No-Nonsense Advice on SEO,
E-Commerce & Building Your Online Business

SEO For Dummies, 6th Edition

By Peter Kent

Looking for information referenced in the book? See here.

ISBN-13: 978-1119129554 ISBN-10: 1119129559
Pages: 456 pages
Pub. Date: October 26, 2015
List Price: $29.99

Why do some sites pop to the top when you search? How do you make yours one of them? You create sites that make search engines happy — that’s what search engine optimization is all about. Search Engine Optimization For Dummies has been the leading resource on how to make that happen, and this 4th edition is completely updated to cover the newest changes, standards, tips, and tricks.

This handy guide shows you how to get more visitors by getting more visibility for your Web site. Find out which search engines matter most, what they look for (and what they hate,) how to get your site included in the best indexes and directories, and the most effective ways to spend your advertising dollars. You’ll discover how to:

• Plan a search engine strategy
• Build pages that offer visibility
• Make your site rank high with the most important search engines
• Avoid things that search engines don’t like (and tricks that might actually get your site penalized)
• Use Google universal search, image search optimization, XML sitemaps, and more
• Choose the right keywords
• Use structured data markup to pass information to the search engines
• Optimize your site for the local-search results
• Track and measure your results
• Increase your exposure with shopping directories and retailers
• Boost your position with popular links and social networking sites
• Work with video
• Know what to do in the even

Looking for Information Referenced in the Book?

• You’ll find the list of links in the book here
• The article about picking a hosting company
• Information about submitting press releases
• The bonus chapter on search techniques
• My old PPC chapter. It’s from the third edition, so somewhat out of date, but might still be of use for general purposes
• A list of "Local" Sites that you may find useful