Getting organic search traffic on Google is something that many people wish they knew how to do, but very few are actually teaching. I have two favorite (excellent) resources for learning just exactly what to do and how to do it, which I’ll share below.

Got this question about Hubpages recently - and figured my reply should help more than just one person (name changed for privacy)

[note: he's talking about one of our many online marketing trainings for home business]

I watched the webinar on Hub Pages like 4 times and I did 4 hub pages and all 4 landed on either the first of second page of google in like an hour. They stayed there for like 3 day’s and now they are all gone? I can’t even find them under my keyword how do you make them stay on Google and where did it go.

The keyword I’m talking about is the one I used in my title and description and I also have like 25 different other keyword tags…

Thanks

And I replied:

Hi there Chris -

They do get an initial boost from Hubpages and then Google
takes the time to decide if they’re really on target for the
phrase that you’ve chosen.

As with all things Google, their ways are a bit of a mystery … but
here are a few of the things that make Google ‘happy’:

1. The phrase in your title and in a hyperlink on your hub need
   to match the keyword you’re shooting for.
2. Quality content.
3. Other sites linking to your hub with via the same phrase
   (aka. backlinking).

You should also understand that while Google is figuring out
where it really wants to rank your hubs, it’s not unusual for
them to become completely de-indexed… and then reappear later.

I’m gonna assume you covered the first two and what’s really
left is getting backlinks enough to ‘beat out’ the other sites
ahead of you. Getting quality keyword backlinks (and enough of
them) will make your hubs and articles ’sticky’ on Google.

Hope this helps!

Andrea

It really does boil down to just those three things. There’s nothing that impresses Google like a high quality keyword related backlink

Of course - picking a phrase that people will actually search for (so you get targeted traffic) is another big piece of the puzzle … I highly recommend One Week Marketing and the lessons my friend Jackie and I  createsd to go with it if getting ranked on Google is something you’re wanting to master.

Make it a great day!

Andrea