oday I am going to write eventually ban you from the
about 5 most common results altogether. So stay away
mistakes made when from duplicate content.
optimising your site for the
2. Reciprocal linking with own
search engines like google, yahoo domains (websites)
or msn.com. If you are new to SEO
I have made this mistake
do study them carefully and the myself many years ago. I
search engines will love your thought:"Hey, why not link my
site and rank it high in the domains together, so I'll get a
results. But there are plenty of better ranking in google!". Oh,
mistakes to be made, so don not was I wrong. You should never
be the one who is making them. link your own domains together
Without further talking, let us (for example put a link on
go straight to the 5 most common domain1.com which points to
SEO mistakes: domain2.com and the other way
1. Using duplicate content
around too). Lower PR, lower
This is quite a common ranking and if overused also a
mistake. You start a blog or a ban. You might try it, but it's
website, make a few posts or some very complicated (different
sub pages. But now you're getting website IP, different server,
too lazy to continue writing different registrar data, etc.)
unique content (don not worry, My advice - just do not do
happens lots of times to me too). it!
And now you start copying text
3. Irrelevant backlinks
from other sites and putting it
Now that you have a website,
on your page. This is a NO-NO for you should get some reciprocal
google or other search engines. links (or one way links, which
It will lower your page rank, are WAY better for your rankings
lower your ranking for keywords - it means that a website is
related to your website and linking to you, but you are not
linking back). But there are might even be broken - does not
mistakes to be done here too. For show), some fancy flash animation
example if your are selling and colors which are really hard
computer keyboards on your to read. Don't make those
website do not make link mistakes. Every webpage you make
exchanges with sites that sell or should have about 200 - 250
are related to clothes. Find characters of well written text
websites that match your website that is related to that website,
content and exchange links with have about 1 - 2% keywords in
those. Do not link (one way link) that text (for example if you're
to websites that are not related selling apples, use that keyword
to your content too. in the text of your website).
4. Not using a "title" tag for Also use the keyword in the
your page
"title", "description" and even
You really should always make on the website under h1, h2 and
a title for every page that you h3 tags. And the alt tag of the
make. It is very simple to make images on your website should
one and it should be related to also contain a description of
the content of the website. that picture. And use text and
Leaving this empty will decrease backgrounds that are easy to read
your search engine position and (for example black text on a
people will find your products white background - a
harder or even will not at all. winner!).
It is really not that hard to do
There are lots of other small
it.
mistakes that can be make when
5. Poorly written content, not designing your site for the
optimised website
search engines, but if you avoid
You might see this a lot of these most common five, you
times. A site has only about 5 should be on a good way to make
sentences of text, an image (that your site search engine friendly
and get good results. And do not
forget to be patient, because google_ad_height = 90;
patience is the key here.
Thinking long-term is always the google_ad_format =
best method in search engine "728x90_as";
optimisation.
google_ad_type = "text";
border-color: #FFFFFF;
background-color: #F5F7FB; google_color_border =
border-left: #BAC9FF 1px solid; "F5F7FB";
border-right: #BAC9FF 1px solid;
margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: google_color_bg = "F5F7FB";
10px;" valign="top"
align="center"> google_color_link =
"0000FF";
type="text/javascript">
"http://www.isnare.com/adsense-al
t-728x90.php"; type="text/javascript"
google_ad_width = 728;
src="http://pagead2.googlesyndica
tion.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
About the Author:
Lisa West is the owner of a blog called http://www.10dollarblog.com - which gives you a general idea on how to make 10$ per month with adsense in just one month plus lots of SEO related tips, basic pc and internet related articles for beginners and advanced tips on how to better use your computer.
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