{"id":128,"date":"2012-11-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/bleilerfitness\/must-have-seo-checklist-for-new-websites\/"},"modified":"2012-11-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-02T00:00:00","slug":"must-have-seo-checklist-for-new-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/bleilerfitness\/must-have-seo-checklist-for-new-websites\/","title":{"rendered":"Must have SEO Checklist for New Websites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In creating websites, there are some pointers to consider.\u00a0 One is to use an SEO optimized domain.\u00a0 Your domain name is very important as it tells the world what your website is all about.\u00a0 You can\u2019t just use any words that come to mind.\u00a0 You need to consider factors like positioning and the like.\u00a0 Pick your domain very carefully.<\/p>\n<p>Why do you need to be SEO optimized?\u00a0 And what does it mean for your business? SEO is short for search engine optimization.\u00a0 You want search engines like Google to be able to locate your website.\u00a0 When you are recognized by the search engines, you get better page ranking.\u00a0 This is important because when you put content on your site, you want it to come up when people search for what you are offering.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Be Accessible<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Are you easy to find or are you nowhere to be found?<\/p>\n<p>If you are at the top of the list, people will be able to go to you right away.\u00a0 Ideally, you want to be on the first page of the search engines. You can do this by putting high quality, unique content on your site and doing some keyword research.<\/p>\n<p>If you are selling products or ideas, you can be sure to have the traffic you need.\u00a0 Having that traffic makes you get nearer to your goal. \u00a0And you want to convert that traffic into buyers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Target your keywords<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Obviously, this will also help the search engine to find you easily. Choose keywords with high relevance, low difficulty and good research value.\u00a0 Use a keyword research tool such as Google Keyword Tool to know what terms people are searching for and what the competition is.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have valuable content<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Check if your content will make the reader smile in agreement as he reads your article, or if it makes him chuckle.\u00a0 Does it need more detail? More videos?\u00a0 Did you mention where you got your materials from?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check your website design<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Is your website easy to use?\u00a0 Or is it too cluttered?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Setup your Social account<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Set up your facebook, twitter, Linkedin, and Google+ accounts<\/p>\n<p><strong>Build your links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is best to start with your business contacts, rather than you being associated with shady links.\u00a0 Be careful in choosing links you associate your website with.\u00a0 The right place to start is with people you already know.\u00a0 It will be easier to have your link referred by people you make business with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In creating websites, there are some pointers to consider.\u00a0 One is to use an SEO optimized domain.\u00a0 Your domain name is very important as it tells the world what your website is all about.\u00a0 You can\u2019t just use any words that come to mind.\u00a0 You need to consider factors like positioning and the like.\u00a0 Pick [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":979,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,3,4,5,6,178,1],"tags":[22,53,55,234],"class_list":["post-128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-affiliate-marketing","category-article-marketing","category-body-by-vi","category-current-events","category-education","category-empower-network","category-search-engine-optimization-seo","category-uncategorized","tag-empower-network","tag-futuristic-marketing-pro","tag-joanne-bleiler","tag-seo-checklist"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/bleilerfitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/bleilerfitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/bleilerfitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/bleilerfitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/979"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/bleilerfitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/bleilerfitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/bleilerfitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/bleilerfitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/bleilerfitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}