Comments on: SEO 101.2 | On Page Factors

By: janice

janice — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:28:15 +0000

You get a whole handful of sweets for the excellent homework you handed in for my ‘Comma 101′ class!
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By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:46:20 +0000

@Mel Great questions, thanks for taking the time to ask.

1. SEO applies to all web pages. There’s no difference in the SEO either. All of the on (and off) page factors apply and will assist with the ranking of both types. There are some subtle things you need to be aware of when using Wordpress with the All in One SEO, or Thesis, but that is something I will go over in a future post.

2.Very good question. I don’t know if you noticed, but in the keyword research article, on the second screenshot, I teased about the categories section on the Google tool.

Well Google adores categorisation. So if you match your categories with one of the categories Google has chosen, then pleasant things will occur to your rankings

So in answer to your question. No, I don’t believe the category should be a keyword. It should be the same category Google has assigned your keyword to. Does that make sense?

3. In the HEAD section of the HTML for your page should be a tag: < meta name="description" content="..." >. The meta description goes inside the content=”…” bit. Since I know you are using the All in One SEO plugin, it’s even easier for you. When writing a post scroll down through the options and you should find a section titled “All in One SEO Pack”. The content you want for your Meta Description goes in the Description box.

@Janice I hope you brought enough sweets to share with everyone young lady!

By: Off Page SEO Factors

Off Page SEO Factors — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:50:00 +0000

[...] that we’ve looked at the on-page factors, it’s time to turn our attention to the off-page [...]

By: janice

janice — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:55:07 +0000

(@Mel, This is me whispering and passing a note and a sweet to you in the back of the class while we’re waiting for the teacher; I just wanted to say it’s nice to be together in his boxes again. )
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By: Melinda | WAHM Biz Builder

Melinda | WAHM Biz Builder — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:41:00 +0000

Since I know you love answering questions Marc, here’s a few for you:

1. Does on-page SEO apply to blog post pages as well as static pages? Is there any difference in the SEO between these two types of pages?

2. I read once that for blog posts, the permalink should be made up of “site url/category/post title” where the category is a keyword. Since my blog post titles tend not to contain keywords (except where I’m writing a tongue-in-cheek post on keywords) that’d work to include keywords, yes?

3. Where do I find the Meta Description for the page, and how do I add to it or change it?

Please feel free to pretend I’m about eight years old when explaining this. Although kids these days would probably know the answers already…. Maybe you should pretend I’m 80yo….
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By: Marc

Marc — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:15:34 +0000

That would be pretty cool wouldn’t it? I can just imagine me going around to people’s homes givin’ advice and speakin’ with a thick East End accent

I’d have to learn all the terminology though. I mean, “Wot’s slang fer ‘advice’?”

By: janice

janice — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:11:34 +0000

I wish you were an SEO plumber or painter and decorator, you know, those guys who come to the house and say “That needs fixing, missus. What you really want is a ……That needs cleaning out. How long have you had this bloomin’ thing?” then they bring round all the new boilers and paint or whatever and just fix it all.

I know I need to learn it all and I’ll learn through doing, but there’s just so much! Thank God for Thesis. It’s helping me do it a wee bit at a time.

This is great stuff, Marc; it really is. Thank you.
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