SEO Guide Part 1- What is SEO?

SEO Guide Part 1- What is SEO?
SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization.  Simply put, you want to make your site as attractive to the search engines as possible, so that when people type in words that are related to your site, your domain name and a link to click through to your website will appear on the first page of top search engines like Google, Yahoo, and MSN.

In this SEO Guide, we are going to try to methodically go over all of the main tips and tricks you need to know in order to try to get high rankings in the search engines.

Search Engine Optimization is often discussed by internet people as if it is rocket science. What it really is, is an exercise in patience, hope, and some good research.

So, let’s start with the basics.

Engine Optimization or SEO is simply the act of manipulating the pages of your website to be easily accessible by search engine spiders so they can be easily located and indexed in order to be made available to people searching for particular information or products.

A spider is a robot that search engines use to check millions of web pages very quickly and sort them by relevance.

A page is indexed when it is spidered and deemed appropriate content which deserves to be placed in the search engines results for people to click on.

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Joan Mullally has been doing business online for more than 20 years and is a pioneer in the fields of online publishing, marketing, and ecommerce. She is the author of more than 200 guides and courses designed to help beginner and intermediate marketers make the most of the opportunities the Internet offers for running a successful business. A student and later teacher trainee of Frank McCourt’s, she has always appreciated the power of the word, and has used her knowledge for successful SEO and PPC campaigns, and powerful marketing copy. One computer science class at NYU was enough to spark her fascination with all things digital. In her spare time, she works with adult literacy, animal fostering and rescue, and teaching computer skills to women.