SEO Strategies for 2010

Strategy Number One:

Build a good website!

Good grief-I was looking at a Drupal implementation TODAY that did not come with the ability a have sitemap, or make a title tag even slightly different than the H1 tag!

I was looking at a Joomla implementation this week with URls longer than an NBA player’s left arm, and the code would make the brain of even a “Beautiful Mind” shut down.

So pretty please, with sugar on top, get the basics right:

Back-end on-page Optimization

• Unique and relevant meta data.
• Unique and relevant heading tags.
• Only one H1 tag per page.
• Internal links via keywords, pointing to those pages that actually have the keywords in them.
• Clean, SEO-friendly URLs. (What do these look like? Another blog topic)
• Fast loading pages.
• Don’t forget about 301 re-directs-at least make certain mydomain.com is pointed to www.mydomain.com.
• An xml sitemap.

Human facing front-end content:

• Good content written for the average Joe. (I don’t practice what I preach; my websites and blogs can be too technical.)
• Good quantity of content. Tell your story; provide good information-more and better than your competitors.
• Update your content as much as needed. (How often do you need to update your content? Hmmm-I should blog about that)
• Unique content on each page.

Did I forget something? Probably, but I can always come back here and add it later. If you have any positive input or questions, take some time to respond below. Good luck in 2010!

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