem. The beauty of this spread­sheet is that it will make sure you hit all the nec­es­sary points to ensure your site gets good placement.

It won’t hap­pen fast (any SEO spe­cial­ist who promises you fast results are usu­ally lying through their smiles) — but James says you’ll see dra­matic results in 9 months.

We’ll start this les­son with 10 steps you need to take to make sure your site is search engine friendly. If you aren’t fol­low­ing these best prac­tices, you should start now.

After these 10 steps we’ll give you the main item — the Com­pre­hen­sive SEO Check­list from James. You can down­load it at the end of this lesson.

Read the Com­plete Les­son and Down­load the Check­list Here »

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About the Author

Prior to MindValley Media, Mike was the Head of New Ventures Strategy at eBay where he conceived of the strategies that led to the investment in Craigslist, the launch of Kijiji.com and the acquisition of Skype. Mike has an MBA from Stanford and previously worked for the Boston Consulting Group. He is also a certified Google AdWords Professional.

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