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95 SEO tips and tricks

By , About.com Guide   February 5, 2008

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There are lots and lots of things to think about when working on optimizing your site for search engine placement. So I've compiled a list of 95 things you should look at. Some are things that you should always do to keep your rank up, and some are things that you should never do. This list is organized in order of priority, so if you only do the high priority things, your site will rank better in search engines than if you did nothing.

And if that list is too long, I have created the list as an SEO checklist to print out so you can evaluate your pages more systematically.

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December 31, 2008 at 10:59 pm
(1) Angela Chelson says:

Hey Guys,

While we’re on the topic about SEO in this older article, I figured that I would share a SEO tip that I recently discovered and wrote a very small blog article about. If your new to SEO you will definitely want to read this so you can begin getting all those one way link back’s that your going to need to increase your new web site’s page rank. There is no catch or advertisements or anything like that. I tested this method on two of my test websites and my PR raised by about +2 on each of them.

If you decide you would like to take a minute and read the small article, you may do so by following this link:

Good luck on your websites everyone, and let the google force be with you so to say, lol!

January 1, 2009 at 11:49 am
(2) Jennifer Kyrnin says:

Angela: The problem with your suggestion, more than just that you can’t add custom text, is two-fold:

1. Most forums don’t provide really high page rank for specific subjects, so getting a link in there doesn’t boost you too much. Plus if your site is about baskets and you post that link in a fishing forum, it won’t do you any good at all and could seem like spamming to the SEO bot if you do it excessively.

2. Many forums are attempting to prevent that type of link spam by adding rel=”nofollow” to the link. You can see that in your comment post above. You got a backlink from my site, but to prevent comment spam, my system automatically places rel=”nofollow” into the link so that search engine robots won’t follow the link. Thus the backlink didn’t help you at all. (I hope you’re not disappointed…)

Used wisely, however, your suggestion could help get some backlinks. Thanks for the suggestion.

January 15, 2009 at 1:05 am
(3) Jacques says:

Hi there, as a specialist in SEO i would like to add that if you are working on a linking strategy, the pagerank of the page your link is on must be seen as a bucket of water. If you have a link coming from a site with pagerank 8 and you are on a PR1 then a little of that 8 is thrown over to your site. This is the best i can describe it as. You can also read a great ebook called “SEO made easy” or you can download a free copy of

January 17, 2009 at 9:24 pm
(4) fauzi rohimi says:

i need seo expert to look at my blog. i try many ways but still couldnt gain any proven results

March 16, 2009 at 2:03 pm
(5) Evan says:

I have been trying to get a few sites to number 1 and am having difficulties, hopefully this will help out! Thanks.

June 14, 2009 at 1:36 pm
(6) Chris says:

Excellent post, thanks for sharing…I really like how concise and clear all the points were and hope to implement more and more of your tips as time goes by.

July 14, 2009 at 1:15 pm
(7) Brian says:

Thanks! Great info.

October 6, 2009 at 10:33 am
(8) SEO Pakistan says:

perfect tips for winning optimization, I’ve been helping many of my clients to make their businesses grow and the best part of it is that the tips you have mentioned I followed each one of ‘em. thanks for a very nice info.

October 8, 2009 at 10:20 am
(9) Goa Cyber says:

Great tips, keep it up.

November 6, 2009 at 11:16 pm
(10) arizona seo says:

Thanks! Great Tips,

April 21, 2010 at 6:22 pm
(11) M.-J. Taylor says:

I’d really love to read the article … but the link isn’t working … :(

April 23, 2010 at 6:55 pm
(12) Jennifer Kyrnin says:

I’m not sure which link isn’t working – when I test the link for the article (http://webdesign.about.com/od/seo/tp/seo_tips_and_tricks.htm) it works just fine. The SEO checklist link works for me as well. Perhaps it was a problem with your net connection at the time?

May 1, 2010 at 1:37 pm
(13) Jsoh says:

Great read, these simple steps can lead to a website becoming powerful…will share.

June 12, 2010 at 3:04 pm
(14) nyul says:

great post. I will try to understanding a lot of u’r trick… i’m newbie ini seo…

August 10, 2010 at 1:07 am
(15) Gach khong nung says:

Really great post. Many grateful to you. Thanks

August 10, 2010 at 3:37 am
(16) Gach sieu nhe says:

Relly great tricks. I’ll bookmark this page to use it in further

August 24, 2010 at 11:07 am
(17) Online B Grade Movies says:

really good information about seo

October 21, 2010 at 9:21 pm
(18) seo tampa says:

hi it was very helpfull to read your info, i recently created my web site, the first one in my life, so will use some knowledge i got from your article in a nearest future, sincerely vb. p.s. and the link was working for me had no problemn:)

December 3, 2010 at 12:40 pm
(19) Denmon & Denmon Trial Lawyers says:

Great article, I am Implementing those same tips!

December 3, 2010 at 12:41 pm
(20) Florida Seo Design says:

Very good read. Very sound advice and tips.

January 9, 2011 at 12:21 pm
(21) Florida seo Design says:

I am back re-reading this post..HAHAHA its very well done, and I had to re-bookmark it!

February 9, 2011 at 10:38 am
(22) South Africa SEO says:

Wonderful post about internet marketing tips! A great read indeed.

March 7, 2011 at 2:25 am
(23) Harga Jual Blackberry iPhone Laptop Murah says:

two thumbs up,
great idea….

thanks

May 24, 2011 at 4:47 pm
(24) Kozan says:

A great article .. for sharing with us Thanks..

June 3, 2011 at 8:42 am
(25) Limousine says:

Really Great information. Thanks for Sharing.

June 12, 2011 at 4:00 am
(26) BlackBerry PlayBook says:

Wow so many tips in one place. Its a gold mine for those who are desperate to find new and great tips and tricks for SEO. Many points are new to me and really useful.

Thanks.

July 7, 2011 at 5:52 am
(27) Arsenal blog says:

Need these for my blog…so thanks always good to find this info

July 14, 2011 at 12:42 am
(28) Tampa Marketing Company says:

Thanks for this post. has great tips for beginners

August 12, 2011 at 1:03 am
(29) Tampa Simonton Windows says:

Thank you so much! I really learned a great deal of information!

October 17, 2011 at 2:46 pm
(30) Seo 01 says:

Really sweet tutorial!
Thanks for all the nicely detailed steps.

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