| -link"> | | | | beginning at the top left hand side of the page, and |
| | | | then follows down to the bottom right hand side of the |
| The main idea behind ranking well on Google (SEO) is | | | | page. Remember, for best optimization, use your main |
| to analyze the top ranked competitions websites for | | | | keyword phrase in this h1 tag. |
| your chosen keywords to find out exactly what they | | | | Four: Use your second best keyword phrase in an |
| are doing and then do those things, BUT to do it just a | | | | h2 tag and place it somewhere near the top half |
| little better - to one up them in order to obtain a better | | | | of your page. |
| ranking. Sound Simple? Actually, it is! | | | | Five: In addition to hyperlinking your keywords within |
| Here are a few simple steps that you can take to | | | | the text on your page — make sure that you |
| optimize your web for best results with Google and | | | | also bold, italicize and/or underline them. Once you |
| the other search engines. | | | | have finished writing your page copy, you should go |
| One: Do NOT try to optimize your web page for the | | | | through and bold, underline, or italicize some of the |
| number one searched keyword. The competition is | | | | keywords — but only 1 time each, maximum! |
| way to fierce and unless you have a huge site and a | | | | Only do 1 per keyword or it will hurt you more than it |
| tremendous amount of experience it just won't work. If | | | | helps. |
| the top 5 websites for a specific keyword have a | | | | Six: Use images and MAKE SURE that you use the |
| Google Page Rank of 6 or higher, it's probably not best | | | | alt tag so that the search engines can |
| to shoot for that keyword until you build some | | | | read your images. (Search engines can't really |
| momentum and get some initial traffic from the easier | | | | read images, so it's imperative that you use the |
| ranking keywords with less competition. Keep digging | | | | alt tag and use your keywords — it |
| for keywords and you will find the exact right mix for | | | | doesn't show on your page until a visitor hovers over |
| your site. | | | | the image and yet it is tremendously helpful for SEO |
| Two: Use your main keyword in the title of your page. | | | | Seven: Make sure that MINIMALLY, your main |
| I'm referring to the meta tag title in this instance | | | | keyword is within the first sentence of your page AND |
| — the name that shows in the tab in your | | | | the last paragraph or sentence. |
| browser. Make it as short as possible, while still using | | | | Eight: Write your copy with a keyword density of NO |
| the main keyword phrase. | | | | MORE than 3-5%. You MUST provide useful, original |
| Three: Use your main keyword in an h1 header | | | | and READABLE copy for your visitors. Google is |
| tag. Google looks for this and you gather points | | | | getting better and better at finding spam pages and |
| if it's utilized. The header tag should be as far towards | | | | yours will suffer in the rankings if your keyword density |
| the top left hand side of the page as possible. When | | | | is to high. Mix your 3-4 keyword phrases evenly |
| Google reads a web page, it looks at the text | | | | throughout the page. |