Thursday, October 11, 2007

Search Engine Optimization Basics - Learn the Fundamentals of SEO

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Seo is not difficult or complex contrary to what many people believe. While it is great to pay someone else to do your seo work, it is not always feasible for many new net entrepreneurs that are just starting out and are on a very limited budget. The number 1 key to doing well in the search engines is your site content.

Is the content on your site relevant to what the user is seeking and is it genuinely useful. Furthermore, is the content unique, meaning did you create it yourself versus just grabbing stuff off an article directory. This is important because if all you have are pages on your site from an article directory then there is a good chance those pages will be ignored by the search engines due to duplicate content and the fact that that article may be on dozens if not hundreds of other sites too.

It is certainly a good idea to optimize your site for popular keywords. You need to add the keyword to your title, keyword and description meta tags. Also make sure your title and description tags are catchy and will make people click your links. Think of them as the headline and body of an adwords ad if you will. They can make a big difference in the amount of traffic you are able to get once you do get good rankings. I would not worry too much about keyword density but I would at least add the keyword of each page into an H1 or H2 header tag. This will help the search engines know better what your page is about and how to rank it.

Focus your efforts on creating great content that people will appreciate and will want to add a link on their site if they have one. The fact is if you have great content that is unique, over time you will get plenty of natural backlinks and thus your rankings will grow. Also if you are always adding great content you are much more likely to get repeat visitors as they will always return to see what's new.

By targeting your site's content for well searched keywords you will get traffic. Also tell other sites similar to yours about your site and if they can include a link in exchange, this is called reciprocal linking but it can be a great way to get targeted traffic. Another great way to get targeted traffic is thorough writing and distributing articles, at the end of your articles you get to add your sites link to get more traffic and this approach is free so I suggest you look into it further.

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