8 Tips To Improve Your SEO

1. Google loves keyword based domain names. There is a debate whether you should go for branding or seo with your domain names by including your keywords in your domain name. They are both valid strategies. Going for branding by using an easy to remember domain name and associating that name as being the standard in the industry is great if you can pull it off. However, there is no doubt that the search engines love keyword based domain names. If you are looking for quicker rankings choose a domain name which has your keywords in them. Of course, you can set up a feeder blog with you keyword domain names which links to your branding site. You can do both.

2. Get quality relevant backlinks to your site. Backlinks from other sites to your are important but be careful. You want backlinks from quality relevant sites. That is one reason guest posting on other people’s blogs works better than submitting thousands of articles to junk directories. It may take some more brain power at first but it is worth it in the end to come up with quality original content to submit to popular blogs in your niche. Do not forget YouTube and other video hosting sites. The search engines really pick up these videos and often will list them above your main site!

3. Go for .edu and .gov backlinks. These websites are given special weight by the search engines. You can search for a list of forums in your niche with .edu and .gov extensions. Participate in those forums and leave your link in the signature file. Sometimes it works well to post all your comments on the forum without any signature. Then add the signature later. If you come across as to promotional at first you may get your posts deleted.

4. Place relevant quality comments on quality blogs. Most blogs have a place to put a link back to your site. Do not post spam comments. Actually read the post and say something intelligent. If you just leave generic comments most blog owners will just delete them. Remember, the blog owner himself is probably the best contact you are making so make comments that will please him.

5. Use a variety of media on your blog.Use videos, podcasts,and all social media. Optimize all with your keywords fully. You are given the search engines and your visitors multiple ways to find you.

6. Create a Facebook Page with your keywords and populate it with keyword targeted original content and notes. I have noticed that my fanpages often outrank my main site. Take advantage of Facebook’s page rank and place you content on a keyword optimized fanpage. It works.

7. Post original content on your blog regularly. Long term this is one of the best ways to improve your seo. Each post is another contact point where people and search engines can find you. The more original, relevant content you have, especially if you add this content consistently over time, the better your site will rank. It may even become an authority site itself if you keep up the good work.

8. Just ask people to link to you. You will be surprised how many people will link to you if you just ask them. I am not talking about link exchanges I am talking about asking people to link to you without giving them anything back in return. If you have a “link to us” section on your website with your banners, articles, videos and you ask people to link to them many people will.

I hope these tips help you out with your seo. If you have some more please add them in the comment area. Thanks! Matthew Meyer.