subject: Seo Tips (search Engine Optimization) 55 Tips [print this page] Everyone l a gd tip, rght? Here r 55 qk tips fr search engine optimization tht even r mother ld t gt cooking. Well, nt m mother, bt gt m point. Mt folks wth m web design nd beginner SEO knowledge hld b bl t take th t th bank without n problem.
Search engine optimization a positive discovery n th online marketing world. It wll dfntl hl boost r business. Thr r many seo tips available tht wll act saviors nd probably become th reason fr r flourishing business. Y never know. All need th rght click nd boom goes r business soaring high.Whn trt r business, t ld b difficult. Yr business nnt become successful overnight. Especially wth much competition n th market, need seo t hl r business gt n motion. Lts take a bird-eyes view t m f th seo tips below:
Firstly, hld ensure tht thr r numerous backlinks n r website. Th crucial fr r site. Backlinks nd seos hl th site become t lr. Th n b done b posting a number f highly optimized articles n th directories available. Whn r business site link inserted, r backlink wll b rtd. Once r site carries a lot f backlinks, wll visitors pouring n n r site.
Rememeber tht whn posting articles mentioned, th emphasis hld b placed n gd quality articles. Y wld notw ant people t b disappointed b finding bd articles. Th hld b unique nd high n quality. Th reader wll h many qtn n h r hr mind whl reading th articles, b mt people read th content tht written. S d nt try t fool thm here.Once th article h bn wriiten, proofread t thoroughly. It mandatory b d nt want t lose r audience whn th find countless errors n r called masterpiece. S mk sure th articles r optimized t tht d nt nd up n regrets nd r business n death.
Th last thing keeping yourself updated wth th latest changes. Y hld nt simply b adding nw content n r site bt mt l mk sure tht keep a check n wht thr competitive sites h t offer. Th wll give n d t wht th audience requires nd whether r site meeting th r nt. Looking t th contents nd offerings f thr sites wll lt know f wht importance keywords r nd whh ones r preferred nd hw r th supposed t b md f. S keep following m f th aforestated seo tips nd see hw progess.
1. If absolutely MUST Java script drop down menus, image maps r image links, b sure t t text links somewhere n th page fr th spiders t follow.
2. Content king, b sure t h gd, well-written nd unique content tht wll focus n r primary keyword r keyword phrase.
3. If content king, thn links r queen. Build a network f quality backlinks using r keyword phrase th link. Remember, f thr n gd, logical reason fr tht site t link t , dont want th link.
4. Dont b obsessed wth PageRank. It t one isty bitsy rt f th ranking algorithm. A site wth lower PR n actually outrank one wth a higher PR.
5. B sure h a unique, keyword focused Title tag n r page f r site. And, f MUST h th name f r company n t, t t t th nd. Unless r a major brand name tht a household name, r business name wll probably gt few searches.
6. Fresh content n hl improve r rankings. Add nw, useful content t r pages n a regular basis. Content freshness adds relevancy t r site n th eyes f th search engines.
7. B sure links t r site nd within r site r keyword phrase. In thr words, f r target blue widgets thn link t blue widgets instead f a Click here link.
8. Focus n search phrases, nt single keywords, nd t r location n r text (r Palm Springs store nt r store) t hl gt found n local searches.
9. Dont design r web site without considering SEO. Mk sure r web designer understands r expectations fr organic SEO. Doing a retrofit n r shiny nw Flash-based site ftr t built wont t t. Spiders n crawl text, nt Flash r images.
10. U keywords nd keyword phrases appropriately n text links, image ALT attributes nd even r domain name.
11. Check fr canonicalization issues www nd non-www domains. Dd whh want t nd 301 redirect th thr t t. In thr words, f http://www.domain.com r preference, thn http://domain.com hld redirect t t.
12. Check th link t r home page throughout r site. I index.html appended t r domain name? If , re splitting r links. Outside links g t http://www.domain.com nd internal links g t http://www.domain.com/index.html.
Ditch th index.html r default.php r whatever th page nd always link back t r domain.
13. Frames, Flash nd AJAX ll share a common problem nt link t a single page. Its thr ll r nothing. Dont Frames t ll nd Flash nd AJAX sparingly fr best SEO results.
14. Yr URL file extension doesnt matter. Y n .html, .htm, .asp, .php, etc. nd t wont mk a dffrn far r SEO concerned.
15. Gt a nw web site want spidered? Submitting through Googles regular submission form n take weeks. Th qkt way t gt r site spidered b getting a link t t through another quality site.
16. If r site content doesnt change ftn, r site needs a blog b search spiders lk fresh text. Blog t lt three time a week wth gd, fresh content t feed those lttl crawlers.
17. Whn link building, thnk quality, nt quantity. One single, gd, authoritative link n d a lot more fr thn a dozen poor quality links, whh n actually hrt .
18. Search engines want natural language content. Dont try t stuff r text wth keywords. It wont work. Search engines look t hw many times a term n r content nd f t abnormally high, wll count th against rthr thn fr .
19. Nt nl hld r links keyword anchor text, bt th text around th links hld l b related t r keywords. In thr words, surround th link wth descriptive text.
20. If r n a shared server, d a blacklist check t b sure re nt n a proxy wth a spammer r banned site. Thr negative notoriety ld affect r wn rankings.
21. B aware tht b using services tht block domain ownership information whn register a domain, Google mght see a potential spammer.
22. Whn optimizing r blog posts, optimize r post title tag independently frm r blog title.
23. Th bottom line n SEO Text, Links, Popularity nd Reputation.
24. Mk sure r site easy t . Th n influence r link building ability nd popularity nd, thus, r ranking.
25. Give link l, Gt link l. Dont b stingy wth linking out. Tht wll encourage others t link t .
26. Search engines lk unique content tht l quality content. Thr n b a dffrn between unique content nd quality content. Mk sure r content both.
27. If absolutely MUST h r main page a splash page tht ll Flash r one bg image, l text nd navigation links below th fold.
28. Sm f r mt valuable links mght nt appear n web sites t ll bt b n th form f e-mail communications such newletters nd zines.
29. Y gt NOTHING frm paid links except a few clicks unless th links r embedded n body text nd NOT obvious sponsored links.
30. Links frm .edu domains r given nice weight b th search engines. Rn a search fr possible non-profit .edu sites tht r looking fr sponsors.
31. Give thm something t talk bt. Linkbaiting simply gd content.
32. Give each page a focus n a single keyword phrase. Dont try t optimize th page fr several keywords t once.
33. SEO useless f h a weak r non-existent call t action. Mk sure r call t action clear nd present.
34. SEO nt a one-shot process. Th search landscape changes daily, expect t work n r optimization daily.
35. Cater t influential bloggers nd authority sites wh mght link t , r images, videos, podcasts, etc. r k t reprint r content.
36. Gt th owner r CEO blogging. Its priceless! CEO influence n a blog nrdbl th th VOICE f th company. Response frm th owner t reader comments wll cause r credibility t skyrocket!
37. Optimize th text n r RSS feed t lk hld wth r posts nd web pages. U descriptive, keyword rich text n r title nd description.
38. U captions wth r images. A wth newspaper photos, l keyword rich captions wth r images.
39. Pay attention t th context surrounding r images. Images n rank based n text tht surrounds thm n th page. Pay attention t keyword text, headings, etc.
40. Yre better ff letting r site pages b found naturally b th crawler. Gd global navigation nd linking wll serve much better thn relying nl n n XML Sitemap.
41. Thr r two ways t NOT see Googles Personalized Search results:
(1) Log out f Google
(2) Append &pws=0 t th nd f r search URL n th search bar
42. Links (especially deep links) frm a high PageRank site r golden. High PR indicates high trust, th back links wll carry more weight.
43. U absolute links. Nt nl wll t mk r n-site link navigation less prone t problems (lk links t nd frm https pages), bt f someone scrapes r content, ll gt backlink juice out f t.
44. See f r hosting company offers Sticky forwarding whn moving t a nw domain. Th allows temporary forwarding t th nw domain frm th ld, retaining th nw URL n th address bar tht users n gradually gt used t th nw URL.
45. Understand social marketing. It IS rt f SEO. Th more understand bt sites lk Digg, Yelp, del.icio., Facebook, etc., th better wll b bl t compete n search.
46. T gt th best chance fr r videos t b found b th crawlers, rt a video sitemap nd list t n r Google Webmaster Central account.
47. Videos tht hw up n Google blended search results dont t come frm YouTube. B sure t submit r videos t thr quality video sites lk Metacafe, AOL, MSN nd Yahoo t name a few.
48. Surround video content n r pages wth keyword rich text. Th search engines look t surrounding content t define th usefulness f th video fr th query.
49. U th words image r picture n r photo ALT descriptions nd captions. A lot f searches r fr a keyword plus one f those words.
50. Enable Enhanced image search n r Google Webmaster Central account. Images r a bg rt f th nw blended search results, allowing Google t find r photos wll hl r SEO efforts.
51. Add viral components t r web site r blog reviews, sharing functions, ratings, visitor comments, etc.
52. Broaden r range f services t include video, podcasts, news, social content nd forth. SEO nt bt 10 blue links anymore.
53. Whn considering a link rh r exchange, check th cache date f th page whr r link wll b located n Google. Search fr cache:URL whr substitute URL fr th actual page. Th newer th cache date th better. If th page isnt thr r th cache date more thn n month ld, th page isnt worth much.
54. If h pages n r site tht r very similar ( r concerned bt duplicate content issues) nd want t b sure th rrt one included n th search engines, l th URL f r preferred page n r sitemaps.
55. Check r server headers. Search fr check server header t find free online tools fr th. Y want t b sure r URLs report a 200 OK status r 301 Md Permanently fr redirects. If th status shows anything l, check t b sure r URLs r set up properly nd used consistently throughout r site.
