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Hi, I'm Rob. I work in Brooklyn as a Senior Web Developer for HUGE, a digital advertising agency. I created this blog to share what I know, research what I don't, rant, and start discussions within the greater web community. I'd love to hear from you, so I strongly encourage comments.Social
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That tends not to be the answer you get from your average SEO consultant. But it should be!
I tell this to all of my clients, yet I still get requests for SEO work… I don’t even pretend it’s something that I do! I often try to persuade them to hire a copywriter instead.
Of course I could argue that there ARE other factors that affect SEO, but that would undermine the point you’re rightly making.
And a good web presence of course. Any other ideas?
Write clean markup (no tables) and have a hierarchy for your headings. Take advantage of HTML5 semantics if possible.
Use microformats to mark-up certain elements, like contact info, events etc…
http://microformats.org/
You want people to link to your site, so add sharing tools to make it easier. Google’s +1 button has SEO benefits, so I recommend that.
Use friendly urls:
/the-secret-to-seo vs. post.php?postid=12334
Don’t use a lot of fluffy marketing text, cut to the chase. When I write a blog post, I try to title it what I think people will search. For example: “iPad and iPhone html5 video autoplay” was one post I wrote a while back, instead of “Annoying that this doesn’t work” (or whatever).
And most of all, have compelling content