Basic SEO Lessons For Beginners

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.