Hey guys, I'm fairly new to SERPS and want to learn a bit about them. I just want to know how to get good SERP's, are they good for sales etc. Thx, Nick.
Yes they're critical for sales, but only if you've got a good site that can convince visitors to buy from you. As for getting good SERPS, that's a question that can only be answered by reading the thousands of threads on the topic here on the Digital Point forum.
You can get good ranking at SERP's if your have successfully optimized your site for a certain keyword.
Choose your keyword and stuff it in your content, alt tags and make sure the keyword appears in your site's title, description and meta keywords. Then if are active with directory submission, link exchanges or any link building strategy, make your keyword as the anchor text. Take my signature as an example. I would want to rank for the keyword "car leasing deals", so the keyword appears in my anchor text.
You might also want to change that link title on your signature instead of putting the URL outright. You have 429 posts and thus 429 backlinks. Forum signatures does help a little.
Try targeting the right keyword. See what people are looking for. If you get it right you'll see lot of traffic from search engines.