SEO On-page Optimization Techniques

On-page optimization is used to optimizing each web page, for getting higher rank in search engine results. Web page optimization can be done in two parts,

• Head part includes titles, meta tags, meta descriptions.

• Body part includes H1 to H6, contents, images,internal linking.

   Head Part

1. Title tag

A site’s title tag is the most important website optimization element. A title tag should be short but descriptive enough for your visitors to identify you. In HTML, the code for the title tag looks like this:

<title>Write The Title</title>

• snippet 

A snippet is a result that Google shows to the user in the search results. Google shows the title in blue, the URL in green and a description of what the page is about. This is what we call the snippet.

Main things that should be include in our title tags are :

• Keyword that we focused should be included in title.

• Title should have a meaningful description.

• Full capital letters are not allowed.

• Character limitation should be between 55-60.

• No spelling mistakes and grammatical errors.

• Unique title give  for each page.

• Title should have minimum 3 words.

• Title should be have 512 pixel width.

• Impressive title give then CTR (click through rate) will increase.

If no title given, then Google shows probably H1 as the title. In case  H1 is not good then Google will take H2 as title.

2. Meta description

Meta descriptions that describes and summarizes the contents of your page to search engines. In HTML, the code for the Meta descriptions tag looks like this:

  <meta name="description" content="Write the description.">

Main things that should be include in our meta descriptions tags are :

• For a page, Character limitation between 155-160 

• For a post, Character limitation is 155 because it needs to insert post publishing date.

• No spelling mistakes and grammatical errors.

• Unique meta descriptions give  for each page

• Meta descriptions should be have 1024  pixel width

If no Meta descriptions given, then Google will take some highlighting contents from web page. If webpage don’t contain much content, then Google will take links, text etc…

•   Meta robots tag

Meta robots tag is a tag that tells search engines what to follow and what not to follow. It’s a simple code that gives you the power to decide about what pages you want to hide from search engine crawlers and what pages you want them to index. 
Noydir, Noodp , Nofollow, Noindex, Noarchive

Meta robots tag code would look like this:

<meta name =”robots” content=”index”>

  Body Part

1.   Header tags:

Header tags is used  to highlight certain parts of your website.  For this there are several tags in html. They are H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6. Header 1 [H1] should be used to define the most important section of our page. 
User mainly attract to H1 tags. There should be one H1 and H2 in a webpage. And also give keyword  that we focused as H1.

2.   Image optimization

Using images within your content is a great way to make our site up. Save the image using the keyword that we focused. And also alt tag is also used for image description.

3.  Internal Linking

Internal Linking means, linking one page  with another page in our site.It gives a great chance to improve our site.In internal linking, try to use a keyword as the anchor text. The benefit of Internal links makes more audience to stay on our site.

To know more about SEO Introduction, Please check my previous blog History of Search Engine Optimization




                                                                                                             Post By    Nivea Joy

History Of Search Engine Optimization

SEO is a technique that used to mount the amount of visitors to a website by obtaining a high-ranking placement in the search results page of a search engine. SEO has two major components, On Page Optimization and Off Page Optimization.

On Page Optimization

In On Page Optimization, modification/Editing that can be taken directly within the website in order to improve its position in the search rankings. The main components involved in one-page optimization are listed below:

• Headings

• Title of the page

• Meta description and tags

• Image and pictures

• Quality content

Off Page Optimization

In Off Page Optimization, modification/Editing that can be taken outside the website in order to improve its position in the search rankings. It depends on another web page to improve your site or blog.

• Link Building

• Social Media Marketing

CORE ELEMENTS OF SEO

Google Search Engine work with three phases.

1) Crawling

2) Indexing

3) Ranking

• Crawling

Crawling is the process where Google visits our website for tracking purposes via Google crawler/spider/bot. Crawling means following your links and “crawling” around your website. 

When bots come to your website,they follow other linked pages also on your website.The way we stop crawling certain parts of our site is by using the Robets.txt file.

•  Indexing

The next phase is indexing, is the process of adding webpages into Google search.After a web page or document has been detected by crawlers, all its accessible data is stored (cached) on search engine servers so it can be retrieved when a user performs a search query. 

If you don’t like to display particular webpage into Google search results, then you can use no-index header tags. 

• Ranking

Ranking is done in real time.Once a keyword is entered, search engines will check for pages within their index that are a closest match. A score will be assigned to these pages based on an algorithm consisting of hundreds of different ranking signals.

These pages will then be displayed to the user in order of score.So in order for your site to rank well in search results pages, it's important to make sure search engines can crawl and index your site correctly - otherwise they will be unable to appropriately rank your website's content in search results.

EVOLUTION OF SEO

1. Content Specification:

Using of same keywords more than the limit in webpages and using of unwanted keywords in blank space. This process is called Keyword Stuffing.

Black Hat : They are unethical hackers, it is only focus on search engine and not a human audiences and doesn't obey search engine rule.

● Link farms

● Keyword stuffing

● Hidden text

● Blog spam

White Hat : White-hat hackers are the opposite of the black-hat hackers. They are ethical hackers. Websites which are using white hat techniques might not suddenly pop up on the search results, they get long lasting result when they finally do.

● Quality content

● Site optimization

Grey Hat : it stands between ethical and unethical activities.

• Growth hacking : Hack the benefits of other websites that having high rank.

2. Link Specification :

Websites which get more links from other website is called link specification.

Google consider it has a recommendation.

Link sell : Payment on website link.

3. Quality Link Specification :

It’s a process of using links that have quality websites. This is done by Google, by Ranking each website according to user’s visit. This is called Page Ranking.

10/10 Ranking website is most Quality Website. Examples are,

• US Government website

• Twitter  (Reason Quick interaction, micro blocking, Incoming links more and outgoing links less)   

Page Ranking was stopped by Google in 2016.

Last Google Page Ranking updation was done on December 6,2013 and February 4,2013.

Passing The Juice :

In this process, when a website that having high page rank gives links to low page ranking websites, then automatically that high page ranking will be reduced to low page ranking.

To avoid this we use “nofollow” in html code

Example: <a href=”www.softloom.com”ref=“nofollow” >softloom</a>

So that the power of page ranking don’t go.

4. Google Adwords

It’s an advertisement program by Google for displaying ads on Google. This program set a budget for advertising and only pays when people click the ads. The ad service is largely focused on keywords. 

Each keyword you choose will have a cost per click (CPC) amount. A higher CPC amount can allow your ad to show at a higher position on the page.

5. Google Adsense

It’s also an advertisement program by Google where we can earn money. For that we need a good website that having more visitors. It  helps advertisers create and publish advertisements on publisher’s websites.

In a simple sense, AdWords is the platform that takes your money in exchange for advertisements, while AdSense is the platform that gives you money in exchange for hosting advertisements on your website.

6. Pogo Sticking in SEO

Pogo sticking in SEO means when a user performs a search in Google and clicks on a result, then very quickly clicks back to the search result page, and clicks on a different result.

That time Google rank the first result to low page ranking and second result to high page ranking (if we spend more time in that result).

7. Social Media Authority Value

In 2010, Google prefer more importance to Social Media. Maximum share the websites in social media. But later Google tells that interaction of user’s is more important than sharing. For example:

If two websites that having same interaction, then Google will rank up the website according to authority value, means it should be a celebrity, politician etc… So those who have more influence power get more interaction.

8. Personalized Search Result

Google first introduced personalized search results in 2005 for signed in users with Google accounts. When we search for a result in search engine and closed it. On the next day when we search for another result in search engine, Then Google will suggest the previous day results.

Only on sign in time this results will show. Google records the activity when we signed in.

  Google SEO Updations

1. Google Panda update:

Google Panda Update was launched in February 2011. Google used Panda Update against Content Spamming. By using this update Google keep low quality content sites away from the top ranking results and give the actual quality sites first.

Methods :

• Duplicate content used
• Quality less content used
• Content spinning:
              using of same paragraph in all other pages, just sentence change.
• Thinny pages:
              website which have pages but less content.
• Keyword meta data misuse

After all this, many versions came under panda update, version1, version2….etc

Among this, the most important version is version 4.0

Because this is permanently attached in the algorithm. So that when the content is passing through the algorithm and if there is any content duplication that time itself it will be removed.

2. Google Penguin update:

Google Penguin Update was launched in April 2012. Google used Penguin Update against Link Spamming. Google used this update to bring the high quality and content sites on the top of search engine rankings.

Disavow tool: If our website was catched by google against link spamming to recover we use this tool.

Methods :

• Paid links

• Link exchange

• Directory submission:

                     Directory submission is the process of listing your site to various directories or    databases under the correct category or sub category.

• Link farming:

                     Websites use link farming to boost their rankings in search engine results.  Website enters a relationship of reciprocal linking with another site or pays a provider for a large number of inbound links.

• Comment spamming:

                      Comment spamming means when a site have a blog in their website and there we comment for that blog with our website link. it’s called Comment spamming.     

• Wicky spamming:

                           It means applying our website links in Wikipedia. In Wikipedia, we can apply edition. Some webmasters register in Wikipedia and apply their website link there. 

• Guest blogging:

                       In 2011,2012 some people invite other persons to written blog in their website. That time that person write blog and also apply a link in that blog to their website.

After all this, many versions came under Penguin update, version1, version2….etc

Among this, the most important version is version 4.0

Because it’s a real time punishment

3. Park Domain  Update:

In 2012 April this update was done. Some people buy many domains at a time and kept some of them as park domains. This is not useful for user’s. so Google bring this update to remove such domains from search engine.

4. Exact Match Domain Update  [EMD] :

Google launched this update in September 2012. It’s a combination of keyword which the website in question is supposed to be optimized for. Exact match domains were a popular means for SEO to rank well and fast for a specific keyword.

5. Pirate Update: 

This update was introduced in August 2012. It was designed to prevent sites with many copyright (content, image copy write from other webpage) through Google’s DMCA system.

DMCA(Digital Millennium Copyright Act) : We can compliant through Google, if someone Copy content or other materials from one website without their permission. When google analyse and accept compliant then remove that URL file from google. This compliant can give only by webmasters.

6. Humming Bird Updation:

  

Humming bird update started on 2013  and by using this update google make the search engine much better at answering specific user questions. Google give more priority to user accepted fact. This is called semantic search result.

7. Rank Brain Update:  

In 2015, Google introduced Rank Brain update. It is an advanced version of Humming bird update. It’s a new artificial intelligence program from Google. Rank Brain was the third most important factor in the ranking algorithm.

8. Mobile Geddon:  

It’s a mobile friendly update. In 2015, April 21st Google introduced this. In this update mobile responsive sites have their page ranking high and not responsive sites have their page ranking low.

9.Pigeon Update:

Pigeon update is related to local SEO audience. The update is used to increase the ranking of local listing in a search.For this local SEO process available, we have some steps :
1. mark place in google map
2. Give location address
3. Add our website in local directory
4. Geo tagging
5.Social media interaction get more from local area

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