Key SEO tips for improving search engine rankings

Important top 10 SEO tips

1. Host your domain with UK servers if you are wanting to optimise for UK customers.

2. Place keywords in Domain name (hyphens are OK).

3. Create as much content about your products or subject area as possible.

4. Select 5 keywords and use this as section headings for your site.

5. Design paragraphs loosely around keywords.

6. Keyword research is critical - use Wordtracker - there is a free version.

7. Metatags - use 5 keywords.

8. Use CSS sheets to avoid bloated code.

9. Use secondary headers from H2 to H4 where possible.

10. Use a primary keyword as the page title. Each page: you need a new title!

Link building using blogs

A useful source of links is from blog posts. They have several advantages for example they are often indexed quickly by  search engines and the links appear ‘natural’. Also blogs are usually permanent and have archived articles which can be accessed at a later date.

Do a Spider Test!

http://www.spidertest.com/

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