With the way the acronym SEO is bandied about with such frequency, it’s easy to relegate it to the status of irritating over-used buzzword. But, love it or hate it, Search Engine Optimization (or SEO for mercifully short), is here to stay. That is, it’s here to stay if you want your site to get hits.
The phrase “SEO” is enough to drive some people insane
So, if the word SEO gives you an eye-twitch, then what can you do to maximize its potential without getting yourself too immersed into it? Here are some SEO tips that will help your site find its way to the top of Google search results.
Google Plus
Let’s start with something extremely simple and quick. If you don’t have a GooglePlus account, then by all means get one. Once you do, create a Google Plus Local Listing, which means your site will show up when users do a local search. Make sure your listing includes business hours, location, any basic information that a potential shopper would deem valuable. Naturally, once you’re up and running on Google Plus, make sure you maintain your page and keep it updated.
SEO Keywords That Mean Something
Make sure that your keywords relate to your site’s content. Don’t try to force questionable keywords into your text. Also, don’t repeat the same keywords constantly, as search engines are sophisticated enough to spot this and penalize you.
Don’t Forget Keyword Phrases
Individual keywords are good; a keyword phrase is better. If your hobby store has its own site, a keyword of “trains” fits; but “HO scale electric trains” is a keyword phrase that’s far more descriptive, and will come up prominently in a prospective HO electric train buyer’s search. Don’t use a keyword phrase for the entire site; rather, gave each page its own (e.g. HO-scale electric trains, N-scale electric trains, etc). The phrase should show up in the title tag and the URL, if possible.
You Have Your Image To Think Of…
Or most likely many images! Make sure that all the images on your site have file names that describe the contents, rather than just a jumble of alphanumeric characters. A relevant name will show up on an image search! And by all means, embed links in images. Using the aforementioned example of electric trains, embedding a link to the HO-scale page in an image of a train layout is good SEO sense.
Pure Links
If your site has links from other sites and businesses, make sure that they are legitimate and also in step with your site’s tone and purpose. Your hobby store site has no use for an inbound link to a mortgage refinancing company, for instance. Also, see that the links you do have are for companies that are popular and reliable. Better to have six inbound links from excellent, highly reputable sites than two dozen links from obscure, struggling sites. In fact, while we’re on the subject of respectability, links from .gov and .edu are considered highly trustworthy. By the same token, they’re harder to acquire. But overall, your search ranking will increase based on your inbound and outbound links.
Social Media
First we use the buzzword “SEO”, now the buzz phrase “social media”. Sorry about that. But it’s another fact of life on the Internet that this is the age of social media. Relax, this one is painless and doesn’t take much time. Make sure you have a presence on a bunch of social media sites, and fill out all of the info in the “About” section, making sure you employ words that people would use when searching for sites like yours. And of course, your social media profiles should link back to your website.
And there you have it; a half dozen painless SEO tips for people who can’t stand SEO. Spend a half hour on each tip once a week (for a measly total of three hours a week), and you’ll strengthen your search rank, though ideally doing this maintenance twice a week is better. Follow these tips (and there’s more out there), and get more eyes on your site!
SEO Tips For Site Owners Who Hate SEO,
Yogita
Oct 24. 2013
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Karl
Oct 29. 2013
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Cristina
Nov 18. 2013
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Houston
Apr 18. 2014
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John
Apr 20. 2014
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
Teena
May 01. 2014
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John
May 02. 2014
Thanks much! Really glad you like it!
devid
Jun 05. 2014
Google Authorship is also very important factor for getting more relevancy and traffic.and also give more trafic on it
Thanks
John
Jun 05. 2014
Yes, definitely! Anything you can do on Google to boost your relevancy will work to your advantage.
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Aug 02. 2014
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Faisal Riaz
Oct 23. 2014
This is a Great post for social media.Great SEO guide on social media and getting traffic.
Thanks for sharing this informative article.SEO is for the audience and not for search engines.
If we follow the basics, we can still outrank any website
Mildred
Dec 06. 2014
Thanks for the tips. I always love to check new updates about seo field. But unfortunately, as the time is passing, the seo is becoming just like a rocket science. It is just becoming harder and harder due to often search engine updates. I am just stuck to the social seo for now for my sites. Great info though 🙂
John
Dec 08. 2014
Thanks! It’s true that SEO is an ever-changing, evolving thing, until one day, I’m guessing, the “true” way to do it will be an amalgam of all the advice given since Day One 😉
Joseph A. Wilson
Feb 11. 2015
hy dude…thanks for giving your views..now a days the SEO is very difficult and the competition is very huge. it is very difficult to rank our site…in short thanks for giving information about SEO…..keep sharing posts like that.. 🙂
John Terra
Feb 12. 2015
You’re very welcome!
I tend to see SEO along the same lines as taking out the garbage. You have to keep doing it, it sometimes stinks, but it’s totally necessary! 😉
Sarah Gondal
Jun 12. 2015
Thanks for Great Post. Very knowledgable and informative.
Sarah Gondal
Aug 30. 2015
Thanks for the tips about seo. For my point of view, Seo was never been so tough as it is now a days. And is becoming more and more advanced with the often search engine algorithm updates. The one that keeps himself and his sites according to the coming updates and algos, is the king now. Great tips though.
aisha
Sep 24. 2015
Thanks for the tips about seo. For my point of view, Seo was never been so tough as it is now a days. And is becoming more and more advanced with the often search engine algorithm updates. The one that keeps himself and his sites according to the coming updates and algos, is the king now. Great tips though 🙂
john terra
Sep 25. 2015
Thank you! And you’re right about how it’s getting tougher. Just have to keep hanging in there and coming up with new and different approaches. right?
Sadia
Mar 18. 2016
Hi admin
Thanks for the tips about seo. For my point of view, Seo was never been so tough as it is now a days. And is becoming more and more advanced with the often search engine algorithm updates.
Thanks
Fiana
May 31. 2016
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Ragni
Jun 11. 2016
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Aqsa
Jun 17. 2016
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Fiana
Jun 23. 2016
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bloomy
Jul 22. 2016
as we early learned that long tail keywords are useful but now google limited the url length for only 35 alphabets u can check it on any blogspot url by using long tail keyword when u will open the url after posting to view it then it will show up to 35 alphabets only(4 to 5 words just)
shrey
Aug 05. 2016
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Aug 18. 2016
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Aug 23. 2016
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Aug 25. 2016
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Aug 26. 2016
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Aug 29. 2016
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Aug 30. 2016
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Aug 31. 2016
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Zeeshan Yousaf
Sep 26. 2016
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Justine
Sep 29. 2016
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Anna
Sep 30. 2016
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Oct 05. 2016
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Oct 14. 2016
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Nov 30. 2016
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Dec 22. 2016
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Feb 17. 2017
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Feb 24. 2017
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Mar 10. 2017
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Gina
Apr 08. 2017
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Apr 10. 2017
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Apr 13. 2017
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Jun 08. 2017
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Jun 16. 2017
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