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SEO-Down and Dirty

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Search Engine Optimization is something you should consider before submitting your website to the search engines. A well optimized website can bring lots of visitors to your website from the search engines. SEO is the process of modifying your web page to get better rankings with the search engines. One thing you should consider is how to use meta tags and keywords, although this is not as important as it used to be. If possible it is best if you use your top keywords in your domain name. Then you should provide content and meta tags based on your top keywords. Use the meta-tag description and meta-tag keywords attribute on every page of your site that you want the search engines to index. We recommend that you include 1-2 of your most important keyword phrases in the title tag, BUT be careful not to just list keywords. If you just list keywords you risk being viewed as spamming the engines, which can ultimately lead to you being blacklisted by the search engines. Your title tag should include your keyword phrases while remaining as close to a readable sentence as possible to avoid any problems. Include 3-4 of your most important keyword phrases. Especially those used in your title tag and page copy. Don’t forget plurals.

After you have optimized your website you should consider your link popularity, or the number of sites that link to your site. You can increase your popularity by finding linking partners. You exchange links with another website to increase your popularity. You should link with other websites that have content that is relevant to your website. For example, if your website is about “work at home” then you should seek linking partners that are about “work at home” or whatever your keywords might be. Inbound links go a long way to increasing your popularity with the search engines. Before you can start looking for linking partners you need to get a links page for your website. Then you can go to a search engine and type in your keywords. Generally, the pages that come up in your search will be likely candidates for you to link with, but you don’t want to link with your competitors. Potential websites you might link with should contain information relevant to your web site and reach an audience who would be interested in your web site.

Skills Required for an SEO Professional

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

If one wonders then one would realize that the most dynamic thing in this world is technology. Almost everyday technology is changing and it is advancing much faster than time. In this fast paced and competitive world various technological advancements have helped us to make our lives easier. Search Engine Optimisation is one such technological advancement which has revolutionised the internet as well as the marketing industry. Considered as one of the strongest tool on the internet there is nothing left now which is not associated with SEO. Search engines have now become the bread and butter of the websites that are present on the internet.

Firstly, a SEO professional must have basic as well as in depth understanding of the concepts of search engine optimization. This will help the SEO professional to successfully implement the various SEO measures that will help in improving your site’s relevance. Apart from this it is also quite necessary that the SEO professional must have some idea regarding website designing. It is so because web designing has a great impact in increasing the probability of the site for being featured in the search engine’s search results. There are search engine friendly website designs which will increase the relevance of your website. Similarly, there are certain website designing elements that can hamper the relevance of your site. So an SEO professional must be aware of these things too. Further if the SEO professional is experience i.e. he/she has got some years of experience in the SEO industry then it will be very helpful and will prove as a plus point for that individual. It is so because on the SEO industry you learn from your mistakes and experience counts a lot. Thus if the SEO professional is experienced then it is quite probable that less mistakes or no mistakes will be committed.