How My Article Ranked at #2 with “NO Back Links” at All

When I started blogging the first question came to my mind was

Is it possible to rank in top search results with “NO” back links at all? 

Because I was new in this space and had no name, authority or any back links at all. 
But after a few months when my articles started ranking in top search results then I found out that

Yes, It is possible to rank at top positions with no authority or back links

From last penguin update, Google has reduced the value of back links in overall SEO, and links are not the top ranking factor anymore. Here we are sharing some tips to help rank your article in top search results.
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# Do Proper Keyword Research

Many webmasters suggests that keyword research is not very helpful, but they are wrong. If it is done smartly, then it definitely makes an impact.

# On-Page Optimization is the Key

Keyword Rich Titles

A good and eye-catching title is always the key for any user to click on search results. 

Use Keywords in Heading Tags

Include target keywords in URL’s

Image Alt Tags for Images

Google doesn’t understand the language of images, So you need to tell Google what your images are about.

Image Alt tags are required to describe your image to Google, use your keywords and brand name in image Alt tags as it helps your blog’s images to appear in image search results.

Proper Internal Linking

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# Implement Google Authorship for your Website

Google authorship has no direct impact on search rankings, but it helps in getting more CTR. If you are a high authority author than definitely it is going to improve CTR for your website.

Another advantage of authorship is, if user searching on web is signed in to Google and is also your follower on Google+, then there are more possibilities for your website to appear high in personalized search results.

Read : How to implement Google authorship for your website

How to make authorship more effective:

Use a high quality head-shot of your real photo as your profile picture.
Use high contrast background to make your picture more effective

Use this tool from Google to check authorship working for you or not.

# Improve Your Website Loading Speed

If your website is having a good loading speed than it increase user satisfaction, as well as it helps in improving your rankings in search results as website speed is one of the search engine ranking factor, as Google has confirmed this this on their webmaster central blog.

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“Optimizing a page’s loading time on smartphones is particularly important given the characteristics of mobile data networks smartphones are connected to.”

– Google Developers 

Things to keep in mind while page design:

If you are using the sidebar in your page, then place body content first, then sidebar content in html coding. When your content section comes first in your HTML, it’ll load first and user will be able to see the content first on your page.

# More content above the fold

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Google is completely focused on better user experience, so Google may considers websites showing multiple ads above the fold, blocking actual content to appear in front of users as low quality sites.

# Regularly Refresh your Website Content

For this URL there are 1042 impressions with 112 clicks in February, 2014 for first 20 days   (1 Feb-20 Feb)

For the same url as above there are 3063 impressions with 201 clicks in March, 2014 for first 20 days ( 1March-20 March)

Conclusion:

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