10 Search Engine Optimization Tips

As you will see in this article I have only included 5 of the top search engine optimization tips, if you wish to see the other five, feel free to drop in to the post origin at: Search Engine Optimization

So I will drop right into it:

Anchor Text: This is the words used that link to another site. For optmimum benefit of any backlink you need to have the best anchor text. The text needs to have keywords of whatever your linking to. An ideal example would be my site, if I was linking my homepage in a forum I would use "how to make money online" as the Anchor text. If you don't do this the SEO effect will be minimal.

Blog Directories: Blog Directories can be handy but it depends on how much time you have if it's worthwhile doing or not. For the average site I would never recommend submitting to more than 30 sites simply because there are other actives that will much more difference for your time. Firstly the PR is shared around each outbound link so if you have a directory with 200,000 sites indexed; your section of the PR pie is going to be minimal. Secondly even a PR8 directory will only give you a tiny amount of PR because the page you have your website linked is probably PR0.

Internal Links: This is an absolute essential yet a very small number sites do it. Having a good internal link system will be very effective search engine optimization. Every link you create internally is like having a good quality backlink. Just make sure you use the right anchor text as mentioned in point 1, otherwise this exercise is pointless. (Think Wikipedia...internal links = 2 trillion gazillion)

Keywords: This is not set in stone but generally thought that you should include your keywords no more than 7 times per 100 words. The reason for this is because Google's spider will thing you are spamming for the sake of SEO. I am unsure of how true those numbers are but be wary of it.

Subject Relevant Link Exchange: Link Exchanges are a great way to get your blog/site going and good for any site trying too boost their SEO. For best effect be sure to exchange with subject relevant sites otherwise it'useless and Google wont respect you for it. Take your time when finding the right exchange and it will benefit you greatly.

If you want to see the other 5 points feel free to check out my site at 10 Search Engine Optimization, also including lots of over useful info such as a large DoFollow forum list and many other resources.

Thank you for reading my article on Search Engine Optimization

Chris