I wanted to make a small blog post about some of the important things that are missed on websites. The below were on my mind at the time of writing this.
1. Term/Privacy Policy Pages
I have a good story about this one, I actually had a product that was being kicked from adwords on a weekly basis for some random reason, well I added the terms and privacy policy page along with updating my footer on some of the websites basics terms and I haven’t been kicked since.
It appears to me that adwords requires the terms/contact us/privacy pages along with the footer info on certain niches, I am thinking that they look for these pages also for seo websites. A “terms” or “privacy policy” is always a must when creating a website, not only does it look better for google (looks like a complete trustworthy website) but also for your customer. Dont forget it.
2. Contact Us & Sitemap Pages
A lot of people forget these pages, especially on content websites. However these pages are very important. Having a contact page makes your website look more professional for anyone who looks at it. A sitemap is great for SEO. Don’t forget these pages the next time you set up your niche wordpress site with some basic niche articles. You will regret it.
3. Titles In Da Links
<a href=”" title=”dont forget this, a plus for seo”>
Use the title in your links, like the example above, it helps.
4. Fresh Content
Are you too lazy to set up a content writing schedule were you should write a certain amount of articles a month? Oh wait you are? Well then go to sitepoint.com and/or digitalpoint.com and find yourself a content writer and set up a deal were he or she will write a 250 word article for you every week for a certain website.
So if you have 8 content website that means that you will order 8x 250 word articles every week, which gives your content sites fresh content. I use this method, I just have it automated at developerhut.com (the same feature is available to you, just create a monthly link package and only order content articles).
5. Source Of Revenue
I am not sure if this belongs in here, but screw it… its going in.
I know from experience that you can wonder off and start building a website that will never make money. It might have been a good idea at the time, but I have learned that if I just sit back and think on how I will make money later on, then I wont build so many worthless content websites. Now I focus on making websites on niches at which I can sell something in. I suggest that you take one step back and think about were the revenue will be coming from BEFORE you build the website… not after like I have done a few times.
6. Dont Use “Links”
Having a “links page” is sooo 1998 AD. They are now called “Resources” or “partners” or “sponsors”… get the point? Google does not like link exchanges, that is called “helping your websites placement in google”, and they dont like that. So use different names when naming your link exchange page, because using them is still a good idea.
7. Only Link Related Websites
I have never proven if google de-ranked sites based on in-links. However I do know from experience that they de-rank sites based on links within the website. So having links only related to your websites niche is a must, and also be careful for bad websites such as myspace sites, video sites, funny sites, or any other website that is a dime a dozen.
8. Get Them Emails!
Its simple… if you have a website, you should be collecting email address for it somehow. I prefer to use tools *cough free ping tool. But you can use a simple “enter your email” textbox. Its no big deal as long as you grab that email.
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“I prefer to use tools *cough free ping tool.”
Slick.
One of the best places to get info on what is really best of on page SEO is http://www.seomoz.org/article/search-ranking-factors which has just been updated this week. But the privacy policy is one that everyone forgets and one that Google loves!
i miss number one . can i see yours ?
you caught me on this one, I need to add a sitemap and privacy page to this blog plus a few other sites, ill add it on my huge to-do list hehe.
Interesting point about the link titles, how much of a part do you think they play, are they worth the time to do?
Nice tips, but i wouldn’t all of them SEO related
. But surely, a lot of people are focusing only on SEO, and are missing small, but very important things like the ones you have mentioned above.
Submit to Digg and Delicious for more traffic, however Searchles and many of the other 2nd tier social networks save everything and get it all indexed in Google and Yahoo! so there is much more value to improve SEO rankings from the 2nd tier social networks.
Basically, the best social bookmarking sites for technology company are sites that allow users to post their favorite sites, using tags (or keywords) to categorize and organize them; then other users can take these bookmarks and add them to their own collection or share them with even more users.
Duplicate content is the same content on two or more different pages. Having your site open on another frame is not duplicate content. It is also not very smart but nothing to worry about.
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