SEO For Dummies

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John Wiley & Sons, Jan 9, 2020 - Business & Economics - 512 pages

Up relevance scores, improve page speed, optimize voice search questions, and more!

Search Engine Optimization For Dummies shows website owners, developers, and search engine optimizers (SEOs) how to create a website that ranks at the top of search engines and has high-volume traffic, while answering the essential question of "how do I get people to visit my site?"

By understanding search engine basics (what are they, which ones are important, how to get started), building a search engine-friendly site, registering your site with directories and indexes, using analysis tools to track results and link popularity to boost rankings, and advertising your site by using pay-per-click options, you can use the tricks of SEO masters to drive traffic to your site. You'll also discover how to write effective content, use social media to boost your profile, and manage your platform and reputation to positively impact your search engine rankings.

  • Develop a search strategy and use new SERP features
  • Maximize the effects of personalized search
  • Analyze results with improved analytics tools
  • Optimize voice search strategies

There’s no time like the present to create a website that ranks at the top of search engines and drives traffic to your site with these tips, tricks, and secrets.

 

Contents

Introduction 1
3
Search Results Deconstructed
21
Your OneHour Search EngineFriendly Website Makeover
33
Beating the Competition Planning a Powerful Search
53
Making Your Site Useful and Visible
73
Table of Contents vii
81
Building Search EngineFriendly Sites
89
Creating Pages That Search Engines Love
111
Product Search Remember the Shopping
295
Shopzilla and more
301
After Youve Submitted Your Site
319
Finding Sites to Link to Yours
347
Even More Great Places to Get Links
371
Social Networking Driven by Drivel
385
Video and Images Putting Your Best Face Forward
393
The SEO Benefits of Video
394

Designing for Speed
143
Designing for Mobile
153
Using Structured Data Markup
161
Avoiding Things That Search Engines Hate
173
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
195
Bulking Up Your Site Competing with Content
213
Finding Traffic Through Local Search Marketing
239
Adding Your Site to the Indexes
267
Submitting to the Directories
285
Using Local Directories
293
Ranking Images
400
Beyond the Basics
403
When Google Bites Back A Guide to Catastrophe
415
The Part of Tens
435
TenPlus Ways to Stay Updated
445
TenPlus Useful Things to Know
451
Index
465
SEO For Dummies
466
Table of Contents ix
481
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About the author (2020)

Peter Kent is an e-commerce consultant who specializes in search engine optimization (SEO). A former VP of Web Solutions at a national ISP and VP of Marketing and search engine optimization expert at Indigio, he has been involved in the online world since 1984 and has been writing about the Internet since 1993. Peter is the author of nearly 60 books as well as hundreds of articles.

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