Learn SEO | Onsite DIY SEO Manual

I thought it would be cool to post an on-site seo tip a day (weekdays of course ) over the course of July, so the first one will be posted later today, with a new one posted every day after until the end of July.

Update – Recently we updated this article here – Learn DIY SEO.

Update – Our DIY SEO guide has been updated: Go to Learn Search Engine Optimisation Basics

Of course, there’s no one best way to optimise a website, but I thought I would share how I do it, and of course all comments will be welcome – I might even learn something – I hope it will become a useful resource

Want to know about something in particular? Add it to the comments on this page and I will address it in due course. Experienced seo out there…. keep the smackdowns to a minimum please lol

Useful Onsite SEO Tips – no FUD – coming soon – why not subscribe or add your email address in the box to the right and have the tips delivered by email every day?

Learn SEO (K9)

So about 25 links will soon appear below – What Is SEO?

1. Page Title Element – Important – Unique
2. Meta Description (optional but advisable in most cases) – Unique
3. Keyword Meta Tags – Ignore!
4. Robots Metatag (optional) – Be Careful
5. Heading Tags (H1, H2, H3 etc) – Use Only One H1 Tag on a page
6. How Many Words On A Page For Google? There is no magic amount
7. What Is The Perfect Keyword Density For SEO? There is none
8. Link Internal To Relevant Pages
9. Link Out To Related Sites
10. Redirect Non WWW To WWW, Google?
11. Optimize Your ALT Tags For Google?
12. Search Engine Friendly URLs
13. Keywords In Bold Or Italic
14. Which Is Better? – Absolute Or Relative URLS
15. Which Is Better – Directories or Files?
16. PHP, HTML or ASP For SEO?
17. Valid HTML & CSS
18. 301 Old Pages
19. On-Site Duplicate Content Issues
    
20. Fix Broken Links
21. XML Sitemaps
22. Nofollow Internal Links
23. Only The First Link Counts?
24. Link To Important Pages
25. Bonus – Put your keywords early in page copy – like high up in the code.
26. Bonus 2 – Read Google Webmaster Guidelines

Written by Shaun Anderson