Google Talks Ranking and Basic SEO Again, This Time on Adsense Blog

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<p>Recently, <a href="http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/080623-101341">Google's Matt Cutts gave USA Today readers 5 SEO Tips</a>, which many of our readers found quite basic (albeit good). Then, last week, <a href="http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/080710-102629">Google gave an overview of its ranking system</a>. Both come in the midst of <a href="http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/080707-110911">Google's latest push to inform about its privacy policy</a>. Now, Google has taken to the AdSense <a href="http://adsense.blogspot.com/2008/07/good-start-to-optimizing-your-site-for.html">blog</a> to inform publishers of basic SEO tips.</p>

<p>Here's what Ambroise Fensterbank, Search Quality Evaluator, recommends:</p>

<ul><li>Your pages should have a clear hierarchy and relevant internal links. We also recommend creating a Sitemap and using Google's Webmaster Tools. These tools are useful, user-friendly and will provide information such as where your backlinks come from or which queries visitors used to reach your site.</li><li>Use <title> tags that are explicit and useful for the user. For example, avoid a title like "Homepage" or "Welcome to my site".</li><li>For images, use ALT attributes to describe appropriately what the image is about.</li></ul>

<p>Fensterbank also recommends updating your site with fresh content, which may help the <a href="http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060922-052545">Googlebot</a> crawl your pages more regularly. Also, it may attract links.</p>

<p>And what would a good instructional post be without a video? Hit play below to learn more.</p>

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