Rand Fishkin at SEOmoz has made available his "SEO Cheatsheet" for downloading. This is the same sheet he hands out to conference attendees of one of his sessions at Search Engine Strategies in New York. It is a simple list, definitley not as extensive as his "Search Engine Ranking Factors" article which to date contains about 103 factors/tips related to SEO, but can be helpful if you are just starting out in the filed of searche ngine optimization.

You can download it at http://www.seomoz.org/2006/seomoz-cheatsheet.swf but Rand recommends that you print it using using Flash's built-in print function so it will scale properly (rather than your browser's function).

The list deals with the following asspects of SEO:

  • On-Page Optimization
  • Search-Friendly Architecture
  • Web Design & Usability
  • Promoting & Marketing Your Site
  • Creating Linkbait
  • Link Building Tips
A couple of tips that I like are:
  • Meta Description Tag - Should be an engaging, accurate description of the page that will entice searchers to click.

  • and...

  • Great Sites Market Themselves - make sure your design, usability & content are the best they can be before you start marketing.






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