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Best Damn Web Hosts — Free SEO Tools
by A22Burnett on Jul.21, 2009, under Best Web Hosts, Free SEO Tools, Keywords, Meta Tags, SEO, SEO Tools, Standard, Web Design
We have added a new section to our website, SEO Tools. We created a list of SEO tools that we have found useful at one time or another. All the SEO tools listed on BestDamnWebHosts.com are free to use, they don’t even require an email address. Our list will be constantly growing and evolving, so check back for new tools. If you have any suggestions for new tools fee free to use the “Contact Us” link at the top of our main site.
Part 3 of our Keywords SEO Discussion will be out soon. Check back or subscribe to the rss for updates.
Keyword Use Part 1 — Title & Keyword Meta Tag
by A22Burnett on Jul.17, 2009, under Best Web Hosts, Keywords, Meta Tags, SEO, Web Design
Best Damn Web Hosts - Keyword SEO - Part 1
While internet marketing has grown extensively and you can get traffic and exposure simply by paying for it, search engine optimization is still a huge part of marketing. Wouldn’t you rather show up on the front page of Google for free and eventually stop paying for advertising. Building your website with SEO in mind can help you get to the top of the organic results.
Search engines are finicky creatures with many undisclosed factors that influence their decisions on what they show you first. While these search engine algorithms will probably never be revealed, there are some proven factors that will boost your chances of getting up top. Keyword focus is as old as the internet.
Keyword Use in Document Title
The document title is found in the HTML code of a web page; “<title>Your Page Title</title>” right after the opening <head> tag. Keyword use in the title of you web page is essential. While you don’t want to hammer your title full of keywords, you do want to get your “keyword phrase” in there. It’s reccomended that you keep the keyword density between 10% - 50% in your title.
For example: Let’s say that you’re selling shoes and the name of your company is “The Shoe Rack.” Also, let’s say that The Shoe Rack focuses on selling comfortable running shoes. A solid title would look something like this: <title>The Shoe Rack - Comfortable Running Shoes for Athletes </title>, this would put your keyword density around 37%.
Keywords Meta Tag
The keywords meta tag is found in the HTML code of a web page, usually following shortly after the title tags: <meta name=”keywords” content=”Your Key Words Here”/>. While there is debate about the best way to enter your keywords, the accepted standard seems to be: keyword 1, keyword 2, keyword 3, keyword 4, keyword 5, you get the idea. You don’t want to have a ton of keywords, the concensus is that a smaller number of focused keywords (or key phrases) is better than a large number of general keywords.
Keep in mind while picking your keywords, that it’s easier to get up top for specific key phrases than single keywords. For example, ranking well for the keyword “shoes” is going to be much harder than for “Comfortable Running Shoes.” You’ll want to string 2 or 3 words together to make a key phrase.
Part 2 coming shortly.
Best Damn Web Hosts’ Standard Meta Tags
by A22Burnett on Jul.12, 2009, under Best Web Hosts, Keywords, Meta Tags, SEO, Standard, Web Design
Meta tags are one of the most basic, yet important, areas of SEO. There are numerous tags out there partnered with much debate over which ones are useful and which are useless. We’re not here to add to the arguments, we’re simply going to list the standard tags that webmasters should be using.
<title>You Page Title Here</title>
Should be no more than 75 characters.
Your title should include your site or business name and your keyword phrase.
Example: <title>Best Damn Web Hosts, Best Web Hosting Reviews</title>
<meta name=”description” content=”Your description here”/>
Should be no more than 200 characters.
Your description should be informative about what your site offers
while focused on page and keyword relevancy.
Example:<meta name=”description” content=”Best Web Hosting Reviews, Real Reviews of the Internets Top Hosting Services”/>
<meta name=”keywords” content=”Your Keywords Here”/>
Should be no more than 10 keywords.
Your keywords should be closely related to the focus of your website
and the words you want to show up in search engines for.
Google has a great tool for finding keywords. Keyword Tool
Example:<meta name”keywords” content=”best web hosting, web hosting reviews, top web hosting, web hosting review, best web host, best site hosting, best website hosting, best web hosting free, best web hosts, best web site hosting”/>
**I will mention here that there is huge debate about using the same
word more than once and using commas in your keyword list**
<meta name=”robots” content=”All”/>
Used as listed, assuming that you want your pages indexed.
<meta name=”author” content=”Your Name or Company Name, Email@Domain.com”/>
Not widely supported, but recognized as part of the “Meta Standard.”
