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SEARCH OPTIMIZATION

Optimizing Content to Improve Search Engine Positioning
By: Andy Beal
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    2004-07-27

    Table of Contents:
  • Optimizing Content to Improve Search Engine Positioning
  • Getting Started: Keywords
  • Search Terms Should be Pervasive

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    One of the most important aspects of search engine optimization (SEO) is optimizing your page content. Andy Beal provides in-depth details on displaying text that matches the search terms you designated for the search engines, and how to achieve the best keyword density.

    This article is from Andy Beal's "Back to Basics" series. Previous articles cover the importance of search engine marketing (SEM), effective keyword research, title tag formats, Meta tag use, as well as submissions. In this topic, we take a look at changes you can make to the content of your site to further improve search engine positioning.

    Search engine optimization (SEO) has become more mainstream, with many companies considering this form of marketing for the first time. The amount of information on the topic of SEO has increased dramatically, with many new authors stepping forward to pen guides that explain how to optimize a website. Yet even with this increased awareness, what still amazes me is the number of business owners that still believe tweaking titles or adding keywords to Meta tags is all that is needed to increase search engine visibility.

    Optimizing your Page Content

    In previous articles, I have endeavored to provide a beginner's guide to making these changes; now it's time to turn our attention to perhaps one of the most important aspects of any SEO campaign, optimizing your page content. The only problem with this topic is, where do I start? There are so many changes that can be made to a web page's content that I could easily fill ten articles on the subject, so you can see my dilemma in trying to condense my advice into just one single piece. But that is what we shall do; after all, this is a "Back to Basics" series.

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