Hey guys, I currently run a Network/Hardware Support/Installation company that also offers Web Design (primarily WordPress while I develop my HTML skills). I'm looking to expand my advertising by means of SEO, and possibly even offer SEO to my Web Design clients if it's a viable option for me. I honestly have no idea where to begin, ideally my budget is minimal for it, as I'm not sure if throwing money at it is the way to go or rather just sheer hard work/determination. I've skimread a few of the threads, notably the sticky, but obviously SEO evolves quickly, and I'm guessing a few of those threads are a little outdated. I'd appreciate any first steps/general help you guys could give me greatly!
Many web designers want to offer SEO. The thing is though web design (each and every page) should be undetaken with SEO in mind from the get go. That is from the very first word. The whole page design should be around SEO. Take a look at Google, Facebook, Twitter, (now recently eBay) and any other number of top sites and you will see the design is based around SEO. Top left corner being the UI (public face) place where the words being on screen as the top navigation for ease of use. Especially now since Ethan Marcottes May 2010 responsive desing article on alistapart. What is it you are not sure of? Mind you I am talking good SEO and others definition of SEO just makes the very acronym synonymous with scammers.
I'm talking about basic SEO to get a starter company 'out-there' I'll probably be looking for the best WordPress SEO methods for now, as I'm still developing my HTML/CSS skills. (I want my HTML/CSS/Design skills to be at a comfortable level before I start adding things like SEO to the equation).
OK for WP Start each page and post with a title containing the keywords you want to target with the page/post. Copy title use as H1 Tag and consider rearranging the words. Start your paragraph on focus and write the phrase somewhere near the beggining. Consider if mentioning the same phrase flows or not in the text within the next / following paragraph. Beware of toouch repition but try and find a readvale happy balance to weave the focus words in to text. Before posting add some tags and a desciption. Now let's say your title is 5 words long use tags that reflect the title in tags. Eg One two three four five one two three three four five five four three one three five. Also add bare tag EG if post is about "Web design" but does not mention web design in page title add that as a tag to. Description should further reiterate the title bringing in more "context". That is some down to basics. Perhaps that helps a little?
That was quite helpful, I imagined SEO as being hidden content that isn't really seen by the site viewers, but I guess those days are long gone. Also, where you said 'One two three' as an example, would the 'three' in 'three four five' be required? as it's already been mentioned? or are the 'one two three' and 'three four five' encapsulated in quotations when they are used?
I was meaning the tags Klikkit Let's say one two three four five six we're > Find a Good SEO to hire So Good SEO to hire Good SEO Find a good SEO Hire Good SEO Find Good SEO Find Good SEO for hire SEO (naked/bare) Could be how those number / word combinations relate to give the page "tag" power as well as page "Title" power.
Here is an example of a "Tag" being found on page 1 > Check the JacketTed URL here in position #9 Check the position 9 results URL. Hover over it and look at the bottom bar on your screen if you are on a desktop. You will see it was the tag that got pulled into the result by Google.
My bad, the string contains 'q=best+seo+to+hire' and 'oq=best+seo+to+hire' what is the difference between the 'q' and the 'oq' or is that trivial/irrelevant?
Where did you get that from? It looks like a shortened version of the "quote" quote sign if you get my drift > quotation marks or inverted commas (informally referred to as quotes or speech marks
It's from the bar at the bottom of Chrome when you hover over a link, and I'm aware it's quoting the search terms but was wondering what the difference was/why it displayed two, I'm guessing it's trivial anyhow