Tuesday, 14 April 2009

10 simple seo tips for beginners

1. Keyword Research

Choosing the right keywords is the first and most important seo tip on how to get high search engine ranking.

Research is vital, you must make sure the keywords you want to rank high with, pr actually used by searchers.

2. Who are your competitors?

You have to beat your competitors to the top spots. Type in your keywords in the search bar and analyze the top 10. See what they are doing.

3. Web pages title

There are two tips for optimizing your pages titles. One is to make sure each page has a different title.

The second tip is to make sure your main keyword is included in the title. Don't keyword spam, the title has to flow and make sense.

4. Meta tags

You should only use keyword meta tags if you fully understand them. If you get it wrong you could harm your ranking.

5. H2 and H1 headers

The keywords that are included in the headers, tell googles bots that they are important.

6. Content must always be fresh. Duplicate content is a big no no.

7. One way back links are one of the most important ways to get your website ranking high. Remember they must be one way, keyword anchored links.

8. Site maps tell search engine about your website pages. Having a site map will help to get more of your pages indexed.

9. Make sure your title and alt tags have a description.

10. Google loves fresh content. Try to update your website as often as possible.

Seo can be very complex, but it is very rewarding once you get the hang of it. I write many articles on seo for beginners. Don't let search engine optimization blow your mind. Start with the basics and work from there.

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