Page 1 of Google Achieved - I can't believe it.

Hi WA Friends !

4 days ago I posted "Switching You Off - It's Nothing Personal" and thanks by the way to all who commented with words or encouragement and support, it is really very much appreciated.

Anyhow, I spent the last few days really focusing on my next post for my website which really seems to have paid off as this morning I received the WA email that my content has been ranked on Google which was quite quick, usually it has taken around a week to get this notification and for my last post I still haven't received anything after 10 days. But, I'm digressing. I normally check Google to see if I can find my post and usually I never can even in the first 10 pages so this time I was expecting the same when, BAM ! there it was on the first page, 5th place overall. I was totally gobsmacked. I really didn't expect it.

But what did I do differently than all those other times? Well, I'm not exactly sure. I followed the points made in the training to ensure your keyword is in the title and also in the first paragraph of the article which I have done for all my previous posts. I wrote what I believed to be high quality content as I also believe I did previoulsy, but what I have done in addition is this:

• Set up my All in One SEO correctly (it previously wasn't) to include the Google Webmaster tools verification ID.
• Include several "low hanging fruit" keywords within my article that were relative to my article but not the same as the title keyword.
• Add tags to my post (something that I hadn't done before as I didn't really understand it.
• Watched Jay's Hello All in One SEO training from start to finish which is very helpful to understand all of the above.

If I'm honest, previously I was thinking that "this isn't working for me" or "I'm doing something wrong". I'm aware that this isn't and won't be an overnight success but sometimes reading many many success posts when you are seeing no progress yourself can be quite frustrating and at times de-motivating. This is why I needed to take time out from all the noise and try to focus more. It seems to have worked.

I truly believe that now all the little cogs are starting to click together and the training is really working. I hope that every post I write from now on will rank on Page 1 of Google, realistically I know that won't happen but the fact that is has happened has filled me with a renewed vigour and reassured me that I'm in the right place.

Thanks for listening.

All the best.

Paul