I have done the following activities to improve rank without success.

Selected answers from the Dumb SEO Questions Facebook & G+ community.

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  Payal Jain: Hello All,
  
  How should i improve keyword ranking?
  
  I had done all off-page activities but i didn't get any improvement in rank. I had done following activities to improve rank.
  
  1) Directory submission
  2) Social bookmarking
  3) Press Release
  4) ;Article Submission
  5) Classified ads
  6) Blog creation
  7) ;Blog commenting
  8) ;Backlinks submission and SMO
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  venkadesh S: more concentrate ; on On-Page Factors and then try Off-Page factors. Do more classifieds and Article submissions. Don't spam, give quality content. share it on social media. then you will get first rank.
   ;If you need more suggestions, mail me to: [email protected]
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  Sasch Mayer: Really?
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  Rajeev Kumar: I think u need to improved your on page becoz ; ;Directory submission, ;Social bookmarking, ;Blog commenting, ;Classified ads, are not good for seo at this time. So plz don't do again . If you recived any notification of google then u should removed that notification first and after removing the panelty and u should build natural link. And you should focus on page not off page. Thanks .... ;
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  Tony McCreath: Sounds like Google is getting better with a confirmation that those 8 manipulative tactics don't work any more.
  
  Try to produce valuable content covering the subjects you want to rank for.
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  Devin Peterson: The best way to improve a keyword ranking is to create a really great, amazing, useful product/experience for a person who is likely to search that keyword. That's it, really.
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  Jim Munro: Take note of all the comments in this thread, +Payal Jain ; . I think you might find that all of the methods you described have been discredited.
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  Devin Peterson: +Jim Munro ;Other than blog creation? (If it's good)
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  Jim Munro: I think even "blog creation" might be a fail when it's included generally as part of the above list, Devin.
  
  Would you agree that almost anything where the means is placed ahead of the purpose is possibly likely to end in tears?
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  Devin Peterson: Yes in that context I guess you could say that.
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  Payal Jain: Thanks To All :)
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  Rajeev Kumar: +Payal Jain ;It's ok Payal ji, and thanks !
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  Edwin Jonk: From the expert panel in this weeks SEO Questions hangout on air on 00:23:37 into the YouTube video: https://dumbseoquestions.com/q/i_have_done_the_following_activities_to_improve_rank_without_success +Payal Jain
  
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