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Just about to start my first site in months whats your standard on-page SEO these days guys ??

by jimkirk1943
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Hi guys,

Just about to start my first site in about a year and i would like to ask you warriors whats your standard on-page SEO these days ?

Do any of you get your keyword in..

H1, H2 , H3
First sentence
Last sentence
Bold, italic
Alt text in the image

All that looks abit much these days so i`d love to hear what your thoughts are after the lastest Penquin/Panda updates.

thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author aliduncan
    These days I would be careful not to over-optimize your pages. Keep it simple and design the page for the reader rather than for a search engine.

    Of the factors you suggested I would put your keyword in the H1 tag and as the alt text of an image. You're also gonna want to have the keyword in the page title and meta description.

    This resource from MOZ is good for getting a brief overview of onpage factors without overdoing it:
    On-Page Ranking Factors - SEO Best Practices - Moz
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  • Profile picture of the author jimkirk1943
    Don`t you guys bother with H2 and H3 tags anymore ?
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  • Profile picture of the author Jac0b
    if you use Wordpress for your site, i would recommed SEO plugin to optimize content

    Generally, use keyword/phrase at least 3 times in a post (in the first sentence is a must), put keywords in SEO title, meta description, page URL, article heading and alt text of the image.
    Bold, italic doesn't matter really and i doubt about H1, H2 , H3
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    • Profile picture of the author jimkirk1943
      Originally Posted by Jac0b View Post

      and i doubt about H1, H2 , H3
      Hi yeah i`ve built plenty of wordpress sites its just i`ve been getting into new things online also to take the pressure off having all my eggs in the google basket so i haven`t built a site in almost a year and in that time theres been a few google updates so i wanted to hear what the Warriors where doing in terms of on-page SEO..
      Anyway you serious H1 and H2 arnt that important these days ?
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      • Profile picture of the author aliduncan
        Originally Posted by jimkirk1943 View Post

        Anyway you serious H1 and H2 arnt that important these days ?
        Having your keyword in an H1 tag stills seems to carry some weight. I wouldn't worry about having it in H2 and H3 tags purely for SEO purposes though.
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  • Profile picture of the author jimkirk1943
    Thanks guys, Anyone else throw me afew ideas about the best on-page SEO after the last years worth of google updates ?
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    • Profile picture of the author Cosmit
      Originally Posted by jimkirk1943 View Post

      Thanks guys, Anyone else throw me afew ideas about the best on-page SEO after the last years worth of google updates ?
      these things are pretty irrelevant at this point. If your search keywords appear in title and page content then you're good. everything else is basically hype and a waste of time in terms of on-page seo.
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    • Profile picture of the author Backlinko
      Originally Posted by jimkirk1943 View Post

      Thanks guys, Anyone else throw me afew ideas about the best on-page SEO after the last years worth of google updates ?
      Actually, here's an infographic I made that covers up-to-date on-page SEO ranking factors:
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  • Profile picture of the author yunoblog
    No one can be sure for certain how much weight those header tags (H1, H2, H3) carries in terms of SEO but I would definitely put my main keyword in the H1 tag. I would also put any heavy javascript codes at the bottom of the page so my page loads faster.
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