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SEO 101: On-Page Optimization 8 November 2011 Michael Cottam www.michaelcottam.com [email protected]

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SEO 101:On-Page Optimization

8 November 2011

Michael Cottam [email protected]

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Overview

Banish the twins

It’s all in your <head>

Stuffing: not just for Thanksgiving

A great body will make you more attractive (to Google, anyway)

Anchors: a way (to rank better, of course)

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Banish the twins

Twin subdomains are more common than you think:

myspiffysite.com

www.myspiffysite.com http://www.aboutus.org/Multiple_Subdomains:_Classic_SEO_Mistake

Twin homepages too:

www.myspiffysite.com/

www.myspiffysite.com/index.html http://www.aboutus.org/Twin_Home_Pages:_Classic_SEO_Mistake

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It’s all in your <head>

Page title Meta description Meta keywords Rel=canonical Meet OG

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Stuffing: not just for Thanksgiving

The H1 debate

Sprinkle keywords throughout the body like it’s salt

Too much gets you penalized!

ALT text on images

Linked vs. not linked

TITLE on links

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A great body

Googlebot says:

“I loves me some rich content!”

Skydiving as a career option

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Anchors: a way

Example: Kent is wearing lacy underwear.

The HTML for that:

Linked images: anchor text is the ALT text

Internal links vs. links from other sites