Some Good SEO Advice
1.First and foremost is design. This includes usability for both visitors and search engine spiders. You can be #1 on Google, but if your site irritates your visitors, it is useless. So make it comprehensive and easy to navigate. I would suggest that every website has a "static site map", not just for your visitors, but also the SE's (helps increase search engine saturation. Please no pop-ups, pop-unders, flashing animations that cause seizers, etc. Just keep it "crisp". Flash animations, frames, and too much JavaScript are frowned upon by SE's. (A lot of us use JavaScript along the way, so be sure to call the JS source file rather then adding the full code into the page.)2.Choose the right keywords. This is extremely important. Optimizing a site takes a lot of time, patience, and hard work. Doing this targeting the wrong keywords can be devastating. Find relevant keywords that are searched for often. Make sure you target "phrases" rather than single keywords. For example, targeting "hosting" alone will not help you. There are too many search results. But targeting "web hosting provider", "web hosting service", and "hosting business" will get you more realistic results (and a ton of traffic). Plus you are still targeting "hosting". I would suggest targeting ONE "reach phrase" and TWO "realistic phrases". Three phrases may seem like a lot, but not when one or two key terms is in all three phrases. When this occurs, things don't get watered down, giving better results.3.Page optimization itself. Yes, SE's still use meta tags. Some more then others, but they are just as important as page content. If an search engine ignores let's say the Keyword Meta Tag, then so what. It doesn't hurt to use it for those you give it a little relevancy. You may however need to optimize your meta tags. Next of course is body content. Use your most targeted keyword phrase within the first 200 words of spiderable text. What do I mean by spiderable text? I mean image alt tags, anchor text (links), and body text (especially in headings bold text, and even in Italics). But make sure it is readable and do not keyword stuff or Spam. It will only hurt your placement, and even worse, your site could get banned. So a litle at a time is best. Every time your site is re-indexed, check your placement in the SE
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