SEO: Content 1
Continuing our series of SEO blog posts, today we discuss the importance of GOOD CONTENT on your site.
The content on your site should be the FIRST thing you think about when optimizing your website. Content is used to communicate information about your site to the Search Engines.
While some SEO techniques are aimed primarily at the Search Engines, writing, updating and maintaining good content on your site will attract BOTH visitors AND search engines to your site.
Please remember that we do not consider ourselves to be SEO experts. In this Beginner’s Guide to SEO we are simply aiming to demystify SEO for our members and to pass on some tips and information that we have picked up over the years.
Compare the images below to see the difference between how StatCounter appears to human visitors and to Search Engines!
In our view, the only way to promote your site is to do it legitimately by working with the Search Engines. While “dirty tricks” may provide some SEO benefits in the short term, you can rest assured that these benefits will not last and may have a detrimental long term effect on your site.
(a) Aim of SEO
It’s very important to remember that the point of SEO is NOT to be listed highly in Search Engines. 
The aim of SEO is to:
- get your site listed highly in Search Engines…
- SO that you get more traffic…
- SO that you obtain more conversions!
In other words, in the long term, the goal of SEO is to make your website successful. After all, ranking highly in Search Engines is pointless unless it’s bringing more conversions to your site.
You should NOT focus on promoting your website at the expense of actually building and developing your site.
Your primary focus should be on creating a great site. Publicising and promoting your site via SEO techniques should be a secondary concern.
Let’s take a look at SEO through the eyes of a Search Engine user…
(b) SEO - A User’s Perspective
SEO should not be about playing games or trying to “con” the Search Engines.
Think about it from your own perspective. When you look for something using a Search Engine, you want good quality, relevant results. Other users want the same thing!
If you “trick” your way to a good Search Engine ranking, then
- It won’t last. Search Engines are clever and it’s very difficult to fool them for long. Ultimately, your site may be dropped by the Search Engines altogether.
- Anyone who does visit your website, probably won’t buy anything or sign up i.e. you won’t get any conversions. After all, if you have “tricked” them into visiting your site, it’s not very likely that your site will have what they want, is it?
- You will have wasted time and effort for nothing.
So, when users search for a term or phrase, they are looking for high quality, relevant results… Since Search Engines want to provide their users with the results they are looking for, your first step in terms of achieving good SEO for your site is to start with a high quality, useful website!
And how do you develop a high quality, useful website? WITH CONTENT!
(c) So, what is Content exactly?
Content is the “value” or “substance” of your website. It is the information, tools or services available on your site. It is the reason why people come to your site.
GOOD CONTENT is content that YOUR VISITORS will find USEFUL.
Remember “good content” means different things for different websites. This is because what constitutes good content depends on the goal of your site and your target audience.
(d) Example of BAD Content
Let’s take a look at an (extreme) example. Consider the following (fictional) site. While this site does contain information about the site owner, Dave, this content is not useful or helpful to anyone else!
Let’s imagine that Joe Bloggs finds this site by searching for the term “first webpage” - this site is definitely not what Joe is looking for… the chances are that Joe wants help on building his own first webpage. That’s why this webpage won’t appear ANYWHERE in the top Search Engine Listings for “first webpage”.
Due to the poor content on this site, there is no reason for anyone to visit, definitely no reason for them to return, and I can’t imagine ANYONE recommending this site to a friend!
(e) Example of GOOD Content
Now consider the following site. This (real) site gives step-by-step written instructions and pictures on how to take a cutting from a Fuchsia plant.
It’s abundantly clear that this webpage would be very useful to anyone with an interest in gardening.
Let’s imagine now that someone found this site by searching for the term “fuchsia cuttings” - this webpage is probably exactly what they are looking for. That’s why this page has top ranking for the term “fuchsia cuttings” in many search engines.
This site is in fact a real-life example of how good content promotes itself - we will be returning to this example in a short while when we look at the importance of good content in section (g) below.
(f) Turning “Bad” into “Good”
Now let’s look at another (fictional) site. Most of us have come across sites like this:
While Carol is trying to be welcoming and friendly, she has omitted large amounts of key information from her home page. For example, she hasn’t told us:
- What is she selling?
- Is there anything different/unusual about her products?
- Where are they made?
- Where does she deliver?
- What price range are the products in?
Let’s take a look at how Carol could improve the content of her site:
Note that the revised website content contains only 16 extra words compared to the initial version, however, the amount of information conveyed is hugely increased.
(g) But What’s so Important about Good Content anyway?
Good content is very important because good content promotes itself.
Let’s return for a moment to our Good Content example in section (e) above about Fuchsia Plants. John, the owner of this site, strongly believes in the importance of useful content. He writes about his own experiences and shares useful information that he has gathered.
John’s article about ‘How to Take Fuchsia Cuttings’, has become one of the most highly visited pages on his site. Check this out:
You should note though that John did not employ fancy techniques or tricks to achieve this ranking. The article was not written for SEO purposes, but rather to share useful information. John created a high quality, content-rich webpage and the high Search Engine ranking then followed naturally…
How did that happen?
That happened because many people have found the page helpful and posted it in forums and blogs, they’ve linked to it on their own sites and they have told their friends about it. It’s even referred to by several authoritative gardening sites.
Good Content could therefore be considered to be self-promoting - it provides its own SEO.
(h) Any other SEO benefits from Improving my Content?
YES!
- A Search Engine’s preferred format for learning about a site is basic text content - the more content you have the more the Search Engines can learn about your site.
Remember, we want to work with the Search Engines - make it easy for them to understand your site and you certainly stand a better chance of ranking highly with them! Wouldn’t you be more likely to help someone who helps you, rather than someone who won’t co-operate?
- The more and better content you have, the more likely you are to rank highly in Search Engines and so the more likely it is that your site will be successful. Lots of high quality content proves that your site is serious and here to stay. This is true for both your visitors and for Search Engines.
Remember users WANT and therefore Search Engines WANT TO PROVIDE a listing of the very best, most helpful and useful sites - by making your site helpful and useful to your visitors, you’re on your way to better rankings.
Glossary
| Conversion | Every website has a purpose.
You may want to:
Whatever the goal of a site, if a visitor completes the desired action (i.e. buys a book, subscribes for the newsletter, downloads the document) this is called a “conversion”. In other words, “conversion” is the generic name for the “goal” of a website. |
Our second post about SEO and Content will follow shortly folks and will cover how to write good content and other tips. If you have comments or questions on any of the above, please do post below.
Related Posts:
(1) SEO: Intro
(2) SEO: Content 1
September 30th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Even though I do not process sales on my site, conversions is the goal.
That’s where StatCounter comes in. I can watch on a daily basis, weekly or monthly if I am reaching that goal.
If I feel there is something hindering conversions I go into my content and give a tweak here and there. My last tweaks were to raise the number of visitors who bookmark the site.
When I noticed bookmarks were just over 30% I knew my content needed help. I made some tweaks and now that number is over 60% for bookmarks and about 90% of my traffic comes in direct from those bookmarks.
That leads me to ask this: how much tweaking is allowed? Can my pages get dinged for too much tweaking going on?
StatCounter Team Response:
Hey Dan!
In our view, it all depends on what you mean by “tweaking”.
Anything you do that will benefit your visitors will be welcomed by the Search Engines… so moving content, changing layout, clarifying articles is all good!
Anything you do for SEO that is NOT for the benefit of your visitors is frowned on by the Search Engines so using hidden text or repeating content could result in your site being penalised.
September 30th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Excellent article on the basis for good content. SEO in my opinion can be a rather interesting topic if the basic ground rules are ignored. But as you have stated, in SEO the quick-fix antics usually do not last. Great article on content/SEO and I look forward to future articles…
“If you build it for the users, they will come”
September 30th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
good stuff, will help us lot
September 30th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Hello,
I have a website called Pixels for Troops. I am working toward donating over a million dollars to our troops!
The site is built in PHP, it reads from a DB, so where would I put all my “useful” content?
PixelsForTroops.com is selling blocks of pixels and I am donating 50% of my income to the Wounded Warrior Project ..
Come see: http://pixelsfortroops.com
Anyone can email me: dan@pixelsfortroops.com with some info about SEO.
I don’t really have a ton of good content .. the site is comprised of other peoples ads and messages to the troops.
Thanks for this great article SC, I will see what i can do
dan
StatCounter Team Response:
“The site is built in PHP, it reads from a DB, so where would I put all my “useful” content?”
We’re confused Dan! If your site is built in PHP, then throw up your content using PHP too - do it the same way you created the existing content page called “about.php”.
PHP or no PHP, once your pages are accessible by visitors, they can be searched and indexed by the Search Engines.
Good luck!
September 30th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Thanks guys for the excellent SEO article…….I do agree with you that content is “King”.
September 30th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Excellent post… The best way to say it is use a text browser… like what Google Suggests Lynx … that is virtually how google bot sees your site.
Also worth nothing, much of your rankings depend on if others link to you… so garbage content in.. garbage backlinks.. good content in.. good backlinks and good rankings.
September 30th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
Thanx for this perfect article, i will start using these advices my self.
September 30th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
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September 30th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Thanks for the article. Very clear and original…. Good Content
September 30th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Thanks once more to you guys at Statcounter. Yall almost always do an awesome and thorough job with your technology articles. I hope that you guys and everyone else in Ireland rides out the market disturbances.
Keep up the good work.
September 30th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
My site is just a personal blog. It really doesn’t seem much more content rich than the hello world example. It’s now getting 55,000 views a month though and I’m thinking about growing it. That said how do you SEO a personal blog?
September 30th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Thanks a million for this important information.
September 30th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Great article - short and to the point.
I’m also a big fan of the CSS design. Since the search engine robots effectively read your site from top to bottom, CSS allows you to place your interesting things at the top of the page structure and load coding and other stuff that search engines can’t read at the bottom of the page.
Either way…all good!
Tony (www.hosteltrail.com)
September 30th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Good article but (unless I missed it) it overlooks one very important aspect of content. Quality content is very important because it will attract incoming links, which in themselves perform a very valauble SEO function. Good unique content that is valuable to visitors should therefore be the main goal.
September 30th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Thanks a lot for this, highly helpful. Would be great if you could provide more info like this to help enhance our sites further for SEO optimization
September 30th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Your SEO series have been very helpful to me and urge all webmasters to read these informative articles.
September 30th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Couldnt agree more that content is king. Thanks for this good info; the blog caught my eye when i was checking traffic.
September 30th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
It’s true, make the content useful for visitors is so important.
September 30th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
Great and informative post. I always thought that content comes before all the optimizations and backlinks. As that old phrase goes, “content is king”. Nowadays people concentrate too much on tweaking their websites and trying to “trick” SE algorithms by finding a “perfect” keyword density and things like that, when they should be working on providing useful content instead.
September 30th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Another great SEO post from StatCounter, a great read, keep ‘em coming. As the ‘ol SEO saying goes… “Content is KING”
September 30th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Great post. I think Marketing Experiments makes a great point too when they say that sacrificing a good headline or description for high rankings is stupid since people are not going to click on something that doesn’t appear to satisfy their needs, no matter how high it ranks.
October 1st, 2008 at 3:46 am
I think it’s funny at the top how it says “Please remember that we do not consider ourselves to be SEO experts.” Then it gets incredibly in depth with the subject matter. Nice work!
October 1st, 2008 at 4:08 am
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October 1st, 2008 at 4:22 am
I have a personal website which is just for immediate family and close friends. I noticed it shows up when my name is Googled. Is there a way of stopping this and not having search engines find it?
October 1st, 2008 at 5:10 am
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October 1st, 2008 at 5:38 am
“Content is king” - that’s exactely what I preach. I would add: “Write with passion about something you are really interested in!” Every now and then I meet people telling me, that they could build a website with high conversions - without having any idea of what to write on those “clever” websites. Thanks for this post! Every beginner with high expectations should read your article.
October 1st, 2008 at 6:00 am
Indeed content is king.
October 1st, 2008 at 6:44 am
RE: Lyle Roberts : Personal family/ friend website | Stop index in search.
Lyle, there is a way to keep your site from getting found and that is by using a ROBOTS.TXT file with a command for all bots to not index your site.
In your case since you probably have all your pages indexed and more so because you linked your site to your comment, I almost don’t take your question too seriously. You would need to use a wildcard symbol.
In your ROBOTS.TXT file at top:
User-agent: *
Disallow: (place the urls here)
Repeat that line for each url you don’t want to have indexed. You can also place a meta tag in the header of each page you don’t want indexed as a secondary precautionary measure like this:
October 1st, 2008 at 7:16 am
whilst I agree that content is king and always has been, most of the main SE’s put weight behind linking with Yahoo & Google being the main ones so at an early stage you have to take into account a good strategy for gaining quality links - and whilst most will say by doing quality content the links will follow with other websites linking to the articles in the real world these don’t happen
October 1st, 2008 at 8:00 am
Thanks for the informative article. I am looking forward to more information about the important subject of SEO and content. We all want to convey information that is useful to our visitors so they continue to be interested in our site and return. Legitimate ways to accomplish that are always useful.
October 1st, 2008 at 8:43 am
Thanks for the nice article… Very informative
October 1st, 2008 at 8:43 am
I agreed content is number 1. If you got good content and updated your website at least one time a week. You will in time get those high ranking on all of the search engines.
October 1st, 2008 at 8:51 am
Good unique content is basic. Withou it, why would all visitors stay at Your site and come back? And returning visitors makes most sales.
BTW great article.
October 1st, 2008 at 9:01 am
Nice useful article. Thanks.
October 1st, 2008 at 9:12 am
Thanks for the article - i’ve learnt something today
October 1st, 2008 at 9:55 am
Thanks for the article.… Very informative
October 1st, 2008 at 10:02 am
Everyone tries to get very fancy when it comes to SEO. But we forget the basics. As always, content is king.
Thanks for the article.
October 1st, 2008 at 10:04 am
Thanks for the use full information
October 1st, 2008 at 10:10 am
Content is King and there are no two ways about it.
We’ve experienced this through my own website - which inspite of being a website design and development company’s site has ample content describing the various services, stages and steps towards design and deployment. This content was created using the QnA formula we have devised. Most of my site content answers Questions that my Target Audience need answers for - without actually appearing that way. Also meta tags and alt tags do their bit. Today we are #1 on Google for a term like “world top web development company” or in the Top 10 for ” world class graphic design company india” on Yahoo and guess what ? We could figure out the success of these terms and modify our content for these phrases - Thanks only to STATCOUNTER ! Today we monitor all our SEO projects thru statcounter and I’m lovin it ( C ) McD
October 1st, 2008 at 10:15 am
Good on you my Statcounter friends. SEO should be a perfect marriage between writing for search engines and your website visitors.
A friend of mine - who’s blog-site I manage - asked what he should do with the list of keywords a internet marketing business had given him to increase his SEO.
I’ve written a post about is on my own blog
How stupid or ignorant can some internet marketing business still be??
Karin H. (Keep It Simple Sweetheart, specially in business)
October 1st, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Nice useful article.
Thanks
October 1st, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Dan,
How do you see if youve been bookmarked ?
October 1st, 2008 at 3:42 pm
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October 1st, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Wow at last some genuine and honest way to promote the site. Uptil now I was only hearing about wrong ways of promoting the site. My site is http://healthtotal.net Would appreciate if someone could review my site and give me ideas to improve it. Thanks
October 1st, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Good Work. .. its really an helpful article.
thanks
October 1st, 2008 at 8:13 pm
@ Stanley - I had a quick look at your website. A few SEO tips for your you:
Your site has duplicate META Tags: Title, Description and keywords. Each tag on each page needs to be individual and relevant to the page’s content.
Your title tag is far too short and Google will most likely ignore it for that reason.
You also have keywords in every keyword tag that dont apear on the page content, either remove offending keywords from tag or include in web page text content.
Your site navigation is not user or search engine friendly, currently every page apart from the home page only links back to the home page. You should put navigation on every page in the same spot, to all important pages. Search engines may also encounter following your internal page links, change to/or add text links to internal pages, your xml sitemap helps but it’s not ideal. Also your xml sitemap has the same priority level for all pages, they need to indicate different prioritys like homepage with the highest value.
If you have your site verified in Google Webmaster Tools, Google will already be, or soon will be, pointing some of these problems out to you. That’s about as solid proof they need changing as you can get.
Adding H1 & H2 Header Tags (headline texts) would benefit your website alot aswell, as they are like content titles and subtitles and give the search engines and site visitors a clear idea of the structure of each pages content.
Just a quick few tips that should help you alot when applied.
October 1st, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Your post is a very importanit reminder about what is the most important aspect of SEO. Other techniques for encouraging backlinks and vistors have their place but fuindamentally if there is no content that is useful for visitors and that is readable by the search engines then everything else is a waste of time.
There was a time when people created content stuffed with keywords but the search engines and Google in particular will pick up on this. While it is important to keep your keywords in mind when wriiting and to think about synonyms etc this must not be done to the detriment of the user. Its better to write for the user first and then tighten up the material as necessary to improve it for the search engines.
October 2nd, 2008 at 3:52 am
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October 2nd, 2008 at 5:55 am
Nice post! Nice article for good content. Thank you. I’ve learned a lot.
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:42 am
Those are good things to do when it comes to SEO. But everyone who is new to SEO and thinks those are golden words for placing your site in high ranks with search engines. Well, you might realise later that this isn’t the only thing to do.
The thing is, even if you have all the content and articles that you require for your website to make it look like a complete website, Search Engines still might not pay enough attention to your site.
Why is that? Because there could be thousands of more websites touching the same subject and theme that your website is concentrating on.
When all websites with the same type of theme have the same type of content and nothing more then search engines rely on “Who already goes to those websites”. The website with the most number of back links to it. The websites that are already being accessed by more and more people with or without the help of Search Engines.
There are a few things you can do in addition to SEO that will give you a lot better chances of success and actual conversion instead of simply following the general golden rules of SEO.
First is, make your website extremely interactive. People should be able to do things on your site, like make comments and interact with other people, as much as they can with ease on any other site.
If people are simply reading what you have written and can’t express their own opinion than they will find another place to express it which is, in reality, a loss for your website.
So make sure to provide a good platform for people to express themselves.
Second is, have a good Affiliate program. Affiliate linking is neglected by many people and not given as much importance as it should be given. The thing is, you can’t always rely on Search Engines to bring traffic to you. Search Engines are generally only good for websites that are extremely good and already have a great user base. *the sites that already were up there and are doing well*.
Smaller websites need other networks of websites back linking to them so that users and search engines can gain access to them through them. It’s like having nods all over the internet that lead directly to you. The more websites you have linking to you the better.
These two steps are actually a part of SEO. Although they don’t have anything to do with Search Engines directly. But they will affect you in the long run and have an overall positive impression on your website.
Just make sure that you select the ‘right type of websites’ to link to. Bad websites linking to you is just as bad.
Original article written by me here, http://www.bejaunty.com/?p=54
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:49 am
Hi SEO Chester,
I really appreciate you taking time and reviewing my site http://healthtotal.net I have done all the changes a suggested by you. Would request you once more to verify if there is anything else I can improve on. Thanks
October 2nd, 2008 at 9:36 am
Good examples. Nice article.
October 2nd, 2008 at 11:52 am
Hi SEO,
I’ve learned a lot from this kind of techniques. And I am sure that I can use it for future purposes or maybe this time. Thanks a lot.
October 2nd, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Great tools to use! For me the following three are most important: fresh content, key words and back links.
October 2nd, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Reply to John B. re: How do you see if you’ve been bookmarked?
John, hosting a personal domain using CPANEL also has a stat program called AWStats. Scroll to the bottom of the page and you are given a ratio of bookmarks in relation to total unique visits expressed in a percentage number.
Scroll a little above that and you get numbers relating to how many visits came direct or through search or other sites.
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:00 am
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October 3rd, 2008 at 9:01 am
Thank You for Your Response StatCounter Team Who Said:
StatCounter Team Response:
“Hey Dan!
In our view, it all depends on what you mean by “tweaking”.
Anything you do that will benefit your visitors will be welcomed by the Search Engines… so moving content, changing layout, clarifying articles is all good!
Anything you do for SEO that is NOT for the benefit of your visitors is frowned on by the Search Engines so using hidden text or repeating content could result in your site being penalised.”
____________________________________________________________
What I meant by “tweaking”: Anything you do that will benefit your visitors will be welcomed by the Search Engines… so moving content, changing layout, clarifying articles…
Your next paragraph is beautiful for it revealed the reason why initially this site came online and The Google gave it a high PR. That is until it found my coverage pages. These are pages designed to target geographical locations. Over 90% of the movable type content and images are repeated using includes. Metas are unique. So after a few PR updates the site PR went down considerably yet it retains high placement for the targeted locations.
The penalty? Google reduces PR - and closes eyes to key words paying attention only to content and phrases. This means the site will show up “if” a search is a very close phrase match.
I don’t know if that’s all that bad since people do search using phrases but if I had figured a way to show 100% unique content on nearly 60,000 pages I would have done it that way. Any suggestions that might get me more Google love will be appreciated.
Thanks Again SC Team.
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:23 am
Thanks for that, of all the SEO stuff I have read the article was the most easily understood and best advice I have found.
One point tho, I found it by accident, the small button at the top isn’t obvious to the less savy, people who would get the most from it, (people like me). Now I have found it, I will be back. Thanks again. Mike
October 3rd, 2008 at 9:40 am
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October 3rd, 2008 at 10:53 am
Content is the most important factor for SEO. Make sure that you have included the relevant keywords in decent amount in your pages. Also, the title tags of different pages are pretty important from an SEO point of view.
October 3rd, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Hi All the SEO’s. After reading this blog, I have made changes to my site http://healthtotal.net after which I have seen positive results. Would appreciate if any of the SEO’ review my site again and see if there in any more improvement required. Thanks
October 3rd, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Hey!
I agree with many of the comments above, and think your post is terrific. Content is the most important aspect - but more than that, well-organized content that the community as a whole can find useful is important.
For example, we recently revamped our ABSITE review and USMLE review course, exams commonly taken by those getting ready for professional licensing examinations in the medical field. We now have made one of the largest medical databases available - online, in a fully searchable Wiki. Visit http://www.clinicalreview.com/ to take a look and see what you think!
By the way, the suggestions you offer for creating useful content is A+. I think it is much more to the point than many of the other websites that focus on making your listing #1.
Thanks!
Mark Kent
October 4th, 2008 at 5:06 am
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October 4th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
I agree with what statcounter say above…
This site: http://www.autocar-hire.com
PR 4 in 4 mounths
Thanks
October 4th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
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October 4th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
First of all thanks for this excellent article. I really subscribe to the main tune of this article and that is to have good content. I have been using statcounter for almost 4+ years on my site [www.swargarohan.org] and let me tell you that just by looking at stats and keywords and working backward, doing homework, I have improved my site contents. Today without any tricks or shortcuts, my site is among top 10 on all major search engines for most of the content that it addresses. (e.g. ramcharitmanas or shivmahimna stotra …its a long list).
One can definately learn to put alternate text for picture and other types that robots can not see.. but again that should be relevant. Afterall, there is no shortcut in life …. definately and for success.
Statcounter rocks !
October 5th, 2008 at 8:09 am
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October 5th, 2008 at 11:49 am
Content is the king…nice article
October 6th, 2008 at 8:29 am
Good point with the content. I agree.
My blog scores quite well with google, but not so with Yahoo or live. Ideas?
http://islaminus.blogspot.com/
October 6th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Hi,
Simply great article. We’ve got in-depth knowledge about SEO.
Nice post and Keep it up.
It helps me for my blog http://www.iniww.com
Now, I’m altering my blog.
Thanks
October 6th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Great post, but one thing I don’t understand, you put the “fuchsia cuttings” website, but their page rank only 3, while this post’s page rang is 9.. I am expecting PR 4 or higher.
October 7th, 2008 at 8:09 am
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October 8th, 2008 at 7:44 am
Very good article about SEO content. Seeing the number of comments(heavy interaction) on this page in itself shows the importance of good content on a webpage.
October 8th, 2008 at 10:04 am
Another Excellent SEO article guys, thanks
October 11th, 2008 at 1:37 am
@ Amit Sarna - no disrespect meant, but… your mentioned search term you rank no1 for: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22world+top+web+development+company%22&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq= it’s not even in the text content of one indexed website, worldwide (apart from this page, now!) … it’s just not a targeted term at all, by anyone. That would be because people target top ranks for search terms that people actually search for. It’s a no brainer, no different than being able to rank no1 for “mpzqxpewfwsgtwrqlilyhet”
October 11th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
[...] y al cabo ¿No habíamos dicho “El contenido es rey”?, hay un muy buen articulo en el blog de Statcounter, que trata precisamente sobre este tema. Me voy a tomar el atrevimiento de resaltar algunos [...]
October 12th, 2008 at 6:57 am
Good examples. Nice article.
Great new tools! For me the following three are most important: fresh content, key words and back links.
October 16th, 2008 at 11:33 am
Wow really an excellent article.. Though it looks simple it has got a lot of information..
October 20th, 2008 at 7:42 am
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October 20th, 2008 at 7:43 am
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October 20th, 2008 at 11:33 am
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October 22nd, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Great post! Nice examples! Touche`!
October 26th, 2008 at 1:48 am
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November 6th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Thanks for the article. Very clear and original…
November 10th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
The side by side comparison is very useful, but the real problem with promoting Good Content in Google is that many people will have a web page as provided in example, and out of 600,000 there will be at least thousands of them. So to get into Google’s search results, the competition comes down to other techniques Link Building.
November 12th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
Thank you for this informative article, now i will start using these advices my self.
November 18th, 2008 at 9:07 am
Great article, perfect…
SEO is not a secret
Content is king, backlinks are kong =]
November 19th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Ya could’ve picked a different “good” example, John’s pretty crook at the best of times, now he’ll be intollerable
An ( uncharacteristic for me ) serious hint :
if you have key word strewn throughout your pages, get rid of the tags. I did a “with and without” experiment recently and the results were nothing short of amazing.
Oh, an excellent article, well done guys
November 19th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
bugger, the bold & /bold tags didn’t show, no-one told me this thing soaks up html tags … sheesh
November 25th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Great article. I have this bookmarked. Thanks from Autoversicherung
December 3rd, 2008 at 4:10 am
Very helpful,thanks.
December 21st, 2008 at 12:29 am
I accept only one rule of SEO. Good and original and useful content, the others are not important!
December 21st, 2008 at 12:33 am
Hmm, but if your site is difficult for reading by search englines, you can lose visitors!
December 22nd, 2008 at 9:42 am
Jim, the same about me, i think this page must be saved, very useful
December 22nd, 2008 at 9:44 am
Forgot to add, its difficult to find articles about seo with examples in pictures, author, thanks for spending time for us!
December 24th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Very useful and detailed information, i totally agree that the most important is content and first of all you should this about people. Uludag.
January 4th, 2009 at 4:12 am
Thank you for your information, I have better improved my customers website thanks to you: by the way this is a really important question how to make a web site seo friendly if it doesnt have much contect…
January 5th, 2009 at 9:19 am
I am new at seo, thanks for tips!
January 8th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
I enjoy reading your SEO articles and feel they should be very helpful to beginners as well as advanced webmasters……..hope to read future posts as well.
January 13th, 2009 at 12:19 am
Thank you for your information, I have better improved my customers website thanks to you: by the way this is a really important question how to make a web site seo friendly if it doesnt have much contect…
January 15th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Very interesting article regarding ‘Fuchia cuttings’ We run a couple of online sites and its a fine balance in providing well re searched technical information over glitzy sales jardon in order to attract surfers. I supose well written text will help to obtain a higher Google ranking, which in turn should produce more hits to our sites. Its a bit like the chicken and the egg!
January 17th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Another great SEO post from StatCounter, a great read, keep ‘em coming. As the ‘ol SEO saying goes… “Content is KING”