Content is the heart and soul of any good SEO strategy. Creating unique and compelling content is probably one of the hardest parts of anyone’s SEO efforts. Search Engines love a website/blog that is updated frequently with lots of new, fresh content. The more frequently your content is being updated, the more search engines will [...]
Your Website SEO Checkup: Part 4 of 8 – Content Optimization
Posted by Mark Thompson | Under Search Engine Optimization Monday Jun 30, 2008Your Website SEO Checkup: Part 3 of 8 – Website Usability
Posted by Mark Thompson | Under SEO for Web Design, Search Engine Optimization Thursday Jun 26, 2008When we talk about website usability we talk about the overall experience you give the user. That includes the overall design, navigation, content layout, calls to actions, accessibility and functionality of your site. I want to give you some tips on each of these points that will help your users stay on your site longer, [...]
Your Website SEO Checkup: Part 2 of 8 – Keyword Research
Posted by Mark Thompson | Under Search Engine Optimization Tuesday Jun 24, 2008Keyword Research is vital to any effective search engine optimization campaign. If you optimize your site for the wrong keywords you could miss out on lots of traffic and potential customers that are trying to find what you do. I have broken up the keyword research process in phases to make it easy to understand.
Initial [...]
Your Website SEO Checkup: Part 1 of 8 - Search Engine Friendly Site Structure
Posted by Mark Thompson | Under Search Engine Optimization, Web Development Tuesday Jun 24, 2008Probably the most important part of Search Engine Optimization is making sure that your website is search engine friendly. When I say search engine friendly, I mean that when search engines “crawl” your site, they are able to read all of the content, links, and pages within your site.
Big NoNo’s for Search Engines
Using Flash, Images, [...]
Your Website SEO Checkup: 8 Part Series
Posted by Mark Thompson | Under Search Engine Optimization, Web Development Tuesday Jun 24, 2008Part 1: Search Engine Friendly Site Structure
NoNo’s for Search Engines
Using a Text Navigation
Creating Static Pages
Descriptive URL’s
Internal Linking Structure
Part 2: Keyword Research
Initial Keyword List
Analytics Data
Keyword Research Tool
Analyze Your Master Keyword List
Test In PPC
Implementing Those Keywords
Part 3: Website Usability
Initial Keyword List
Design
Navigation
Functionality
Content Layout
Call To Action
Part 4: Content Optimization
Types of Content
Optimizing Your Content
Keyword Density
Anchor [...]