Simple SEO steps for Beginners to Rank in Google Search Engine

You all are familiar with the word SEO (search engine optimization). Without SEO, your work can be unrecognized. SEO is a key thing to ranking your article in Google Search Engine. It might seem complicated for the new writer or beginners to do SEO on their articles, but believe me, it’s not that difficult. I’ll share simple points and easy-to-understand information in this article that will teach you to do SEO of your articles by yourself.

Simple SEO Steps:

#1. Choose Keyword for SEO

The keyword is the primary and crucial part of Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Keywords are actually those words that are searched on Google by people. Keywords reflect the topic and the whole article. Such as my keyword for this article is “SEO.” People searching for an SEO guide might get my article on the first page if I did its SEO correctly. I myself publish an article by following these steps. I didn't hire any person to do SEO for my articles. I just keep in mind the basics and simple steps of SEO while writing an article. However, I was not sure whether it will be chosen to rank on Google or not. But fortunately, my SEO strategy served well and I see my article ranking on Google.

Note: The article was published on Medium. I write two articles on this topic. Later, I combine both articles and published them on Vocal. So that people get the entire information in a single go. You can read it here ☟

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Keyword Distribution

The second essential part of SEO is knowing where and how to use the selected keywords throughout the articles. The keywords should be used in the following manners in the article:

• Most importantly, use the keyword in the main title (your main title is your heading or topic). Such as my title for this article is “Simple SEO steps for Beginners to Rank in Google Search Engine”
• Keywords should also be used in the subtitle or meta description. A meta description is a paragraph that is most relevant to your title, and it is shown under the main heading when your article pops up on the google page. It provides the reader with clarity about the article. For example, it gives the reader some extra information about what points you’ll cover in the article. However, for a better understanding, you can take the example of the “subtitle” option on Medium and Vocal. The subtitle on Medium or Vocal is as equivalent to a meta description.
• This article ranks on google’s first page. The part encircled in blue is a Meta description that is selected by Google itself. Maybe Google didn’t consider my subtitle added on Medium as relevant, so it chose meta description by itself. Because my subtitle was ''Quora Complete Guide to Earn Money '' and here it is ''Based on your views...." However, it is also chosen from my article (it's a section of my article). This is just what I noticed. I don't know what is the reason behind it. Any professional can tell that. But note that don't leave your subtitle part silly or empty just thinking that Google itself will choose it.

• Use the keyword in the first sentence/line of the article. Keywords should be used in the first paragraph thoroughly. Then, use the keywords throughout the article.

• Using keywords in subheadings will also be good, but not necessarily.

#3. SEO Format

Along with using the keywords for the SEO, it is also important to format your article correctly. Use H1 size for the Heading, H2 size for the subheading, and so on based on your content. H1 and H2 are sizes of text that are chosen accordingly. H1 is recommended for the first heading of article and H2 for the subheading. On Medium, you have H1 and H2 sizes by default, and it automatically turned the article body into a suitable size. However, the sizes are available from H1 to H6 as a general rule. Size decreased as the number increased. Other sizes are used based on content parts, type, and requirements. While H1 is recommended for the main title and H2 for the subtitle.

Note: The Hi, H2, and so on will be applied from the article body section excluding the topic and meta description. It might confuse regarding Medium/Vocal format or website format. So let me clear it up. The SEO for both will be done in the same manner, while on Medium or Vocal subtitle is equivalent to the meta description on Google. So consider the subtitle option of Medium and Vocal as a meta description of Google and the second heading as the subtitle because here we are learning to rank your article on Google. H1 and H2 will be applied from the body section. The first heading of the article will be formatted in H1 and the subheading under the H1 will be formatted as H2 and so on.

For further help, you can go through and observe the article. link is provided below.

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This article has ranked at the top of Google’s first page since last year and still getting huge traffic. You can check the distribution of keywords throughout the article and its format.

#3. Do SEO of Images and Videos.

It is also important to optimise the Images and Videos used in the article. You have to add a description below the image. Use relevant keywords that best describe your content

#4. Linking for SEO

Performing external and linking is an integral part of SEO. For a better understanding of Image optimisation, and internal and external linking check out this article.

To know further about external, and internal linking and ranking vocal media articles you can read the article given below.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) of Vocal Media Articles

Conclusion

The basics for Search Engine Optimization are the same, yet every platform varies a bit from others in its format or styling. Such as you do SEO on YouTube, Fiverr, Medium, Google, or Vocal. media accordingly. On Medium, you have lots of options like heading, meta description, and tags, while on Vocal. media you don’t have a tag option. Thus, the above-mentioned steps are the basics of Search Engine Optimization that will work for all platforms.