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Easy and Basic SEO Strategies

September 21, 2009 by · 1 Comment
Filed under: Search Engine Optimization 

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Again, I am a fan of the simple things relating to SEO, because we all know that Google is on the lookout for organically generated traffic. That said, SEO does not have to be as complex as it is sometimes made out to be, so we would all do well to focus on a few more basic strategies as the building blocks of the traffic and revenue we are creating for our sites. It just makes sense.

To begin, make sure you start out by placing your keywords in the title tag so that search engines robots are aware of what your page is about.  You can find the title tag in the top of your documents by the head tags, and when you do type your keywords in the title tag, that is one more step closer to attracting your niche traffic to your site. You do need to use the title tag like a headline, because the text in there will show up on search engines, so it should be something that your customers are looking for. Also, make sure to change your title tags per page because otherwise, the search engine robots will consider all your pages as the same and they may not get indexed. It may be a good idea to use the actual headlines of your page for the title tag so that search engine robots will know what each page is catering to.

When you are dealing with a specific page of your site, you can link from different pages on your site to that page using anchor text. This will be even more beneficial to you if your site has numerous pages, because the more links back to a certain page on your site, the better results that you will see. From there, you can use the text that you have put in your title tag in the body of your content on your page as well because the keywords that you are targeting in your title tag should be the same keywords that you are targeting in the body of your page. It is helpful to have the tag being the same as your headline for the page because when a consumer has clicked to your page from a search engine result, they can then know that they have been directed to the right place because the keywords and subjects match up. It all seems so simple! The search engine robots will also be happy with this because then your title and your headline will be on the same page, so to speak. From there you can take these same keywords and use them within your article on your page, and even bolden them throughout the body of the content.

These SEO basics may seem obvious, but it is more than helpful to touch on the ABCs of what we are doing here so that you can know that you aren’t missing any important steps. Another point worth noting is that you do need to submit your site to search engines yourself because if you are using submission softwares or services, then you may see your site getting penalized by Google, or even banned- and then where does that leave you? Knowing these basic tips will keep you on track with ranking your site because as we know, there is a lot of out of date SEO tactics floating around on the world wide web these days. Put these strategies into practice, and you will see advancements in the traffic you are looking for to your site. Good luck and Godspeed!