SEO Tips for Beginners

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Prof.stan, Nov 20, 2007.

  1. #1
    Here you find some useful tips for SEO.

    You should know about all below details before you begin SEO.

    You must ensure that your site is search engine friendly. It means make sure that your each web pages are easily indexed in Search Engines.

    Here is some steps to make your web page search engine friendly:

    Page Title

    The title of your web page should be relevent, short and describe the page content exactly. Try to target your main keyword first and then other related keyword. Make sure that all keyword are also related to page conent.

    Meta Tags

    Use the description and keywords metatags in the head of each web page. Make these tags different on each web page.
    The meta description tag and the meta keywords tag were proposed so that webmasters would have a consistent method for providing meta document data to user agents, such as search engines.

    Page Content

    Make sure the content of your web pages contain keywords & general phrases which user might search for. Be careful with the regularity of your keywords - you want to have them occur at least a few times if possible, but don't repeat yourself so much that the copy becomes unnatural.

    Heading Tags

    Heading tags are given more weight by search engines than regular body copy. So they should be used wisely to reinforce the page’s overall keyword theme.
    Further to this, here are the specific guidelines for creation of title, meta and other onpage tags:

    Title Tags
    - Should have up to 90 characters. It can go up to 120 characters but keep the lesser important keywords at the end and the most important keywords in the beginning.
    - Title should start with the keyword targeted for the page. If it is a big well-known brand then start with the brand name, else keep the company name at the end or don’t use it at all.
    - It should not be irrelevant to the page content and should be able to convey the message of the page.
    - It should be grammatically correct and make sense. Should still convey the message even if grammer is compromised.
    - It should not be duplicated from other pages of the website.

    Description Tag
    - Around 180-220 characters. It can go up to 250-275 characters but again important keywords and information at the beginning.
    - Description should start with the most important keyword, targeted for the page.
    - It should make sense to the user.
    - It should not be copied from other pages/URL of the website.

    Keywords
    - Around 200 characters. Can go up to 250 characters.
    - All relevant, related, mis-spellings and LSI keywords should come under it.
    - Commas should be used for seperating keywords
    - Again do not duplicate the keywords tags with other pages of the website.

    H1 Tag- Each and every page of the site should have its own H1 tag
    - There should be only one H1 tag per page of the website.
    - The H1 should contain the keyword been targeted for the page.
    Effective Keyword Research

    Keyword Research is one of the most important & vital process for SEO. All your SEO efforts totally depend on Keywords, so before doing anything make sure you have suitable keywords for your site to rank well in major search engines. Keyword research involves various phases and you must pay attention on all below phases:

    • Think likes an end user who looking for services or product that you are providing and think on those keywords that user would be likely to type to search engines with different variations, alternative spelling, synonyms etc.

    • Taking survey from potential customers is one of great way to expand your keyword list and include as many as phrases possible.

    • There are tons of keyword tools on market. I’ve several keyword research tools and I use them on regularly basis.

    1. Wordtracker is my primary keyword research tool. Every SEO optimizer doing keyword research through Wordtracker. Now you can take a free trial from Wordtraker
    2. Overture Keyword Suggestion Tool is a comparatively good tool, especially if you have no money for Wordtracker access.
    3. Google Keyword Sandbox allows accessing the Google AdWords keyword suggestion tool.
     
    Prof.stan, Nov 20, 2007 IP
  2. energetic

    energetic Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for sharing.
    It's great for beginner :)
     
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    wow.. this will help me since im a beginner.. noob.. :D thnx dude! u just came out of nowhere..
     
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    That is a pretty good list, always handy to read to refresh our memories!
     
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    #7
    good work.Thanks for sharing the Information
     
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    Hmm, looks like a cut and paste job, do you own the copyright to that content?

    Aaron Wall's book is definitely a good starting point.
     
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    Just a quick addition - when writing your description tag have a keyword density of around 5% for your targeted keywords. Also try to get related keywords into your description. But above all make it human readable, its not just for google to read, but for your potential visitors and is one of the few places you can place direct advertising in search engine results without paying.
     
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    mit Well-Known Member

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    Nice Contribution... Click here to get some more SEO information.
     
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    Nice SEO tips but some of it are crap....Opps.. Did I say crap? :p
     
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    gud ....wil try to incorporate some in my blog
     
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    #14
    That was really helpful tips. Continue sharing buddy.
     
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    You forget, If you have the keyword in the anchor text in a link from another site, this is regarded as getting a vote from this site not only about your site in general, but about the keyword in particular.
     
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    A backlink is a vote for a page. An anchor text is vote for a keyword. Voted page add some 'voting value' to all other pages on the site.

    Example:
    1. Wikipedia as a site has many votes, but particular pages have only few, but they still tend to rank high for appropiate keyword.

    Well, Wikipedia has special treatment in Google, so another example:

    2. DP as a site has many votes, but single post, or a page with particular post has only few votes, but that post still tends to rank high for appropriate keyword, since he gets some voting power from the site as such.

    Someone corect me, if I'm wrong.
     
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    I would also add, "Don't get discouraged". It's not rocket science, nor is it an exact science.
     
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    Good, but We are in 2007... You forget to talk about LSI and Silos. I got top rankings for many keyword because of LSI, it's something you'd like to consider. I released a free report some months ago (DP members gave me excellent feedback) here, you can download it here: Free Search Engine Optimization Report (PDF - Right Click and save to your desktop)
     
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    nice post ....i really like this ...and if want details then try on IBP's website or wikipedia ...or do googleing for more info ....
     
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