Google optimization
During the weekend I was researching some papers and online forums for google optimization. I was doing it mainly for my own website though, but I wanted to share with the world what I have learned so far.
Google is fastly modifying it's algorithm. It is looking at more and more things to "harvest" the right websites with matched phrases and keywords.
So here we go:
- the name of the page should contain a phrase or topic of the page.
That way search engine will known for certain it's about “that” in page.
(ex. Travelling-around-the-world.html)
- meta titles should always be describing the article to a certain level. Not too much though, should be kept lower then 150 characters
- making a list of tags (common words that are used on the website)
"Tag" the pages and internally link them, so one can get a list of pages containing a certain tag.
It’s also useful to link a word (tag) on the article itself to a tagpage.
Also it’s good to use tags that appear on that page in meta keywords and description as well. It can save time if it’s done automatically.
- When writing an article, one should use bold, italic, underline, and paragraphs. Search engines pay special attention to these html-tags and they will for sure add a certain point for the ranking for specific keyword of phrase if they found it bolded or such.
Well, these are a few tips that I learned this weekend. If you want to add, correct, or remove some of these tips, please don’t be shy to comment.