f you are professional your site should be using within
with your search engine the specific areas of your
optimization efforts and webpage (see below; Optimizing
keep your customer in mind before your Page Titles and Optimizing
you start considering "what the your Content). There are a number
search engines will think" you of useful keyword research tools
will reap a lot more than what available on the web such as
you sow. Chances are, if your Wordtracker and Keyword Discovery
visitors like your website, there (both offer trial versions).
is a very good likelihood that
the search engines will like it However, if you want to find out
too. accurate figures of how many
people are searching for your
With this in mind the following targeted keywords per
10 tips focus on how to develop week/month/year run a Google
your website with your visitors Adwords and/or Overture campaign
in mind whilst also conducting and you will get extremely
effective search engine accurate figures of search engine
optimization activities. traffic whilst (hopefully)
generating income that will pay
1. Pick appropriate keyword for your research.
phrases
2. Optimize every page on your
This is the single most important website
thing to do when it comes to
optimizing your website for Optimizing each webpage is
search engines. The words and overlooked by so many websites
phrases that your potential and can be the difference between
customers type into the major competing for a highly
search engines are the keywords competitive keyword phrase such
as "Irish Hotels" on your home Not only do you need to put the
page and competing for a much information you want the visitor
less competitive keyword phrase to see in front of them in an
such as "Hotels in County Galway" easy-to-read style, you also have
on another relevant landing page. to keep in mind the keywords your
After that they can check out the page is targeting so that you can
rest of your website that is all rank better within search
about "Irish Hotels". engines.
3. Optimizing your Page Titles One of the best pieces of advice
I have come across is to write
All of the major search engines for your visitors and include the
have 100's of different keywords as much as makes sense.
algorithms that compute where Read what you have written out
your webpage should be listed for loud to yourself and a few
different keyword searches. others. If it sounds stupid...
Putting your keywords within the lather, rinse, and repeat.
title description tag of your
pages is one of the most 5. Create an inbound linking
important SEO techniques and will strategy
help your website climb through
the rankings and allow your Submitting your site to website
visitors to remember exactly what and article directories is a very
your page is all about when they beneficial way to drive targeted
save it to their "favorites". traffic to your website.
4. Optimizing your Page Content Links within these sites not only
brings visitors to your website,
It is sometimes very difficult to but search engine "spiders" are
write content for your website. easily able find your website and
index your pages within their account when it comes to ranking
results. If your site doesn't your web pages.
have a link pointing to it on the
World Wide Web the search engines 7. Make sure your site is
will never find it and you will spider-friendly
never see any traffic from Google
or the other big ones. Your website may look fantastic.
You and your web designer may be
6. Descriptively labeling your talented graphic designers who
links and images (aka the anchor can make Flash and JavaScript
text) dazzle your visitors with a show
that would put Michael Flatley
This technique is both common and his River Dance to shame.
sense and good practice. Telling However, if your website contains
your visitors what the link that Flash and Javascript it's
they are going to click on allows important to know that search
them to know exactly what they engine spiders have difficulty
are going to be directed to. reading this code (or appreciate
Saying "click here" is not enough the effort you put into the
to help them understand what design). The way around this is
they're going to find once they to provide navigation
click through. Be as descriptive alternatives such as static links
as possible with every text and and a site map to allow the
graphical link on your site. When spiders crawl deep within your
writing your anchor text and alt website and index the web pages
attributes you can almost always within their results. Overuse of
describe the page you're pointing Flash, JavaScript, and images can
to by using its main keyword also lead to your web pages being
phrase which is a major factor very slow to download. If these
that search engines take into file types are used sparingly
your visitors and search engines up-and-running you should
will appreciate your efforts a optimize them with the same
lot more. professionalism you do with any
other page on your website.
8. Create Fresh Content
9. Do not think that you can
When you are optimizing your trick Search Engines
website properly you will see a
trend. If you are doing something As noted before, "If you are
that benefits your websites doing something that benefits
visitors then the search engines your websites visitors then the
will reward you for it. search engines will reward you
for it".
Blogs and forums are effective
and easy ways of adding new If you try to trick the search
information to your site on a engines by hiding keyword
regular basis. However, if your phrases, joining link farms, or
only purpose of setting up a blog any other sneaky practice your
or a forum is for better search sites will be removed from the
engine rankings then there really search engines and it will take
is no point in doing it. Only add you a long time to get back in
a forum if it contributes (and you will also have to spend
something beneficial to your more time cleaning up your
website and if you have the website before they will accept
traffic to make it interactive you).
enough for visitors to return to
it. And, only add a blog if you 10. Offer something unique
have something of interest to say
on a regular basis. Once you have If your website offers something
your blog and/or forum that is unique and interesting to
your target market and it is will send your site more visitors
properly optimized (by applying and create more inbound links
all of the techniques listed which will help it rank higher.
above) you will not only rank
well within the major search Remember it's human visitors that
engines, you will also get the you are trying to impress, not
added benefit of people linking search engine robots.
to your website in forums, blogs,
and through other websites which
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