~ Issue Number 31 ~
Dec 2, 2011 [Next Issue: Dec 9, 2011]
Hello Friend,
Wednesday covered some great tips that you needed before you started on your website, but what does your website need after that?
Some basic search engine optimization tips can help your website push higher on the page rankings. Yes, you may think you know basic SEO, but we all need reminders of how important it is to our business success. There may be some wonderful tips you have forgotten or you may not have ever learned. Like using the page numbers on web pages. It surprises me that some websites still use the page number instead of name, yet it still happens.
And while busy doing all the SEO work on the website, it becomes real easy to forget that search engines rank the pages individually as well. These little things may not be much by themselves, but together they add up to results that can really help your search engine ranking.
All these pieces come together like a puzzle to create your search engine ranking and create a site that helps visitors know you have what they want. When you combine a good ranking with multiple pages that offer visitor-related materials, you will have a much greater chance of converting them to consumers.
Talk soon!
Lee Collins
Managing Director
StomperNet, LLC
"SEO is not rocket science (or anywhere close to it). But it certainly can get as technical and detailed as you want to make it."
~ John I. Jerkovic ~
SEO Warrior
LAST DAY! It's finally here...and you don't want to miss this sale! By Michelle Chance-Sangthong While you may think SEO is important for your website, ranking is important for each individual page. Each page has its own rank in the search engines, the whole website is only a part of the factor.
Based on experience the three strongest elements to a page are its Domain Name, Title Tag and Back Links, and depending on the level of competition for your search phrase, an adjustment to any of these can increase your page anywhere from few up to hundreds of spots.
There are some other elements as well, that I will also cover in this article.
Domain Name
Include keywords, if possible; however, don't make it "spammy" with too much hyphenation! My personal rule of thumb is no more than 2 hyphens. If your niche is wedding favors, and all the "good" domain names are taken, you could consider beautiful-wedding-favors. com, but I wouldn't recommend the-very-best-wedding-favors-ever. com. Get the picture?
The Title Tag
I think of it like the mullet hairstyle: business in the front, party in the back. Your most important keywords should be in the front, and it should be followed with a compelling reason to click the link:
Beautiful Wedding Favors: We ship your Wedding Favors for Free
Beach Wedding Favors: Free Shipping on all Beach Theme Favors
You don't have to "stuff" the title tag, and in the search results it is the most prominent, clickable element. You want to design it to help you rank higher AND get more clicks than the other folks.
Back Links
It has been said that enough back links can solve any ranking problem, and that's probably true, but you do want to make them work well for you. Remember, anchor text matters! Your best links will include keyword rich words and phrases, not your URL. For example:
Buy beautiful beach wedding favors from my-great-sites. com
...is MUCH better than...
Buy beautiful beach wedding favors from my-great-sites. com.
Hint: Your links should look NATURAL. In other words, they shouldn't all say exactly the same thing. Immediately having 10,000 back links to a site that's been online 2 days, with all the same exact links just doesn't "feel" right.
ALSO ... Remember that you want to get links DEEP into your site, not just the home page. It has been suggested in the past that no more than 50% of your links should point to the home page, so be sure to get links to categories and even product level pages (if you're in eCommerce)!
The next element that I work diligently on to make keyword rich is the actual page name. Consider the keywords that are targeted for the page, and name the pages accordingly - even in ecommerce and database driven sites.
Page Names
Do you have a generic domain, or a custom domain? (www. mydomain. com/seo-expert-tips. html vs. www. mydomain. com/?3z42.php)
Your pages should be themed based on relevance. If the page is about beach wedding favors, keep the content relevant. Don't stray and add extra content about wedding shoes and the dress - unless it's appropriate.
Meta Description
The Meta Description should NOT be ignored. While it will not affect the search results, it can alter the results of the search and drive a higher click through rate. This is the second feature anyone will notice about your site, BEFORE they ever arrive on the page. So use keyword rich content with compelling text to encourage them to click on that search engine listing to visit your site. I have seen occasions on our own site where we were getting higher click throughs at #2 than the listing at #1, and our only conclusion is that our meta description copy was more compelling to the user.
Meta Keywords
Meta Keywords are certainly not used for ranking, but I add them to each page so that I can keep track of what the page theme is ranking for. Some folks are concerned that using them this way would allow others to "steal" your keywords, but frankly there are so many other tools out there that they don't have to view my meta keywords to find out what I am trying to rank that page for.
These are just the basics that can help your page rank better. There are additional factors that you may want to add depending on your site.
To celebrate our 5th Anniversary,
we're doing something extra special for you... The Strongest SEO Elements: - Domain Name: Include keywords, if possible. Don't OVER HYPHENATE
- Title Tag: The tag should be targeted AND clickable
- Back Links
Also Consider these SEO Basics - Pages Names: Named according to the page content
- Meta Description: What people see on the Search Engine Results and can get you better click-through
- Meta Keywords: While Search engines don't use these, you can use for tracking purposes
Let us know your thoughts in a comment! Remember: Next Stomper Intelligence Report:
Friday, Dec 9, 2011
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