SEO top tips
Relevant domain name: Have a domain name e.g. devonandcornwallwebdesign.co.uk that is relevant to your business. This can give you a real boast in terms of SEO over your competitors.
Register your domain name ASAP: Google artificially puts 'young' websites lower down in search engine results as it does not assign them a page ranking for 16 - 18 weeks. By putting up a holding page and registering it with the relevant search engines you will start ticking away those weeks.
Backlinks: Getting high quality websites to link to your own is the best way to improve your position in a search engine result. Other local businesses are a good place to start.
Backlinks form a .gov website: Search engines place a higher value on .gov websites so if you can get a backlink on their then do it. This maybe relevant if you contract for your local council.
Backlink to other pages in your website: Don't just back link to your main page. It is good to get backlinks to other pages of your website that are rich in content.
CMS be careful: If you use a CMS take extra care of the titles you give your pages and articles as these should be in keeping with the rest of your website.
Do not link to lots of poor quality websites: If you link to lots of websites with a '0' page ranking than this will have a negative effect on your SEO. Make sure you only link to good quality sites.
Create a blog: Search engines like fresh content and blogs can get lots of people interested in what you are doing. A Wordpress blog is an excellent place to start and can be integrated into your website.
Use social media: Integrating Facebook, Twitter and Youtube videos into your website will keep people up to date with what you are doing and boost your SEO.
Write on relevant forum: Some forums allow you to put a clickable link to your website. Make sure the forum is on topic.
