10 Steps To Getting Your New Site Into The Search Results More Quickly

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Here are the top 10 SEO activities that I undertake every time I put up a new website:

1. I Complete my META tags for each page of my site. I fill out all the available META tags individually for each page - making them unique to each page.

2. I make sure that all my images have 'alt' tags defined

3. I make my navigation as simple and clear as possible. I particularly make sure there are no orphan pages or dead ends. If I use DHTML or Flash based 'drop down' menus (which I avoid doing if I can) I make sure I have standard HTML links to my other pages throughout my page content. I also create a footer navigation area and use standard HTML for these links. This is because the search engines can't follow Flash or DHTML based 'drop down' menus.

4. I make the correct use of my h1 and h2 tags on each page and I make sure these are sync'd with my META tags for that page.

5. I minimise the use of scripts

6. I create a sitemap and submit it to Google. I create a new sitemap and re-submit it each time I add or remove a page.

7. I register my new site in my Google Webmaster Tools account and I check this each week for any problems showing up on my site.

8. I generate as many natural inbound links to my site as I can. I do recommend joining social sites for social marketing purposes, but remember that the links from social sites are of no value because they go through re-directs. Article marketing is one of the best ways to grow your inbound links.

9. I set up a blog on my new site and post to it regularly. (I have to admit I've only done this for one site so far - I should do it for the others!).

10. I set up satellite sites like Squidoo and HubPages and satellite blogs on sites like blogger.com and wordpress.com and link back to my site. I post useful (hopefully!) content on these sites regularly, but I don't spend as much time on them as on my main blog.

Once I've done those things I focus totally and continuously on producing, refining and improving the content and facilitites on the site. That means that the site grows over time as I add new pages.

None of these steps is difficult and it only requires a bit of discipline (or a check list) to make sure you carry them out on each of your new sites.

When I follow this routine my sites generally appear in the search results more quickly and appear to be more resilient to changes in the search engine algorithms - meaning that they continue to figure in the natural search results more consistently.


About the Author:
Martin Malden grew up in Zimbabwe and now lives in Hong Kong. He writes a blog covering tips, techniques and resources for small- or home-business owners. For more information check out his blog here:
http://www.wealthydragon.com/blog/



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