Comments on: Web Site Search Engine Optimization http://www.meryl.net/2006/12/19/web-site-seo/ Content on writing, tech, business, marketing, social media Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:03:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Andy Mason http://www.meryl.net/2006/12/19/web-site-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-47936 Andy Mason Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:00:49 +0000 http://meryl.net/2006/12/19/web-site-seo/#comment-47936 <p>I agree with you that content should be written for the user first, and that any search engine optimization that takes place should be within this context.</p> <p>There are specific things one can do to improve your ranking without compromising readability, like using Semantic HTML (h1, h2, h3 etc.) to structure your documents, and ensuring that your title and headings use the keywords you're optimizing for, without stuffing. Also with SEO content is king, so placing your navigation code at the end of your HTML ensures that the most important stuff (your content) appears at the top of the body section of your web page.</p> <p>There are several worthwhile articles on this subject in the <a href="http://www.sitepoint.com/subcat/searchmarketing" rel="nofollow">Search Marketing section</a> of Sitepoint.com</p> I agree with you that content should be written for the user first, and that any search engine optimization that takes place should be within this context.

There are specific things one can do to improve your ranking without compromising readability, like using Semantic HTML (h1, h2, h3 etc.) to structure your documents, and ensuring that your title and headings use the keywords you’re optimizing for, without stuffing. Also with SEO content is king, so placing your navigation code at the end of your HTML ensures that the most important stuff (your content) appears at the top of the body section of your web page.

There are several worthwhile articles on this subject in the Search Marketing section of Sitepoint.com

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