It is a common misconception that you must be an expert at Search Engine Optimization to achieve top search engine positions. In order to have good rankings, there are just a few things you need to keep up with. Don’t waste a lot of time fretting about little details that might not actually increase your rankings. Just concentrate on the big important aspects that will get you to the top fast.
If you own a local business and want to make yourself more visible to search engines, make sure you list your business on Google Places. This step will bring up your business to the top of a Google search and will show any information you include (address, phone, website), as well as a map. You will greatly increase visits to your website – and visits to your business.
To succeed at search engine optimization, you must choose your target keywords wisely. If you have a lot of competition for a particular keyword, try specializing in a less competitive, but similar keyword. You can use the traction you gain on that page, to support your other pages with more common keywords.
So consider using an article exchange rather than just a link exchange to increase your rankings. To do this, you would post someone’s article on your site with a link back to them, and then they can do the same thing for you. This is often more effective than just a link exchange and provides both sites with new content.
The best way to make the most of SEO is to build incoming links that are solid, write a great title and META description, be sure your internal linking structure is strong, keep your content quality level extremely high, and don’t worry too much about the keyword density level. If you do all of these things, you will see your rankings in the search engines climb.