Importance of Search Engine Optimization

Some Importance of Search Engine Optimization

It is very crucial to know about SEO or Search Engine Optimization before you start blogging. In this article, I will be talking about the basic knowledge you have to know about SEO. In order to drive thousands of visitors to your website or blog, you need to understand the power of SEO and the concept behind it. Its not that hard to understand about SEO, so lets get started. First of all, Seo is the short acronym for search engine optimization. Seo is very important aspect in blogging and in any other internet business. Seo is very  important because it is the fundamental tool to generate tons of visitors to your blog directly from the search engine like Google,Bing,and Yahoo. Moreover, it plays vital role in ranking your website and blog  in search engine. How to implement SEO strategy to drive organic visitors and visualize your blog post to thousands of people on net. I have listed some of the important factor that can boost the presence of your blog in the search engine.

• TITTLE TAG:The title tag is what the search engines use to populate their rankings. You need to be specific with your titles in order to achieve high rankings

TITTLE TAG

TITLE TAG GUIDELINES:

• A range of 60 to 90 characters with spaces is a good standard. Google only recognizes 70 characters with spaces included, so I always try and stay under 70.
• Place the most important keywords for that page in the title tag and keep them as close to the beginning of the tag as possible.
• Keep non keyword terms to a minimum.
• Each page should have a unique title focusing on the keywords for that page.

• Meta Descriptions:  The meta description is almost as important as the title tag when it comes to converting clicks because this small snippet of content will tell the user whether or not your link is worth clicking on.

META DESCRIPTION Tag

                                                             

                                                                 META DESCRIPTION GUIDELINES

• Descriptions should be written with a marketing style of writing
• Descriptions should be between 25 and 40 words (I have a plugin installed on my blog that limits the number of words to 20, but for a static page, 25-40 words is a good rule-of-thumb).
• Descriptions should include all targeted keywords for that page and should be unique for each page.
• Meta Descriptions are placed in the code in the head section, but you can also place the same description in your footer area so that it’s visible on the page as well.

Image Alt Attributes:Images don’t have descriptions and search engines have no idea what images are unless you tell them. You can take advantage of a lot of extra traffic from Google Images by optimizing your graphics.Anytime you add images to your website you want to make sure that you add some descriptive text that gives the search engines an idea about what that image is.

IMAGE ALT ATTRIBUTES GUIDELINES:

• Text should describe what the image is and incorporate keywords when appropriate.
• Image alt attributes should be used on images such as .jpg, .gif, .png, and clickable buttons.

 Heading Tags

Heading tags were originally developed for better site hierarchy, but they can also be used for on-site optimization and when keywords are applied to these tags they can increase your website rankings for those particular keywords.

HEADING TAG GUIDELINES:

The most competitive keywords should be represented in the

Site architecture should represent a rational outline:

H1

H2

H2

H3

H3

H3

H2

Cross-links

Search engines find websites by traveling from link to link. Adding keywords in your links gives the search engines a strong value to base where the link is going and what that link is about. When cross linking throughout your own website you want to link from page to page with the keywords that are on the page you are linking to.

Ex: Page B is targeting the keyword “viral-marketing.” You want to add a link from Page A to Page B. Instead of using “click here,” try “…learn more about our viral marketing services.”

You want to use this formula for both on-site cross-linking as well as when you are trying to acquire links from other sites. If you can get a similar topic website like Joe-schmo-advertising.com to link to your website with “website promotion” as the anchor text, you are giving Google more context to evaluate the relevancy of the link and also the site that it’s going to.

CROSS-LINKING

 GUIDELINES:

Cross-links

 should have a clear destination, but keep in mind that there are two types of Internet users: scanners and readers. Scanners will scan through the page and click on the colored links that they think they might be interested in without reading any of the surrounding content. Users who read the entire page will naturally come upon each link and decide if the link is worth clicking on. The best links make sense to both types of users.

Link length should be as short as possible so that excess words do not dilute the value of your keywords.

 Keyword Density

Keyword density refers to how well you are able to plug in your keyword phrases into the content. Even though this aspect of on-site SEO has been getting a lot of attention lately for both sides of the argument, I still believe it’s best to have your keywords placed within the content and mentioned a certain number of times. Now what that magic number is, I can’t tell you. You have to make your own decision about that, but obviously if your whole page deals with cats you are naturally going to mention cat-related keywords all throughout your content.

When I’m considering keyword density I look more towards good writing with a natural tone versus trying to please the search engines.

KEYWORD DENSITY GUIDELINES:

If you’re targeting a three word phrase, you need to try and make sure that you include all three words in order for the instance to count towards your keyword density. They don't have to always be right next to each other, but they should be within a few words of one another.

Some say for best practices you should hit your keyword phrase once in the first paragraph, once in the main body section of the content, and one final instance in the closing paragraph.

Keyword Proximity

Very similar to keyword density, keyword proximity refers to how closely you get the individual words in your targeted keyword phrase together. In the example below there are four words in between widgets and online. This example is a strong reference to the keyword phrase but it isn’t as strong if I could have worked blue widgets online into my content without any words in between them.

Example of Keyword Proximity:

Keyword phrase: blue widgets online

If you looking for blue widgets, you can find them online.

Although the words in the keyword phrase aren't immediately adjacent to one another, they are close enough to be meaningful to the search engines. This example would also seem natural to a user.

KEYWORD PROXIMITY GUIDELINES:

Keep your keywords as close together as possible while still sounding natural.

Keyword Order

If you are trying to target “blue widgets online,” you have to mention blue > widgets > online in that order throughout your content. If you scramble them up or mention online before widgets then you are not targeting the same phrase that you researched and selected based on traffic and competition.

KEYWORD ORDER GUIDELINES:

Always mention keyword phrases in the exact order that you selected based on the results of your research.

If you are targeting more than one keyword phrase per page the order concerning which keyword phrase goes first doesn't matter, but the order of each individual keyword phrase does.

 Content Organization

Content on websites needs to be organized in a logical fashion based on both the user’s needs and the targeted keywords. Every time I speak with a new client I always ask them for a rough outline of everything that they want to include in their website. I take all that information and organize it the best way I see fit. A whole page doesn't need to be devoted to testimonials if you can pepper them throughout the site in smaller areas that need some filler content.The organization of your site can easily distract users and cause them to leave abruptly. Have the content of your website organized in a sitemap before any development begins.

CONTENT ORGANIZATION GUIDELINES:

Content for a given page should be logical based on the navigation so that users can quickly find the information they are looking for.

Content should be presented in a hierarchy fashion using heading tags to create a clear organization.

Content Consistency

Not every page on your website is going to be able to target keywords and have SEO content, but it’s important that these non SEO pages have the same flow and standards that the SEO pages have.

CONTENT CONSISTENCY GUIDELINES:

Consistent format should be represented site wide among optimized and non-optimized content: length, style, cross-links, and other formatting should be uniform.

Lastly, if you consider all the factors mentioned above and implemented it, then I can assure you that you will be amazed by its consequence as you will start getting more and more visitors to your blog or website.

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