Lazy guy who wants to become rich

Hi! ^_^ after reading some SEO e-books and tutorials, I encountered many questions about SEO. Like, what will make me on top? Or what are the factors that determine my position in the natural listing for a specific key phrase? And what is their relative importance?

Again, what is Search engine optimization?

Wikipedia says that, Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via “natural” (”organic” or “algorithmic”) search results for targeted keywords. Usually, the earlier a site is presented in the search results or the higher it “ranks”, the more searchers will visit that site. SEO can also target different kinds of search, including image search, local search, and industry-specific vertical search engines.

Seomoz.org - SEO is the active practice of optimizing a web site by improving internal and external aspects in order to increase the traffic the site receives from search engines.

wilshirepr.com - Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is an Online marketing technique that targets keywords and phrases related to a website, and aims to rank that site high in the search engines when a user searches on those keywords and phrases. This is a dynamic, complicated task. It is changing all the time and it is an ongoing battle.

Lets go back to the topic. ^_^

According to SEO Best Practice Guide 2007 of e-consultancy.com there is a six ranking factors…

1. Planning and strategy including setting performance targets.
2. Index inclusion and coverage.
3. On-page optimization.
4. Link-building (internal and External)
5. SEO process
6. Conversion efficiency.

Those at the heart of search engine ranking are success factors 2, 3 and 4. Because, if your pages are not included within the index then you cannot expect to gain any search engine referrals. Once included, search results are dependent on the combination of On-page optimization and link-building.

That’s all for now, on my next post our topic is about the two most important factors in SEO.