10 Most Important SEO Tips

1. Submit your website to major Search Engines

If you have recently launched your website or do not have any external websites linking back, submit your website to major search engines like Google, Yahoo etc.

2. Keyword rich URL

Buy a keyword rich domain name for your business. If you already have a domain name and cannot change it, the second best option is to use sub domains or creating appropriate subdirectory. It is one of the most important part of Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

www.MYKEYWORD.com

3. Place your major keywords inside your title tag

The title tag <title> of your webpage is the second most powerful position for keyword phrases after the URL.

4. Place your major keywords inside your keyword meta tags

Add keywords to your keyword meta tag. Only list your top three or four keyword phrases in descending order of importance. Search engines do not give a lot of importance in their algorithms.

<meta name=”keyword” content=”MyKeyword1, MyKeyword2, MyKeyword3”>

5. Compelling offer in your description meta tag

The description meta tag describes the purpose of your webpage. The text is not used for optimising the results are displayed on the Search Engine Results Page (SERP). Use this to display a compelling offer.

<meta name=”description” content=”My Compelling Offer. Click here to find out more”>

6. Primary keyword towards the beginning or each paragraph of your content

The actual content of your web page plays an important role in SEO. Try to use the keywords in your first and last paragraph specially near the beginning but avoid keyword spamming.

7. Place your primary keywords at the beginning of each title and sub heading

Title and sub titles within your content have more SEO weight than regular content. Use proper HTML tags to specify the importance of the keyword.

<h1> Main heading </h1>

<h2> Sub heading </h2>

8. Keyword rich images or files

Upload your images or files using keyword rich names.

MyKeyword.jpg

9. Develop a site map

Create a well defined site map for your website.

10. Create back links

One of the most important parts of a SEO is to create back links. There are many ways to create back links like Article Submission, Forums etc and it is the most time-consuming SEO process.

While creating back links always use keyword rich anchor tags.

<a href=”http://mydomain.com”>MyKeyword</a>