GOOD TO KNOW BEFORE FINISHING YOUR SUBMISSION!
Use proper URL!
* A proper URL will include the use of "http://", "www", and a trailing slash. The preferred method is to submit the 'short' version of a URL. For example, rather than submitting http://www.domain/index.html, you would correctly use http://www.domain.com/.
How to Write a Title:
* Use the official title of the site. Usually, the title is obviously displayed on the site. If it is not, try looking at the source code for the page.
* Capitalize the first letter of the first word in the title.
* Do not use "The best, hotest...bla bla...product... " in a title.
* Do not use all CAPITAL LETTERS.
* Do not use more then 2-5 words in the title.
* Do not use unnecessary punctuation marks, symbols or letters, ( eg. This will | not be @ approved...)
* Do not use "Welcome to", "Homepage of" or "Website" as part of the title.
How to Write a Description:
* Write one to two sentences which are informative and objective, and tell a searcher what can be found at the site.
* Try to use a minimum of ten words.
* Start the description with a logical sentence, and use correct grammar, spelling and punctuation.
* Do not repeat the title in the description.
* Do not repeat key words in the description.
* Do not use all CAPITAL LETTERS.
* Capitalize the first word of a sentence and use a period at the end.
* Do not capitalize the first letter of each word.
* Do not use emphatic punctuation such as "!!!" ampersands "&" or ellipses "...."
* Do not use information that is liable to change, such as dates, quantities, and prices.
* Do not use sales and advertising pitches such as "best", "most", "cheap" and "cheapest".
* Do not include details such as street addresses, directions, phone numbers or other URLs.
* When a City, State format is used, spell out the state; i.e., Oakland, CA, should be Oakland, California.
Note: We reserve the right to accept or decline any website submitted into our directory.
On Page SEO is the process of optimizing your HTML pages for the search engines’ perusal. It is by no means an exact science, but Google and all the other search engines have published guidelines for us to follow to ger better rankings.
Server and File Settings
1. Make sure that there is only one version of your site – 301 redirect all non www. URLs to the www. ones or vice versa.
2. Serve up easy to read and understand URLs.
3. Name your files such that they are easy to read. “moonwalk-photo.jpg” as opposed to “moon734.jpg”.
4. Make an XML sitemap and upload it to the search engines.
5. Make effective use of robots.txt.
HTML Title and Head
1. Use targeted keyword in the
2. Limit meta-description to 150 characters.
3. Interior pages should have distinct meta data.
Your Content
1. Use only one tag per page.
2. Use alt tags in images, links, etc. A picture is worth a thousand words, but search engines cannot understand pictures; so they will refer to alt tags to understand what you are trying to say.
3. Use alt and longdesc in .
4. Make sure that your code is valid, in some instances bad code can lead to search engines not being able to properly read a page. Use the W3C validator to check your markup.
5. Follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2 (WCAG 2.0) also refer Google SEO Starter Guide (pdf).
6. Provide a useful 404 File Not Found page.
Linking
1. Implement “rel=nofollow” links to unimportant pages within your site. Focus your link juice on the most important pages, don’t splatter it all over your site.
2. More importantly, use “rel=nofollow” links to bad links or bad neighborhoods. Otherwise, you may get penalized for linking to them.
3. Make sure there are no orphaned pages. Everybody wants to be loved, including web pages.
Exa: http://www.angelfire.com/super/badwebs/orphan%20page.htm
4. Use absolute URLs. Exa: http://www.webdevelopersnotes.com/design/relative_and_absolute_urls.php3
5. Make good use of anchor text in linking to your pages. Avoid writing generic anchor text like “page”, “article”, or “click here”.
6. Use breadcrumbs.
7. Provide an HTML sitemap for the site.
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