Why SEO Is Crucial In Achieving Significant Web-Traffic
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| Search Engine Optimisation (or SEO for short) is a very important, yet often misunderstood, topic. SEO is crucial in achieving significant web-traffic from the search engines` natural (unpaid) results since most sites are discovered through search engines and, as you will no doubt realise, if a site isn`t on the first few pages of the search results it is unlikely to be seen. Fortunately, there are a number of techniques to get a site a higher ranking in search engines. |
| Links |
| Most modern search engines (such as Google) produce page rankings based on how well linked a site is. Essentially, the more RELEVANT sites that link to a site, the higher it will rank. In order to achieve more page views then it is necessary to get other sites to link to you and to optimise your own internal links (for example instead for creating a link saying `click here to see SEO tips` it is more effective to create a link that says `here are some SEO tips`). Many modern search engines use words found in links (also referred to as `anchor text`) to the site being linked to which means a link to www.example.com with the words Great SEO tips will mean when someone searches for "Great SEO tips" then www.example.com will be higher in the search results, all other things being equal. |
| Keywords and Meta Tags |
| In the early days of search engines websites were found by matching search terms to `Keywords` contained within `Meta Tags`. `Keyword stuffing`, which is the practice of putting loads of words - many with little relevance to the page - into the `Keywords` Meta Tag, has resulted in most search engines such as Google ignoring the `Keywords` Meta Tag (although if incorrectly used it can still have a counter-productive effect). However, this does not mean the `Keywords` Meta Tag is entirely useless. The `Keywords` element can help categorise your page but it is very important not to use too many keywords - only use keywords that are actually relevant to your site. Selecting certain keywords for certain pages is essential for good SEO. Probably the most useful part of the Meta Tag is the `Title`. The `Title` is used by browsers and by many search engines as the title for the link when displayed in the search results - it is usually the first thing a searcher sees. Other important code elements include the effective use of H1, H2 and H3 header tags and the use of relevant keywords in the alternative text or `ALT tags` for images and other on-page elements. |
| Page Content |
| Rather obviously, content is the most important part of most websites. It is also vital for SEO. Most Search engines `crawl` the content of pages to get an idea as to what the page is about and so it is important to consider this when designing a website. Each page should try to be specific to a particular topic (and relevant keywords) but of course link to other topics. Generally it is important to make the first paragraph of a page concise and relevant to the content of the rest of the page. |
| Conclusion |
| Whether you are looking to SEO Affiliate Marketing sites or indeed other websites, it has become a vastly complicated subject over the years because of the sheer number of websites competing for high rankings. It is important to consider SEO when designing a page and this article offers pointers to some of the more basic ways in which to optimise a website`s ranking. However to be at the very top of the search engine results for common search terms, SEO will almost certainly need to be handled professionally - the web is full of fierce competition and the only the very best use of SEO will get a page to the top. |
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Serge Daudelin
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Serge Daudelin is a Search Engine Optimization Specialist who has written over 300 articles in print and 5 published ebooks. Serge is dedicated to helping others and offering the best information on how to make more money online. |
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