December 11, 2006

Tips for Increasing Your Website Ranking

  1. Title Tag: Use about six most important potential keywords that describe your site in the title tag. This is what appears in the top blue area in the window.
  2. Links: Use keywords in the links to other pages on your main page, for example the index.html page.
  3. Headings: Again use about important words that describe each page particularly in the H1 tag. Do not use the same keywords for each page unless there is a need to do so.
  4. Alt Tags: Use keywords in the ALT tags for your images.
  5. Do not use too many graphics. Of course, this cannot be avoided in a photography or a model's website. When using images, do not use images larger than 60 kilobytes in size. Use an application like Irfan View to reduce their byte size.
  6. As a general rule, HTML is better than graphics because search engines can read HTML but not the graphics.
  7. Use smartly written keyword and description metatags.
  8. Basic website design ain't "rocket surgery" (to quote Jessica Simpson, I believe). Almost anyone including Jessica Simpson can built and monitor a website using yahoo domains and Frontpage.
  9. Have an update date on the main page and provide good and dynamic page contents.
  10. Do not use identical description and keyword meta tags for every page.
  11. Don't forget the robot tag.

If you have questions email me and I would be happy to attempt to help you.



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