Simple Tips For SEO

here are some more

Be bold. Use the <b> </b> tags around some of your keywords on each page. Do NOT use them everywhere the keyword appears. Once or twice is plenty.

Titles for links. Links can get titles, too. Not only does this help visually impaired surfers know where you are sending them, but some search engines figure this into their relevancy for a page.


Know your geographic market and ensure your domain has the correct TLD.
If your primary market is the UK it is important to use a .UK TLD and ideally have your domain hosted on UK based servers.

The number of other sites that link to your site’s pages is important but the quality of those sites, and the text used in the link, carries much more weight with the search engines. For example, one relevant link from an “authority” site such as a .org, .gov, or a site that’s proven itself as a reliable source, provides more value than several links from unrelated or “unproven” sites.

 

Nice tips but I liked monitor your competitors point very much becuse we can learn very much from our competitors.

 

Thanks for sharing. Please do post more advances topics as well.

 

Thanks! very useful info there.

 

thanks alot! those are really helpful.

 

Great tips! Thanx a lot

 

i like the monito the competitor rule... it sound so natural SEO nice tutorial mate

 

Most of what was said here is pretty much spot on, if a bit dry and lacking on content and substance (they're more like bullet points than anything). As for using B elements, I strongly discourage their use, since they're presentational tags that have no semantic meaning (except for the rare situations when they do apply). Note that you can get virtually the same results by using the more semantic STRONG element to give stronger emphasis (which is what "strong" means in HTML). And yes, I know that Matt Cutts said that B has slightly more weight than STRONG in Google's search results, but when you think about it, is a 0.6 weight really worth that much more than a 0.5 weight (the numbers I gave are just for illustrative purposes only, don't take them as gospel)?

Write your page content so that it appeals to the users, and make sure that the content is marked up appropriately. If you want an example of this (which includes a three column "Holy Grail" XHTML/CSS layout template that I've released into the Public Domain), see my "All You Need to Know About SEO" thread (link is in my signature here - bear in mind you'll also learn more too), read the Search Engine Optimization FAQ over at SitePoint's forums and Chris Beasley's SEO Guide (let's face it, not everyone who claims to be an SEO guru was able to drop out of college and still become a millionaire by making a living online - he did it) at www.websitepublisher.net/seo-guide/.

 

I also made a thread on SEO for newbies.

Hope it helps.

 

There are some things in there I don't agree with, but I guess that's the Web developer (who's also creating a search engine site for a certain table-top miniatures warfare game) in me speaking.

 

Thanks very much

 

it looks a good start point for beginners

 

thanks for the tips

 

Ethical SEO is the best process for improving a website.

 

I don't strictly agree with that. High-traffic UK sites will find it much more cost effective to host with a U.S based server, especially with the current exchange rates.

If I'm setting up a site aimed at the UK market, I'll still always choose the .com over the .co.uk if its available. I'd agree that a .co.uk is much better to use than something like a .info though.

 

hey nice post buddy.
Here is one of great & must see SEO Guide Blog ... have a look

>>> online-seo-guide.blogspot.com

I hope u guys ll like it...cheers!

 

It's anything but great, actually. Let's see how many errors are in your "SEO Guide" ok?

Colors have no bearing on design. This is a design issue, not an SEO issue. The logo should only use the alt attribute if it's being delivered by an IMG element; otherwise you'll have invalid HTML (the title attribute would be better in that case). Nice to see someone agreeing with me on using actual images for logos though. However, the alt="" attribute of the IMG element shoulld not be stuffed with keywords - having one or two in there is fine and dandy, but only if it identifies what the image is. The title attribute would be a much better use here.

As for linking it to the home page, that's an accepted usability convention, but it isn't appropriate for all sites. The SEO benefit from linking an image element would be minimal at best.

As for the site map, an XML site map isn't necessary unless you have a lot of pages that aren't being indexed by the search engines. If that's the case, you have much bigger problems to worry about and shouldn't use a bandaid to staunch the bleeding from such a large gaping wound anyway. Oh, and you should link the HTML sitemap from every page in your site - some people like to navigate that way and you also have no idea where a search engine spider will enter your site (neither do I for that matter).

Sorry Charlie, but Homey (the clown) don't play that way. Pages written with semantic markup do not rank higher just because they are built with semantics and minimal markup in mind. In fact, search engines frankly don't give a damn if you use tables or semantic markup in your site - all they're after is the content. What you will notice however is a reduction in bandwidth used by the search engine spider as it crawls your pages, especially if you keep your stylesheet and JavaScript files separate from the HTML in the first place.

The problem with Flash and SEO is that they cannot read the Flash file itself. You can use Flash as an add-on (like a game or YouTube video), but if you use it, make sure you have some backup content in the OBJECT element (this is an accessibility issue - but the search engines should pick up the contents anyway since they cannot see the Flash file but can crawl through the OBJECT elemetn anyway). So if you have say an image along with a text description of what the Flash file is, you should be OK.

JavaScript on the other hand will just be crawled over. It's not that spiders don't like them, it's just that as far as they're concerned it's just code. However, keeping the JavaScript in a separate .js file (called from the head) does have its benefits (it's called unobtrusive JavaScript if you're interested).

I'd avoid a lainding page actually. Why bother with a landing page when you can just go directly to the page about that product, service or other topic of interest? Search engine spiders are like people in this regard. Give them what they want. Don't throw barriers (such as stupid splash or landing pages) in their way and force them to jump through hoops and hurdles to get to it.

I was going to quote your section on frames and image maps, but thankfully those tricks are no longer used by anyone anymore so I'll just say good riddance before tossing them on the 1997 Web Design pile.

You are off to a good start; don't get me wrong. But you do have some glaring errors that need to be corrected before anyone will take you seriously.

Oh, and lose the Blogspot account. Your credibilitly will increase tremendously if you have your site hosted on an account with your own domain name pointing at it.

(And please forgive any spelling errors in this post - I'm building a Web site right now and I have a lot of programs open - browsers, FTP client, Trillian, the memory usage and CPU cycles just add up after a while.)

 

Nice thread with some nice pointers on SEO.... thanks to all for your contribution. Beginners like myself really appreciate such efforts...

 

Nice Info, especially the thread from Dan is very informative.
Keep it up.

 

Thanks for your valuable comments... ... But this guide for creating a website to attract visitors not only for ranking high.

Sorry Charlie, but Homey (the clown) don't play that way. Pages written with semantic markup do not rank higher just because they are built with semantics and minimal markup in mind. In fact, search engines frankly don't give a damn if you use tables or semantic markup in your site - all they're after is the content. What you will notice however is a reduction in bandwidth used by the search engine spider as it crawls your pages, especially if you keep your stylesheet and JavaScript files separate from the HTML in the first place.

>> Sites design with tables always slower than CSS based websites and difficult to manage.

>> I haven't talk about any landing page in my blog.

>> XML site map - always prefer whether its big or small website.

>> Colors and fonts are to make your site user friendly.

>> Everybody know search engines give preference to top content of website ... so your inline javascript will just wastage of lines and looks unprofessional.

.... i think u r taking it only for search engines but i wrote this to make your site search engine & user friendly with fast & efficient performance.
... these tips for overall website & I am very much successful with these things.

I hope i hv cleared my points
again Thanks a lot for your thoughts.