Wednesday, January 1, 2014

The Best Tips And Tricks On Search Engine Optimization

By Georgiana Lauzon


A lot of start-up web business people are being sucked into dangerous traps today. They're opting to use hosted sites provided by large companies, and they're ignoring tried-and-true SEO tactics and are allowing these large hosts to do the "work" for them. Don't become one of the unseen. Follow the tips so that your site can be found.

View source codes on competitors' websites. This will let you see how they are using SEO on their own website, and what keywords they are using. While you might not wish to imitate their methods, this bit of sleuthing can make you think of other keywords and things to try.

Use keywords in URLs for increasing traffic and expanding your search engine optimization. Do not choose URLs with numbers. If at all possible, use words. This will increase the probability in your site being found quickly during a consumer's search. The keywords in the URL should also be included on the site itself.

Visit your site and check to make sure that the title tag at the top of your window describes the content that you are looking at. Be sure that it contains the keywords that you want readers to associate with your website. If you are a small local business be sure that the key local search words are included in the title tag. Keywords are the backbone of search engine optimization. Keywords, when written, should be italicized, underlined, and bold when possible. Check into the backlinks of those you consider competitors. Copy their backlinks creatively. You need backlinks pointing at your site as much as possible. Get backlinks from sites that have the same theme as yours.

One of the biggest mistakes budding SEO experts make is having titles on their site that are just too long. Keep in mind that most search engines put a 60 character cap on keywords for a title, so the shorter, more informative you can make your title, the better off you will be.

Having a site map will make it easier for search engines to index your pages.. A site map could be a navigation bar, or for sites with a lot of pages, it could work like and index that has links to each page. This helps search engines follow links all the way through your entire site. Regardless of how large or small your website is, a site map will increase your ranking in search engines.

One of the biggest mistakes budding SEO experts make is having titles on their site that are just too long. Keep in mind that most search engines put a 60 character cap on keywords for a title, so the shorter, more informative you can make your title, the better off you will be.

If you are looking to get your site to the top of the search results, then you should make sure that you analyze the SEO tactics that your competitors use. There are reasons that other sites are successful and if you figure out what they are doing, you can get your site there too.

You read at the start that these large companies are offering business websites. After reading these tips, you now know why you shouldn't go that route. The things you do to optimize your site will not be done by these big companies. They will only list in their own directories. Build your own site by using these tips if you want to be successful.




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