I've not done any real SEO work at all for my site - I need to start doing this ASAP as need more targeted traffic. Specifically; I need THIS PAGE to rank high for keywords 'hiphop videos' - - What's the best way to start - I've no experience in this field so some basic pointers would be greatly appreciated...
In a nutshell its all about creating quality content, optimized with relevant keywords, utilising keyword anchor text from related sites. Website promotion requires extensive keyword research, which will enable you to determine the best words or phrases to utilize within your content. Effective SEO will increase targeted traffic, which in turn should lead to higher conversion rates.
Get you keywords visible in your on page content, meta title and description tags too. They all count BTW your website design is fab, well done.
Thank man! Appreciate that! - yea I need to work on the page itself - thats the 1st stage I guess - need better meta and keywords - I will get on that today. thanks again
Social networks related to the music industry would be a good place to market your site. http://www.happyhardcore.com/ Good PR and looks quite popular. (great tunes aswell) http://www.accesshiphop.com/forums/ popular forum looking at the amount of threads. This one has a Higher relevance to your niche.
you must start getting backlinks with "hiphop videos" keywords. i also suggest you to make keyword density %2 for "hiphop videos" on your pages
Well the only thing you should do is get targeted traffic and work on content don't just buy traffic, work on content and get links on relevant sites with that keyword "hiphop videos" and keep at it, the serps on that kw are really really crowded it'll take quite some work to get it anywhere near the top100.
Thanks again everyone, genuinly appreciate the tips! ^ please excuse my ignorance but what does that mean - density at 2% ????
He means that you should use that keyword "hiphop videos" more on pages then you are atm, right now you are hardly using that keyword anywhere on your site.
Start with finding your target terms.. check out http://inventory.overture.com (It is for Yahoo searches) Thanks
AHHHHHHHHH gotcha!! I will get on that ASAP and get the words up there for certain! Thanks again everyone
You can also check Google adwords to see the search popularity of the terms..Google just give basic idea about t he terms ..not numbers... After this, optimize your pages by analyzing your top ranking competitors ......... Good Luck...