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Individuals no longer commit to memory the web page URLs to get the details or assistance we want. We have come to depend more and more on search engines to get to websites containing the details or assistance we need.
Because of this, search engine optimization has become an important strategy in web design for so that one can reach their target viewers. Without search engine optimization, even a quality website would find it difficult to reach a very wide audience.
Factors Affecting Page Rank
Search engine optimization (SEO) is simply the method of increasing a website’s ranking in search engine results listing. According to an article by SEO experts, the top ten ranking factors that can influence a web document's rank at the major search engines like Bing, Yahoo!, MSN and Google for a particular term or phrase are the following:
1) Title Tag
2) Anchor Text of Links
3) Keyword Use in Document Text
4) Accessibility of Document
5) Links to Document from within the Site (Internal Pages)
6) Primary Subject Matter of Site
7) External Links to Linking Pages
8) Link Popularity of Site in Topical Community
9) Global Link Popularity of Site and
10) Keyword Spamming.
Note, however, that although keyword density does affect page rank it is often frowned on as is considered to be a questionable technique when it is over 10 to 20% the actual content since it appears to be spamming then.
The Effect of Fresh Content in SEO
It is not enough for your website to apply the other SEO techniques like meta tag optimization and link analysis. Fresh content, meaning relevant content delivered on a regular basis is imperative to a successful SEO. Although not mentioned as one of the top ten ranking factor, one of the recurring factors affecting page rank mentioned in SEO articles is content. Not just any content but the freshness and consistency of content.
Since it is a factor mentioned in many existing articles that I have come across, common sense dictates that the freshness of content is indeed an important factor in page ranking. Major search engines like Google are known to rank pages not only according to the relevancy of the content but also according to how original the content is.
Reused content can lower the page rank of an otherwise well designed website and ruin SEO efforts. A fresh content on the other hand will contribute to the success of search engine optimization.
Ways to Deliver Fresh Content on a Regular Basis
However for SEO to be successful the fresh content delivered by the website should be in a form that is readable to search engine. Ordinary content writers, of course would not know how to make their content readable by search engines. The good news is that there is no special effort needed on the part of content writer to make their content readable by search engines. All that is needed is a good dynamic, database driven content management system (CMS).
Content management systems might seem hard to manage but they are actually relatively easy once you get the hang of it and get past the learning stage. Learning to use them can, however, prove to be tricky. It is best to get the help of web developers when setting up a website’s content management system. CMSs are however very useful especially for websites with multiple users who can contribute to the site’s content. Mambo and PHPNuke are recommended for starters.
Another way to deliver fresh content at a regular basis is by using a weblog. Maintaining a weblog is an easy and cost effective way of updating your site. A good weblog should always be frequently updated, full of rich and informative articles, and should allow readers to post comments. A weblog integrated in your website will also achieve the following desirable results:
• It will increase the amount of inbound links to your website
• It will increase the frequency at which the web search engines will spider or crawl your website ( this is due to the frequent update in content )
• It will increase the interactivity for the web user and
• It will ultimately improve your search engine ranking.
Two of examples of good easy to use blogging tools that can be integrated into websites are Blogger and Wordpress.
The Importance of Fresh Content Beyond SEO
After learning how to regularly deliver fresh content to optimize your website’s rank, it is important to know that its importance and effect to your website goes way beyond that.
Aside from the success it contributes to SEO efforts, fresh content will not only get the website noticed by search engines but is imperative in keeping the website audience. People usually go on the net not just for relevant information but for timely information as well.
After the search engines show a website as a result of a search string and people get to visit the site, it is up to the fresh content to convince the people to keep on coming back to the site. If the website content is outdated and is updated rather infrequently and erratically, the chances of the target audience going back to the site on a regular basis, if at all, will be rather slim.
Even the best SEO efforts will be wasted if the target audience decides that the website is not worth visiting. Therefore fresh content really is one of the keys to a successful SEO and thus a successful website.
Hope that this article is useful to you.
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