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Search engine optimization
is the process of choosing targeted keyword phrases
related to a website, and ensuring that the website
places well when those keyword phrases are part of a Web
search.
On-Page optimization
factors:
The Major Factors Are:
Mega Tags, Header Tags,
Text-body tag and Alt image tags:
1- Mega Tags:
Meta Tags are code in your
HTML that is invisible to the visitors of your web site
but are read by some web spiders and search engines.
Meta tags used by a large
percentage of the top search engines as one of the main
guidelines on how they will index your site
The Main Meta Tags are:
Title Tag
Description Tag
Keyword Tag
Targeting the right
keywords:
Do keyword research- it is
very important in building traffic
To do your keyword
research visit this website
http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/
Select a short list of 3
to 4 keywords
Title tag:
The page title should
include ONLY your main keywords. The least amount of
words you can place in the title, the more weight Google
will give to each of the keywords and the higher you
will rank.
The title is the most
important piece of information search engines use to
index Web pages. Include the title of your page and 3-5
important keywords. Format your site title as follows:
Site title, keyword1,
keyword2, keyword3
You may use your URL, or
the name of your company as your site title.
Make sure it
specifically describes your product or service,
Makes proper use of 3 or 4 keywords,
Use between 10 and 80 characters long.
Tips:
Taken out all of the
"ands"
Replaced one of the "ands" with a "|" character
Always Combine Your Keywords In The Page Title
Description Tag:
The Meta description tag
describes your site's content, giving search engines'
spiders an accurate summary filled with multiple
keywords.
Use a descriptive
paragraph or sentence that is relevant to your page.
If possible, use a
sentence or paragraph that is present in the content of
your page
Use up to 500
characters, including spaces.
Keyword Tag:
Use a list of keywords
that are relevant to the content of your web page. Use
your url as the first key word and separate the keywords
with commas. Format the key words as follows:
www.myURL.com
keyword1, keyword2, keyword3,
..
Add 5-10 Keywords
For best results a tag
sized between 50 and 250 characters.
Note that keywords should be separated with commas.
Free Meta Tag Analyzer:
This Meta tag analysis
tool will help you analyze your web pages and check for
search engine compatibility.
http://www.hypergurl.com/form.html
More Sites for SEO:
http://www.submitnet.net/
http://www.submitexpress.com/
2- Header Tags:
Headers are used to break
entries up into logical sections.
Add h1 header tags- (Place
your most important keyword) it's best to place your h1
header tag on the top left hand or top/middle portion of
your page.
When Google reads a
webpage, it views the text from the top left hand side
of the page to the bottom right hand side of the page.
Add h2 header tags- (Place
your 2nd most important keyword) should be placed
somewhere towards the top half of your webpage.
3- Text - body tag:
The body element defines
the documents' body. It contains all the contents of the
document (like text, images, colors, graphics, etc.).
When writing the
content, try to evenly sprinkle your main keywords
throughout the copy. Don't overdo it though.
Try to mention each
keyword in a natural way as you are writing
Include at least one of
the keywords per 1-2 paragraphs, depending on how large
your page is.
Make sure to mention
your main keyword at the very top left and the very
bottom right hand side of the webpage
Bolding, italicizing and
underlining...Once we've finished writing the copy, we
should go through and bold, italicize, or underline some
of the keywords only 1 time each, maximum.
Any keyword must be used
4 times or more in your site's HTML body. This is highly
recommended for best ranking results.
Avoid Excessive
Keywords- No word to be used more than 30 times
throughout the page.
4- Alt image tags:
ALT tags are images'
descriptions.
Place your keyword 1 in
the alt image tag of the very top image in your webpage.
Place your other 2 keywords plus an extra word like
"picture" or "image in the alt image tag of 2 more
graphics throughout your webpage.
Load Time Analysis:
If your Web site does not
load in 12 seconds or less with a 56k connection,
statistics show that about 45% of visitors will leave
the site.
Optimized you site for
56k modem users- Load time 12 second or less.
Try to keep your
homepage under 50k and your other pages under 40k.
Here's a great free tool
to help you check your website's load time:
http://www.1-hit.com/all-in-one/tool.loading-time-checker.htm
Search Engine Guidelines:
Always remember this
general rule when building your site: Search engines do
not like to be fooled. Do not try to manipulate your
listings through sneaky methods. Provide useful,
relevant content, and you will never have to worry about
search engine guideline violations.
Hidden Text - you never
hide text.
Excessive Keywords-Use
keywords naturally in sentences and paragraphs.
No word to be used more
than 30 times throughout the page.
Repeated Keywords- No
keywords to be repeated multiple times in a row. We
recommend using keywords naturally in sentences and
paragraphs.
Doorway Pages- Doorway
pages are discouraged by most search engines.
Harmful Redirects-
Redirecting pages have a hard time being indexed by
search engines.
Frame Issues- It is
recommended for sites that use frames to implement a
descriptive NOFRAMES tag with relevant text content.
Macromedia Flash Issues-
Don't create all-Flash pages for any content you want to
get indexed - instead, put that content in the HTML
portion of the page.
Enjoy!
Faraj Balousha
Civil Engineer, Architect, Webmaster
Sketch-Plus Inc.,
http://www.sketch-plus.com/
http://www.creating-website-stores.com/help_centre/index.html
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