Ranking is google's way of letting you, the website owner, know that your page or post has value and should be seen over the competition.

Rather than having a page simply indexed, you should aim to have each of your pages or posts ranked in google towards the first page.

Having a post rank on the 8th page means that someone has to filter through at least 80 (10 per page) search results before seeing that your post even exists.

If you are writing engaging content that targets the low hanging fruit, you should be having posts that hit the first 3 pages in a few months as your site matures and you get google recognition.

Let's take a look at the best way to check ranking to see where your website and posts/pages rank in terms of google ranking.