Attracting more search engine traffic to your site is a constant process.
Of course, the great thing about search engine traffic is that it's free - you pay nothing to get it.
But work is required if you want to maximize your chances of getting good traffic sent to your website from the major search engines.
SEO summary checklist:
Carefully research your site's theme (if a new site), webhosting possibilities and site design
Research keywords
Choose a domain name
Plan an easily navigable website
Write pages of keyword focused content
Optimize each page for each keyword
Get going on your links program
Plan your site
If you're still in the planning stages for your website, your site's
theme
webhosting
and site design
are essential elements.
A specific theme, reliable webhost and clean site design will please visitors and search engines alike.
Research keywords
What are keywords? Why do you need them? And how can you find them?
Here's how you can improve search engine placement resulting in more search engine traffic by using carefully researched keywords.
You'll also find a list of recommended keyword research tools, both free and paid-for.
Choose a great domain name
It's easy to end up with the wrong domain name.
Find out when to choose a domain name, how a good domain name can help your traffic, and other top domain name tips in how to choose a domain name that's visitor and search-engine friendly.
Plan your pages
You'll need to plan the pages you're going to write, and organize them logically in order to create an easily navigable website. Find out how to improve search engine ranks by planning your pages.
Optimize your pages
Making each content page on your site the best it can be for the search engines doesn't mean you have to do anything terribly special.
There's one other huge area that affects the appearance and ranking of your website in the search engine results pages - and that's building links - which I have put into a section of its own.
But for now - let's just keep things in the family - between you, your site, and the engines.
When a search engine spider comes knocking at the door of your website, what does it find when you invite it in for a cup of tea? Does it turn round and scuttle away as fast as its legs can carry it? Or does it scamper about your site drinking in all those fabulous pages you've written and then scoot off to tell Mother Google what a great site you've built?
If spiders can take home good results - you can expect to receive more search engine traffic.