SEO requires a multifaceted approach. There are so many variables that beginners should learn about and even seasoned professionals continue to learn on a regular basis. It all changes so fast!
Here are some SEO tips for beginners that want to learn how to optimise their website for search engines.
1. Publish Regularly
The best way to get noticed is to publish consistently. If you write blog posts, post every day if you can. Do so and search engines will automatically crawl your website and will quickly index links.
2. Social Bookmarking
Use social bookmarking tools on everything you publish. Bookmarking tools are effective. People read them and search engines pay attention to them as well. Get your story on Digg. Put your thumbs up on Stumbleupon. Mixx it up with Mixx. Don’t forget Twitter and Facebook! Try different tools out and analyse later to see which ones work best. Here is a list of some of the top bookmarking sites.
3. Build Networks
Build followers who subscribe to your site and your social feeds. They’ll not only read your updates but they’ll forward them to their friends and followers, too. Quid pro quo! Build trust in those networks by providing valuable info, by NOT spamming, and by promoting for others. Promote for others and they’ll promote unto you!
4. Build Backlinks
One of the most valuable SEO tips you should implement, is to build backlinks regularly. Do this through article marketing, submitting guest posts, and linking to your sites from blog comments, blog posts, and on microblogging / bookmarking sites. It adds up and each link is considered by search engines to be akin to a popularity vote. Popularity = more traffic. Here are some ways for you to get more backlinks.
5. Keyword Research
Figure out what people who buy what you sell are searching for. There are any number of free and premium keyword research tools out there that can help you. Sprinkle those keywords in to your anchor text, titles, and subheadings on directories and make sure you link to your landing pages with those phrases from blog posts, Web 2.0 pages, and microblogging updates.
6. Write Great Meta Descriptions
Put your keywords into your meta descriptions and write them like a “what’s in it for me” statement. Tell people what they’ll get if they click and make them want to click! This will help you with SEO and with human clicks.
It doesn’t matter if you’re in first spot if the description on second and third is more compelling so make sure your meta description kicks proverbial butt and makes the browsing web surfer want to click your link. (But do make sure you deliver. A click is pointless if you can’t compel them to buy once they land on your page)
7. Analyse Your Stats
Figure out which SEO tips are working best. Look at your website statistics reports and see what’s bringing you traffic. Analyse it, and then repeat!
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Hi,
Thanks for this post. It is a healthy reminder for both beginners and those of us like me who could do with some reminders to make the basics solid. Solid foundations lead to solid, unshakeable construction. Construction results in success. Succeeding is a good result for spending time doing something. So the 7 tips for all of us budding internet marketers can only be good. Thank you again!
Hi Sean,
Thanks for your SEO Tips, it a timely reminder.
Internet Marketing is such a vast subject, so it can take a while to understand them all, and then develop a routine, so it becomes habit. I am currently developing a routine that I can easy add to, as I learn new tasks and knowledge.
With Meta Keywords, apart from including your Keywords, knowing what to write as a teaser has been an area I’ve struggled with. The one tip I can take away from this post is your suggestion to write a “what’s in it for me” statement.
So thanks for that, I give it a go.
7 awesome tips to live by! I learnt these at the beginning of learning internet marketing, but I have found it pays to always remind yourself. I have made notes of these and always keep them by me when Im blogging or updating my site.
Thanks Sean, For listing out these 7 SEO tips so clearly – creating a routine schedule of things to concentrate on will be the way to go. I think I have a lot of knowledge to brush up on
Hi Sean,
These are all great SEO tips. I agree with everyone else; we need to be reminded of them. Sometimes, you forget that SEO is all a matter of doing certain things right and continuing to do them until you get the result you’re looking for.
For me, I think it’s time to start working on the areas that I’m weakest in. Thanks for the list of SEO tips. They’ll help me move forward again.
Very useful tips. Though it’s actually easier said than done, it’s very helpful for those who wants to start their own internet marketing campaign. Really is an overview of what you should do as an internet marketer.
I decided to print this article out as there is an awful lot of information to take in, and as a beginner I need to constantly remind myself of what’s needed to be effective.
Placed next to my computer I have no excuse in not doing the right thing.. but forgive me, I am still learning.
Hi Sean,
Great list of rules to adhere to if we want our SEO to be up to scratch. If we can select appropriate keywords and stick to the tips then we should rank well.
This is a great post Sean. It’s a really useful checklist of what to be doing consistently to improve SEO for your site. I think it is really worth printing out to keep handy as a reminder of what to be doing each week to be optimising our sites.
Thank you for the great 7SEO tips Sean,
I consider myself a newbie, so learning how to optimize my website for search engines is a must learn task for me.
It’s definitely worth to have it handy.. but do I know how to do it? I might need to find the answer for some of the tips!
I guess there is only one way of finding out if you know how to do it Ada
Have fun!
Budding internet marketers – that sounds like me!! Lots of great tips here. I think some cross over with some of the other blog posts I’ve got listed but it will be good to look at it in a different way.
Either way great stuff.
It doesn’t matter how many times or in how many ways you hear this great information, you always pick up something that you are “ready” to take on board.
7 Seo Tips for budding Internet Marketers were another reminder of what I can do to further my journey to success.
Cath
One things that I have started doing a lot more is to analyze my website statistics.
I usually look at what keywords people are using when coming into my site and what the referring sites are. Then I try to focus a little more of my time on those keywords and referring sites. It may not be the best way, however I have found some success so am happy to continue doing this.
Hi Cemil,
It sounds like a great idea to me. I think if you spend the most time on the sites that you get the most traffic from; it’ll really help your success.
I wish I’d had access to these 7 SEO tips for budding Internet Marketers the first time I took a stab at it and eventually wandered away after no success. These guidelines are going into my Learn and Earn notebook to become a checklist for future ventures.
The “7 SEO Tips For Budding Internet Marketers” is great. You can never be reminded too frequently of the steps you should be taking to optimize you site and generate traffic. Everyone should keep a list like this posted near their computer and read it daily.
Hi Sean,
The 7 SEO tips are a big help. You’re drumming home in this article that learning SEO is ‘the” most important lesson for Budding Internet Marketers to learn.
Following the SEO tips here I know in time I can achieve top page ranking with Google. I have saved the 7 tips to print out and keep. They’ll be handy for when I’m in the habit of writing regular blog posts.
As a budding Inernet Marketer I have really appreciated reading these tips which have been laid out in such an informative manner. These points are so important and I am working hard at mastering them all.
This is a great reminder that I need to really brush up on my SEO strategies, get a checklist together and start working on areas that really need training such as SEO, keyword research and continued practice in writing really good content:)