SEO Basics Archives - SEO Best Practices: SEO tips, help, and advice for any online business https://seo-bestpractices.com/category/seo-basics-2/ SEO best practices for Search Engine Marketing and Search Engine Optimization for any online business Tue, 19 May 2026 07:54:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://seo-bestpractices.com/http://seo-bestpractices/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/favicon-96x96-1.png SEO Basics Archives - SEO Best Practices: SEO tips, help, and advice for any online business https://seo-bestpractices.com/category/seo-basics-2/ 32 32 SEO for First-Time Website Owners: Where to Start https://seo-bestpractices.com/seo-basics-2/seo-for-first-time-website-owners-where-to-start/ https://seo-bestpractices.com/seo-basics-2/seo-for-first-time-website-owners-where-to-start/#respond Tue, 19 May 2026 07:54:24 +0000 https://seo-bestpractices.com/?p=4706 SEO for First-Time Website Owners Where to Start

If you have created a website for the first time, SEO can feel overwhelming.

You may hear about keywords, backlinks, rankings, technical SEO, content optimization, and tools. It can quickly feel like there is too much to learn before you … continue reading

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Best SEO Tools 2026

There’s no shortage of SEO tools.
In fact, that’s the problem.

Most people don’t struggle because they lack tools—
they struggle because they use too many tools without a clear purpose.

In 2026, you don’t … continue reading

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Keyword Research 2026

Most SEO strategies don’t fail because of poor execution.
They fail because they start with the wrong keywords.

Keyword research is not about finding the most popular terms.
It’s about finding the right opportunities—keywords you … continue reading

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]]> https://seo-bestpractices.com/seo-basics-2/keyword-research-2026-how-to-find-the-right-keywords-that-actually-rank/feed/ 0 Robots.txt for SEO https://seo-bestpractices.com/seo-basics-2/robots-txt-for-seo/ https://seo-bestpractices.com/seo-basics-2/robots-txt-for-seo/#respond Sun, 28 May 2023 11:34:37 +0000 https://seo-bestpractices.com/?p=4172 Robots.txt and it’s impact on SEO and search.

To understand the impact it has on SEO and search, let’s begin by understanding :

What is Robots.txt and why it is used?

Robot.txt file informs search engine bots/agents about which specific … continue reading

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The SEO best practices in 2017 will continue to focus on optimizing web pages for faster, relevant, timely, and interactive search results. Before … continue reading

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]]> https://seo-bestpractices.com/seo-basics-2/seo-best-practices-2017/feed/ 0 How to move a website to a new domain https://seo-bestpractices.com/seo-basics-2/moving-your-website-to-a-new-address/ https://seo-bestpractices.com/seo-basics-2/moving-your-website-to-a-new-address/#respond Fri, 22 Jan 2016 18:25:11 +0000 http://seo-bestpractices.com/?p=3115 How to move a website to a new domain

Moving a website to a new domain?

This post addresses some of the key challenges faced during moving a website to a new domain. Moving can be very smooth if planned … continue reading

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]]> https://seo-bestpractices.com/seo-basics-2/moving-your-website-to-a-new-address/feed/ 0 On page SEO elements-the top 4 important ones https://seo-bestpractices.com/seo-basics-2/top-5-on-page-seo-elements-that-impact-and-will-continue-to-impact-ranking/ https://seo-bestpractices.com/seo-basics-2/top-5-on-page-seo-elements-that-impact-and-will-continue-to-impact-ranking/#respond Sun, 26 Jul 2015 07:40:29 +0000 http://seo-bestpractices.com/?p=2895 Images are important for optimization

On-page SEO elements play a very important role in optimizing a website.

On page SEO elements have always been there and will continue to paly a very important role in Search engine optimization. Over the years, we have witnessed and … continue reading

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]]> https://seo-bestpractices.com/seo-basics-2/top-5-on-page-seo-elements-that-impact-and-will-continue-to-impact-ranking/feed/ 0 Let’s give SEO its due https://seo-bestpractices.com/seo-basics-2/lets-give-seo-its-due/ https://seo-bestpractices.com/seo-basics-2/lets-give-seo-its-due/#respond Sun, 21 Sep 2014 10:33:38 +0000 http://seo-bestpractices.com/?p=2513 The last few years have seen a number of changes in terms of how websites are marketed. Marketers now have a numbers of ways of reaching and attracting traffic to their websites.

I keep getting questions and concerns about SEO. … continue reading

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A: Analysis

B: Think out of the BOX

C: Content creation & conversion

D: Drive traffic

E: Search Engines

F: Find

G: Set Goals

H: Highly relevant

I: … continue reading

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]]> SEO; Advice for a newbie https://seo-bestpractices.com/seo-basics-2/seo-advice-for-a-newbie/ https://seo-bestpractices.com/seo-basics-2/seo-advice-for-a-newbie/#respond Sat, 08 Mar 2014 18:13:24 +0000 http://seo-bestpractices.com/?p=2153 Yesterday, I received a call from a person who wanted to get trained in SEO, and was hoping I could help him in the training. He wanted to go through practical classes that would enable him to learn every aspect … continue reading

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