5 Most important elements for SEO in 2010?

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What are your thoughts about the 5 most important elements of SEO in 2010?
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  • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
    This is another one of those questions that's coming from the wrong place - there is NO 'most important' element.

    Each niche is different and each business has things which are more or less relevant.

    You can get 100 different answers to your question and they could all be right for the person saying them, or they could be irrelevant comments which don't apply to you.

    The question is - what are the most effective elements FOR YOU.... everything is doesn't matter.
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  • Profile picture of the author Shaun Lee
    Get your onpage SEO done right from the start and focus on offpage SEO.

    There are factors that weigh more, but nobody knows for certain which factor is the most important. However, there are a few that are generally agreed to be more important. These include having your keyword in your domain name, having your keyword in your Title tags, anchor text backlinks, etc.

    -Shaun
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    • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
      I don't think its that personalized. SEO is SEO

      So

      Off Page - Link Building

      Anchor text
      Backlinks

      ON page factors

      Well written text with the keywords and related words
      Keywords in Title
      H1 tags

      Thats a good starting base. You can build on all of those from there

      etc
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      • Profile picture of the author Steller
        Originally Posted by Mike Anthony View Post

        I don't think its that personalized. SEO is SEO

        So

        Off Page - Link Building

        Anchor text
        Backlinks

        ON page factors

        Well written text with the keywords and related words
        Keywords in Title
        H1 tags

        Thats a good starting base. You can build on all of those from there

        etc
        I would have to agree.

        Off page seo anchor text backlinks. Then have a site that converts. Its all about the money. Do things that make you money. Or move you towards your goal. Whatever that may be if its not money.

        Kind Regards,

        Steller
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    Blog commenting with anchor text
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  • Profile picture of the author dudeitschris
    Forget everything you know about SEO in 2009 and before. That is the best advice. It's all about Social Networking these days. Get your face and personality in front of thousands of friends on Social Networks. Social Networking will grow your list 10X faster than older SEO Methods like Article Marketing. Blog Commenting is starting to be less effective these days because it is so easy for Spammers. I recommend getting connected to as many social networks as possible and doing link building through there.
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    • Profile picture of the author bgmacaw
      1. Links
      2. Links
      3. Links
      4. Links
      5. Links
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      • Profile picture of the author RedEvo
        Originally Posted by bgmacaw View Post

        1. Links
        2. Links
        3. Links
        4. Links
        5. Links
        Perhaps going forward this should read:

        1. Quality Links
        2. Quality Links
        3. Quality Links
        4. Quality Links
        5. Quality Links

        I know numbers work but I believe they will start to work less.

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    • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
      Originally Posted by dudeitschris View Post

      Forget everything you know about SEO in 2009 and before. That is the best advice. It's all about Social Networking these days. Get your face and personality in front of thousands of friends on Social Networks.
      Still need somewhere to convert the sale. In 2010 the obvious answer to that will not be a sales page (which always was clumsy).
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    • Profile picture of the author searchnology
      I think this will work with SOME niches but not all. Of all the users for most social networks, the most active users seems to be those trying to sell everyone else something.

      Originally Posted by dudeitschris View Post

      Forget everything you know about SEO in 2009 and before. That is the best advice. It's all about Social Networking these days. Get your face and personality in front of thousands of friends on Social Networks. Social Networking will grow your list 10X faster than older SEO Methods like Article Marketing. Blog Commenting is starting to be less effective these days because it is so easy for Spammers. I recommend getting connected to as many social networks as possible and doing link building through there.
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  • Profile picture of the author Gary Becks
    I recommend getting connected to as many social networks as possible and doing link building through there.
    I have never seen many links from social networking sites show up when doing a link check. Aside from that the traffic you get from these sites is not as targeted as SE traffic.

    With that being said I think the most important factor will be the same as it always has to me. Keyword Research. This is the first step and the most important. The better you are at it the less you have to worry about SEO. Aside from that backlinking is the obvious answer.
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  • Profile picture of the author Sue McDonald
    This is not a full list but it may be a little help to you



    A few things that are relevant to "on page" SEO are:

    ·Always start with keyword research - use Google Keyword Tool
    ·Make sure you purchase a suitable URL - one that has your main keyword in it.
    ·Make sure that the keyword in your URL appears in the first sentence
    ·Ensure that the key word density is around 3%-5%. This is the amount I prefer but I have seen higher. Too high could be considered spamming.
    ·Use header tags
    ·Use meta tags - some people say to use others day no nut I still use and get good results
    ·Use internal links from page to page.
    ·Make sure you have unique content
    ·Use a site map

    Now let's look at some "off page" SEO:

    ·Again, make sure you use your keyword research
    ·Use keywords in your links
    ·Link from other site
    ·Link from articles
    ·Link from blogs
    ·Make sure you only link one way
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  • Profile picture of the author OTT
    Stick to the basics and creating pages that loads quickly
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  • Profile picture of the author merlinraj
    1. Freshness (how often new content is posted or the website is changed)
    2. Links (quality not quantity)
    3. Server response time (meaning how quickly the server hosting your site can respond to the request for the site)
    4. Keyword in the URL
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  • Profile picture of the author aadi144
    Whatever the year is either it is 2010 or 2020 the answer will be same.No Duplicate content,no spamming.Just white hat SEO techniques and quality links.
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    • Profile picture of the author Aarav
      All Time Important Elements for SEO are:

      Quality Link Building,
      Fresh, Unique & Relevant Contents,
      Strong & Powerful Backlinks.
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  • Profile picture of the author umbraco01
    Onpage
    Offpage
    Blog commenting
    Forum posting
    Article submission
    bookmarking
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    • Profile picture of the author markjubi12
      On page and Off page seo are the most important factors for the seo . Do quality off site and try to get high pr back links for your site to the relevant site of your niche .
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  • Profile picture of the author lMlariaVC
    Could be important anyway...

    - Quality backlinks - Leaning more and more towards relevant links.
    - Consistent velocity of backlinks
    - Inter-linking inner pages - think Wikipedia
    - Social Signals
    - Consistent content - unique and curated
    - Throw some youtube vids in the mix. Google loves themselves. Period.
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  • Profile picture of the author samual james
    First of all you need to do proper onpage optimization which includes meta tag generation, content optimization, proper h tags, sitemap and image optimization. Once you will done with your onpage stuff, start working on link building process which includes directories (High Quality), social bookmarking, Articles ,PR, Forums and blog commenting along with social media optimization. You need to take care of link diversity as well, you can't build links with the same anchor text.
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  • Profile picture of the author nik0
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    Oh for SEO in 2010, I would say:

    - kw stuffing with invisible font
    - density 30% minimum
    - massive xrumer blasts 24/7
    - massive scrapebox 24/7
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