Topic How to set you your site?

l00ky

I was wondering what was the best way to optimize your site for SEO??
What do you have to do to get ranked well and get visitors to your site?

senojekips

I believe that linking is the simplest way,... but it must be done responsibly or all you will do, is receive the anger of the site's webmeister who will soon have the offending link removed. If you are allowed to link to a site, always provide a return link on your own site.

Generally most web masters don't have any objections provided that you do use their site, and your site is "respectable" and does not reflect poorly on his site.

-HAL-

There's really no "best way" when it comes to SEO since it depends a lot on your site and what search engines you're optimizing for.

But there are however several simple guidelines you could start with:
(listed in no particular order)
1. Keyword density: Try to keep it around 5%, but not over 10%
2. Pick 2-3 keywords/phrases to optimize for (for each page)
3. Use keywords/phrases in Title, H1 and H2 tags
4. Be sure to include the KWs in links, both internal and external
5. Try to vary how you use the keywords/phrases. Don't use the same in every link or tag.
6. Read, read, read, and then read some more about SEO in forums or oher sources since SEO is an ever evolving topic so you'll need to be up-to-date at all times if you want to stay ahead of the competition..

Incoming links is one of the most important factors for SEO since it's (mostly) not that easy to manipulate how others links to you.
The anchor text (link text) in an incoming link tells search engines what that page is about, so an anchor text of "click here" isn't that good, unless you're optimizing to "click here".


It's getting late now, but I'll try to post a few more tips later...