Google is one of the biggest search engine on the web, every one uses google for searching. One person search and the 2nd provide the result, in thus way both parties get the benefits. As a website or Blogger owner you will have to get benefits from all search terms. The process through which we can get benefits from these search terms is called Search Engine Optimization (SEO). What is SEO? A Process through which a blogger or website owner target a keyword (Search Term) for the sack of bringing the users to his/her blog. How SEO? Search Engine Optimization has some rules and techniques that you must follow in order to rank well for a keyword in search engines. It includes: 1. Meta Tags You must add a Meta Title for your blog/website. Meta Title is the title that will be shown on search engine result page. You will see this title on your browser top area. Similarly you must also add a Meta Description for your blog/website. Meta Description is text that will be shown in search engine, just after the title. Google allow you limited characters in title description that is only upto 200. 2. Content After adding Title and Description tags you will have to write some quality and unique content for your blog/website. 3. Backlinks After writing quality content, now start creating backlinks for your blog/website. Backlinks are the link that tells Search Engines that the blog or website site has some quality. Get quality and permanent links so that search engines can consider you blog/website for listing in search result. There the links the higher the ranking will be. There could be so many ways through which you can get quality and permanent backlinks. For Example Article Submission Directory Submission Guest Blogging Forum Posting Press Release Submission Link Exchange etc............. The more accurately you will follow these tips, the better your ranking will be in search engines. Search Engines only consider quality blogs/websites in there ranking, so try to involve the word "Quality" in every step.
I agree. Keyword Research is very important in SEO. Thank you for this in behalf of the newbies out there. Good luck and keep sharing your thoughts!
Writing for the web and not for print is a huge one. Make sure you write headlines and abstracts with keywords and relevant searched terms. It sounds simple but it is a common mistake that I find a lot of new writers make.
Although this is a beginners list, I would still consider adding 'code' to the list. I've seen websites, who use good SEO sense, have a crap coded website that doesn't read well to spiders. If you are gonna start, start right.
Below are five tips for optimizing and submitting your site to the search engines: 1. Know your market. This step is absolutely crucial. You need to know exactly who you are marketing your business to. If you don’t, you can’t drive targeted traffic to your site. 2. Target the right keywords. Target the wrong keywords and no one will find you. That’s why it is really useless to use marketing tools like doorway pages. 3. Learn search engine optimization. When I first started marketing online, I read all of the guru stuff about buying banners, advertising, etc. The problem was that I just starting out. I was trying to make money, not give away everything that I had. 4. Optimize your site for the search engines. Once you’ve learned the basics of search engine optimization, then it’s time to optimize your site for the search engines. 5. Submit your site to the search engines. There’s some disagreement on whether or not you should submit your site to the search engines, or whether you should just wait for the search engine spiders to find you.
Rather than reading all the misinformation you find in countless threads in this forum (like "Meta Titles", wtf?!), a good starting point would be this Free Beginner's Guide to SEO
One tip for noobs, don't start your link building campaign when you are still unclear about which keyword to target per site pages. It is important to have a table of keywords vs landing pages before you start building links so in cases you want to link a particular page, you know what keywords to use and what link to use it with.
The keyword research phase is very important, because it will determine your website/blog success or failure.
This is really worthy tips and helpful for newbie bloggers. I am trying to make more backlinks. Is there any way to get free traffic easily?