The trouble with search results.

[Jake E]

Hey all,

Just wondering if anyone had some insights here.

Each time I google: the Trouble with Prophecies, a book called, the problem with prophecies dominates the search results.

How can I get my book to appear in the results?
I've added a number of SEO tags on my website, but they don't seem to be doing very much

J

 

[Barbara]

Do you mean the Amazon search?

 

[Jake E]

Do you mean the Amazon search?

No google.
I'm the top result on amazon (whoo hoo)

 

[Barbara]

No google.

Ah, then I don't know. I could have given you some suggestions for Amazon, but google I'm not sure other than play about with the SEO tags.

I shall be watching this thread though.

Check out this author:

https://www.alessandratorreink.com/

She's really good at marketing. She may have some advice somewhere. I follow her on FB where she has a community of self-publishing authors. Some are very experienced.

 

[JohnBertel]

Have you seen this 12 Tips to get your book to the top of Google ?

But I think it will be hard. "Trouble" has a lot of presence, including on some big publishers/sellers that the algorithm probably likes a lot. And obviously, you can't stop Google from equating "trouble" and "problem"

I could be wrong, but I think for now you should be happy that Amazon puts you on top. Though I have no stats, I would think that people who have seen the title and want to check it out will go to their preferred store, not to Google.

 

[Bloo]

Even with quotes, I get only three results from DuckDuckGo. Two of those are from Litopia !

 

[Jake E]

Even with quotes, I get only three results from DuckDuckGo. Two of those are from Litopia !

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It's ironic one of them is this thread asking about SEO lmfao.

 

[Josephine]

you're the top result on ecosia (bing-powered, I believe)