The do's and dont's of SEO

First the dont's

Don't use frames on your website.
Don't use homepage or index for the title tag of your website.
Don't overuse your keywords in your meta tags.
Don't overuse your keywords on your page.
Don't hide text in your page.
Don't pay someone to submit your site to search engines.
Don't buy links from high page rank sites.
Don't participate in reciprocal link exchanges.
Don't try to do your own SEO if you do not have a clue what you are doing.
Don't link to spammy sites or unrelated sites.
Don't call your links page LINKS, call it Resources.
Don't overuse Google ads.
Don't use someone elses content.
Don't create pages with little or no content on.
Don't fill your site with links to affiliate programs you participate in.


Now the do's

Do use CSS to build your site.
Do use meta tags.
Do use H1 and H2 tags for on page SEO.
Do have a good descriptive title to all of your pages.
Do link all of your pages back to your homepage.
Do have a site map.
Do try to get fresh original content for your site.
Do update your site regularly.
Do have a blog about your site.
Do submit your sites to relevant directories.
Do write articles and submit them to article directories.
Do write press releases and submit them to press release sites.
Do submit your site to social bookmarking sites.
Do try to get quality back links from relevant sites.
Do use anchor text in your backlinks.
Do name your images on your site.
Do check your site for broken links.
Do link to quality sites.

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