Keyword Research

The keywords you choose and optimize your site for are the most important factor in getting targeted traffic to your website. You can use help of online tools like Google Keyword Tool in researching the various options for keywords. It will give you the competition for your keyword and other similar keywords, and also the amount of searches performed for them. Choose keywords which have high searches amount with minimal competition.

Building Links

Links from other sites to yours are a good way of search engine optimization and improving your rankings in search engines. Submitting your site to web directories, participating in link exchange programs, blog commenting and forum posting with back links to your website are effective link building methods. Another good method of getting one way links which are given more weightage by search engines is by submitting good written articles related to your field in article directories and ensuring each article has a link back to your site.

Content Fine-tuning

The importance of good, informative, and fresh content can never be undermined in search engine optimization . Good content automatically attracts repeat visitors and works as a natural link building tool with people linking to your site for its content value. Updated content will also have your page indexed by search engines regularly having updated information available to your visitors. Your content should also make use of your keywords judiciously, maintaining a good keyword density.

Website Design and Coding

For good search engine optimization it is imperative that the website design and coding is done properly. Proper use of Meta tags, alt tags, headers, anchor text, and file names and directory structure is important to ensure that your site is fully indexed by search engines. At times to ensure that your website is looking good not only to humans but also to search engines you may need to use help from professional search engine optimization services who will alter your site to achieve better results.

Black Hat Search Engine Optimization

Apart from the above mentioned search engine optimization techniques; there are a lot of other techniques in practice which are discouraged by search engines. These techniques, known as black hat SEO, usually give quick results but are not safe as they can get your site blocked from search engines once found out. Keyword stuffing for getting higher keyword density, use of link farms for link building, invisible text and links, and doorway pages are all techniques which search engines discourage and can penalize.

To summarize, search engine optimization when done using proper techniques can give you long lasting results and help you get more targeted traffic to your site.

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Links are very important

A link is a vote. Every link pointing to your site from another website tells the search engines that the other site finds your resource valuable and thus, the engines read this as a vote for your site. There are many different ways that a link can be built. One that is often overlooked but which can have huge rewards is writing and submitting articles. The reason article writing and submission is arguably one of the best of the link building methods is that it not only functions as a link building exercise but also a traffic source.

Here are the basic steps to writing an effective article that gets well picked up and can provide you with some solid traffic and links.

Pick A Topic

Picking a topic for your article can often be harder than it sounds. When you’re selecting a topic you can’t simply write about the first thing that pops into your head. There are two questions you need to ask yourself when you’re selecting your topic:

1. Will the editors care? If the editors of related websites aren’t going to care about your topic then it’s not going to get published. If it’s not going to get published then you can probably find better uses for your time – like golf or shopping for blue widgets online.
2. Will bloggers care? The second questions is whether other online publishers will be interested in the content. If an editor publishes your content and other link to it, that makes the like to you on the publisher site all the stronger.

If clients and site visitors regularly ask you the same questions, these are likely good topics for your article (though an article on your shipping policies probably won’t get picked up too widely). Another great place to start when thinking of a topic to write about is your own brain. Are there questions you’ve asked that took a ton of time or research to answer? If so – answer the question for others and cover the research and you’re likely to get well picked-up.

Write The Article

While picking a topic can be hard, constructing the article can be all the more difficult. An article needs to have a specific point and must provide the reader with a means to understanding why you’re making that point.

Let’s take this article for example; once I knew I wanted to write an article on how to use article writing as a link building method I knew what the tone would be: instructional. After that it was a matter of deciding what I wanted to cover in the article (picking a topic, writing the article, testing the article and article syndication). After I’m done writing this article I’ll have it proof-read by a couple people who aren’t involved with our site and then I’ll syndicate it in hopes of developing some solid, highly-relevant links and secure some equally relevant traffic.

If you’re paying attention as you read this you’ll probably have guessed that I’m a fan of article writing as a link building method. If you look to the “about the author” section you’ll notice a link to the Beanstalk site (and if you don’t, well … let me know as somebody’s stealing it without permission). While I genuinely enjoy writing and sharing my experiences with others – the purpose of getting the article distributed is primarily as a link building tactic, secondarily as a great source of qualified traffic and thirdly for my own enjoyment.

You are an expert in your field. Who knows more about your business than you? So share. Writing an article may not be easy but it is rewarding. If you can’t think of a topic, think of what you get asked. If you’re asked common questions repeatedly then chances are, it’s a good topic for an article. I often get asked about link building, and you’re reading the result.

Once the article is completed you need to get it syndicated. Using an article submission service is a simple way to get your article out to a large number of publishers quickly. On top of this you’d do well to seek out specific sites in your field using one or all of the major search engines to find highly relevant sites that accept articles and submit to them.

To find sites to submit your articles to you may need to think outside the box. You’ll need to run a number of searches for related phrases that will yield the best results. For example, if I worked for a web design company I might search for places that accept articles that are related to web design, hosting, SEO, small businesses and anything else I could think of. For example, I would begin my search on Google with “web design article submit” and extend it from there.

Once you’ve got a solid list you can complete your submissions to it. Don’t forget to document your submissions as well as any account information for future reference as you’ll likely want to submit another article down the road. Also, you’ll want to add a few sites each submission so you’ve got a constantly evolving list with more and more backlinking domains.

Conclusion

Of course, you’ll likely discover more for yourself as you write and syndicate your own articles. Just don’t give up the first time and learn from every submission. It may take a bit to figure out what works best but article syndication is one of the single more effective link building tactics available.

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