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Search Engine Optimization

for Dummies
Peter Kent
Search Engines
• The proportion of visit that originate at
search engine is significant – almost 50%.
Google
1. Pages that contain exact phrase
2. Words close together
3. Keywords in links pointing to page
Pages Google Indexed
• site:domain.com
• site:www.nku.edu/~frank
Invisible Pages
• Search engines ignore JavaScript
<SCRIPT TYPE=“javascript”
SRC=“/menu/menu.js”></SCRIPT>
• Search engine may not be able to index
dynamic pages with GETparameters
• http://www.domain.com/....php?id=1
Invisible Pages
• Frames don’t index well
• Images for links – search engines cannot
read images.
Keywords
• Pick search terms
• Foundation of search engine strategy
Keyword Analysis
• How competitive is the search term
• Local keyword
– real estate Cincinnati
• www.wordtracker.com
– Tool to find popularity of keyword searches
Places for Keywords
<head>
<meta name="keywords"
content=“keywords">
<meta name="description"
content=“keywords">
<title>keywords</title>
</head>
Places for Keywords
<body>
<h1>keywords</h1>
<b>keywords</b>
<strong>keywords</strong>
<I>keywords</I>
<ul>
<li>keyword</li>
</ul>
</body>
Improve Ranking
• Create a useful site with lots of interesting
content
• Providing links to your pages with
keywords
• Get others to link to use pages with
keyword in the links
• Get high page ranked site to link to your
site
Tricking Search Engine
• Cloaking
– One page of visitor
– Another for search engine
• Putting keyword numerous times hidden
on the page
• Can get you banned by Google.

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