27 tips for making your website rock for SEO

Jamie lesouef has a great summary article on what you need to do to make your website rock for SEO. 27 Tips to build a successful SEO website in 12 months He says if you do these things consistently over a period of 12 months or more you can expect 500 to 1000 referrals a day!

How many people are you getting to your website presently? What is your goal for visitor traffic? As an AnnArbor Realtor, I am trying to rank for somewhat competitive keywords such as Ann Arbor real estate, or Ann Arbor homes for sale - your city "real estate" then it is going to take consistent and focused work over a period of time to get results!

Jamie's list is probably for more intermediate players, but some of the suggestions are very simple - like this one -

6. Keyword Density & Position

Simple old fashioned search engine optimization from the ground up. Use the keyword once in the title, once in the description tag, once in a heading, once in the url, once in bold, once in italics, and once high on the page. Try to hit a keyword density of five to twenty percent.

The other BIG points that Jaimie drives home are to post a 450 to 500 word post everyday and to keep your website structure simple, clean and quick loading.