10 Search Engine Optimization Tips

10 Search Engine Optimization Tips

I just posted this on my blog but I cut out the crap so its easy access info for DP members. Hence I have gone straight into the tips:

Anchor Text: This is basically the words used that link to another URL. For maximum benefit of any backlink you need to have the correct anchor text. The text needs to include keywords of whatever your linking to. An ideal example would be my website, if I was linking my homepage in a forum I would use “how to make money online” as the Anchor text. If you don’t do this the SEO benefit will be minimal

Blog Directories: Blog Directories can be useful but it depends on how much time you have whether it’s worthwhile doing or not. For the average person I would never recommend submitting to more than 30 sites simply because there are other actives that will have a far greater effect for your time. Firstly the PR is shared around each outbound link so if you have a directory with 200,000 sites indexed; your section of the PR pie is going to be minimal. Secondly even a PR8 directory will only give you a tiny amount of PR because the page you have your website linked is probably PR0. So it’s worthwhile as part of SEO is about variation but avoid doing more than 30.
Outgoing Links: The more outgoing links on your page the less Google will like you. If you stick to links that are good quality and relevant to your content, the better it will be. I see too many blogs with 100’s of outgoing links just for the sake of it that are not often content relevant and it’s a complete waste of time. Only create an outbound link when it’s necessary and not just for the sake of it.

Internal Links: This is an absolute must yet very few people do it. Having a good internal link system will be very effective search engine optimization. Every link you create is internally is like having a good backlink. Just make sure you use the right anchor text as mentioned in point 1, otherwise this exercise is pointless. (Think Wikipedia...internal links = 2 trillion gazillion)

Keywords: This is not an absolute definite but generally believed that you should include your keywords no more than 7 times per 100 words. The reason for this is because Google’s spider will thing you are spamming for the sake of SEO. I am unsure of how accurate those numbers are but be wary of it.

Subject Relevant Link Exchange: Link Exchanges are a great way to get your blog/site off the ground and also for the more established ones as well. For best effect be sure to exchange with subject relevant sites otherwise it’s pointless and Google wont respect you for it. Take your time when finding the right exchange and it will benefit you greatly.

Quality Link Exchange: As I mentioned in point 2 about blog directories. PR “juice” will be shared between every outbound link on a site. With that in mind, when acquiring a link exchange be sure to trade with someone with a blogroll bigger than the empire state building. Otherwise your backlink will count for much less than your much more respectable size 10 of the most blogroll.

Good Traffic: When going on a quest to gain more site traffic, it is important to try and get “good” traffic. This may sound obvious but so many people will spam sites with their URL and get a few clicks, but it will bare rare that any bookmark the site because they just don’t care about what you have to say. Try to focus your precious time on gaining good quality traffic by submitting your link to places where they will find your site of interest.

DoFollow: DoFollow basically means it will most likely have a positive effect on your Search Engine Rank. NoFollow means the chances are it won’t have a positive effect on your Search Engine Rank. With that in mind if you want to post your link on forums/blogs ensure they have the status “DoFollow” otherwise it’s most likely your efforts will be futile.

Your Reputation: Although this is not directly Search Engine Optimization, it is still very relevant. Your site reputation is everything, be sure you keep it as high as possible. Avoid link dropping just for the sake of gaining a cheap backlink; take your time to give a positive input with quality info. This will gain you much better results and have a much higher chance in people wanting to view that link in your signature or give you higher forum reputation.

 

Nicely written article!

Keep it up and you will rank high with the keyword "how to make money online"

The first 3 sites, as of today, are not fully optimized for that phrase in their titles. "How To Make Money Online For Beginners" is not better than "How To Make Money Online". I would also like to point out that none of the sites have higher than PR4.

Also, do not just build all your anchor text links as "how to make money online" because Google will slap you for that. Try to vary it to "make money online", "how to make money" , and "how to make money online" with majority of your links as "how to make money online".

 

Another is Image optimize and follow the competitor site.

 

All the above said mathod are Good and profitable for SEO, It's basically very helpful for Beginner. But another important thing is content is the king so unique and quality content is very mater

 

I agree with you as you have said about following the competiter. Its a good way for finding where you are and for gaining more backlinks.

 

Dear Dude,

There are lot of technique to optimize our website. you can consider two important factor on-page optimization and off-page optimization.

On-Page Optimization

you can consider some factor for on page...

1. Keyword in URL
2. Keyword in Domain name
3. Keyword in Title tag
4. Keyword in Description meta tag
5. Keyword in Keyword metatag
6. Keyword density in body text
7. Keyword in H1, H2 and H3
8. Keyword font size
9. Keyword proximity (for 2+ keywords)
10.Keyword phrase order
11.Keyword prominence (how early in page/tag)
12.Keyword in alt text
13.Keyword in links to site pages (anchor text)

Off Page Optimization

1. Search Engine Submission
2, Directory Submission
3. Creating the blog and post them.
4. Articles Submission
5. Participating in top forum website and create the backlink with signature link.
7. Using the social media site
8. Creating the backlink use 1 way, 2 way and 3 way link exchange methods
9. Using yahoo and wiki answering to increase the traffic.
10.Post the well comment on blog post.

 

Thanks, useful info I didnt know. I will stick to that, good stuff.

Yeah my aim is to hit top for "how to make money online", its a long road but the sites there at the moment lack a lot of things I think I can add to it.

Just gotta keep working hehe.

Thanks again

 

Very welcome, btw if you have any questions regarding this please email me at and I wll try my best to advise you further. Happy to help. Regards all.

 

Your search engine tips are very helpful for beginners and it is well written
However, I don't think that link exchange will help a lot in getting traffic via Search engines as far as most of the search engines do NOT like link exchange. Isn't?

 

You make a good point, but in all truth it will count for something, if only a little. While everyone uses link exchanges as a good way to get traffic to their site via a non SE route, it is still important to bare in mind the best link exchange in terms of SEO if you see what i mean as every little helps.

 

ALL fair comments Apart from 5:

Signature links will create such a small amount of PR its not worth focusing on. Try to make quality inputs into forums and if its RELEVENT then provide a link to your site.
I didnt need to in this case because I could provide the quality info diretly.

 

@christoph: I have seen your blog, it gives much of the great information. Will look deep definitely.

In recent articles you have posted the same article as this in your blog as well as here, don't you think it will hurt your reputation in google's eye by having the duplicate content!

 

A valid point but not something to loose sleep over, I didnt post this for SEO reasons but for the benifit of DP members. I am not sure how profound the duplicate content myth really is but to be prudent I generally stick to that rule of thumb.

On the other hand, as I havent posted a direct link to that post with relevent anchor text, I am not too worried as a 1 off...

Thanks for all your kind reviews. Any questions please ask, I will try my best to help and if I can't im sure someone else will be able too.

 

these tips are really useful, its a small checklist one should start from here

 

Thanks for the sharing dear...RSS submission is also an option although less known but effective...

 

I will soon be posting a full SEO checklist in this writing style: quick easy and to the point. It will probably be around double the size, once I have finished getting my marketing right for it I shall happy directly post it here:

If you are interested I am creating a "business model" (a well linked 5 - 10 post guide) which will basically be a hub from start to finish on how to market, SEO, write content, link build and anything else your new website needs. Keep an eye on my website as obviously thats the first place it will be going. I am going for top quality like you would get on a good expensive ebook but its going to be free. I will be sharing this with DP with no link drops as I want to give something back to this great site. I learnt a lot from here...

Untill then keep asking questions, thats the way we learn!

 

gain lot of back link daily bases with targeted keywords

 

I didnt know that reputation or high reputation can also help in optimization . Actually I thought it has no effect at all except for marketing purposes only. But I do agree with your anchor text I have read that anchor text was more search friendly that just placing your site url in your sig links or site links

 

Yes anchor text is crucial as that's how a search engine will associate the key words with your site.

Stick your keywords and then every 1/10 change it slighly, for example my website is called "how to make money online" (as you can see in my sig thats the text I used for my website)

Every 1 in 10 I will try to use "make money online" or "make money from home" as good practise to keep googles spam bot at bay.

 

I meant this in-directly. As the point I was trying to make is having quality marketing will in-directly help SEO, as the higher amount of visits you get, the more important a SE will beleive you to be and thus rank higher...