Jenx
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Thanks Mark, I am much happier with it now x
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Thanks Mark, I am much happier with it now x
Jenx
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Thanks Ben, already done that lol. Had it listed for my old website, and updated it this morning :hug: x
clickcreations
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I've written an article on SEO if you'd like to read it - its full of tips. Basically its a bit of a hobby, you should spend a little time on it each month really to keep topping it up. Be specific about what keywords you are targetting and do a bit of research. Take a look here to see what people are searching for in your area https://adwords.google.co.uk/select/KeywordToolExternal
Jenx
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Thanks, I'll have a look at that x
clickcreations
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Here is the article:
SEO stands for Search Engine Optimisation. It is the art of making your website communicate well with search engines. It plays a crucial role in gaining the right sort of visitors to your website, so it should be the first thing to think about when you start to build one. I often have people approaching me to optimize their website after it has been built and its often far more complicated and costly to do it this way around, so its best to factor it in before you start.
Lets explore how a search engine works
A search is performed, this gets sent to a massive bank of computers called index servers. Search engines keep all the information they gather on the internet, they dont actually go and look at each and every live website when a search is performed, they have versions of every website saved on the index servers, this means they can do searches in fractions of a second. The search is then passed through the doc servers, which send back the results to the user in a meaningful way, rating them in order of importance. Its all designed to work as fast as possible, and speedily deliver meaningful and useful results for your searches. That, in a very simplified nutshell, is how a search engine works.
I want to tell you a little bit about spiders! Not the creepy crawlies but the little programs search engines use to collect websites. A spider will visit your website roughly once a month, although if you have a website that has content updated daily, like a newspaper, spiders could visit several times a day. When a spider visits your site it will strip out all the frills and go straight for the heart of the code, its really important to build a website so that it can be easily read by spiders.
Be sure to include meta tags and descriptions in your website code. Every page of your website should contain up to 12 unique, relevant keywords and one meta description, consisting of a 24 word descriptive sentence about the page. Its also really important to have unique descriptive page titles, this is the phrase that appears along the top bar of your browser, most times you wont even notice its there but spiders love these! Get all of these elements right and you will be giving the spiders a good feast!
Search engines work with something called a word cloud. They take the content of a page and list each word inside it in order of importance, more importance is given to the words with the most use. However be careful because you cant simply cut and paste the same word over and over again, search engines interpret this as spam and your visitors will not stay long on your website either, as it doesnt make for great reading!
Research the words people use in searches to find your business or services. These are vitally important to use throughout your site to help the spiders list you in relevant searches. There are a number of websites out there that can help you research the best ones to use. You may have more success using the less popular phrases. If you populate your site with rich and meaningful content you should naturally be using your keywords in a healthy manner. Inbound links going to your website from other high quality websites are really valuable. Its proof to search engines that you have a website thats worth linking to. One way of getting links back to your website is to use social networking sites. These websites allow you to upload information about yourself or your company and add a link back to your website, there are thousands of social networking sites out there to use.
Another thing to do is open yourself a free blogging account and blog! Link back to your website in the signature of your blog, use the articles youve written for your website as blogs, get creative!
Be proactive! Dont sit around hoping the spiders will find you one day, go spider hunting! List your business on Google Maps, Google Business Centre and Yahoo Local. This is an extremely powerful thing to do as it can give you instant search engine success for local searches. Dmoz is a search engine built by people not spiders. Its a very valuable inbound link to have so its worth visiting and following the instructions to get your website listed on there, its a little bit tricky to do but well worth the effort. Be sure to select the right category for your business. ODP - Open Directory Project
SEO requires oodles of patience and planning but is your best ally in terms of maxmising hits to your site. Have fun, experiment and one day, if you keep at it, you will realise youve risen to the top of the pile!
Article by clickcreations - affordable SEO services
SEO stands for Search Engine Optimisation. It is the art of making your website communicate well with search engines. It plays a crucial role in gaining the right sort of visitors to your website, so it should be the first thing to think about when you start to build one. I often have people approaching me to optimize their website after it has been built and its often far more complicated and costly to do it this way around, so its best to factor it in before you start.
Lets explore how a search engine works
A search is performed, this gets sent to a massive bank of computers called index servers. Search engines keep all the information they gather on the internet, they dont actually go and look at each and every live website when a search is performed, they have versions of every website saved on the index servers, this means they can do searches in fractions of a second. The search is then passed through the doc servers, which send back the results to the user in a meaningful way, rating them in order of importance. Its all designed to work as fast as possible, and speedily deliver meaningful and useful results for your searches. That, in a very simplified nutshell, is how a search engine works.
I want to tell you a little bit about spiders! Not the creepy crawlies but the little programs search engines use to collect websites. A spider will visit your website roughly once a month, although if you have a website that has content updated daily, like a newspaper, spiders could visit several times a day. When a spider visits your site it will strip out all the frills and go straight for the heart of the code, its really important to build a website so that it can be easily read by spiders.
Be sure to include meta tags and descriptions in your website code. Every page of your website should contain up to 12 unique, relevant keywords and one meta description, consisting of a 24 word descriptive sentence about the page. Its also really important to have unique descriptive page titles, this is the phrase that appears along the top bar of your browser, most times you wont even notice its there but spiders love these! Get all of these elements right and you will be giving the spiders a good feast!
Search engines work with something called a word cloud. They take the content of a page and list each word inside it in order of importance, more importance is given to the words with the most use. However be careful because you cant simply cut and paste the same word over and over again, search engines interpret this as spam and your visitors will not stay long on your website either, as it doesnt make for great reading!
Research the words people use in searches to find your business or services. These are vitally important to use throughout your site to help the spiders list you in relevant searches. There are a number of websites out there that can help you research the best ones to use. You may have more success using the less popular phrases. If you populate your site with rich and meaningful content you should naturally be using your keywords in a healthy manner. Inbound links going to your website from other high quality websites are really valuable. Its proof to search engines that you have a website thats worth linking to. One way of getting links back to your website is to use social networking sites. These websites allow you to upload information about yourself or your company and add a link back to your website, there are thousands of social networking sites out there to use.
Another thing to do is open yourself a free blogging account and blog! Link back to your website in the signature of your blog, use the articles youve written for your website as blogs, get creative!
Be proactive! Dont sit around hoping the spiders will find you one day, go spider hunting! List your business on Google Maps, Google Business Centre and Yahoo Local. This is an extremely powerful thing to do as it can give you instant search engine success for local searches. Dmoz is a search engine built by people not spiders. Its a very valuable inbound link to have so its worth visiting and following the instructions to get your website listed on there, its a little bit tricky to do but well worth the effort. Be sure to select the right category for your business. ODP - Open Directory Project
SEO requires oodles of patience and planning but is your best ally in terms of maxmising hits to your site. Have fun, experiment and one day, if you keep at it, you will realise youve risen to the top of the pile!
Article by clickcreations - affordable SEO services
Jenx
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Thanks Ben, I've done the meta tags and description, will take a look at the wording on my pages over the weekend and see if I can improve things x
