This document provides an overview of basic SEO concepts and techniques, including:
- White hat SEO techniques like original content, onsite optimization, and quality link building versus black hat techniques like hidden text and keyword stuffing.
- Details on dofollow and nofollow links, common backlink checking tools, and the importance of anchor text and keyword density for optimization.
- Additional on-page factors like image alt text, and off-page metrics for understanding website authority like page authority, domain authority, trust flow, and citation flow.
6. White Hat, Black Hat, Grey Hat
White Hat SEO
Techniques
Original & Quality
Content
Onsite
Optimization
Quality Link
building
Guest Blogging
Black Hat SEO
Techniques
Hidden Text on
content
Keyword Stuffing
on Text
Cloaking
Doorway pages
Link Spamming
Grey Hat SEO
Techniques
Buying Expired &
Old Domains
Web 2.0 PBN
7. Backlink ( Dofollow & Nofollow)
This is a normal ‘Dofollow’ link
<a href=“Link”>Anchor Text</a>
This is a “nofollow” link:
<a rel=”nofollow”
href=”Link””>Anchor Text</a>
8. Backlink Checker Tools
• https://moz.com/researchtools/ose/
• http://www.backlinkwatch.com/
• https://ahrefs.com/
DoFollow & Nofollow link checker addons
• Search Status (Firefox addons)
• NoDofollow (Firefox and Chrome)
• SeoQuake (Firefox and Chrome)
9. Anchor Text
• Anchor text is the hyper linked words on a web page, visible &
clickable text. Example: CivinTech
Code Example:
<a href=“Link”>Anchor Text</a>
You can use anchor text in:
– External links - links from other sites
– Internal links - links on your pages
– Navigation Menu
– Links on your main page.
11. Keyword Density
• The percentage of times a keyword or phrase
appears on a web page compared to the total
number of words on the page.
• There’s no official declaration about ideal
keyword density but keeping KW density within
1% (max 1.5%) will keep your site safe from any
penalty.
• Keyword Density = No of repeats of the keyword
/ total number of words on the page * 100
13. Image Alt Tags
ALT Tags are invisible
descriptions of images
that helps search
engines understand
what an image is
about.
Alternate text is also
very helpful in
case images on a page
cannot be found.
14. Understanding PA, DA, TF, CF
Page Authority: Page Authority is a score (on a 100-point
scale) developed by Moz that predicts how well a specific
page will rank on search engines
Domain Authority: Domain Authority measures the strength
of entire domain on a scale of 100
Citation Flow: Citation flow is a score between 0-100 to
explain the popularity of a particular link of a website without
considering its quality.
Trust Flow: This metric measures how trustworthy a site is by
measuring its quality
15. Understanding Website Authority
• Decent domain name
• Good and quality content
• Number of indexed page
• Website age
• Number of backlinks and
backlinks quality
• Duration - user spend on the
website
• Good feedback
• Niche related blog partnership
• Site trust ability
• Social engagement
16. Understanding Ranking Factors
• Google evaluates over 200 factors while
ranking a website. Here is the complete list of
those factors:
– http://backlinko.com/google-ranking-factors