Basic SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Techniques

Lot of people struggle with search engine optimization. Most don't even realize where to start. Here is a list of Basic Search Engine Optimization Techniques to get you started, hopefully they will help you.

* Shorten the title to 55 characters or less.
* Put important keywords at the beginning of the title.
* Make different titles for each pages.
* Use H1 tag for page headings.
* Put links to your pages with Keywords as anchor text, where possible.
* Use title attribute for anchor links.
* Use Alt attribute on img tags.
* Add the robots tag on page.
* Place the robots.txt file in your root on your server. Submit it to search engine Webmaster Tools.
* Add a Sitemap of your site. Submit it to search engine Webmaster Tools.
* Get rid of the js in the code and put it in an external file.
* Use css instead of color, size and font tags.
* Change the link buttons or js links in to text links.
* Make sure to have a site map page.
* Make sure you have 404 "Page Not Found" page.
* Make menus as text links.
* Make sure your page code is not bigger than 100 KB.
* Submit your site to ODP and Yahoo Dir, make sure to select the right cat.
* Pay special attention to your content.
* Try to get as much as possible from sites relevant to yours.
* Read each search engines guide lines and follow them strictly.
* Don't spam.
* Don't use doorway pages.
* Don't cloak.
* Don't use invisible links.
* Name file with keywords. e.g. Search-Engine-Optimization.html etc.
* And hope search engines will appreciate your hard work.

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Posted by: WebCosmo
Posted on: 12/13/2007 at 5:09 PM
Categories: Advertising / Marketing | SEO
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Yiwu agent cn

Wednesday, December 19, 2007 4:15 PM

Yiwu agent

Good point, I'll try..

johnrobin id

Thursday, January 03, 2008 1:04 PM

johnrobin

good post... Place the robots.txt file in your root on your server and submit it to search engine webmaster tools is still in my question...

WebCosmo us

Thursday, January 03, 2008 1:23 PM

WebCosmo

robots.txt will allow you restrict search engines(not guaranteed for all se) from indexing files which you don't want. In some cases certain pages require login to access. Indexing files like that may lead to unwanted results. So robots.txt will help search engines have clean indexing of your site.

1websitedesign au

Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:09 PM

1websitedesign

i think it,s a great post you have written keep it up.

iCalvyn my

Friday, February 08, 2008 8:15 PM

iCalvyn

great tips, i was follow some of your guide at my website now... thank

TROY us

Friday, March 21, 2008 2:19 AM

TROY

Looking for SEO consultant please advise..

WebCosmo us

Friday, March 21, 2008 3:24 AM

WebCosmo

Troy, if you are looking for SEO you may search online. From my experience I can tell you most of them are no good. Ask for the reference and websites they worked on to verify if they are any good.

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