SEO Tips of 2009
We have searched around the internet looking at various websites for search engine optimisation. When it comes to SEO practices, it is amazing how many will forget or leave out some simple techniques that could have them earning more cash each year. In our long search we found five tips that one should concentrate on for 2009.
1. Heading Tags is our first tip. A lot of the time the headings and subsequent keyword options for it are left by the wayside. When creating a website one has to consider what the consumer will find relevant. There is a pattern one should have regarding heading tags. There is the number 1 heading in which your main keyword should play a big role. If other headings are needed they should have a secondary keyword. These keywords need to be descriptive.
2. The next thing many over look is the meta information. In this case we are referring to meta tags, descriptions, etc. If you have keywords targeting your consumers in the tags or descriptions the consumer is more likely to click. You are also more likely to appear in the search engine results. With SEO you do care about the results and rankings over consumers, but considered how it works for both.
3. SEO URL’s- eh? Well in this case we mean your URL should be something the search engine can send its spiders through. The search engine is also going to look at how well it targets a consumer. For example: www.bertiesjellybeans.com versus www.berties-jelly-bean.com – which of the two URL examples can you remember with ease? I bet you are thinking you the first one is better. The simpler the URL the better.
4. When you get the best homepage and web content you really do not want to change it, but you have to remember in SEO life refreshing your content is a good thing. Your consumers also want to see different content on your pages. The best way to update and add content is to use blogs or forums, but you should refresh your other pages once a year just to give it a different look for consumers and to get the search bots through.
5. This last option is the one everyone overlooks. Link building is not just a one day process. You have to work on getting links and then maintaining these links.
If your website is targeted for consumers chances are you just need a few tweaks to make it more SEO friendly.