SEO Overview and Resources

In conducting my previous traffic experiment, I learned that I only have approximately 1% of my overall traffic come from Search Engines. That is not a favorable percentage. Ideally, I would like to have a balance of traffic from Search Engines, Social Networking, Direct Traffic and other Referring Sites.

Part of the reason behind my low Search Engine % is due to the fact that I recently transferred my site to a domain. Since my URL changed, I had to re-submit to the various search engines and directories. This can take a month or longer for your site to be added.

To increase my traffic from Search Engines, I will need to apply the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) method. I will be utilizing the resources below, but will start by providing an overview.

What is SEO?
SEO is a method of improving your quality & quantity of traffic from search engines results. SEO considers how search engines work & what people search for. SEO can also target different kinds of searches, such as image search.

What does SEO Involve?
Editing your tags & HTML coding can help to increase the relevance to keywords & remove difficulties with the indexing that search engines do.

When should I Incorporate SEO?
It’s actually best to use SEO from when you first develop the site, since the structure of a site as how it relates to your content is also important.

Below is an outstanding list of some of the best SEO resources and articles. I’ll be using the below references in an attempt to improve

Resources
Search Engine Optimization for Blogs
SEO Training
101 SEO Tools
101 Link Building Tips to Market Your Website
102 Ways to Make Your Site a Backlink Superstar
Top Search Engine Marketing Tools
D-List 200+ sites that have their “no follow” link disabled – Backlink Building
How to Get Search Engine Traffic to Your Blog

Once I apply the SEO techniques, I’ll provide an updated posting. This is meant to be my starting point. Do you have any tips or resources to share? How about your traffic? What percentage of traffic do you get from Search Engines? As always, I’d love to hear from you.