Seo guide for web designers and developers
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The document serves as an SEO guide for web developers and designers, explaining the importance of search engine optimization and common SEO mistakes. Key topics include how search engines function, the impact of site speed, the importance of title and meta tags, and proper URL structure. Resources and best practices for improving website visibility and performance are also provided.
Seo guide for web designers and developers
- 1. For Web Developers/Designers SEO GUIDE Presented by Sampath Liyanage, Internet Marketing Strategist Twitter: @sampaliyanage Linkedin : linkedin.com/in/ssampathliyanage
- 2. OVERVIEW β’ Where are people searching? β’ How are people searching online? β’ How do search engines find & rank websites? β’ What is SEO? β’ Common SEO mistake β’ Resources β’ Q&A SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers
- 3. WHERE ARE PEOPLE? Search Engine Market Share 14% 64% 16% Numbers as of March 2011; Source: Mashable6% Other SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers
- 4. Homeowners, Clients, Buyers, Sellers Your Business or Website/Blog SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers
- 5. HOW DO SEARCH ENGINES WORK? There are over 200 factors Google uses to rank a website. SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers
- 6. Google Places Map Google Places Organic Search Results Ads or Paid Advertising SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers
- 7. HOW ARE WE SEARCHING? The top three results receive 58% of all clicks SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers
- 8. Search Engine Optimization β SEO Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a website from search engines via natural (βorganicβ or βalgorithmicβ) search results.* *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers
- 9. SEO β’Pull in people already searching for what you offer β β’Keywords/Content β’Links β’Social Media β’Effective Web Design SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers
- 10. Common SEO Mistakes Made by Designers and Developers β’Ignoring the Impact of site speed β’Title tag usage β’Meta tag usage β’Header tag usage β’Converting text to images SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers
- 11. Common SEO Mistakes Made by Designers and Developers β’Broken links and sitemaps β’Bad URLβs β’Flash only sites β’No alt text for images β’java script/CSS usage β’The use of tobots.txt SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers
- 12. The impact Of Site Speed SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers β’ In a page have multiple image it take much time to load. Therefore best practises keep image size less than 100kb β’ Java script directly impact to page loading time, it's better less usage and less usage in header section. (don't load menu from java script) β’ It will impact to increase bounce rate of site. That mean bad user experience. (3- 5s) β’ https://developers.google.com/speed/p agespeed/
- 13. Title Tag SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers β’ Essential element β’ Title Length 30 and 65 characters. that the length search engine display on each search result β’ Each page should have unique title tag (title tag essential) That mean can't duplicate each title tag with different URL
- 14. Title Tag SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers
- 15. SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers Meta Tag β’ Robert meta tag β’ Meta keyword β’ Meta description Robert Meta tag <meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow"> β’ Important for crawlers β’ <meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow"> Meta Keyword β’ Not much important β’ Improve relevancy of each page
- 16. It's essential for every page SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers Meta Description <meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow">
- 17. Header Tag SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers β’ Header tags are using h1 to h6 β’ If you use header tag on page it's better to start with h1 on each page, only one h1 tag on each page β’ There order should begin with h1 to h6 β’ If you use logo as h1, it will duplicate on entire site, SEO best practises is use h1 on each page.
- 18. URL Structure SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers β’ Site URL need to use www or with out that, Cannot be duplicate entire site URL between this two URL version. β’ When use CMS, Dynamic URL structure need to more user friendly, like following. www.example.com/topic-name Following type url not user friendly and crawler readable www.example.com/?p=578544 β’Google recommends using hyphens (-) instead of underscores (_) in URL names, since a phrase in which the words
- 19. URL Structure SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers EX: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IZ1XJ3Q/ref=s9_al_gw _g107_i2/181-6881209-3123159? pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center- 2&pf_rd_r=0PPK6ZWAB7BCF8FBDGRS&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p =1926403182&pf_rd_i=507846 Above product more index able if use following type http://www.amazon.com/electronic/mobile/galaxys5-white
- 20. Converting Text to Images SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers β’ When there text on image use that can be read to crawlers β’ It will impact to on page density of site. Ex: http://3prg.com
- 21. Broken Links and Sitemaps SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers β’ Google hates dead links β’ Dead Links are not user-friendly β’ Dead Links affects your websiteβs conversion rate β’ Dead Links stop Search Engine Crawlers.
- 22. Flash Sites SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers β’ Crawlers cant read flash sites β’ Take much time to load compare with html sites
- 23. Alt Text For Images SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers β’ Crawlers cant read images, therefore alt tag is the way to give information about picture, β’ Image description improve on page density .
- 24. Make JavaScript/CSS External SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers β’ Normally do not block to JavaScript and css to crawlers, Therefore make sure site follow on w3 standard. β’ Best practises, when you use javascript or css to design web page call from external javascript and css files. .
- 25. Robots. txt usage SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers β’ Robots txt is the way to deal with search engine crawlers β’ When you design a site, setup user agent as follows to block crawlers User-agent: * Disallow: / β’ After went live remove forward slash as follow User-agent: * Disallow:
- 26. Redirection SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers β’ Three type β’ 301 redirection β’ 302 redirection β’ Meta redirection β’ 301 redirection - permanent redirection A 301 redirect is a permanent redirect which passes link juice between 90-99%.
- 27. Redirection SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers β’ 302 redirection - temporally redirection This not pass link juice β’ Meta refresh this is not accepted method
- 28. WHY SHOULD I CARE? β’Be Found β’Make Sales β’Build a Client Base β’Build a Community SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers
- 29. RESOURCES: β’SEO Book - www.seobook.com β’SEOMoz - www.seomoz.com β’SearchEnginejournal β http://www.searchenginejournal.com/ SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers
- 30. Questions? SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers Presented by Sampath Liyanage, Internet Marketing Strategist Twitter: @sampaliyanage Linkedin : linkedin.com/in/ssampathliyanage
- 31. Thank You SEO Guide for Web Developers/Designers Presented by Sampath Liyanage, Internet Marketing Strategist Twitter: @sampaliyanage Linkedin : linkedin.com/in/ssampathliyanage