Top Ten SEO Tricks
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Andleeb Afsheen
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White Hat SEO
1. Use fewer files and directories
Every file is a separate call to the server. Instead of using many small images you might consider using an imagemap.
Decrease the number of directory structure levels.
2. Limit your spacing
While we know that spaces in your code, as a rule, should not effect the layout, it does effect how it’s parsed. Decrease or eliminate the spaces between your lines of code.
3. Use relative addressing instead of absolute addressing.
Instead of using href=http://www.mydomain.com/images/pic1.jpg, use href=”../images/pic1.jpg”
To really speed things up use the <base> tag in the <head> like this: <base href=http://www.mydomain.com> then use relative addressing in the rest of the page.
To really speed things up use the <base> tag in the <head> like this: <base href=http://www.mydomain.com> then use relative addressing in the rest of the page.
4. Use HTML to control spacing when possible
Instead of using a spacer.gif to manipulate space, try using for horizontal spacing and the <br> and <p> tags for vertical spacing.
5. Eliminate repetitive tags
This is something you’ll often find in pages created with point and click web applications (WYSIWYG HTML editors) for example:<font face=”arial”>Hello World</font> <font face=”arial”>Welcome to my web page.</font>
In this example the first </font> and the second <font face=”arial”> could be eliminated.
In this example the first </font> and the second <font face=”arial”> could be eliminated.
6. Eliminate attributes with default values
For example, you don’t need to use these:
<body text=”black”>
<div align=”left”>
<font size=”3″ color=”silver” face=”times”>
<body text=”black”>
<div align=”left”>
<font size=”3″ color=”silver” face=”times”>
7. Use short file names and directories
Instead of href=”../imagefiles/companylogos/advertisements.html try href=”../imgs/logos/ads.html
8. Use Cascading Style Sheets
Use CSS to position your content. It requires less code and you have more accurate control over layout.
9. Beware of WYSIWYG code trash
Many web authoring apps add their own proprietary code. FrontPage is notorious for this. Beware!!
Clean up your META tag. You don’t need the following info in your METAs:
<META NAME=”generator” content=”Microsoft FrontPage 4.0″>
<META NAME=”ProgId” CONTENT=”FrontPage.Editor.Document”>
Clean up your META tag. You don’t need the following info in your METAs:
<META NAME=”generator” content=”Microsoft FrontPage 4.0″>
<META NAME=”ProgId” CONTENT=”FrontPage.Editor.Document”>
10. Table Savvy
Avoid nesting tables. Rather than creating complex table layouts, use the attributes rowspan and colspan to control content layout.
If you can, fill empty table data cells with This weighs less than a spacer.gif. Tables take time. Even if you need to use a table for some of your content, the entire page doesn’t have to be in a table.
If you can, fill empty table data cells with This weighs less than a spacer.gif. Tables take time. Even if you need to use a table for some of your content, the entire page doesn’t have to be in a table.
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