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The Wright Approach to SEO & SEM - A practical guide to Developing and Maintaining a Successful Online Position
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http://webpreppro.com/pdf/TheWrightApproachtoSEO_SEM.pdfTable of Contents:
Preface........................................................................................................................................... 3
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) – An Overview.................................................................. 4
The Primary Search Engines ....................................................................................................... 5
Relevancy: The Critical Factor.................................................................................................... 6
Getting Your Site Listed.............................................................................................................. 7
Should You Bother Submitting Your Site? ................................................................................ 8
Strategies to Use with Each Individual Search Engine ............................................................. 9
Google ........................................................................................................................................ 9
Yahoo........................................................................................................................................ 10
MSN.......................................................................................................................................... 12
Ask Jeeves ................................................................................................................................ 14
Open Directory Project .............................................................................................................. 16
Basic Rules: Steps to Design with SEO in Mind ...................................................................... 20
Recommended Title and Meta Layout...................................................................................... 21
META NAME Robots ................................................................................................................ 22
Robots.txt Layout........................................................................................................................ 23
SEO and Users............................................................................................................................ 24
Meta Tag Spamming ................................................................................................................. 24
Alt Tag Stuffing........................................................................................................................ 24
Recommended SEO Software and Resources for Developers ................................................ 26
Lynx Text Browser for Windows.............................................................................................. 26
Mozilla Firefox......................................................................................................................... 26
XENU....................................................................................................................................... 26
Free Mind ................................................................................................................................. 26
Google Site Maps ...................................................................................................................... 27
Google Sitemap Generator ........................................................................................................ 27
Google Page Rank ..................................................................................................................... 27
Webmaster Guidelines............................................................................................................... 27
Widexl Meta Tag Analyzer ....................................................................................................... 28
W3C Markup Validation Service .............................................................................................. 28
SEO Glossary .............................................................................................................................. 29
Web site Title............................................................................................................................ 29
Description Meta Tag ................................................................................................................ 29
Directory................................................................................................................................... 29
SERP......................................................................................................................................... 29
Pagejacking or Page Hijacking.................................................................................................. 29
302 redirect ............................................................................................................................... 30
301 redirect ............................................................................................................................... 30
Keywords (also keyterms, and keyphrases) .............................................................................. 30
Link Farm................................................................................................................................. 30
Organic Listings ........................................................................................................................ 30
PageRank.................................................................................................................................. 31
Paid Listing............................................................................................................................... 31
Ranking..................................................................................................................................... 31
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Ranking algorithm..................................................................................................................... 31
Search engine marketing (SEM)................................................................................................ 31
Search engine optimization (SEO) ............................................................................................ 32
Search engine results page (SERP) ........................................................................................... 32
Search engine spamming........................................................................................................... 32
Black Hat SEO........................................................................................................................... 32
White Hat SEO.......................................................................................................................... 32
Robots.txt.................................................................................................................................. 32
Spider........................................................................................................................................ 33
Search Engine Marketing (SEM) .............................................................................................. 34
Pay-per-click (PPC) ................................................................................................................... 34
Fee Structure............................................................................................................................. 36
Setting Up and Using a Google AdWords Campaign ............................................................... 37
Create a Campaign and an Ad Group........................................................................................ 38
Target Customers By Country or Territory ............................................................................... 39
Creating a Text Ad .................................................................................................................... 40
Choosing Your Keywords ......................................................................................................... 44
Daily Budget............................................................................................................................. 45
Review and Save Your Campaign............................................................................................. 46
Google AdWords Editor ............................................................................................................ 47
Google AdWords Example........................................................................................................ 49
SEM Expectable Keywords....................................................................................................... 50
How SEO and SEM Relate to Each Other ................................................................................ 51
Smart Use of SEO & SEM........................................................................................................ 52
A Quote from Google ................................................................................................................ 53
Web site Statistics and Logs....................................................................................................... 54
Alexa......................................................................................................................................... 54
Web Trends Analytics ............................................................................................................... 55
Google Analytics ....................................................................................................................... 56
Funnel Visualization.................................................................................................................. 58
Types of Search Engines ........................................................................................................... 59
How Search Engines Work: Simplified Version..................................................................... 59
How Directories Work: Simplified Version ........................................................................... 59
Summary..................................................................................................................................... 60