Saturday 3 November 2007

Tips To Increase Traffic From Search Engines

If you think that by having your website on the web, you will start earning money, then please read this article. Because just by putting your website on the web and not doing anything after that simply means that you have a shop but nobody is going in to buy anything because nobody knows where your shop is or worst still that it ever exists.

In order for people to know about your website, you must do promotions and let people know about it. Once people know about it, they will start coming and start spreading the word around. So, if you have a website and you want search engines to display your website, you must know the basic of Search Engine Optimization(SEO). Here are some tips on how to increase traffic from search engines.

1. Keywords. It is important to have the right keywords for your blog and it must be related to your content. One simple way is to start having the right keyword for your domain and something that is easy to remember. To find suitable phrases to optimize for, you can use research tools such as Google AdWords and Yahoo Keywords. Don't stuff your keyword descriptions and meta information with too many keywords. Using a fair number of keywords is recommended.

2. Title Tag. Title Tags are a very important as it tells search engines what is the content of the website. Creating a relevant title tag is one of the most important variables in achieving high search engine positioning.

3. Proper Internal navigation. Always try to make it easy for search engines to index your entire site. Try to use text link navigation to link up all your pages.

4. Sitemap. A sitemap is a list of all the pages in your site so that they are easily findable for search engine spiders, and that all pages get indexed, or at least spidered. This can be a html sitemap you have created yourself, or it can be a generated xml sitemap.

5. Backlinks. You need to have as many as possible relevant backlinks to your posts or blog as it will help you build up pagerank and higher ranking in search engine. Try submitting your RSS feed, posts or blogs to directory submission, posting in forum or press releases.

6. Avoid Duplicate Content. Search engine dislike duplicate content. Always make sure your content is unique and with proper keywords, tags and labelings. Unique content attracts visitors while duplicate contents may cause your website/blog be banned.

7. Update Your Blog Frequently. Content is KING. Update your blog regularly based on the tips mentioned above, soon your website/blog will gain higher ranking in search engines.

About the Author

Wilbur Suen is an online entreprenuer who is constantly looking for opportunites on the Internet. He is currently with a team of successful online entrepreneurs who are experiencing exponential growth in their work from home businesses. Find out more on how you can hop on for FREE at http://www.EAZIncome.com

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