17 SEO practical success tips for best page ranking results

1. Alt Text for all images: Adding ALT TEXT description definitely is a power boost for your content.
2. 301 redirect (permanent redirect): A 301 redirect is the most efficient and Search Engine friendly method for webpage redirection. It’s not that hard to implement and it should preserve your search engine rankings for that particular page. 
3. Meta Tags, Meta Keywords, related keywords for products: A website that ignores Meta tags, meta keywords, etc is for sure heading for a disastrous search engine ranking score. 
4. Meta Descriptions, keywords with phrases  (keyword planner with phrases): You could use sites like www.seoreviewtools.com https://keywordtool.io  https://www.wordstream.com/keywords and of course, the KEYWORD PLANNER tool from adwords.google.com 
5. Plugin: SEO plugins like https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-meta-seo/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/ platinum-seo-pack etc are some awesome plugins to improve your SEO score. Also, incase you are looking to add analytics codes and tracking codes, you could check out plugins like “Tracking code manager” to add the same into your website.
   
   Simple steps to use a Tracking code manager plugin:

– Install the Tracking code manager plugin

– Click on setting 

– add new tracking code 

– click on add new tracking code

– give a name to tracking code (Adwords..etc)

– position inside the code (Before Head, After Body, Before Body, After head) depending on the code guidelines  

– standard code or ecommerce code, then click save 

NOTE: Before you add any code to your site across any page or even through a plugin, please take a backup of your website much in advance for sure.

6. Integrate excerpt on all pages: A great way to add a professional description of your content.
   
   
7. Anchor text ( any link which you add to the text is an anchor text)  – For eg. If your page is talking about Trends and Fashion styles in 2018, adding link to your website or page which has content about Trends in 2018 or fashion styles and adding that url as a link to the text “Trends and Fashion styles in 2018” is a great way to create a perfect Anchor Text Link and enhance SEO.
8. Backlinks: Get good backlinks for your website from valuable sites with quality relevant content and genuine traffic. 
9. Canonical tag if content duplication within the website.
   
   
10. Deep link SEO technique within the website mostly used in blogs (don’t use open link in new tab) especially if the page links are within your own website.
11. LSI (Latent  Semantic Indexing) Repeat different words with same meaning rather than resorting to keyword stuffing. Eg. in case your focus is fitness as a core keyword, you could spread across keywords of fitness, health, exercise, etc in other words, synonyms to a great extent as part of your content. 
12. AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages ) – Install the AMP wordpress plugin:

– Activate the plugin

– edit the file called as .HTaccess file 

 – and add link of the website 

AMP project site for non wordpress website on how to use AMP – amp

14. Validator.w3.org validate all the html website from here.. (HTML validator)
15. Create Sitemap.xml for your website 
16. Keyword Density analysis – keyword  density checker to ensure you are not resorting to keyword stuffing knowingly or otherwise.
17. Paid SEO results (Google Adwords) could be a great way to further boost your SEO for core keywords. 

These are some wonderful and powerful success guides, tips on ‘how-to’ for getting the best out of your SEO – Search Engine Optimization practices. 

Which of these are you currently using, which are the ones you heard for the first time and any new suggestions for SEO that you might have, feel free to share your comments, views etc with me here.

Have a lovely day ahead.

Be Well

Ananth V

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DISCLAIMER: Please note: These tips, guides etc given in the post are merely our ideas, suggestions etc based on what has helped us and worked for us and our clients over the years. Prior to implementing these tips or guides in any manner for your own SEO score, please make sure to use your discretion at all times, ensure the guides will work for your sites, check and confirm with your web developer and only then follow these if you can take onus for the same. We do not as of date promote any of the links, codes, plugins, etc mentioned in this post as a sponsored suggestion.