SEO Basics: How to get your Website Found on Google.
I’ve been learning digital marketing for a few months now. Most of it made sense fairly quickly. SEO did not.
Every time I thought I understood it, I’d read one more article and feel lost again. The part that confused me most was keywords. Everyone says “use the right keywords,” but nobody tells you how to actually pick them. And behind all of it was one question I kept asking: how does anyone get to the first spot on Google?
My goal is to become an expert in this, and this website is where I’m practicing. It’s new, so traffic is basically zero. Here’s what finally started to make sense.
Keywords: Start Small, not Big
My first mistake was going after huge keywords like “digital marketing”. Thousands of big websites already compete for that, and a brand new site has almost no chance. What worked for me was thinking smaller , like “SEO for beginners” or “how to start learning digital marketing”. Fewer people write about those, so a new site actually has room.
To find them, I just my topic into Google and watch the suggestions that pop up, then check the “People also ask” box. Honestly this helped me more then the fancy keyword tools, which only showed me numbers I didn’t understand yet.
Write for One Question at A Time
Each post should answer one thing properly. Put your main keyword in the title and the first paragraph, but write like a person. I tried repeating my keyword everywhere once and the post read terribly.
Title and Description Matter More than I Thought
The title and the small description under it are the first things people see on Google, before they ever click. Keep the title around 60 characters, and the description around 150. If they don’t make someone curious, the rest of your work never gets read.
Speed and Mobile
Most people will open yours site on a phone. Open your own site on your phone and see how it feels. If it’s slow or messy, fix that before you write more posts.
Link your Posts, and Set up Search Console
Whenever you publish something new, link it to your older posts. then set up Google Search Console. It’s free, and it shows you whether Google has even found your pages yet. Submit your sitemap there too. i didn’t even know search console exited until my third week, and by then Google had only found two of my pages.
So, How Do You Get
That is the question I started with, and the honest answer is that nobody can promise you the first spot. Not an agency, not a course, not me. What you can do is write something helpful for a specific search, keep your site technically clean, and earn links from other sites over time. Rankings come slowly after that, usually in months, not days.
That’s a little disappointing to hear when you’re new. But it also took some pressure off me. I stopped chasing “rank 1” and started focusing on publishing one good post at a time.
I’m still learning, and I’ll share my mistakes here as I go. If you’re struggling with SEO or keywords, tell me in the comments. I’d like to know what confused you.