seo basics for developers
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Website designers and developers do not develop websites keeping in view the SEO of website. They just care about the functionality. But a great product without marketing is useless. I created this presentation to educate the developers and designers about basic SEO elements they should consider while creating a new website. If some things can be taken care of at initial stages then it can result in greater overall success later. Hope others will find it useful too.TRANSCRIPT
SEO Basicsfor Web Developers
The Basics
• What is a Search Engine?
• What is online advertisement, internet marketing, online marketing or e-marketing?
Is there any Relationship between SEO,
Programming and Website Development?
Anybody Can’t be a SEO
Skills Required to be a Successful SEO
(Search Engine Optimizer)
http://j.mp/successful-SEO
You Cannot Learn SEO in a Day
SEO can be quite overwhelming if you try to take the wholeof it in a single bite.
SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization
SEO Definition
Old School of Thought New School of Thought
• SEO is the process of gettingyour content to display nearthe top of appropriate searchresults.
• It is the process of getting trafficfrom the “free,” “organic,” “editorial” or “natural” listings on search engines.
• All major search engines such as Google, Yahoo and Bing have such results, where web pages and other content such as videos or local listings are shown and ranked based on what the search engine considers most relevant to users.
Source: Search Engine Land
Remember: SEO is not
• Black magic
• Silver bullets
• Rocket science
SEO is
= great content
+ good structure
+ quality links
Commonly used SEO Terminologies - I
• Keywords: Keywords and keyword phrases are the wordsused to describe a site’s or a Web page’s theme. These wordsare important in search engine optimization.
• Title Tag: These tags are basically HTML tags that arelocated at the top of Web pages. The tags are used to definethe text that will be used as the title in all the search listingson the World Wide Web.
• Meta Tags: Meta tags are basically HTML tags that are usedfor the storage of information related to Web pages.
• Traffic: Web traffic is the number of visitors on a website.• Anchor Texts: Anchor texts are the visible texts that are
hyperlinked and that allow you to move to other Web pages ina website by clicking on them.
Source: SEO Glossary
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•Search Results Page (SERP)
•Organic Search Results
•Paid or PPC or Sponsored Results
•Knowledge Graph
How to carryout SEO?
• Keyword Research: Find Keywords▫ Which have good search volume▫ Have less competition▫ Are relevant to the content on page▫ Know the intention behind search
• Keyword Research Tools▫ Google AdWords Keyword Tool, traffic
estimator, Webmaster Tools; Google Suggest and GoogleTrends
▫ Wordtracker▫ Bing Keyword Research Tool▫ SEMRush▫ Keyword Discovery
How to carryout SEO?
• On-page Optimization▫ It refers to factors that have an effect on your Web site
or Web page listing in natural search results. Thesefactors are controlled by you or by coding on yourpage.
• Commonly used on-page optimization factors▫ Site Architecture and Design▫ Title tag▫ URL Structure▫ Content of page▫ Image Alt Text▫ Sitemaps
• Latest in the line are Rich Snippets.
How to carryout SEO?
Anatomy of Perfectly Optimized Page
How to carryout SEO?
• Off-page Optimization
▫ Off-page optimization refers to factors that havean effect on your Web site or Web page listing innatural search results. These factors are off-site inthat they are not controlled by you or the codingon your page.
How to carryout SEO?
Link Building Activities
Local & business listing
Directory Submission
Social Bookmarking
Classified Ads
Search Engine
More Link Building Activities
Article Submission
Press Release Submission
File Sharing
Image Sharing
Blog Creation
Social Media
Some Link Building Techniques