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		<title>10 Steps to Quality SEO</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK this isn&#8217;t rocket science but its a nice 10 steps to good SEO list I had knocking round from, previous years, I could and will dig deeper on most of these issues, as I post more. Choose the correct keywords Create a page for each keyword Write good content specific to each keyword for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK this isn&#8217;t rocket science but its a nice 10 steps to good SEO list I had knocking round from, previous years, I could and will dig deeper on most of these issues, as I post more.</p>
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<li>Choose the correct keywords</li>
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<li>Create a page for each keyword</li>
</ul>
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<li>Write good content specific to each keyword      for each page, this will include unique page title, unique content and      attractive meta description.</li>
</ul>
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<li>Format the page correct making sure the      keyword is prominent in all the correct positions, title tags, headers      tags, alt tags, bolded text.</li>
</ul>
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<li>Make sure the internal inking structure of      the site is correct, this means using the correct anchor text, or alt text      in links, and make sure the site links from the right pages to the right      pages. Also make sure that your linking structure focuses towards      important pages not chaff pages</li>
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<li>Obtain as many links as possible with as many      variations of keyword pointed towards the home page of the website.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Obtain strong authority links from relevant      site, using keywords relevant text in link anchor.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Obtain links deeper into the inner pages of      the website, with anchor text relevant to the keyword of that particular      page.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Report on the performance of the campaign      paying prime attention to traffic, rather than positions.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Review campaign performance, change keyword      selection or linking strategies to reflect the data you have reported      back.</li>
</ul>
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<b>Jon Hunter</b> is an SEO Consultant who has been working with the internet for 10 years and has been working as an SEO operative for the past 5.

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		<title>Average click through rates &#8211; Lies Damn Lies and Statistics</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of us may remember  a number of years back now that AOL released a whole pile of useage data for analysis and  general consumption, some bright sparks worked out it could be used to determine the average click through rates based on the position of your website in the SERPS for any particular term. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many of us may remember  a number of years back now tha<strong>t AOL</strong> released a whole pile of <strong>useage dat</strong>a for analysis and  general consumption, some bright sparks worked out it could be used to determine the <strong>average click through rates based on the position of your website</strong> in the SERPS for any particular term.</p>
<p>The figure that was banded about was around<strong> 40% for position on</strong>e dropping to<strong> 20% for two</strong> and further from that. However after looking at the stats it is obvious that  a mistake was made the percentages we calculated by comparing the positions clicks, to the total number of clicks. However this gives average percentage of clicks not searches and this was in error. Because what we all want to know if we get  50,000 searches for this term how much traffic do I think I shoudl be getting.</p>
<p>Remember only 70% of searches click on a natural listing , 30 % click on paid positions, also many users don&#8217;t click at all and refine there search or wander off and eat their tea instead.  Taking this into consideration the averages are much smaller with only about 22.6 % of searches becomeing a click on the first listing. As far as I can make out the figures should of looked like this.</p>
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<td width="145"><strong> Position </strong></td>
<td width="163"><strong> Clicks </strong></td>
<td width="96"><strong> Average CTR </strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="145" valign="bottom">
<p align="center">1</p>
</td>
<td width="163" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">8,220,278.00</p>
</td>
<td width="96" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">22.60%</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="145" valign="bottom">
<p align="center">2</p>
</td>
<td width="163" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">2,316,738.00</p>
</td>
<td width="96" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">6.37%</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="145" valign="bottom">
<p align="center">3</p>
</td>
<td width="163" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">1,640,751.00</p>
</td>
<td width="96" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">4.51%</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="145" valign="bottom">
<p align="center">4</p>
</td>
<td width="163" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">1,171,642.00</p>
</td>
<td width="96" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">3.22%</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="145" valign="bottom">
<p align="center">5</p>
</td>
<td width="163" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">943,667.00</p>
</td>
<td width="96" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">2.59%</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="145" valign="bottom">
<p align="center">6</p>
</td>
<td width="163" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">774,718.00</p>
</td>
<td width="96" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">2.13%</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="145" valign="bottom">
<p align="center">7</p>
</td>
<td width="163" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">655,914.00</p>
</td>
<td width="96" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">1.80%</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="145" valign="bottom">
<p align="center">8</p>
</td>
<td width="163" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">579,206.00</p>
</td>
<td width="96" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">1.59%</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="145" valign="bottom">
<p align="center">9</p>
</td>
<td width="163" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">549,196.00</p>
</td>
<td width="96" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">1.51%</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="145" valign="bottom">
<p align="center">10</p>
</td>
<td width="163" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">577,325.00</p>
</td>
<td width="96" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">1.59%</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="145" valign="bottom">
<p align="center">11</p>
</td>
<td width="163" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">127,688.00</p>
</td>
<td width="96" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">0.35%</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="145" valign="bottom">
<p align="center">12</p>
</td>
<td width="163" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">108,555.00</p>
</td>
<td width="96" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">0.30%</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="145" valign="bottom">
<p align="center">13</p>
</td>
<td width="163" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">101,802.00</p>
</td>
<td width="96" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">0.28%</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="145" valign="bottom">
<p align="center">14</p>
</td>
<td width="163" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">94,221.00</p>
</td>
<td width="96" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">0.26%</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="145" valign="bottom">
<p align="center">15</p>
</td>
<td width="163" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">91,020.00</p>
</td>
<td width="96" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">0.25%</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="145" valign="bottom">
<p align="center">16</p>
</td>
<td width="163" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">75,006.00</p>
</td>
<td width="96" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">0.21%</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="145" valign="bottom">
<p align="center">17</p>
</td>
<td width="163" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">70,054.00</p>
</td>
<td width="96" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">0.19%</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="145" valign="bottom">
<p align="center">18</p>
</td>
<td width="163" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">65,832.00</p>
</td>
<td width="96" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">0.18%</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="145" valign="bottom">
<p align="center">19</p>
</td>
<td width="163" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">62,141.00</p>
</td>
<td width="96" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">0.17%</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="145" valign="bottom">
<p align="center">20</p>
</td>
<td width="163" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">58,384.00</p>
</td>
<td width="96" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">0.16%</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="145" valign="bottom"></td>
<td width="163" valign="bottom"></td>
<td width="96" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="145" valign="bottom">No Natural click</td>
<td width="163" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">16,946,938.00</p>
</td>
<td width="96" valign="bottom">
<p align="right">46.60%</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="145" valign="bottom"><strong>Total searches</strong></td>
<td width="163" valign="bottom">
<p align="right"><strong>36,369,567.00</strong></p>
</td>
<td width="96" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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