Here are my top ten SEO tips:

10. Use structured format to create your website – Believe it or not, the foundation of your website is important for good search engine optimization. The depth of each page should not be more then three layers (3 clicks) deep. If you try to repair this after a website is built, good SEO can be difficult to achieve.

9. Create XML sitemaps – Tell search engines what pages you have to help get all of your pages indexed.

8. Use a robot.txt file – Tell search engines what to do and add it to the root of your structured website.

7. Use Title Tags and Alt Tags – Any time you create a link or graphic, tag them with good words and descriptions. This helps search engines know more about your website.

6. Use Meta Tags – Title tags and description tags should always be used on every web page. Use unique meta tags for each and every page.

5. Analyse your website – Look at reports at a minimum of every month to understand: who is coming to your website, why they are coming and leaving and what keywords are working and not working. Fix broken pages and any other errors. Adjust your site accordingly for maximum traffic growth.

4. Connect with Social Media Websites – Take advantage of social and video sites by create a profile. Linking from these sites are very valuable.

3. Get backlinks – Backlinks need to be from good websites that are relevant to your site.  Don’t link to sites or from sites that might be part of a link farm or you might get banned from search engines.

2. Find the best keywords for your site – Find keywords people are searching for and exclude keywords with high levels of website competition.

1. Add good relevant content – Content is still king. Search engines love content relevent to your website. Content should not be copied from another website. Content needs to inspire your readers with calls-to-action.

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