Search Engine Optimization made easy!

June 30, 2008 by Elizabeth  
Filed under Seo optimization

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Search engine optimization is something that is not rocket science and can easily be learned if you are willing to put in the time. Even though I feel that there is not much time at all, because a lot of it can be learned over a short period of time, basically through normal research.

Optimization for one site is just setting up the site in a way that makes it easy for search engine spiders to crawl and find your web site. You may be wondering what exactly a spider is. Well a spider is a tool many of search engines use such as Msn, Google, and yahoo to examine web pages one by one to make sure they have relevant content and html coding that is favorable to finding the sites and then allowing them to be shown to online internet users.

To make sure that your site is search engine friendly you need to make sure you take a few great key issues into consideration.

Keywords: is the first issue you need to look at and complete first. Research keywords that are favorable to you target market. Use the words that are searched for the most along with some long tail keywords, which should give you good rankings.  You can find many of these tools by using free resources such a trellion, which is my favorite and it will give you a head start. Then place those keywords in the header, in beginning of your site content and use them in your domain name.

HTML coding: Make sure the coding of your website is completed by a professional, if you have no experience and want to get started right away. Although basic coding is easy to be learned. You need to make sure that many of your Meta descriptions, Meta keywords, title tag, alt tags, and anchor texts contain a good amount of keywords. This can easily be completed using your html editor. You can view the code for your site by selecting view from the page menu and then page source.

Use Sitemaps: Sitemaps help search engines easily read what you site is about and helps them to navigate your site easier along with getting it indexed quicker. Make sure to use keyword rich description also in this area.

Well there you go a couple of great search engine optimization tips to get you headed to a great start.

Comments

2 Responses to “Search Engine Optimization made easy!”

  1. Ellen Hart on July 7th, 2008 2:50 am

    I recently made the decision to pay for SEO services for my online retail business. I’ve had a lot to learn in the last few weeks, and your articles have been very helpful! I’m looking forward to seeing my site climb the Google ranks.

  2. Elizabeth on July 7th, 2008 3:06 am

    why, thank you so much.

    Stay tuned because soon in early fall I will have my own special seo book coming out pretty soon.

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