Beginner's Guide To SEO [Infographic]

If you have never before touched the SEO level of web design, it can be quite hard to get into it. There is a lot of stuff to read up on about it, and with the ranking algorithm constantly changing, it can be impossible to keep up with it all. Even though the most vital parts may remain the same, there are always new factors introduced in order to make it even easier for people to find what they are searching for. For example, Google is always improving their algorithm to help people more accurately get results that match what they are looking for. They don’t really care about what sites are made popular with it since their service is to present people with the most accurate results, and that is their priority.

For a beginner, it can seem like a mammoth task to even get an overview of what SEO is all about. However, it doesn’t have to be that hard to get into. All you really need to do is take it one step at a time. Don’t rush into it thinking you will instantly be ranked at the top of each query that Google users search for. Instead, try to increase your ranking gradually. That way, you will know what is constantly changing as well as what factors are always constant and most important.

I have touched on this subject before, and I always seem to point out the fact that there are some parts of SEO that you can’t do anything about. One of those factors is the amount of time your website has been online. All you can do to improve that is to make sure that your site is up and running and then just wait. The more time that goes by with you updating your website, the more weight the Google algorithm will put on it when it indexes your posts or articles. It’s just how it works.

If you want to get into it all, I suggest you have a look at this introductory infographic to SEO created by Rise Interactive. It’s called An Easy Guide To SEO, and it will take you from the very beginning and forward. SEO doesn’t have to be hard to learn. What you need to do is look for the most relative and easy to read guides and sources that you can possibly find. This is definitely one of them, and I am sure with this you will be able to to progress quite fast to the more advanced levels of SEO.

Don’t forget that nowadays social media is incorporated into your ranking, so being active on social networking and bookmarking services is only going to increase your ranking. It of course also depends on your level of sharing, and whether or not you present fresh and up to date content. If you decide to be dedicated to the trade of constantly presenting new content to your following, there is no way you will see anything other than a constantly increasing ranking for your website or brand. SEO is for the dedicated, so always try new angles and read up on it. That’s the key!