Sean
(@seanvandenberg)
If you need help with SEO content / copywriting, there’s plenty of resources online to assist (try http://seo-hacker.com or, to keep their name up, MOZ).
I recommend no meta tags. Keywords in a heading and your slug. The rest is the great art of on-page SEO :). …Write naturally. Be informative. Keywords will work themselves in.
– Sean
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Lauren
(@laurenspoth)
Great advice, thanks again Sean!
Great advice, though would disagree with the no meta tags part. Title tags are still very very much used by Google, as are meta descriptions.
This SEO starter guide is useful for beginners:
http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/www.google.co.uk/en/uk/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf
@sean Vandenberg: Thanks for the mention!
@lauren: Yep definitely read a lot on SEO before testing out different strategies. Some of the ‘older’ SEO strategies don’t work anymore. In fact, they may even be harmful.
Here’s our complete guide to on site optimization for beginners: https://seo-hacker.com/complete-site-optimization-tutorial/
Hope it helps you out!
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Lauren
(@laurenspoth)
Thanks Colin and Sean for the links! I actually handle the less techy side of the website but am trying to familiarize myself with the basics of SEO to help us determine what we can do ourselves and what we should outsource to a professional. Meta tags are something we can probably do ourselves (as long as we do them right!).
Sean
(@seanvandenberg)
@colin McDermott – I meant only use Title Tags and Meta Descriptions. Don’t use META TAGS, which are different. – SV
Sean
(@seanvandenberg)
@ Colin – *Sheepish grin* …I meant to not use META KEYWORD TAGS. 🙂
