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Monday, November 28, 2011

SEO Tips for Beginners - On Page SEO Checklist

  1. Title Tag - Use accurate title tags with your target keyword for that page (this is what shows ups as the blue hyperlink on Google research results) 60 characters or less.
  2. Description Tag - Use accurate and helpful description tags to explain what the page is about (this is what shows up under the blue hyperlink on Google search results) 160 characters or less.
  3. H Tags - Use keyword rich H1, H2, and H3 tags to break down sections and subsections about your page content.
  4. Image Alt Tags - Use keywords relevant to your images in your alt tags.
  5. Keyword in URL - Whenever possible pick a domain name with your keyword in it and also make sure that your page URLs have your keywords in them. Example: http://www.yourdomain.com/keywords
  6. LSI Keywords - Try not to overuse one keyword and instead find variations of it that can help expand the visibility of your pages to more searchers.
  7. Bold and Italicize - Bold and italicize your keywords in your content, just don't overdo it!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Perfect beginners check list. The only thing I would add is to mention that preceding this list you need to create some great unique content use your on site seo services from there. Content is what is going to do the best job of improving your SERP, so start there and build around it.

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