Need to know best practices of Search Engine Optimization 2013
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I want to know best practices of Search Engine Optimization 2013 and also need best possible sources.
Thanks
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I found this article useful: http://www.searchenginejournal.com/seo-in-2013-7-surprisingly-simple-factors-that-will-take-the-lead/57092/
Hope it helps,
Best regards,
Holger
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Agreed, I shouldn't have left them off.
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Great recommendations, Brad.
I'd add in searchengineland.com as well and look into presentations from the SMX conferences as sources.
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My short answer would be to use the SEOmoz toolset to uncover some of your basic issues and work to correct them. From there I would start working on developing and building content on your site that can earn links. Earning links will require a significant amount of outreach to raise awareness about your content. I would also encourage you to focus on the user and what is good for them above your own thoughts about SEO. It is a delicate balance but building things just for SEO is never a good solution.
Here are some things I would encourage you to look at
- All Whiteboard Friday's
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/category/whiteboard-friday
- All recent Matt Cutts videos from the google webmaster youtube page
http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleWebmasterHelp/videos?view=0
- If it is in the budget grab a ticket to mozcon in July
Hope this helps.
Brad
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