SEO Mythbusters - How to separate SEO myths from SEO facts in 2011. Take the road to success, with these 8 SEO facts: Findability Indexability Accessibility Usability Sharability Linkability Convertibility Trackability Have you got an SEO myth for us to prove or bust ? Tweet us @whitelabelseos using #seomyths

1. SEOMYTHBUSTERS How to separate SEO myths from SEO facts in 2011

2. SEO MYTHS Just repeat your keywords throughout your meta data and your website will rank high in Google organic results An expensive website will guarantee top Google rankings You only need to optimize for one keyword phrase per page...

3. You probably heard about one of those common organic-SEO myths or a similar one, but SEO is far more complex than that !!!

4. What if you focused on SEO strategies that really work ??

5. Take the road to success !!!

6. THE 8 SEO FACTS

7. FINDABILITY

8. Make sure your target keyword appears in : Meta titles and descriptions Domain and folder names URLs Headers Content Internal and back links

9. The combination of those elements will help increase your visibility in search engines such as Google, Bing...

10. INDEXABILITY

11. Your websites should not present any of these technical issues: No HTML/XML sitemap Duplicate content (canonicalization) Geographical location of server is not based where your customers are searching Black listing status of your hosting / linking partners Domain name suffix does not match the location of your customers

12. Excessive JavaScript code Non-branded 404 page errors 302 redirects No search engine robots commands (accidentally left in from a testing phase)

13. ACCESSIBILITY

14. Disability Discrimination Act (2005) Your website should comply with the following rules: Alt tags with brief descriptions of images and content Lists that appear to be navigation should have a title preceding it Use transcripts for Video and Flash and ensure it can be paused Don’t load audio automatically and ensure it can be paused

15. Workable navigation when images are turned off (not all browsers are image capable) Cross browser compatibility Expandable screen resolutions (no horizontal scrolling occurring) Use CSS for presentation (split into 3 layers - markup - presentation – functionality) Mobile access (what does your site look like on a mobile)

16. USABILITY

17. All users’ needs should have been considered throughout the website design phase Persona development User centred design User experience design Information architecture Taxonomy Layout Fonts Multi-media

18. LINKABILITY

19. How to make your content link worthy? Unique Valuable to your ideal visitors Expert on a particular subject Entertaining Updated regularly Extensive with all resources in one place

20. SHARABILITY

21. Make sure your visitors can easily share and return to your content !!! Add to favourites Send to a friend functions Social bookmarking functions (e.g. Share This button) Twitter feed RSS feeds Widgets (to add your content to their website without any web development knowledge)...

22. CONVERTIBILITY

23. What do you want your visitors to do next? Buy online Phone Email Subscribe by email Subscribe via RSS Follow on Twitter Post on their blog Link to your site Start a live chat Visit other pages...

24. TRACKABILITY

25. How can you extract more value from your website? Track everything with website analytics Click path analysis (which paths are your visitors following) Bounce rates (which pages have the highest/lowest) Goal conversions e.g. Sign-ups / sales Ensure offline conversions are tracked as well Cross reference with email analytics and phone tracking software

26. Following these principles will undeniably help you improve your website visits as well as your ROI

27. Haveyou got an SEO myth for us to prove or bust ??? Tweet us @whitelabelseos using #seomyths