If you are just learning or want to learn SEO these 2 articles are grat at giving you the basic on-page optimization tips without a lot of fluff. Just follow the template in the 1st article for starters.
There is more to SEO than this and everyone has an opinion about how to do it right. But this is a great overview and even a good refresher.
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There is more to SEO than this and everyone has an opinion about how to do it right. But this is a great overview and even a good refresher.
<a href="http://www.seomoz.org/blog/perfecting-keyword-targeting-on-page-optimization">Perfecting Keyword Targeting & On-Page Optimization</a>
If you're in SEO, you probably hear this question a lot. Sadly, there's no cut and dry answer, but there are sets of best practices we can draw from and sharpen to help get close. In this blog post, I'm going to share our top recommendations for achieving on-page, keyword-targeting "perfection," or, at least, close to it. Some of these are backed by data points, correlation studies and extensive testing while others are simply gut-feelings based on experience. As with all things SEO, we recommend constant testing and refinement, though this knowledge can help you kick-start the process.
<a href="http://www.seomoz.org/blog/8-easy-wins-for-on-page-seo">8 Easy Wins for On-page SEO</a>
Even the best advice is useless if you can’t put it into play. As a consultant who started his professional life as a coder, I always try to consider the effort and cost of implementing any changes I advise. Don’t get me wrong – some difficult changes have to be made, despite the pain. Usually, though, there are a few easy wins that won’t take days of development or thousands of dollars to put into play. I’m going to give you 8 fixes to on-page SEO problems that I see pop up regularly…
While link-building is critical, fixing on-page issues is often a lot easier and can have an immediate impact, so it’s important not to ignore either front of the SEO battle.
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