Basic SEO Lessons For Beginners

[entrepreneurjay]

Basic SEO Lessons For Beginners


So you just started your first website, or blog and know you want to know how to drive targeted search engine traffic to your new piece of Internet real estate.
After all with no free targeted traffic to your website how are you supposed to earn any money? And who wants to pay for traffic if they can help it? Not me! And I am sure you would answer the same way.


Paying for traffic is a suckers game at least when you are first starting out and are limited on funds right? You probably want to make some money with your online business before you go handing it over to the multi – billion dollar Google pay per click empire.


But your problem is you do not know anything about basic search engine optimization so you can drive this free targeted traffic to your new website, or blog so customers can buy your affiliate merchandise – whether it be digital (information) or actual physical products like Amazon for example.



Either way you need traffic to make money online there is no way around it. The more traffic you can bring to your site the more money you will earn. Pretty cut and dry.


The Internet can be brutal especially in a competitive niche like the affiliate marketing, make money online, weight loss, Internet marketing niche, and the beauty niche just too name a few of the many competitive online niches out there in the Internet marketing World.


Learning and training in at least basic search engine optimization tactics is more important know than it has ever been. Unless your blog, or website is based around underwater basket weaving with little to no competition. Your gonna need to know a few pointers so you can compete in the new SEO game, and turn your personal online real estate into a money making machine.


Your gonna need to know how to get your blog posts to the top of the major search engines for you to drive targeted cash in hand visitors. Proper search engine optimization is an essential skill that can pay off big time for years and years to come. Free traffic is the best kind of traffic and that’s what SEO brings to the table.


Here are a few SEO tips geared towards newbies that will at least give you a basic understanding of what’s going on and how you can get the most out of your new website, or blog.

Basic Search Engine Optimization Training Tips For Beginners And Newbie Affiliates.


1. Research keyword phrases related to your website, or blog that potential visitors will be looking for related to your site. I use the Google adwords keyword research tool it is free and it is the best online in my opinion.


2. Think highly searched keyword phrases with low competition. This may require some research on your part but it will pay off big time when done correctly. Your goal is to find lucrative phrases that people will type into the major search engines that will lead them to your site. Make sure the competition is low 500,000 listings or under should be your goal.


* You do not want to go after phrases like make money online if that is your niche that will take years for you to climb up the rankings for example. Be smart and go after phrases that you can rank on the first pages for with little effort.


3. Make a list of 4-5 phrases that fit this criteria and optimize your website, or blog with these keywords. This does not mean stuffing your content with all your keywords so that your content doesn’t even read properly.
* Sprinkle your keywords into your text moderately, and make sure your text is readable for your visitors. Readers first, search engines second should be your main goal.


4. Meta Tags – These are the tags that are at the top of your blog or website in the header section. My meta tags for my blog are An Entrepreneurs Journey To Earn You More Money Online, Affiliate Marketing Lessons, Product Reviews, Traffic Tips


This is the title of my blog, and these keywords are also my meta tags. These are a few of the keywords I am going after in the search engines. Meta tags are absolutely essential so make sure you have them added and your keywords are in your meta tags prominently. Meta tags alone can do wonders, but don’t expect no miracles. Especially if you are in a very competitive niche. But they do help out a great deal so use them wisely!


5. If you have not started your own blog, or website yet than make sure you pick a short domain name with the keywords that you are targeting in your domain name. This will make it easier for people to remember your site, and it will give you a nice boost in the search engines rankings. Having your keywords in your domain name is a great search engine optimization tip that all beginners should take advantage of if they have not picked a domain name for their new site yet.



6. Build relevant backlinks for proper SEO. This is even more important if your niche is extremely competitive like mine is. You want to link to sites with high page rank if possible that are directly related to your blog, or website for proper search engine optimization. He or she with the most quality relevant backlinks usually wins the SEO wars.Are you prepared to go to combat for your first page rankings on Google? You should be it can pay off big time for years to come without an adverse effect on your pocketbook.



I hope you enjoyed this training tutorial on SEO. There is a lot more to SEO but this will at least get you started in the right direction.

[shuvo]

These basics are really useful for the beginners.One mistake all beginners do now a days thats they choose niche like make money online which is the most competitive for ranking on search engines.

[FamilyFrugal]

I chose my niche because it's my passion and something I love talking about. It's highly competitive though. Worried I'll never rank for any desired key words from the search engines. Maybe I'm thinking too broad?

[entrepreneurjay]

Originally Posted by FamilyFrugal

I chose my niche because it's my passion and something I love talking about. It's highly competitive though. Worried I'll never rank for any desired key words from the search engines. Maybe I'm thinking too broad?

If its your passion than that's what counts the traffic will eventually come. It makes it a lot easier to succeed if you actually enjoy what your doing.

Internet marketing is my passion and that is the niche I am in so it helps!

[amanchem]

good topic and factor . most of new commerse doing the black hat techniques for SERP . but it is not the good practise of seo .
optimising the website in a good way will lure your visitor more powerfully than the black hat techniques .

[entrepreneurjay]

Thanks Amanchem well said playing fair is better for long term business goals.

[Emily Phillips]

Thanks.. Very well lessons for a begineer. :-)

[wmcfer17]

Originally Posted by amanchem

good topic and factor . most of new commerse doing the black hat techniques for SERP . but it is not the good practise of seo .
optimising the website in a good way will lure your visitor more powerfully than the black hat techniques .

I prefer to work only white hat. I dont see any good on black hat. Why should I risk my site? I rather work my site from scratch and proceed with the instructions above.

But how about adding adsense and PPC? I dont still get how PPC WORKS

[ukbuddy2]

If you are adding good content to your site
and doing some off the following you will rank but also get followers

blog commenting
forum posting
fb add 10 targeted friends a day
twitter
send 10 tweets a day
youtube
upload one video per week
ezine add one a week - good original content


you wil then get traffic for free and get them to optin to your free gift

[macholasse]

Hi,
Thanks.
Lars

[Giani]

Good to start this post. I would like to further expand on this. Basically you have to think of on page optimization and off page optimization.

On page includes
- keyword analysis and optimization
- content optimization
- robots txt optimization
- site map optimization
- html source code optimization
- internal pages optimization landing page optimization
- images hyperlink optimization
- creation of supporting pages

and more..

Then you have off page optimization.
You need patience but the results are rewarding.

[submitedgeseo]

These is really nice information for the beginners as i think seo beginners must start with the on page optimization. As they must start with the title, description and keywords so they can understand the seo in better way.

[alysemackie]

Indeed its a good lesson to learn. Thanks for the effort of sharing, quiet helpful.

[ursimrankhanna]

Hi,

yeah very nice and interesting basic optimization lessons for the seo process.

[michel147]

I am new to this field but after reading your important point i am feeling that i had learn some basic seo point.

[Akilez]

Originally Posted by ukbuddy2

...
blog commenting
forum posting
fb add 10 targeted friends a day
twitter
send 10 tweets a day
youtube
upload one video per week
ezine add one a week - good original content...

OK, so I am relatively new to this game. I currently hold the sixth position on Google for my niche for one researched keyword. I also have several other pages/main site listings in the low teens on Bing, Yahoo, and HotBot. I have gotten to this point after purchasing a backlink booster packet, using (not much really) Sick Submitter and doing some of my own backlinking (forums and blog comments). I feel a bit out of my depth here there is so much being thrown at me from many directions.

Thus far I am at 201 unique visitors today on the 20th of December and I KNOW that 201 isn't getting/going to get me the conversions I need/want.
(I also realize that the number should increase eventually.)

What I am curious about is these:
How much blog commenting/forum posting? I have heard rumor that too much will actually hurt my cause?
Do I need to specifically target my niche's forums and blogs to get ranking?(I do know that some of my Yahoo/Google backlinks do NOT come from niche sites and fear that one day they will go away)
Ezine articles- one article to one site? Uh, then why did I purchase a subscription to UAW and should I cancel it? For that matter should I discontinue membership to Sick Submitter?

Thanks to all replies, both here and in private messaging.

[bamsgt]

Lots of good beginners info here. On page optimizing is the easiest to do and with some keywords, its all you need to do to see considerable traffic.

[webmedia]

Great post.

[superSEO2011]

Hey - Many thanks for this!

[entrepreneurjay]

Originally Posted by superSEO2011

Hey - Many thanks for this!

Your welcome

[Jake Gray]

What an awesome guide. This has truly helped me understand SEO a bit more. I've been researching on a good niche, gaming market seems almost impossible as most of them are teenagers. Some interesting information, I'm going to bookmark this page! Thanks so much and looking forward to future guides.

[andy.bogard08]

Repeat your keywords a few times, this indicates a great importance search engines. But remember that you must not repeat too often keywords so that your readers find themselves frustrated. Make sure to use the H1 and H2 tags to highlight the important keywords in your content. Help Search for more relevant content and they will help you attract more visitors!

[webboss]

Keyword type website still works for most of the website all you need to do it is to make the right keyword and do a little marketing.

[entrepreneurjay]

Good comments to this post free traffic from the search engines is the best kind of traffic there is, and the most targeted traffic which converts into sales.

[SEOGlobal]

Originally Posted by entrepreneurjay

Basic SEO Lessons For Beginners


So you just started your first website, or blog and know you want to know how to drive targeted search engine traffic to your new piece of Internet real estate.
After all with no free targeted traffic to your website how are you supposed to earn any money? And who wants to pay for traffic if they can help it? Not me! And I am sure you would answer the same way.


Paying for traffic is a suckers game at least when you are first starting out and are limited on funds right? You probably want to make some money with your online business before you go handing it over to the multi – billion dollar Google pay per click empire.


But your problem is you do not know anything about basic search engine optimization so you can drive this free targeted traffic to your new website, or blog so customers can buy your affiliate merchandise – whether it be digital (information) or actual physical products like Amazon for example.



Either way you need traffic to make money online there is no way around it. The more traffic you can bring to your site the more money you will earn. Pretty cut and dry.


The Internet can be brutal especially in a competitive niche like the affiliate marketing, make money online, weight loss, Internet marketing niche, and the beauty niche just too name a few of the many competitive online niches out there in the Internet marketing World.


Learning and training in at least basic search engine optimization tactics is more important know than it has ever been. Unless your blog, or website is based around underwater basket weaving with little to no competition. Your gonna need to know a few pointers so you can compete in the new SEO game, and turn your personal online real estate into a money making machine.


Your gonna need to know how to get your blog posts to the top of the major search engines for you to drive targeted cash in hand visitors. Proper search engine optimization is an essential skill that can pay off big time for years and years to come. Free traffic is the best kind of traffic and that’s what SEO brings to the table.


Here are a few SEO tips geared towards newbies that will at least give you a basic understanding of what’s going on and how you can get the most out of your new website, or blog.

Basic Search Engine Optimization Training Tips For Beginners And Newbie Affiliates.


1. Research keyword phrases related to your website, or blog that potential visitors will be looking for related to your site. I use the Google adwords keyword research tool it is free and it is the best online in my opinion.


2. Think highly searched keyword phrases with low competition. This may require some research on your part but it will pay off big time when done correctly. Your goal is to find lucrative phrases that people will type into the major search engines that will lead them to your site. Make sure the competition is low 500,000 listings or under should be your goal.


* You do not want to go after phrases like make money online if that is your niche that will take years for you to climb up the rankings for example. Be smart and go after phrases that you can rank on the first pages for with little effort.


3. Make a list of 4-5 phrases that fit this criteria and optimize your website, or blog with these keywords. This does not mean stuffing your content with all your keywords so that your content doesn’t even read properly.
* Sprinkle your keywords into your text moderately, and make sure your text is readable for your visitors. Readers first, search engines second should be your main goal.


4. Meta Tags – These are the tags that are at the top of your blog or website in the header section. My meta tags for my blog are An Entrepreneurs Journey To Earn You More Money Online, Affiliate Marketing Lessons, Product Reviews, Traffic Tips


This is the title of my blog, and these keywords are also my meta tags. These are a few of the keywords I am going after in the search engines. Meta tags are absolutely essential so make sure you have them added and your keywords are in your meta tags prominently. Meta tags alone can do wonders, but don’t expect no miracles. Especially if you are in a very competitive niche. But they do help out a great deal so use them wisely!


5. If you have not started your own blog, or website yet than make sure you pick a short domain name with the keywords that you are targeting in your domain name. This will make it easier for people to remember your site, and it will give you a nice boost in the search engines rankings. Having your keywords in your domain name is a great search engine optimization tip that all beginners should take advantage of if they have not picked a domain name for their new site yet.



6. Build relevant backlinks for proper SEO. This is even more important if your niche is extremely competitive like mine is. You want to link to sites with high page rank if possible that are directly related to your blog, or website for proper search engine optimization. He or she with the most quality relevant backlinks usually wins the SEO wars.Are you prepared to go to combat for your first page rankings on Google? You should be it can pay off big time for years to come without an adverse effect on your pocketbook.



I hope you enjoyed this training tutorial on SEO. There is a lot more to SEO but this will at least get you started in the right direction.

For a FREE step by step SEO training check out THE CHALLENGE. It is the best SEO training for beginners out there period. The best thing about it, is that it is FREE!

[mygold]

Thank you for useful post.

[mrwill]

entrepreneurjay, you've done a good job. Very basic, and helpful

[entrepreneurjay]

Thanks for all the comments guys, and girls I hope it helped!

Thanks Mr. Will, and myGold.