Search Engine Optimization
September 25, 2008 10:21 pm
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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is commonly overlooked as a way to boost website ranking among the major search engines. Search Engine Optimization is best explained as the process where a website is designed and developed to best meet the seach criteria established by a major search engine so that it is more easily found by a specific search term.
Most search engines do not charge for adding a site to a search engine, although many service providers will submit your site for a fee. Often this additional fee is justified by calling it an “express submission”. Unless you are submitting a large and complex site these additional fees may not offer value for money.
It is more important for webmasters to:
1. Choose an effective domain name. Selecting a domain name that adequetly describes your business is really the most important step
2. Ensure that your website desplays the appropriate meta tags. These tags will help the search engine properly catergerize your web site and will boost your page ranking
3. Pay attention to keyword density and layout.
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October 1st, 2008 at 6:26 am
Those are some great tips, keyword checking and applying them to your content is often overlooked, especially in blogs.
October 14th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Thx 4 the info…I used meta tags/keywords when I bought my domain name 2 weeks ago and I am definitely ’searchable’ by Google. Thx 4 the info.
October 14th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Don’t forget writing descriptions in the “alt” tags of your images. I get a lot of traffic just from image searches. But, you are right, it’s the basics that most people forget.
October 19th, 2008 at 6:16 am
You make a very important point and it is often overlooked. Thanks for the info.
October 20th, 2008 at 5:49 am
I think incoming links are more important than any of the above (apart from genuinely useful content - which also tends to generate incoming links)
October 21st, 2008 at 4:17 am
Thanks for the tip.
October 21st, 2008 at 10:51 am
I’d have to agree with Jordan above, incoming links and more importantly, the anchor text of those links are THE most important aspect of SEO.
October 23rd, 2008 at 6:40 am
There are so many different pieces to SEO, you just have to keep working at it. I just keep going over parts of my blog and always find something I forgot. Thanks for the info