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Search engine optimization is one of most popular online marketing tool for any website. With more websites coming online every day the competition gets larger, so you have to make sure you can out SEO them before they out do you. In this article I will tell how to increase your ranking and how to out do your competition.

Search engines change their algorithms often and it’s hard to keep up for anyone, so if you don’t know much about SEO don’t worry, I will get you up to speed. First make sure YOUR site is robot FRIENDLY by using HTML instead of flash and use more text than images or flash.

Page size can help you rank better in search engines, by keeping your page size low you will help robot(s) get more out of your web page. You should Keep it under 100k, but it’s best to keep it around 25k or lower. Content is a key because search engines like Google love theme sites. Build three pages of content per week with at least 200 words.

One thing that every one that owns a site should have heard about by now is link popularity. Link building is very important because not only will search engines find your site faster, but it will help you rank higher for the keywords you used in the links. Try to trade links with websites which have high Google PageRank of at least 4, the more the better, but don’t trade links just for PageRank, look at Traffic more. Below is a link to a link exchange that will help you build you link popularity and traffic.

http://www.linkexchangeit.com

Density and position play a big part in your ranking for your keywords. You should use your keyword once in the title, once in the description meta tag, once the in the heading, once the in the URL, once in bold text. Try to get a density between 5% and 20% and you should do good.

Submit your home page and maybe a few other pages in your site to the search engines, than wait for them to come to your web site. The waiting part is the harder part after you submit to the search engine. You can see the main search engines that you should submit to below.

Google – http://www.google.com/addurl.html

Yahoo – http://submit.search.yahoo.com/free/request

Teoma/Ask Jeeves – You will need to email Teoma to get in at this time.

Meta tags are not that important as they once were, but some search still consider them and this could help you rank higher in some search engines. Use the keyword meta tag and description meta tag, the rest don′t do nothing nor help!

After the robots start coming to your site watch the logs (If you have logs) very closely and keep up with what pages they index and how often they come. Also make sure robots are crawling the full site and not just some pages.

Matt Colyer is a php, cgi developer and part time SEO. He also owns the www.marhen.com Network.

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Giving your site the optimum ranking on internet’s major search engines is not as easy as it may sound. SEO or Search Engine Optimization is a skill to be mastered if you intend to make an edge on your website. There are certain basic factors to consider in SEO. This article attempts to label the SEO Do’s and Don’ts that aspiring webmasters and web developers must take into consideration.

First do, browse your website and look for a web page that is navigable and readable. This is a good starting step in optimizing your site for search engines. You can rightly pour on your optimizing skills in this page as acceptable results are likely to follow.

Second do, nothing beats the original content of your website. As much as possible, incorporate relevant and useful information and data into your website.

Third do, keywords are vital factors in your website’s visibility and popularity. Think of relevant keywords that internet browsers may key in on search engines. These keywords must be placed as close as possible on the top part of your web page. This is to ensure better keyword prominence.

Fourth do, remember that a site map will make it easier for the search engine’s spider to index all the pages included in the website. Since this is a basic fact, don’t forget to include a site map on your navigable page, if possible on the homepage.

Last do, your SEO page should use HTML (Hypertext Markup Language). Forget about your .asp and java scripts first since search engine’s spiders may not be able to index those pages properly.

Now that you know the Do’s, it is equally important that you know the Don’ts.

First don’t, avoid using graphics, flash and large images in your SEO pages. These may take time in downloading. Aside from this, search engine spiders wont be able to index and read pages or texts included in an image or part of a flash animation.

Second don’t, never try spamming if you wish to optimize your page and your website. Don’t even think of including hidden texts, cloaking or link farms in your website. This will affect your site’s ranking and worst, your site may be penalized by search engines.

Last don’t, in using keywords, do away with irrelevant keywords. There are online tools available for keyword researches. And you can also check your keywords density and prominence through some SEO programs.

Now, that you know what to do and what not to do in terms of search engine optimization, you can start building a more relevant, visible and popular website.

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From the obvious to the “Hey-I-never-thought-of-that-great-idea-before”, here are 10 of the top 52 tips on how to optimize your website for its turbo-charge rocket ride up the search engine rankings.

Deep linking. Make sure you have links coming in to as many pages as possible. What does it tell a search engine when other web sites are linking to different pages on your site? That you obviously have lots of worthwhile content. What does it tell a search engine that all your links are coming in to the home page? That you have a shallow site of little value, or that your links were generated by automation rather than by the value of your site.

Become a foreigner. Canada and the UK have many directories for websites of companies based in those countries. Can you get a business address in one of those countries?

Newsletters. Offer articles to ezine publishers that archive their ezines. The links stay live often for many years in their archives.

First come, first served. If you must have image links in your navigation bar, include also text links. However, make sure the text links show up first in the source code, because search engine robots will follow the first link they find to any particular page. They won’t follow additional links to the same page.

NOTE: This tip helped me move a website from 8-9 on Google for a very competitive term, up to 3-5 for that term.

Multiple domains. If you have several topics that could each support their own website, it might be worth having multiple domains. Why? First, search engines usually list only one page per domain for any given search, and you might warrant two. Second, directories usually accept only home pages, so you can get more directory listings this way. Why not a site dedicated to gumbo pudding pops?

Article exchanges. You’ve heard of link exchanges, useless as they generally are. Article exchanges are like link exchanges, only much more useful. You publish someone else’s article on the history of pudding pops with a link back to their site. They publish your article on the top ten pudding pop flavors in Viet Nam, with a link back to your site. You both have content. You both get high quality links. (More on high quality links in other tips.)

Be bold. Use the tags around some of your keywords on each page. Do NOT use them everywhere the keyword appears. Once or twice is plenty.

Titles for links. Links can get titles, too. Not only does this help visually impaired surfers know where you are sending them, but some search engines figure this into their relevancy for a page.

Not anchor text. Don’t overdo the anchor text. You don’t want all your inbound links looking the same, because that looks like automation – something Google frowns upon. Use your URL sometimes, your company name other times, “Gumbo Pudding Pop” occasionally, “Get gumbo pudding pops” as well, “Gumbo-flavored pudding pops” some other times, etc.

Site map. A big site needs a site map, which should be linked to from every page on the site. This will help the search engine robots find every page with just two clicks. A small site needs a site map, too. It’s called the navigation bar.

There you have it: 10 of the 52 Top SEO Tips, a free tip sheet that comes with Don’t Get Banned By the Search Engines:

http://www.thehappyguy.com/SEO.html

There is a lot more to search engine optimization, and there are always more details when looking at an individual site. But these tips should help any website significantly improve its rankings.

David Leonhardt is a freelance writer, and an online and offline publicity specialist. Contact him at: mailto:info@thehappyguy.com

Or visit his website at

http://www.thehappyguy.com .

For a copy of Get In The News:

http://thehappyguy.com/publicity-self-promotion-report.html .

Promote your website with an ezine:

http://www.thehappyguy.com/ezines.html

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