{"id":388,"date":"2009-07-13T10:37:19","date_gmt":"2009-07-13T17:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.yola.com\/?p=388"},"modified":"2009-07-15T11:41:49","modified_gmt":"2009-07-15T18:41:49","slug":"seo-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/seo-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"SEO Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Essential SEO Checklist<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whether you\u2019re creating a new site or refreshing your existing website, print and save this handy checklist to guide you through the SEO process.<\/p>\n

Before you start<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Decide on your goals for your SEO effort<\/li>\n
  2. Brainstorm a list of potential keywords<\/li>\n
  3. Use keyword research tools (link to KW article) to narrow down the keyword list<\/li>\n
  4. Choose 1-5 keywords per page<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Optimize tags and headings<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Add\/optimize title tags<\/li>\n
    2. Add\/optimize headings (one H1 per page; no lower than <H3>)<\/li>\n
    3. Add\/optimize keyword tag\u00a0 <\/span>(5-10 keywords)<\/li>\n
    4. Add\/optimize description tag (40-140 characters long)<\/li>\n
    5. Add\/Optimize Image ALT Tags<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Edit content<\/strong><\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Optimize current content\u00a0 <\/span>(1-5 relevant keywords per page)<\/li>\n
      2. Develop new content (300-500 words per page)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Optimize links<\/strong><\/p>\n

          \n
        1. Add\/optimize internal links<\/li>\n
        2. Make sure internal links work<\/li>\n
        3. Use linking strategies (link to articles on linking) to build links<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Improve navigation<\/strong><\/p>\n

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          1. Use ALT tags for image-based navigation<\/li>\n
          2. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Add\/optimize site map<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Want to know more? Check out our SEO tutorials<\/a> page.<\/p>\n

            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            The Essential SEO Checklist Whether you\u2019re creating a new site or refreshing your existing website, print and save this handy checklist to guide you through the SEO process. Before you start Decide on your goals for your SEO effort Brainstorm a list of potential keywords Use keyword research tools (link to KW article) to narrow… Read More »SEO Checklist<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":390,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388\/revisions\/390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}