Hello everybody

can anybody tell me how to start search engine optimization for a site with zero rank step by step.
Thanks and regards
ashi

Do the following:
0) Use Good Keywords to select appropriate target keywords.
Use moderately searched keywords
1)Use appropriate title in the pages.
2)Use the keywords in metatags
3)Use them in body text.
4)Bolden, italisize or emphasize the keywords
5)Use alt tags in images to insert keywords
6)Submit your site to directories. Around 100 directories should do.
7)Join link exchange programs and exchange links with relevent sites
8)Open blogs on blogger and blog on relevent topics. Place links to your site on the blog(s). Comment on others blogs.
9)Join in forums and make relevent posts to get backlinks.
10) Develop and Update CONTENT, CONTENT, CONTENT.

Hope this helps.

Write to me if you have any doubts.
truly,
Aditya

Before you write one line of code:

• Do keyword research to determine what keywords you want to target

While constructing your website you should do the following:

• Use markup to indicate the content of your site
  • Optimize your <title> tags on each page to contain 1 - 3 keywords
  • Create unique Meta Tags for each page
  • Use header tags appropriately (H1 > H2 > H3)
  • Use <strong> and <em> tags if appropriate
• Optimize your URLs
  • Use Search Engine Friendly URLs (for dynamic sites)
  • Use keywords in your domain (http://www.keyword1.com/)
  • Use keywords in your URL (http://www.example.com/keyword2/keyword3.html)
  • Use dashes instead of underscores to separate words in your URLs (keyword2-keyword3.html)
• Optimize your content
  • Use keywords liberally yet appropriately throughout each page
  • Have unique content
  • Have quality content
• Use search engine friendly design
  • Create a human sitemap
  • Do not use inaccessible site navigation (JavaScript menus)
  • Minimized outbound links
  • Kept your pages under 100K in size
• Design the navigational structure of the site to channel PR to main pages (especially the homepage)
• Create a page that encourages webmasters to link to your site
  • Provide them the relevant HTML to create their link to you
  • Provide them with any images you may want them to use (although text links are better)
• Make sure your website is complete before launching it

Immediately after launching your site you should do the following:

• Submit your site to all major search engines
  • Google (Use a Google SiteMap)
  • Yahoo (Use the page list option)
  • MSN (Finds your site via incomming links)
  • Ask (Finds your site via incomming links)
• Submit your site to all free directories
  • DMOZ (also powers Google Directory)
  • JoeAnt
• Submit your site to relevant directories
  • Find more at ISEDB
• Begin a link building campaign (attempting to get keywords in the link anchor text)
  • Put a link to your website in your forum signatures
  • Reply to relevant blog posts (Don't spam please)
  • Submit articles to relevant websites

If you will pay to promote your website:

• Submit your site to pay directories
  • Yahoo
  • GoGuides
• Purchase text links from high PR (Pagerank) sites related to your site

Finally, as part of an ongoing strategy:

• Continually update your website will quality, unique content
• Continually seek free links preferably from sites in your genre

Do NOT do the following:

• Make an all Flash website (without an HTML alternative)
• Use JavaScript for navigation
• Spam other websites for incomming links
• Launch your site before it is done
• Use duplicate content
  • Point several domains to one site without using a 301 redirect
• Use markup inappropiately
  • Style <H>eader tags to look like regular text
  • Hide content using 'display: hidden' (for the sake of hiding text)
• Use other "black hat" techniques (unless you accept the risk - Banning)
  • Doorway/Landing pages
  • Cloaking
  • Hidden text
  • Keyword stuffing

Additional Tips:

• Usable and accessible sites tend to be search engine friendly by their very nature
• Be patient! High rankings don't happen overnight
• Don't obsess with any one search engine. They are all worth your attention.

In other words you have SEO in mind before you start your website. And only submit once you have a complete website.

To be considered: Build an rss feed for your website, update it regularly. Then submit it to feed directories. Make your rss feed title as eye catching as possible. Soon or later, there would be scrapped by another sites interested in your feed's theme. The result is you get many backlinks.

Optimizing new site is realy a good job. Bcoz we can apply all our ideas to promote......... To get rankings concentrate more in oneway links!!!!!!:rolleyes:

Hi,

Very simple!

http://www.pandia.com/marketing101/index.html

Read this you will become a junior SEO expert

All the best !

Hello,

Yes, to rank a site up, first you need to analyze every thing, the theme of your website, your targeting keywords etc.,

Build each web page by setting a theme and optimize it for appropriate keywords.

Learn how to do ORGANIC optimization and study the updates then and there because SE's may change its algorithm frequently!

Kudos on your post, stymiee!

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I'm a junoir about SEO too...
so i want to say THANK YOU for all of your advise ...

I'll try to improve my website by using their advise ..........

THANK YOU ...
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