Hello there, and welcome back.

I hope you are enjoying the training so far and have yourself a working website that:

  1. Is customised and has a logo loaded
  2. Has an About Me page, Privacy Policy and Affiliate Disclosure loaded.
  3. Has menu structure completed
  4. Has SEO plugin activated

If there is anything you have missed or would like to recap before we start, you can go back to the previous lessons by clicking on the button at the bottom of this page.

If you are stuck at all, or need any assistance, please do not hesitate to comment below.

Now, let's move onto Lesson 5...

Pre-Requisites

Before we get started, please make sure that:

  1. You have your website created
  2. You have set it up and added the requried files from Lesson 3
  3. You have activated your SEO plugin

Now, in Lesson 5 we will be discussing :

  • Setting up our SEO Plugins
  • Revisit keywords – with a post example
  • In post SEO
  • Registration with search engines

Click on the link below to get started!

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/lesson-5-website-seo

Notes

SEO

Keypoints:

  • Keywords – understand them and use them
  • Plugins – ensure they are completed for every post
  • Easy to follow and understand

Keywords

Optimum parameters*:

  • More than 30-50 searches per month
  • Less than 100 sites with same keywords
  • SEO Score above 90

* Remember – These are suggestions only – you may choose some with different parameters, especially if you are one of the first to review a new product etc.

In post SEO

Each post should contain:

  • Keywords in Title and first paragraph
  • At least one external link to an authority website
  • At least one internal link to another post on your site
  • At least one image with keywords in the title and alt-text
  • A video
  • Keywords in meta title, meta description and meta tags

Google Search Console

You will need a google account and will need to verify your ownership

Checklist

Before you head on to lesson 6, please make sure you have completed each of the Lesson Tasks on the right.

Further reference materials

WA training – Getting Your Site Ready for Search Engines

My post on: How to do SEO for a Website

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1. Watch the Video - "Lesson 5 - Website SEO"
2. Customise SEO Plugin
3. Choose your first keyword based post heading
4. Register your website on search engines
5. Write your first keyword rich, problem solving blog post
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