1. No unique title tags

When you develop a website you need to be sure that each page has a unique title tag. A title tag is what shows up at the top of each page. Most website owners make the mistake of using the same title for every page. In order to even get noticed by Google, you need to make sure that you name each page independently. These changes can be made easily from within your html files.

2. Primary keyword is not included in the title

Another common mistake website owners make is that they don’t include their keywords in the title of the page. Google determines how to rank you primarily because of what’s in the title tags and in the content. Make sure to work your keyword in to the title of each page. For example, if your keyword is “race cars,” you can name your page, “The top ten race cars in America.”

3. Nobody’s linking to you

Another big reason why you’re not ranked number one in Google is because you’re not getting the right kind of links. Google is like a popularity contest. The person with the most links (the right kind of links) wins. In order to rank number one, you need to get other sites to link to you as much as possible. One of the best ways to do this is through contacting similar sites in your industry. Make a list of 100 related sites in your industry. Contact each website owner and form a relationship. The next time you post something on your site, make sure to let your list know (Don’t overdo this). The result will be an influx of links.

4. Not enough content

While this rule varies within industries and sites, it is a good rule of thumb to follow. In order for Google to take your website seriously, you need to have at least 30 pages indexed in the Google system. A good way to check how many pages you have indexed in Google is to run a search for site:yoururl.com. The number of searches that come up will be the total amount of indexed pages in the Google system.

5. No authority (yet)

This step is actually a combination from the results of the previous steps. In order for Google to rank your website number one for your particular keyword, you need to be seen as the authority for that keyword. You can build authority a number of different ways including: covering your topic thoroughly, writing proper page titles, and getting solid links back to your site.

So there you have it, the 5 reasons your website is not ranked number 1 in Google. Work through these steps and watch your Google rankings soar.

In this post, I have included three steps that I am personally using for various ecommerce projects to succeed on Twitter. I hope you will use them for your company and take advantage of the power of social media.

Step 1. Create a company Twitter account

Here’s how to start a Twitter account the right way specifically for your company.

• Visit www.Twitter.com
• For your username, use your company name or something similar
• Use your company logo as your profile picture
• Add your company URL in the website field
• Add a brief bio describing your business. One to two sentences.

2. Streamline the tweeting process

This is the biggest twitter secret of all and almost nobody is doing it. To succeed on twitter you have to be constantly posting and uploading links. I take this one step further and have others do it for me.

Here’s how:

A. Find influencers in your industry already on Twitter

• Trade associations
• Big companies

B. RT (Re tweet) all of their tweets

• Perform search on search.twitter.com
• Go to advanced search
• Under the “from” field, add the name of the person you want to RT
• Grab RSS for the search
• Note: Only do this for people who’s content your trust

C. Create TwitterFeed.com account

• Visit www.twitterfeed.com
• Sync to your twitter account
• Add search RSS feed
• Under advanced options add the letters “RT” to the prefix box
• Update every 30 minutes and update up to 5 tweets at once
• Select “save”

3. Drive traffic to your own website – Once you start building followers, you’ll have the luxury of driving traffic to your website whenever you want. This comes is handy when you’re promoting a new product or service.

Here’s how to do it:

• Add your own tweets
• Offer mini-contests (First 10 to reply get something free)
• Sync your blog through twitterfeed.com
• Post links to interesting websites
• Ask followers to check out your site
• Ask followers to RT (Re Tweet) your posts

Create a company twitter account. If you have not already done so, create one at www.twitter.com