35 Seo Tips, Design Guidelines

Today I figured I’d throw down some seo tips, ideas, questions; basically just a list of random thoughts on my mind.  Some of these thing I have ironed out on this blog, some still need to be addressed.

1. NO duplicate title tags, Title Tags 8 words max Preferred.
2. NO duplicate meta information.
3. NO duplicate content.
4. Use H1 and H2 tags on all pages.
5. Make use of <em>, <i> and <b> on choice key phrases, subtitles, etc.
6. It’s not bad to link out, I will avoid linking out to direct competition.
7. Target Keyphrases should make up no more than 6% of total word count
8. Each page should encourage the reader to visit another (good content)
9. External Homepage links should never pull more than 5% of your total traffic away
10. This also goes for advertising programs like adsense (always should be a users last option)
11. Shoot for four page views minimum per visitor.
12. Give reasons to re-visit, consider the use of “the daily picture, video, comic or joke”
13. Provide something nobody else provides, push past the competition
14. Sensitive form data should always be protected with ssl
15. Nofollow or 302 redirect obvious link purchases.

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