Top 10 SEO Tips

Having a great site means nothing…No really, having a great site means nothing at all. Seriously it doesn’t mean a thing…If no one ever gets to see it -

Having a great website definitely means a lot, but not if no one ever sees it, in this case it becomes “useless greatness.” As soon as people begin to view this “greatness” of a site, then it becomes of some use. So what can you do to get traffic to your site? Well a great and what I believe to be the BEST way to get traffic to your site would be organic traffic.

Why is this the best?

Well for one it’s FREE, and if you can manage to get on the first page of results for a popular keyword you can potentially get thousands of daily visitors all without paying a cent. Isn’t that great?

In all reality it is, but it’s a tough process to get yourself on the first page that requires a lot of search engine optimization. This is why I made this post breaking down the top 10 factors of search engine optimization.

1. Title and Meta tag - include the desired keyword in the title and meta tags of your website
or blog.

2. H1 tag - create a H1 tag and make sure to include the keyword in the
H1 tag as well.

3. Domain and URL - include the keyword in the domain and or URL of your website or blog - i.e
yourkeyword.com, yoursite.com/yourkeyword.

4. Body Text - keyword use in the body text of a page plays a major roles as well, the more
you have the keyword on the body of a page, the better that page will be ranked
for that keyword, however be sure not to over do it, or else it will have negative
consequences.

5. Link popularity - the link popularity or amount of incoming links that are relevant to your site
play a part in how you will rank as well.

6. Relevance - Quality of incoming links and how relevant the page is to your keyword.

7. Age of URL - new domains and or URL’s are not ranked as well as older domains and older
URL’s.

8. Weight/Authority - incoming links with authority or “weight,” such as sites with .gov or .edu
can give you a great ranking.

9. Anchor text - the describable text on a link also known as “anchor text” is a major player
in the SEO game. Make sure your incoming links are anchor text with your
keywords.

10. Quality Content - last but not least quality content. The actual text is not what’s ranked by the spider, It’s the consequences of having quality content that gives you better rankings. Providing quality
content ensures return visits, keeping traffic coming back. Not only this
but other webmasters that come across your site will find your site to be
worthwhile, and will naturally link to you. Thus giving your site a boost in
ranks.

If your looking to gain free, quality traffic, then optimizing your site for search engines like Google is the way to go. The top 10 factors above will help you get there, however search engines constantly change their algorithms (the factors that determine how they rank sites) and it’s important to keep up to date with all of them.

Currently these are the top 10 techniques, if used correctly and applied efficiently will get you the ranking you desire for your specific search term or keyword in Goggle’s SERP’s (search engine results.)