Hey my website debate-motions.info ranks good for some of the keywords, lime debate motions, I'm #1 on google. The final goal is to rank good for the keyword "debate", but I do not rank at all at this moment, how is this possible? I have checked it various ways, and I'm just not in the google search for this keyword at all. P.
Have you checked your competitors? High competition for a certain keyword may be one of the reasons, the usage (optimization) of the keyword in the content, making sure you use the right density and prominence, and the relevance of the keyword to the content of the site. These are just some, hope some seo experts out there could give more help, since I'm just a beginner in search engine optimization
Yes it is true, that the debate keyword has much more competition, but, Im nowhere within first 50 pages on google, that is weird for me.
Try and get more backlinks, even though your wanting to rank for debate still use other works with it, it still helps, try free directories, get the desired anchor text, as already mentioned the competition will most likely be heavy, its not impossible, can just take some time.