Before You Build Your Site part one

One of the most common misconceptions about SEO is that it should be implemented after a web
site has been built. It can be, but it’s much harder. A better option is to consider SEO even before
you begin to build your web site, if that’s at all possible. It may not be. But if that’s the case, you
can still implement SEO strategies in the design of your site; it will just require a lot more work
than building it in at the beginning.

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Before You Build Your Site part two

Another facet of SEO to consider before you build your web site is the elements needed to ensure
that your site is properly indexed by a search engine. Each search engine places differing importance
on different page elements. For example, Google is a very keyword-driven search engine; however, it
also looks at site popularity and at the tags and links on any given page.
How well your site performs in a search engine is determined by how the elements of your page
meet the engine’s search criteria. The main criteria that every search engine looks for are the site
text (meaning keywords), tags — both HTML and meta tags — site links, and the site popularity.

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