Teach Yourself VISUALLY Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Chapter 1 Understanding the SEO Process Introducing Search Engine Optimization 4 Consider SEO Techniques 6 Discover Search Engine Optimization 7 Understanding How People Use Search 8 Using Different Types of Searches 10 Understanding the Search Page Layout 12 Explore Different Search Engines 16 Set Up a Default Search Engine 18 Chapter 2 Preparing Your Website for SEO Find a Website Niche 22 Analyze Topics and Trends 24 Understanding Web Hosting 26 Choose a Web Host 28 Choose the Website Domain 30 Create a Privacy Policy Page 32 Create Website Forms 34 Check Browser Compatibility 36 Check Your Website with Adobe BrowserLab 38 Check Your Website with Screenfly 40 Chapter 3 Building an SEO Friendly Website Plan for an Optimized Website 44 Create a Website Sitemap 46 Create a Robotstxt File 48 Using the Nofollow Attribute 52 Build an htaccess File 54 Protect Website Images with htaccess 56 Redirect Non-WWW Traffic to WWW 58 Work with 301 Redirects 60 Scan Errors with W3C Markup Validation 62 Chapter 4 Mastering Keywords Understanding Keywords 66 Analyze Keywords with SEMrush 68 Analyze Bing Search with SEMrush 72 Analyze Keywords with Keyword Discovery 74 Compare Keywords with Yahoo Clues 78 Work with the YouTube Keyword Tool 80 Analyze Your Website with Web SEO Analytics 82 Chapter 5 Building On-Page SEO Build an HTML Document 86 Add a Page Title Meta Tag 88 Add a Page Description Meta Tag 89 Add a Page Keyword Meta Tag 90 Add Author and Copyright Meta Tags 91 Save an HTML Document 92 Optimize Image Filenames and Alt Attributes 94 Optimize Your Website Content 96 Chapter 6 Building Off-Page SEO Find the Domain History 100 Review Website Backlinks 102 Gather Website Information 104 Compare Traffic for Websites 106 Check a Link Partner's Page Rank 108 Submit Your Website to a Link Directory 110 Submit to the Article Directories 112 Get Paid Backlinks 116 Write Guest Posts 118 Submit Press Releases 120 Submit Your Site to Link Exchange 122 Request a Link Exchange 124 Chapter 7 Working with Content Build Optimized Content 128 Check Duplicated Content 130 Compare Website Content 132 Check Content Grammar and Spelling 134 Check Keyword Density 136 Create a RSS Feed with FeedBurner 138 Create a Feed Subscription Form 140 Work with Professional Writing Services 144 Chapter 8 Working with Google Analytics Create a Google Analytics Account 148 Install Google Analytics Code 150 Create a New Analytics Account 154 Add a New Property Website 156 View Website Analytics 158 Add Multiple Users 160 View Real-Time Statistics 162 Exclude Traffic from a Specific IP 164 Set a Conversion Goal 166 Find Website Keywords 168 Chapter 9 Using Search Engine Webmaster Tools Add a Website to a Google Webmaster Account 172 Verify Your Website for Google Webmaster Tools 174 Submit a Sitemap to Google Webmaster Tools 178 Configure Google Webmaster Tools Settings 180 Check for Google Crawling Errors 182 Preview Your Website as Googlebots 184 Submit a Website to the Bing Webmaster 186 Use the Bing SEO Analyzer 190 Chapter 10 Working with Social Media and SEO Understanding Social Media Marketing 194 Create a Facebook Page for Your Business 196 Create a Google Plus Business Page 200 Create a Twitter Account for Your Website 204 Manage Social Accounts Using HootSuite 208 Work with Social Bookmarking Sites 212 Chapter 11 Working with AdWords Create an AdWords Campaign 216 Create an Ad Group 220 Using the Keyword Tool 224 Using the Traffic Estimator Tool 226 Using the Contextual Targeting Tool 228 Work with Analyze Competitions 230 Chapter 12 Applying SEO to WordPress Blogs Understanding WordPress CMS 234 Install the W3 Total Cache Plugin 236 Configure the W3 Total Cache 240 Set Up the All in One SEO Plugin 244 Set Up Permalinks 248 Install the SEO Friendly Images Plugin 250 Chapter 13 Monetizing Your Website Explore Advertising Revenue Types 254 Consider the Advertising Formats 256 Create AdSense Ads 258 Modify Existing AdSense Ads 262 Block AdSense Advertisers' URLs 264 Block Ads Using the Ad Review Center 266 Position AdSense Ads 268 Create Chitika Ads 270 Work with Commission Conjunction 274 Work with BuySellAds 276 Chapter 14 Building and Managing an SEO Team Find the Best SEO Companies 282 Hire an SEO Expert on Elance 284 Post a Job on Elance 288 Hire an SEO Expert on oDesk 290 Post an SEO Job on oDesk 292 Create a Freedcamp Project 294 Index 298