At first i was only targetting the keyword “SEO Blog” somewhere along the line i got greedy and i wanted to target my homepage for Blogging Tips, Make Money Online and Freelancing Tips as well - This goes against my siteplan for this blog to begin with but then i started thinking what if.
What if i can rank well for all 3 keywords and still keep the site relevant, as far as i know if i do all 3 there will be a fair bit of irrelevant content on the site for some visitors, my rankings at the moment are:
This one really took the piss out of me..
This one was fairly easiy ;p
I started targeting “make money online” last night so yep it still counts
This one was easier then i thought
Since my blog is technically a pr6 and i have a butt load of authority for most serps i can easily get into the top 20s or 30s but the top 10 spot is what im most interested in!
Here are a few of my aims to keep in mind while targeting multiple keywords for your home page.
Make sure every keyword you are aiming for has a link to the category page or post page, with relevant content
Links from relevant sites
In-content links (link love/mentions)
Alot of on-site seo - Meta tags/Titles/Descriptions and even 301s
Must have sufficient support from social networks for each keyword (diggs..stumbles..etc)
Unique and creative content - your content must be above average if you are trying to rank for something big
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First of all i’d like to clarify i’m a full time seo for myself like i always say “practice seo don’t sell it” because most people just end up screwing up other people’s site like Traffic Power, I like to experiment with SEO (white or black) and post whatever results i get on this blog for everyone to read.
What is Search Engine Optimization?
SEO is basically tweaking your site so that its more se friendly and you get listed in search engines faster and at a higher rank, which is called on-site SEO but that expanded to off-site seo where you buy links to improve your search engine rankings but the true essence of SEO lies in on-site seo where all you need is good quality content whether you have meta tags or not it will be listed in search engines faster and at a good rank as well.
Some people think of off-site seo as the only true form of seo but that is not correct, if you build links for a site without having good content or proper content management then you won’t get anything out of any search engine out there, everything has to be balanced in order for you to get the most results, isn’t that what seo was meant for in the first place? - Optimizing your site to its MAXIMUM potential?
SEO includes these..
URL structure
Meta tags
Dup-Content Management
Taking care of 404s
Setting up 301s
Buying/Selling links - yea it does fall in here..
Content generation
Search Engine Ad Campaigns
SEO DOES-NOT includes these..
Link Bait
Marketing Pitches
Sales Pages
Blogging Tactics
Social Media Marketing
Who are SEOs?
SEOs are people who practice SEO to make it really simple once again people take things a little too far, these days people tend to learn borderline basic SEO on day1 and on day3 they are selling their so called “SEO Services”. A simple fact is that a good SEO earns enough on his own that he won’t be looking for a job anyway and even if he/she or them were up for hire their fee would be a really huge chunk like SEOmoz :
They are doing really great with their blog, along with their serps and their authority on their OWN SITE why wouldn’t anyone hire them?
If a SEO can’t even do good on his/her or their own site why would anyone else hire them?
How many SEOs are there?
As far as i know just about everyone today calls themselves a SEO, since there is no real qualification test for it, just about anyone can call themselves a SEO and start hustling people. Hence 95% of the SEOs are slimy..
First off, let me say if you are using WordPress, read the must have WordPress Plugins for 2008 that Gnet wrote about in an earlier post, I spent some time today working on a new WordPress Blog and I found these plugins very easy to implement, thanks Gnet for telling where to get all of them!
Okay and now on to the SEO Tips to optimize your website. I know that there are more experienced SEO people out there, but these are the tips I’ve found that are most overlooked by webmasters and bloggers today.
Link Building should be done on a regular basis. No matter how you go about getting links to point to your site, keep adding them. Regular new links will always be more appealing to Google and other Search Engines if you acquire them over time instead of all at one time. Building Links is often thought about in the beginning of websites and blogs but tends to drop off after some success has been seen. Don’t forget to keep building your links to keep your site the most optimized it can be.
Anchoring text is often done using the same word over and over again. Google likes your site better if you can link to different variations of the keyword you are using. If your linking to other pages and articles in your blog, practice anchoring to many forms of the keyword you are actually targeting. This will always help you to rank better with search engines. A good example of this was used above, where I linked up “Building Links” to a post previously written on BlueVerse instead of using “Link Building” as the anchor text.
Don’t forget to go bold! You don’t have to go crazy with it, but adding the <b></b> tags around the keywords you are trying to rank for whenever you can will play a big part in the optimization of your site.
Like I said, these are just the tips on what I think is most often overlooked as you get more involved with your website or blog. For a more in depth look at SEO and strategies you can use to optimize your site, download the Free SEO Book.
