Seopt.com: Search Engine Optimization - SEO Articles for Beginners

Introduction


The following articles are meant to aid in the understanding of the basics of search engine optimization (SEO). The articles may also be re-published on other websites, newsletters, e-zines, or in print magazines as long as the authors are given appropriate credit and re-print guidelines are followed.

Webmasters also have the option to syndicate these articles using our XML Article Feeds



Basic SEO Information


SEO Guide - Guide covering basic organic search engine optimization information.

Search Engine Optimization Information - Basic information providing insite into search engine optimization.

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Keyword Analysis & Meta Tags


Keyword Analysis - Article and guide on proper keyword analysis. Keyword analysis is the process of determining which search words and phrases are most likely to bring the greatest ROI.

Intro to Meta Tag Optimization - Introduction to Meta Tags with detailed descriptions, and tips on how to properly optimize the title, description, keywords and robots tags.

Advanced Meta tags - Guide to advanced Meta Tags covering HTTP-EQUIV tags, obscure tags, headers, character sets and content types.

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Website Content


How To Increase Conversion Rates - Article on how to increase conversion rates by building a successful internet marketing plan.

Website Content - Article on writing clean, concise website content (copy), and combining it with proper keyword density, layout and navigation.

Promote your Website Writing Articles - Article with tips on how to promote your website writing articles.

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Website Design


Validate HTML Code - Article on the importance of validating HTML on web pages.

Using a Static Website or Content Management System - Article describing the differences between a static website and a content management system.

SEO Friendly Website Design - Article for learning how to design a clean search engine friendly website with search engine optimization in mind.

Getting Along With Your Web Designer - Article on how to make your web designer's job easier.

Building Print Friendly Pages - Article about building printer friendly pages for your website.

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Search Engine Optimization Tips


301 Permanent Redirects for Canonical URLs - Instructions and simple example on using 301 permanent redirects for canonical URLs.

Using Anchor Text & Heading Tags - Article covering the optimization of anchor text, alt tags, heading tags, using bold, italics, and correct file names.

Search Engine Strategies - Article with tips on search engine optimization from the Chicago search engine strategies.

Flash Optimization - Article on optimizing a website that has been designed in Flash.

Frames Optimization - Article about frames and the problems you might encounter using them, and how to optimize with frames.

Bad SEO - Article describing the use of bad SEO tactics and how to recognize bad SEO practices.

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Link Popularity & PageRank


Link Popularity - Article on linking and the the right way to generate relevant inbound links naturally.

PageRank (Basics) - (Part 1) Article about the basics of PageRank, Google ToolBar PageRank, and an example of a simple PageRank calculation.

How To Calculate PageRank - (Part 2) Article about PageRank calculations and exchanging links.

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Directories & Search Engines


Report Spam - Information about search engine spam and where to report it.

How To Submit To Directories - Article with tips on how to submit your website to directories.

Shopping Search Engine Tactics - Article on the potential of shopping search engines from the Chicago search engine strategies.

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Other Articles


Using a Robots Text File - Article with information about using a Robots Text File (robots.txt) on your website.

Developing Tag Lines - Article about developing tag lines for your product, business or website.

404 Error Pages - Article describing how to utilize 404 error pages.

Google SEO Guidelines - Complete overview of Google's webmaster guidelines, with our own tips added.

Adwords Tips - Article on Google Adwords with tips on developing a successful AdWords campaign.

RSS Feeds Benefits - Article on the benefits of using RSS.

Robots F.A.Q - Frequently asked questions about robots.

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