On page SEO Cheat Sheet

On Page SEO CHEAT SHEET

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.

On Page SEO: What’s Important?

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

Permalink

Permalink (a.k.a. slug) contains keyword.

Make sure:

Like this:

Next: Meta Data

1. Title

2. Meta description

3. Meta keywords

Title

Title contains keyword. Title begins with keyword. Title contains at least 3 words. Title contains up to 66 characters.

Make sure:

Like this:

Your meta title is NOT the same as your post title!

Add your title in the additional fields below your post edit box.

Important:

Like this:

Meta Description

Description meta tag contains keyword. Description meta tag contains up to 160 characters. Description meta tag begins with keyword.

Make sure:

Like this:

Meta Keywords

Keywords meta tag contains... you guessed... keyword.

Not as important, but do it if it makes you feel better:

Like this:

H1 tag (=post title)

H1 tag contains your keyword. H1 tag begins with keyword.

Make sure:

Like this:

Content

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.

Make sure:

And there you have it:

On Page SEO CHEAT SHEET

Refer to it before you publish posts and your chances of being ranked on

Google will be in your favor.

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