Top 20 Search Engine Ranking Factors
Wednesday, 29 October 2008
By Roberto Garabell

  1. Title Tag:

Type your targeted keyword phrase in ANY search engine and notice how 9 of the top 10 sites have that targeted phrase somewhere in their title tag.

*Learn from your competitors and remember keyword density and prominence.

2. Heading Tag Structure

H1, H2, H3, H4 and no more. Remember H1 is what the whole page is about and the other 'sub' H's are explaining each section under that heading. A good way to look at this is to look at it in a standard outline format.

A. = H1

--- a. = H2

------ i. H3

--- b. = H2

------ i. H4

------ ii. H3 & H4

--- c. = H2

------ i. =H3

--------- 1. H4

3. META Description

The META description is there to describe the page. So describe the page. Remember your page is about your targeted keywords. Make sure those keywords are scattered throughout the description of each page. Also, sometimes the search engines will display your description under your listings on
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Pay Attention to Site Maps
Tuesday, 28 October 2008
By Terry Leslie

  Site maps are more than just a convenient list of the basic available content on any given site. Very few people use them effectively despite their importance. Site maps are part of creating a strong index, maintaining a strong site, and makes for a very user friendly site. Site maps are more than just a blip, and thus you need to put the time and energy into making sure that your website is dressed up with the best site map possible.

Your site map guides your visitors through the options available on your website via either your web features or through useful and relevant links. Your site map is also a handy way for helping along the indexing process as search engines can then spider to your website and help users find it faster. Usually located along the bottom of the page, sometimes along the side, the more up to date your site map is the easier users and search engines can determine where to go and what information or products you have available for them.

A site map is also a good
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