{"id":1578,"date":"2015-03-20T04:29:32","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T11:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stridegraphics.com\/?p=1578"},"modified":"2017-01-12T13:27:39","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T21:27:39","slug":"seo-tips-to-improve-your-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stridegraphics.com\/seo-tips-to-improve-your-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"SEO &#8211; Tips to improve your SEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>SEO &#8211; Search Engine Optimization Basics<\/h1>\n<p>Improving your<a title=\"Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Services\" href=\"https:\/\/stridegraphics.com\/web-design-services\/search-engine-optimization\/\"><strong> Search Engine Optimization (SEO)<\/strong><\/a> starts with having a well designed, clean and functional website.\u00a0Focusing on keyword or key phrases in all your content including text, images, page titles, headings is a good start. Relevant copy that doesn&#8217;t get stale will keep your website fresh, and\u00a0let your visitors and search engines know your site has a pulse. Try to avoid duplicating copy throughout your website. The days of search engine manipulation are long gone.\u00a0<strong><a title=\"SEO - The History of Google's Algorithm\" href=\"http:\/\/moz.com\/google-algorithm-change\" target=\"_blank\">Google&#8217;s Algorithm<\/a><\/strong> (Codename Penguin) is highly intelligent and is constantly changing. Strict\u00a0parameters must be met to increase and maintain your rank position. Ongoing maintenance is a must if you want to be discovered.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1175\" style=\"width: 335px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stridegraphics.com\/services\/search-engine-optimization\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1175\" class=\"wp-image-1175 size-full lazyload\" title=\"SEO Surrey - Search Engine Optimization\" data-src=\"https:\/\/stridegraphics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/search-engine-optimization.jpg\" alt=\"SEO Surrey - Search Engine Optimization\" width=\"325\" height=\"211\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/stridegraphics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/search-engine-optimization.jpg 325w, https:\/\/stridegraphics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/search-engine-optimization-300x194.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 325px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 325\/211;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1175\" class=\"wp-image-1175 size-full\" title=\"SEO Surrey - Search Engine Optimization\" src=\"https:\/\/stridegraphics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/search-engine-optimization.jpg\" alt=\"SEO Surrey - Search Engine Optimization\" width=\"325\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stridegraphics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/search-engine-optimization.jpg 325w, https:\/\/stridegraphics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/search-engine-optimization-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don&#8217;t underestimate the importance of SEO for your website. Search engines like Google demand quality websites with relevant content to be noticed.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>SEO Strategy, Implementation &amp; Tracking<\/h2>\n<p>It is important to have a solid game plan when committing time, money and effort into something that seems so daunting. <strong>SEO<\/strong> is a gradual process and you won&#8217;t see results right away. Stay focused on your goals. It might be a keyword or key phrase you want to target, or a certain demographic or city. Once you have researched and decided your marketing strategy, it&#8217;s time to implement this throughout your website. This is known as <strong>On-Page SEO<\/strong>. On-Page SEO lays a solid foundation for when you submit your site to search engines such as Google.\u00a0<strong>Off-Page SEO<\/strong> would follow, and that includes backlinks, social bookmarking, article marketing and youtube videos. Off-Page SEO may seem like and awful lot of hard work. Well, truth be told, it is. Like I said, <strong>SEO<\/strong> takes time, and you have to be diligent and patient.<\/p>\n<h3>SEO Tracking with Google Analytics<\/h3>\n<p>Finally, with all of this hard work you have done, you need to track your progress. I set up all my clients with <strong><a title=\"SEO - Google Analytgics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/analytics\/\" target=\"_blank\">Google Analytics<\/a><\/strong>. It&#8217;s a great tool with live in-depth reports on website traffic. This is the fun part, you can start to see your hard work paying off!<\/p>\n<p>I hope this information has found you well, and gives you some basic understanding of where to begin. I only scratched the serface of SEO so I \u00a0urge you to continue to learn and drive SEO for your website. If you are interested in our\u00a0<a title=\"SEO - Stride Graphics &amp; Web Design\" href=\"https:\/\/stridegraphics.com\/web-design-services\/search-engine-optimization\/\"><strong>SEO Services<\/strong><\/a>, call or email us\u00a0for details on SEO services we provide. If you don&#8217;t have time or the interest in getting your hands dirty, let us help you out! 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