Need on-page SEO advice

[Nellis]

I am redesigning my website, currently I use PPC and some other methods for traffic. I want to redesign it with SEO in mind. Can anyone reccomend any good articles, books, guides, or websites that could get me started? Im looking for more of a guide on SEO design from the ground up.
Im talking about things like, where the sidebar should be located in the html, how to properly structure html for SEO, sitemap tips, stuff like that.
Thanks in advance

[~DaRk-EyE~]

Here's an informative article which can help your gather some tips and ideas on how to create a SEO friendly web design. Cheers...

[bogs]

you might also want to consider google webmaster guidelines: http://www.google.com/support/webmas...n&answer=35769

[miskandar_es]

You can visit my web mes-seomaster.com

I prepare this site to help people know more about SEO.

Hope it helps

[dee_el07]

try this one.. http://www.selfseo.com/story-19533.php

[Web Gazelle]

Definitely read the Google webmaster guidelines. You should also read over my SEO Guide on Squidoo. I am linking to it in my signature.

[Nellis]

Thank you!

[e_marketing_india]

Originally Posted by Nellis

I am redesigning my website, currently I use PPC and some other methods for traffic. I want to redesign it with SEO in mind. Can anyone reccomend any good articles, books, guides, or websites that could get me started? Im looking for more of a guide on SEO design from the ground up.
Im talking about things like, where the sidebar should be located in the html, how to properly structure html for SEO, sitemap tips, stuff like that.
Thanks in advance

You can read some interesting articles on SEO at :http://www.seohawk.com/expert_seo_articles.asp

It will take you through various aspects of search engine optimization, and how to optimize your website from SEO perspective

[seoboost]

All of the above are great info for what you are lookng for.

[doogers]

I would read this forum...you will find a lot of your questions already answered here.

[MrCat]

Originally Posted by Web Gazelle

Definitely read the Google webmaster guidelines....

This is a must

Also check with other SE's - Yahoo, MSN, etc. as they have different algo in determining your rankings for keyword searches.

[arturobraganza]

Originally Posted by Nellis

I am redesigning my website, currently I use PPC and some other methods for traffic. I want to redesign it with SEO in mind. Can anyone reccomend any good articles, books, guides, or websites that could get me started? Im looking for more of a guide on SEO design from the ground up.
Im talking about things like, where the sidebar should be located in the html, how to properly structure html for SEO, sitemap tips, stuff like that.
Thanks in advance

there's a lot of resources like seobook.com, seomoz.org, mattcutts.com/blog, and especially, go to webmaster's forums for more resources.

[sums123]

Try these steps

1)Write content for your website.To get help in writing,you can try www.ezinearticles.com or http://www.wikipedia.com

Side Bar are mostly located horizontally or vertical left site of a web page.


Regards
sums123

[pinkfluffybunny]

Nellis,

Don't know your product or service - here's the best advice I can give a noob.

Study your competition -
what did they do?
What is their site structure?
What do they offer?
What can you offer they don't?
Who do they target?
Who should they target?
There's some tricks, but mostly it's just figuring out what people are looking for and providing it.

Content will win out over tricks.

It may be that your product is more suited for MSN (done your homework on demographics?) MSN likes mom pop sites (black hatters are penalized severely)

No java unless you provide an alternative, flash only if it serves a purpose (looking good is not a purpose....lol), basic headers, archor links, alt text, decribe what you have on the site.

Spiders are dumb, you have to tell them what's on the pages and make sure it's there.

Never use an image if text will do.........

make the pages fast loading - I'd rather be # 10 with a fast loading page than the other 9 with bloated pages.

entice people to take an action
never force a path on them
study your stats - they will tell you what people want and how to convert them.
5 people buying is worth a million just browsing.

you don't have to take on the world or grab all the traffic (just your share).
You only have to beat 10 sites - 5 of them are done by someone like you

there raise your right hand - you're an expert