There is a great deal hype in the Search engine optimization industry probably because it is a techno field plus is very competitive so everyone is attempting eyebrow everyone else and get the upper edge.
Being in my antiquated 40\’s – hippy 1965 baby to be exact – I have been around the IT industry well before most of the current players were out of diapers. I was there in our computer room when they unveiled the latest hard drive – it looked like a modern day top-loader washer and was the same size! All up it held a \’breath-taking\’ 40 Meg of data. Yes that is right 40 Meg! When we saw the new micro PC\’s come out we felt they would never take off (we must have had IBM blood in us!) and the IT journey went on from there.
Today my \’long teeth\’ dip in my beer and my eyeballs roll back in their sockets when I hear some of the hype plastered around the Search engine optimization playing field.
Yes Search engine optimisation can be specialized but only usually after you got it completely wrong in the beginning – your internet site that is. If you did not engage a good Search engine optimisation advisor to provide you with the run-down BEFORE you started building then you probably finished up with a web site punctured with a zillion SEO holes. These websites can take some fixing for sure. The majority of web developers do not know anything with regards to SEO and what they do know they almost never put into action due to the fact they are not requested to by you! Not hiring a great Search engine optimisation advisor is like creating a 3 storey residence without using an architect and engineer and expecting the builder to get it right – no way.
I come across a good SEO site once in every 100 websites. It is a terrible track record for web-developers. Every other single site is a ship full of holes sinking in the lower regions of page 196 of Google!
So apart from adding some vibrant pros to this piece I suppose I should add some substance. Well here it is – short and simple (well maybe not that short!)
Content is King
Google makes use of back-links a lot at the moment to judge a web sites popularity. However, it\’s now quite simple to generate backlinks of good quality in large volumes to unbalance the ranking game. Google knows it\’s got to find the right way to balance this out. When it does, most people\’s position will probably come crashing to the floor overnight.
On the other hand, Google always wants QUALITY content material – the best it can display. If you have this, then because content is the only reason why we have search engines in the first place, your site will usually do well regardless of what twists and turns Google puts its search engine algorithms through.
Under no circumstances ever forget that content rules within the SEO jungle. Forget at your peril.
We battled to get content material on customers internet sites for so long until we built it into our Search engine optimisation ranking packages. We now offer a content and back-linking service (SEO.SIMPLE.) that solves this inherent problem. Now our clients get fresh unique content on their web sites weekly and gain ranking results from it seeing it is Search engine optimization optimised as well.
Your content delivery engines needs to be well tuned
Don\’t think that you can simply just add content to a webpage and miss out on the platform you happen to be adding it to. Google wants to make sure that the content material is not just the best for the keyword and key phrase requested, but it also delivers the best user experience. So be sure to cross your T\’s and dot your SEO eyes when it comes to ensuring your internet site delivers the very best experience such as performing these :
Make sure your server is quick – Google not too long ago added this one – upgrade right now if it takes too long to load your internet pages
Ensure ALL images have ALT tags WITH purposeful content material
Make sure every page has a UNIQUE page title relevant to the content of the page
Fix Canonical problems (were http://www.yoursite.com and http://yoursite.com and http://www.yoursite.com/index.php etc all resolve to the same page but have different addresses. Instead they should all redirect to a single page and that page should be utilised throughout the site in all links. If you are on a UNIX based server this can be fixed quickly usually through the htaccess file)
Make sure there are a minimum of 300 words of meaningful textual content on any web page – the more the better for Google
Make certain that if you are using a Website cms that the URL\’s are fixed so only words show up (and preferably keywords) and not funny programming expressions and numbers
Whenever you create a link use a keyword(s) and not the notorious \’click here\’ as the anchor text
If you cannot add content to your site (maybe you have a flash site), then at the least add a weblog attached to your website – this helps a great deal
When you next renew your current domain, renew not less than 3 years – of course longevity shows maturity and increases trust
Backlinks and more back links
And lastly do not stop back-linking. Right now it is the powerhouse for Search engine optimisation but do not rely on this for the future.
So I hope this has helped \’de-hype\’ some of the Search engine optimization materials available and helped you along the Search engine optimisation road a little bit further.
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