10 SEO Tips
1. Semantic Data Extractor - Semantically Rich HTML
The Semantic Data Extractor Tool from the W3C will try to extract the following
information from your document. We've provided on site links to extended information
for each of these areas.
2. HTML 4 SEO Best Practices in HTML Authoring
Listing of all HTML 4 Elements that you as an SEO Consultant will be involved with at
some point during your tenure. You should be familiar with the various HTML Elements
and HTML Attributes that are available to you for on page SEO techniques.
3.The Ultimate SEO Guide
These documents are by far the most extensive resource for on page SEO. I guarantee
you that nothing else compares and this SHOULD BE mandatory reading for all SEO
Consultants.
4.The Basics - Building the Perfect Page - Part I
Building the Perfect Page is a series of topics discussing the basics of web page
development.
* Title Element - Building the Perfect Page - Part II
This section discusses the importance of the Title Element.
o Title Element - Page Titles
Every html document must have a Title Element in the head section. Some
refer to the <title> element as a meta tag (title tag) when it is not. Here is a
working example of the title element.
* META Description - Building the Perfect Page - Part III
This section discusses the importance of the META Description Tag.
5.Robots Text File - robots.txt
The robots.txt file is a set of instructions for visiting robots (spiders) that index
the content of your web site pages. For those spiders that obey the file, it provides
a map for what they can, and cannot index.
* robots.txt Validation
You should validate your robots.txt file. Enter the full URI to the robots.txt
file on your server. The robots.txt file always resides at the root level of your web.
6.META Tags - Metadata Elements
The following is a partial list of metadata elements that may be used in the overall
site structuring, organization, and search engine marketing strategy.
* META Description Tag
Some search engines will index the META Description Tag found in the
<head></head> section of your web pages.
* META Keywords Tag
The META Keywords Tag is where you list keywords and keyword phrases that you've
targeted for that specific page.
* META Language Tag
In HTML elements, the language attribute specifies the natural language. This
document is mostly concerned with how to specify the primary language(s) (there could
be more than one) and the base language (there is only one) in HTML documents.
* META Link Relationship Tag
It is helpful for search results to reference the beginning of the collection of
documents in addition to the page hit by the search. You may help search engines by
using the link element with rel="start" along with the title attribute.
* rel="nofollow" - Link Relationship Attribute
By adding rel="nofollow" to a hyperlink, a page indicates that the destination
of that hyperlink SHOULD NOT be afforded any additional weight or ranking by user
agents which perform link analysis upon web pages (e.g. search engines).
7. Robots META Tag
The Robots META Tag is meant to provide users who cannot upload or control the
/robots.txt file at their websites, with a last chance to keep their content out of
search engine indexes and services.
* Googlebot Robots META Tag
The Robots META Tag for Googlebot is meant to provide users who cannot upload or
control the /robots.txt file at their websites, with a last chance to keep their
content out of Google's indexes and services.
* MSNBot Robots META Tag
The Robots META Tag for MSNBot is meant to provide users who cannot upload or
control the /robots.txt file at their websites, with a last chance to keep their
content out of MSN's indexes and services.
8. META Tags Abuse and Misuse - Metadata Structuring and Standards
The SEO Consultants Directory Administrator and Directory Editors were involved in a
discussion via email where our interpretation of the Metadata standards are being
challenged.
9.Revisit-After META Tag
The revisit-after META tag is not supported by any major search engines, it never was
supported and probably never will be. It was developed for, and supported by,
Vancouver Webpages and their local search engine searchBC.
10.DC Dublin Core META Tags - DCMI Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) is an open forum engaged in the development
of interoperable online metadata standards that support a broad range of purposes and
business models.
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