This is a complimentary SEO report for SkyHighIdeas.com. The recommendations in this report are based on my present knowledge of the search engine industry. There is no guarantee that by implementing any or all of the suggestions found here that the page will improve in search engine rankings for the specified keyword phrases.
Page Information:
- Submitted by: Donny
- Page Title: Inventor and Patent News
- URL: http://www.skyhighideas.com/news.html
- Main Headline:
- Keyword phrase(s) to optimize for: patent news
Basic SEO Checks:
Basic elements of SEO to fix.
- Is the keyword phrase good?
Yes
This phrase has good search volume and is clear. The only problem with it is it appears fairly competitive, so it might be hard to rank high with it. - Where is the keyword phrase found?
Title; With a keyword density of: 0%
Advanced SEO Checks:
- How many links are there to the page?
0
It's important to get related sites to link to your site with the keyword phrase you're trying to optimize for. - When was the page last modified?
August 24, 2008
Pages that are modified with significant content changes do well in search engines, but constant little changes can hurt your ranking. This is supposed to be a news page, but the most recent headline is from August 2008. While the search engines might not penalize you for that, customers will by not linking to you. And backlinks are important to get good ranking.
- Does the page validate?
CSS - yes
It's important that the HTML validates and the page is accessible so that search engines can read it.
Negative SEO:
Elements of SEO that can hurt your rank.
- Hidden content in
None Good! - URLs that are difficult to read
None Good! - Spammer tricks (that could get you banned)
None Good!
Other SEO Thoughts:
Get H1 and H2 headlines onto the page. And use the keywords in them. You'll also want some text that is separate from the actual headlines that includes your keyword phrase. Then link to this page with the keyword phrase. Tone down your branding logo and let people and search engines know that this is a patent news page. Unless people are searching for "SkyHighIdeas.com" you should focus on the page content more and your site brand a little less.
More SEO Resources - Continue to Optimize the Page:
Most of the suggestions in this report come from the SEO High Priority Checklist and the SEO To Avoid Checklist. You can do even more with SEO through the other checklists and with these articles:
- 95 SEO Tips and Tricks for Powerful Search Engine Optimization
- Getting People to Link to You - Link Love, How to (and How Not to) Get It
- Your Layout Can Impact your SEO
- Frames and Search Engines
- How can you tell if a site is a link farm?
- Cloaking: What is Cloaking? Why Should You Not Cloak a Web Site?
Make Changes then Check Your Ranking
SEO is more of an art than a science. The suggestions provided in this free SEO report are not guaranteed to get you number one placement in any search engine. However, by focusing on good keyword phrases and following the suggestions in this report, you should see an improvement in ranking within a few weeks to months. If you don't, you should continue to work on the page or adjust your keyword phrase.
