Website SEO Tips
Wouldn’t the world be easier if SEO (search engine optimization) were automatic and easy? Let me describe for you the perfect world:
You come up with a great idea for a website or blog article. You labor away for hours to write each word, add each picture, and more. You take the time to proofread it, edit it, and so forth. Then, when all looks well, you hit the publish button. At that very moment, a dove descends from Heaven, and Google is filled with the Holy Spirit. Your blog post becomes a hit, and you get thousands of visits. Not only that, but your article is featured at the top of Google forever more (or at least until a better article comes along). You then live happily ever after as a webmaster, as nothing more is needed on your part. You just write articles, and the search engines will handle the rest.
Unfortunately, the above scenario is never going to happen these days. Writing your article will be the easy part, the seo is not so easy. You will have to be strategic, and hard working to get your articles and websites in the top of search engines. If you are writing on high-traffic keywords, it will be even more difficult. Luckily, I can save you a lot of grief. This is very frustrating, but it is the reality of life. You could have the cure to cancer, but if it isn’t seo’d, then it will never be found online. Because you and I both know that we rarely go past page 1 or 2 on Google when we search for a term.
Don’t make any mistake, it won’t be easy. It will take work, it may take a financial investment too. But at least you will be doing the RIGHT work to get the job done, and if you have been careful go gauge your competition and your market (keyword traffic analysis), then your efforts should provide a nice return..
My Brief SEO History
I am no SEO guru for sure (in fact, I even wrote an article on how seo sucks), but I do know more than the average blogger. As I blogged and wrote for 2 years, I was disappointed that my websites simply didn’t get any real traffic. I would get about 1-300 hits per day, no matter how many articles I had. While I am no Shakespeare, I did feel that I had at least some quality content worthy of good traffic.
So I began researching SEO tips on various blogs/forums. Over time, I began to realize I had done a lot of things wrong (internally), and also that I wasn’t doing ANYTHING externally (link building or marketing). The results: my site got almost no real traffic, and no real earnings. When I started to put forth the effort to SEO and market my blog, the traffic and earnings soon improved.
As I mentioned above, there are 2 types of SEO that you want to master: Internal (on site) SEO, and External (off site) SEO. Internal SEO deals with factors within your website, such as internal links, domain name, keywords, titles, etc. External SEO deals with things outside of your website, such as number of backlinks, quality backlinks, anchor text, domain age, and so forth.
Since both of these are of great importance, I am going to break up the articles into 2 separate articles: Internal On Site SEO and External Off Site SEO. Read them both and abide by them, and your traffic and earnings should continue in a steady growth.
How to Create a Website: A Brief Introduction to This Tutorial
Planning Your Website, Blog, or Forum: How to Plan Your Website Project
Niche Websites: How to Find a Niche Topic to Build Your Site Around
Website Business Plan: How to Develop a Business Plan for Your Website Project
Registering a Domain Name: Choosing a Domain Name for Your Website or Blog
Website Design Software | Best Software for Websites, Blogs, and Forums
Web Hosting: Finding Hosting Company for Websites and Blogs
How to Upload a Website or Blog on Godaddy | Prepare Your Hosting for Your Website
WordPress Setup | Preparing WordPress For Use in Websites or Blogging
Writing Articles for Your Website or Blog | How to Arrange Content for SEO
Creating Hyperlinks on a Website: How to Create Internal Links for Good SEO in WordPress
Make Money With Websites: How to Make Money With Your Blog or Website
Marketing Websites | How to Market Your Blog or Website Online & Offline
Website SEO | Search Engine Optimization Tips for Blogs & Websites Introduction
Internal On Site SEO Tips | How to SEO Your Website or Blog Internally
External Off Site SEO Tips | How to SEO & Build Links for Your Website or Blog Externally