Get The Handle On The DIY SEO You Can Do

By Doris Rivas





SEO, as you might remember, is the Search Engine Optimization necessary to get the attention of the search engines. This is required for your websites to be listed on their results pages when a potential customer enters your keywords into their search box. There are many companies who will charge you and take care of all of this for you, however, DIY SEO is something that can be learned and is fun.



You have talked with people, probably Internet Marketers, who have mentioned the on site SEO to you. There is also off site SEO that can help quite a bit as well. This comprises the two main types or categories of Search Engine Optimization out there. Both of them are important.



A very good place to start your DIY SEO is with the domain name. This should include or actually be one of the major keywords related to your industry, product or service. This should reside on a . Com, . Net or, possibly, . Info.



Writing the copy for your website is important. There should be plenty of it and it should be grammatically correct as well as spelled properly. Keywords, LSI, or secondary keywords need to be written into all segments of the page. DIY SEO means that you need to do the things that spider bots love to see.



Several of the other items are, in no particular order, the title, the META tags, the header copy and the use of some of the social media gadgets. The title should include the keyword and closely resemble the URL you have established. The META tags should be used to help direct the spider bots to the content in specific ways. Using header one and two sub headings will also be informative to, not only the bots, but for the real people who will be reading your information.



Writing articles are part of a balanced off site DIY SEO. Probably some of the best because, in these articles, you will be able to show your authority in the niche you are promoting. The spiders will see all of these articles and they will know that the live links you have placed in each one is a good indication that your website has a lot to offer. People reading the articles will also get an idea that you are someone to listen to.



Back links are the key to the SEO you can perform off site. Posting in blogs with helpful hints and tips can get you many back links from a lot of domain names. This is the importance of this strategy. Getting posted on a lot of forums, blogs and other content sites will help keep your link in front of interested people. You might also start a new forum or blog if you have a mind to and that can keep many people busy looking at your websites.



You need to be on the first page of the search engine results page when people enter your keywords into their search box. The DIY SEO that will help can be fun and it is fairly easy to learn if you apply yourself. It is not a waste of time and is the only thing standing between you and the sales you are looking for.









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