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1. On Page SEO
CHEAT SHEET

2. Bots are not humans.
They aren’t capable of deductive reasoning.
You need to spell it out for them what your page
is about for the light bulb to go in their little bot
heads.
You can learn more about how Google works
here.

3. On Page SEO: What’s Important?

4. So how do we make it
perfectly clear to the bots
what our page is all about?
By utilizing the following on
page elements:
1. Post slug
2. H1 Tag
3-4. H2, H3 Tags
5. Images
6. Bold, Italic, Underline
7. Internal/External links

5. Permalink

6. Make sure:
Permalink (a.k.a. slug) contains keyword.
Like this:

7. Next: Meta Data

8. 1. Title
2. Meta description
3. Meta keywords

9. Title

10. Make sure:
Title contains keyword.
Title begins with keyword.
Title contains at least 3 words.
Title contains up to 66 characters.
Like this:

11. Important:
Your meta title is NOT the same as your post title!
Add your title in the additional fields below your post edit box.

12. Like this:

13. Meta Description

14. Make sure:
Description meta tag contains keyword.
Description meta tag contains up to 160 characters.
Description meta tag begins with keyword.
Like this:

15. Meta Keywords

16. Not as important, but do it if it makes you feel better:
Keywords meta tag contains... you guessed... keyword.
Like this:

17. H1 tag (=post title)

18. Make sure:
H1 tag contains your keyword.
H1 tag begins with keyword.
Like this:

19. Content

20. Make sure:
Content contains at least 500 words.
Content has 1.0-2.0% keyword density.
Content contains keyword in the first 50-100 words.
Content contains at least one image with keyword in ALT
attribute.
Content contains at least one bold keyword.
Content contains keyword in anchor text of at least one
external link.
Content contains keyword in anchor text of at least one
internal link.

21. And there you have it:
On Page SEO
CHEAT SHEET

22. Refer to it before you publish posts
and your chances of being ranked on
Google will be in your favor.

23. Refer to it before you publish posts
and your chances of being ranked on
Google will be in your favor.
OR...

24. Save the headache and do what I do:
get yourself a good on page SEO plugin
and make this process a breeze...

25. I use and recommend
EASY WP SEO

26. I use and recommend
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Click on the link
to check it out

27. More SEO Resources
(click on title):
SEO Traffic 101:
Simple Strategies to Getting More Traffic