First i wanted to make a website and so i jumped in,

 

but then i just got lost in a mountain of information, first with css, and html then photoshop and then php and mysql and then payment gateways....everytime it was always the same, i never know where to start correctly and then i find i waste alot time going round in circles!!!

 

my point is where do i start with seo, and learning, what the best course or direction to take when it comes to seo?

 

any hints or tips will be very useful!!?!

 

Thanks for your time in advance.

First i wanted to make a website and so i jumped in,

 

but then i just got lost in a mountain of information, first with css, and html then photoshop and then php and mysql and then payment gateways....everytime it was always the same, i never know where to start correctly and then i find i waste alot time going round in circles!!!

 

my point is where do i start with seo, and learning, what the best course or direction to take when it comes to seo?

 

any hints or tips will be very useful!!?!

 

Thanks for your time in advance.

 

 

For your website:

 

Firstly, understand fully what you want to achieve from your website. Is it selling products, member sign-ups, downloads or just want more traffic?

 

Doing this helps you to understand the direction you need to go in. Look at your website and work out if it has is really selling your services/products to it;s users. Maybe you could tweak your sales copy or your website has a very poor call to action.

 

Read your website like you're a customer. Does it attract you, tempt you to do whatever it is you're there for.

 

Once you have that down, you can concentrate on the whole SEO side of things. Now you need to look at your website from a search engines point of view. Does it read well, is the information structured well, are the pages interlinked nicely, do you link out when needed (nobody likes a link-whore), are you using your keywords in a nice and natural way, are your pages titles descriptive and keyword-friendly. What about your content? Does it read well? Not spammy?

 

Once you think you have that up and running nicely, you need to do some off-site stuff. Backlinking and social media are the two-pronged attack I'd use for a nice and natural approach. Don't be spammy. Don't just buy links either (yuck). Write interesting articles and get them out there, participate in conversation on blogs and forums. Do some quest blogging.

 

Be inventive and different.

 

I could write a book on this stuff. I wish I could sit here all day and write about what you can do lol but that is the very, very tip of the iceberg.

 

In terms of learning, look for credible resources (a lot of people reel off the same old ****e). A good place to start would be SEOMoz

Try downloading any free seo ebook from internet. read it to understand the basics. Stay active in forums and read the blogs such as Searchenginewatch and seomoz. Practice all the techniques and ask queries in forums if you have an doubt. Its all real time learning. Hope this helps you.

insanely helpful advice, might have to bookmark this page

First i wanted to make a website and so i jumped in,

 

but then i just got lost in a mountain of information, first with css, and html then photoshop and then php and mysql and then payment gateways....everytime it was always the same, i never know where to start correctly and then i find i waste alot time going round in circles!!!

 

my point is where do i start with seo, and learning, what the best course or direction to take when it comes to seo?

 

any hints or tips will be very useful!!?!

 

Thanks for your time in advance.

 

Hello,

 

I want to suggest you that HTML is better and easier than other technologies because there is no need to remember its syntax as coding is present there by default, you can easily search from http://www.w3schools.com/ and can save your time.

First i wanted to make a website and so i jumped in,

 

but then i just got lost in a mountain of information, first with css, and html then photoshop and then php and mysql and then payment gateways....everytime it was always the same, i never know where to start correctly and then i find i waste alot time going round in circles!!!

 

my point is where do i start with seo, and learning, what the best course or direction to take when it comes to seo?

 

any hints or tips will be very useful!!?!

 

Thanks for your time in advance.

 

 

Try to lean the basics of SEO by various material available online. Implement them one by one and check the results. If it will not be desirable then make some changes. You will become more perfect if you do the thinks practically, because there are lot of tutorial available but only it works if you implement it somewhere and check the outcome.

Hello,

 

I want to suggest you that HTML is better and easier than other technologies because there is no need to remember its syntax as coding is present there by default, you can easily search from http://www.w3schools.com/ and can save your time.

 

Irrellevant answer.

 

 

 

Try to lean the basics of SEO by various material available online. Implement them one by one and check the results. If it will not be desirable then make some changes. You will become more perfect if you do the thinks practically, because there are lot of tutorial available but only it works if you implement it somewhere and check the outcome.

 

More cut and paste nonsense. Goodbye.

As above I'm glad I have come across this post! This has helped me greatly!!!

I started by following SEO blogs like these ones (below). Read them and you will learn a lot + try to test new ideas and test them again - self education is the best way to learn SEO.

 

http://www.lawmacs.com/

http://hotblogtips.com/

http://www.netchunks.com/