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SEO and Image Optimization
Many people who have been running websites for various reasons try different tactics and techniques to get high rank in search engine results. They buy appropriate domain names, optimize their page names, titles, meta tags, exchange links,...
SEO & Competition Analysis – Part One
Analyzing your competition should be the second step taken during the SEO process (right after and sometimes even during keyword selection). Looking at what and how your competition have positioned their website where you want yours to be placed...
SEO Hints and Tips and Free SEO Tools
Do you realize that if you manage your website, SEO tools, and pay-per-click tools, you can literally have as many leads as you want from your website? I assume that a website should convert approximately 5% of the viewers to doers, taking some kind...
SEO, the simplified version
Lets get things straight. SEO is a very competitive market. If you have the time to promote your site and have the energy to work hard to get a good PR then this is for you. I have read many books on SEO and tried to get the best tactics to use. If...
Sitemaps 101 - Back To SEO School
Sitemaps are without doubt one of the most often ignored and undervalued aspects of search engine optimization. You've probably spent a huge amount of time working on pages of original content, keyword density and getting incoming links but never...
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SEO Keywords - the starting point
When you look at search engine optimisation for a site, probably the most important thing to think about are what keyphrases you want to be found under in the search engines.
If you are selling widgets, then it really won't help you if you get a high listing for another search term, as its not relevant.
Its also important to be very selective about your keywords and phrases. If you decide to target the phrase 'toronto', then you are going to have an uphill climb, as there must be thousands or potentially millions of sites that are indexed for that term. When you are faced with stiff competition for a keyword, then unless you want to spend the rest of your life optimising the site, the chances are that you will be so far down the index, that a potential customer will need a microscope to find you.
So - get specific. Try to put yourself in your customers shoes and ask the question:
If I was looking for whatever it is I sell - then what phrase
would I put into the search bar?
Write the phrase down and think about it a bit more. Can I refine it and come up with something even more specific that works?
Once you are happy, try to think of a second keyphrase.
Done that? Ok, now you stop.
You can optimise a site for a two or three keyphrases, but unless you are a word smith superhero that is pretty much your limit. If you try to optimise for more than that - all you will do is end up making a poor job of all of them.
The next thing to start thinking about is how you 'thread' your keyphrases into your content.
We'll talk more about that later....
About the Author
Lee is one of the principals at Spinnaker Systems which provides Web related services to the small business owner. Lee can be contacted at lee@spinnakersystems.com and is a regular contributor to the Spinnaker Blog
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