How to SEO your website in easy steps.

Having proper heading tags in
your page and in your post is an
important aspect insearch
engine optimization. All search
engines gives important to
heading tags and crawl them
first before the content and if
you have good keywords in your
heading, its all you need. In this
series of SEO optimization
articles, I have posted couple of
articles about keywords and title
tags. Today, followed by those
two posts, I am going to write
about heading tags and using
keywords in it.
Note: This post is a follow up
post of my previous
article. Please Read : How To
Use Title Tags And Meta Tags!
Heading Tags
Heading tags ae given more
importance by search engines so
if you choose and have your best
keywords in your heading tags,
you are likely to add importance
to your pages. It will help you
getting good rankings in search
engine results according tothe
keywords you choose according
to your post content.
The
" h1 "
to "h6" use with <>
tags are used
to define HTML headings. "h1"
defines the largest heading and
"h6"
defines the smallest
heading. These tags are
supported by all browsers and
search engine crawlers as well. It
would be great if you try to
optimize keywords in all heading
tags h1, h2, h3 etc.
Body Content
Your content in the body are the
means of connection between
you and your readers and
prospects. While tweaking the
content for search engines, you
should take care not to irritate
the readers with unwarranted
repetition of keywords. Well, I
personally always prefer to
express whatever my mind has
to and which reflects in my
articles. I almost never try to
change my articles according to
keyword setup and all that.
Analysts say that around 4 to 6 %
keyword density per page is
healthy. You can properly place
and optimize the keywords
within this prescribed density.
You should not attempt to have
hidden keywords (that is,
optimize keywords in white
colour not visible to the reader,
but available to the search
engines) anywhere in the page.
If search engines find out the
trick, they impose stringent
penalties and your web page
would not be shown in the
results at all.
This one was a small post on
optimizing heading tags and
body content. I hope you have
enjoyed reading it. You might
want to leave some words of
appreciation and/or criticism!
cheers

TOP 20 TIPS TO MAKE YOUR SYSTEM FASTER

Top 20 Tips To Keep Your
System Faster
Follow these tips and you will
definitely have a much faster and
more reliable PC!
1. Wallpapers:They slow your
whole system down, so if you're
willing to compromise, have a
basic plain one instead!
2. Drivers: Update your
hardware drivers as frequently
as possible. New drivers tend to
increase system speed especially
in the case of graphics cards,
their drivers are updated by the
manufacturer very frequently!
3. Minimizing: If you want to use
several programs at the same
time then minimize those you are
not using. This helps reduce the
overload on RAM.
4. Boot Faster: The 'starting
Windows 98/XP' message on
startup can delay your booting
for a couple of seconds. To get
rid of this message go to c: and
find the file Msdos.sys. Remove
the Read-Only option. Next, open
it in Notepad or any other text
editor. Finally, go to the text
'Options' within the file and
make the following changes: Add
BootDelay=0. To make your
booting even faster, set add
Logo=0 to remove the Windows
logo at startup.
5. Restart only Windows: When
restarting your PC, hold down
Shift to only restart Windows
rather than the whole system
which will only take a fraction of
the time.
6. Turn Off Animations: Go to
Display Settings from the Control
Panel and switch to the Effects
Tab. Now turn off Show
Windows Content While Dragging
and Smooth Edges on Screen
Fonts. This tip is also helpful with
Windows XP because of the
various fade/scroll effects.
7. Faster Start-Menu Access: Go
to the Start menu and select Run.
Now type Regedit and hit Enter.
The Registry Editor will appear
on the screen. Now, open the
folder
HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl
PanelDesktop. You should see a
MenuShowDelay value. If you
don't then do the following: right
click on a blank space in the right
pane and select New String.
Change the name in the new
value to MenuShowDelay. Now
that we have the MenuShowDelay
value, double click on it and enter
0 in the value data field. This sets
the start menu delay to 0
milliseconds.
8. Resolutions: If you are willing
to do anything for faster
performance from your PC, then
try lowering your display
resolution. The lower it is, the
faster your PC.
9. Turn off Active Desktop: Go to
your Display Properties and
switch to the Web tab. Uncheck
View My Active Desktop As a Web
Page. Since the Active Desktop
option under Windows 98 uses a
lot of system resources, this
option can have a dramatic effect
on the speed of the whole
system.
10. Defragment Often: Windows
98's Defrag tool uses Application
Acceleration from Intel which
means that when you
defragment your drive, data is
physically arranged on the drive
so that applications will load
faster
11. Take your PC to Bed: Using
the Advanced Power
Management feature under
Windows 98 gives you the
option to use the sleep
command. That way, you can
send your PC to sleep instead of
shutting it down and then
restarting it. It's as simple as
pressing a button and then
pressing the same button to
wake it up. You can tell Windows
after how many minutes/hours
of inactivity to automatically sleep
the machine in the Advanced
Power Management section of
the Control Panel.
12. Faster Internet Access: If
you use the internet for
reference and the sites you visit
are rarely updated then try the
following. In IE (the same can be
done in Netscape) go to Tools,
Internet Options. Next, click on
Settings... in the Temporary
Internet Files section. Finally,
select Never for the first option
and double the amount of
storage space to use, click OK!
13. Benchmarking:
Benchmarking can be very useful
when run frequently. It can tell
you how your PC's components
are performing and then
compare them to other machines
like yours. For example, when
you overclock your PC, you want
to know how much more speed
you have and whether it is stable.
All this and more can be
discovered using benchmarking.
An excellent piece of software for
doing this job is SiSoft Sandra
which can be found in the
Downloads File Archive!
14. Refresh the Taskbar without
restarting: If you in some way
change the taskbar, either in
Regedit or elsewhere, you can
refresh the task bar without
restarting. Hold down Ctrl Alt Del,
and double click on Explorer. Say
Yes to close Explorer, but no to
closing Windows. This will
refresh the Taskbar and system
tray.
15. Quick CD Eject: Instead of
pushing the button on your
drive, right-click your CD drive
letter in My Computer and click
on Eject. This will also remove
any icons that have become
associated with the CD drive
16. Start Up Programs:
Windows can be slowed down
when programs run on start up.
To eliminate this, check your Start
up folder. You can access it from
the start menu: Start, Programs,
Start Up. Another way to
eliminate programs from loading
even before Windows actually
starts is by doing the following:
Click on Start, then Run. Type
msconfig. It will take quite a long
time for this program to load, but
when you finally see it on your
screen, explore the different tabs.
They all have to do with how
quickly your PC boots, so select
what you want, and uncheck
what you don't want!
17. Fonts: When Windows starts,
it loads every single font in the
Fonts folder. Therefore, the more
fonts you have, the slower the
booting process. To get rid of
unwanted fonts, simply go to the
Fonts folder under c:windows
and remove whatever you don't
want. Fonts that have a red letter
'A' as their icon are system fonts,
so don't delete them.
18. Stretching Wallpapers: Don't
"stretch" your wallpaper in
Windows 98 since it actually
slows Windows down when you
drag icons around on the
desktop.
19. RAM Matters: If you have less
than 32MB then you should
seriously think of upgrading it to
at least 64MB. Windows runs
much more smoothly with 64MB
or higher and tends to use less
hard disk space for virtual
memory.
20. Partitioning: A very nice little
thing you can do to boost system
performance. By partitioning
your hard drive, splitting one
physical drive into several logical
ones, you can gain several
advantages. 1. If you get a virus
or you accidentally format a
drive, not all will be lost. 2. By
placing the swap file
(Win386.swp) on a separate
drive, The swap file will be less
fragmented and thus, faster. 3.
Place Windows on a separate
drive and whenever you need to
reinstall it, you rest assured that
your data is safe on a separate
drive. Partitioning can be done
using a few programs such as
FDisk which comes with DOS.
However, FDisk formats
everything on the hard disk
before partitioning. Alternatively,
you can use Partition Magic from
Power Quest to partition your
hard disk without losing your
data.

SEO for your social media profiles

SEO (search engine optimisation) and social media have been moving closer and closer together as disciplines over the past couple of years. Now it seems they’re more integrated than ever, particularly as Google increasingly experiment with bringing in social elements into search results. You can’t really afford to know one without the other, as you risk doing half a job, or missing out on important potential traffic. To help with this, we’ve compiled some of the top SEO tips across social media profiles, so you can make sure you have your house in order. Bear in mind that all of the below are recommended as general good practice to stick to – not promises of top positions for your keywords. I would always always recommend that you run your social media profiles with your community in mind first and foremost, then consider best practice for SEO after this. These are tips to implement alongside the natural conversations in your community. Many of these tips apply for internal search, such as through Facebook Pages as there will be certain restrictions on the content Google will/can index.

Keywords in Facebook Page updates
It can often be a bit of a push and pull between writing content purely with the user in mind, and writing content that has one eye firmly on SEO. Good practice for SEO copywriting can still apply when you write your updates on your Facebook Page. Since everyone that searches on Facebook has the ability to show results by ‘everyone’, individual posts you write on your Facebook Page could be crucial for getting found by people searching for something current. I wouldn’t advise you let this guide your content strategy overall. Don’t try and write about the royal wedding if it bears no relevance to your brand or community, but when you are writing updates, think about the keywords that other people might be looking for, that could lead them to your Page.
Writing anchor text on your Facebook Page
The same rules of good linking still apply on your Facebook Page, such as linking often and to relevant Pages. In certain places, Facebook also gives you the option to use anchor text in your links, which is a good practice to adhere to. You can do this in the ‘notes’ section of your Page for example. Here you simply write out the code for anchor text as you would normally, replacing the content with your own website and desired anchor text
Offering creative social media campaigns
When you publish this it will appear as anchor text on your wall. Remember to use relevant keywords in the anchor text, that relate to the page you’re pointing to.
Link Often on your Facebook Page
Sending links out from your Facebook Page in general is important in helping to improve your SEO rankings within Facebook search. You should take advantage of the places that Facebook give you to do this, including the wall and Info text. One of the most important places to link from your Page however, is in the ‘About’ box on the side of your Page. While you can’t put anchor text here, you can include a standard link, such as in the screenshot below :

Keywords in Facebook photo captions
Even though certain activity within a Facebook page is ‘no follow’ by Google, you should still retain good keyword and linking strategies in all places. This is often overlooked in the ‘photos’ section of your Page, where it can be tempting to stick it up quickly and share it on your wall. The description is on your photo permanently however, so remember to include relevant keywords in the photo description text. Again bear in mind meeting the needs of the user and the search engine. You’re talking to your fans first and foremost, so include the keywords naturally in the text, but paying careful attention to those keywords you might want to be found for, both in Facebook and Google search.

Keywords in your Twitter bio
In your Twitter profile ,your ‘bio’ is actually the meta description of your Page, making it an incredibly important aspect of SEO on your Twitter profile. Make sure you’re including relevant keywords here, that relate both to the general content of your tweets as well as the website you want to promote. This can often be overlooked in terms of keyword optimisation, but should be well considered, albeit within 160 characters!
Use bit.ly to shorten links on Twitter
Using URL shortners is often done on Twitter profiles mainly as a way of making links more readable and easily shareable as they reduce the amount of characters used within the tweet. They are also incredibly important in terms of SEO as well. Using url services such as bit.ly or tiny.url use permanent 301 redirects to your content, meaning that your original url benefits from the SEO juice, and not just the tiny url itself.
Keywords early in tweets
In an individual tweet, the first 27-40 characters count as the title tag within a Google search result. It’s important therefore to include your desired keywords early on in the tweet itself, to make it more likely to rank in searches. This is what will be indexed by Google so it’s important to keep to this structure as much as possible, while not distracting from the actual conversation in Twitter. Keep these keywords relevant to the rest of the tweet and any URL you include, as much for consideration of the user as well as search engines.
Followers boost your PageRank
This might not be a direct tip, but it’s an important consideration. The more high profile or popular Twitter followers you have, the more your PageRank will improve within Google, having a positive effect on your search results. These followers are indexed as ‘inlinks’ to your profile – i.e. Google recognises one Twitter account as linking to yours as a relevant link. Try and attract these followers by tweeting popular, relevant content, which would sit very much in line with your natural Twitter strategy :
Use Twitter directories
There are some very easy ways that you can build links to your Twitter profile, while also getting in front of new followers that may be interested in your content : Twitter directories. Through different sites you can link to your Twitter profile, often with the option to add in additional keywords, that should strongly relate to the page you’re linking to. Check out this article from CNet, for a great list of Twitter directories you can add your profile to.
Tweet Often
As much as this is a consideration for your natural Twitter activity, it’s also important for Google search results, now that they integrate tweets into their main search results. If you’re tweeting often about current topics then you can help to improve your chances of appearing in Google results. These Twitter links are also contained prominently above the fold in Google search engine result pages, so is a great way to attract new followers, provided the content is in some way related to your core product or service.
Name your Twitter profile picture

A nice little SEO tip to follow here. When uploading your Twitter profile picture, make sure to name it with a relavant keyword that relates to your Twitter profile. The image file name is contained within the link when you click to expand, so avoid just using the file number, as shown in the example above. You can see this yourself by hovering over your profile image in Twitter. Also be sure to use hyphens in between words in the file name, not spaces.

Double keywords in a Youtube video
Obviously, using relevant keywords throughout the title, description and keyword section of your video on Youtube is important. But a good tip to follow is including a keyword twice within a title, such as ‘Facebook Tips : SEO Facebook tips for your business page’. This is good in terms of SEO to get an incredibly important keyword listed twice, but is also good from a usability point of view, as you provide an easy to read format, telling people what your content is about. This is the perfect balance between writing for people and SEO.
Repeat keywords in the video title
Often when it comes to adding in keywords to your Youtube video, you try and add as many relevant keywords that you can think of. While this is good practice, help Youtube out a bit when it comes to displaying your video, and repeat words contained in your video title throughout the description and keyword section, as it will help your video to be shown both within Youtube and Google search (as this pulls in Youtube video results as standard).
Leave a video reply
Google and Youtube like video pages that have a lot of links built into them, as it shows the relevance of the video content. A great way to do this, which also provides a new organic community around your video content, is by leaving a video reply to related videos within Youtube. You can do this while you’re logged into the correct profile for your Youtube video channel. When you’ve found the video you want to reply to, click on ‘Leave a video reply’ on the right hand side. This will bring up your videos, which you can select and leave as a video response on the page. Use this according to best practice and avoid being too spammy a this could have an adverse effect on your actual content!

Write a full script for your videos
A great way of adding in extra text around your video is to consider writing a full script in the description. Here you can put in additional keywords that are featured in the video and it also allows people to find out more about the content of the video if they’re looking at it in work for example, or not able to view videos. Next to the title, the description is the second most important thing about your video so make sure it’s well optimised.

Get active on Quora
Google recently announced that they were adding activity on Quora such as asking questions or adding answers into their indexed realtime search results. Quora is a great place to network and build your community anyway, but now that this has such as direct effect on Google search, it should be considered by most marketers and businesses. As these feature in the ‘realtime’ section of a Google SERP, best practice both for search and your community is to make sure you’re answering and asking questions often.