Always Include the Basics to Keep SEO On-track

Optimizing your website for the search engines is not something you can do once and just forget about it.  You will need to develop a program and keep working at it.  Your efforts will never truly be complete.  There are many different things you will need to accomplish as far as SEO is concerned.  Keep reading to learn about the basics of what you should be doing.

When it comes to search engine optimization, most of your efforts will be focused on obtaining back links.  You should try to get as many relevant back links as you can.  One of the simplest ways to get links is to ask other webmasters to link to your website.  Focus on getting links from websites which are relevant to yours though.

Pages containing too many links are not good sources of links.  The link value will be too diluted to help increase your rankings much.  Websites with high PR pages will certainly be beneficial though.

Writing articles is a good way to obtain links.  You will be provided with two or three links at the end of each article.  Readers can simply click on one of the links to visit your website.  These links will also help increase your search engine rankings.

It is also important to note other webmasters can upload your articles on their websites.  If their websites are popular, you will benefit from increased visitors as well as increased rankings once the search engines factor in the value of the links.

There are tons of directories which allow you to submit articles for free.  You should be consistent with submitting your articles.  Submitting a fresh article on a daily basis will increase your traffic levels and search engine rankings eventually.  Submitting an article every week will help too, although it will take longer to see results.

Another method you should consider adding to your SEO program is blog commenting.  You will get a new link with each new blog comment.  Just make sure you always write useful comments.  Over time, the blog visitors will come to recognize your expertise in the area.

Submitting videos is another good way to deliver quality content and get links in return.  Websites such as YouTube are highly popular for this purpose.  After writing a fresh article, you can use a program to convert it into a video.  Once again, be consistent with submitting your videos in order to see great results.