The "Do-It-Yourself" SEO Solution: Tips and Advice

Think you're smart enough to try and do your SEO by yourself? If so, good. We encourage you to do so and will be glad to provide free advice and links to valuable resources to help you with your SEO efforts. The basic principles of SEO | are widely known and well described on the Net. But if it all seems very simple, remember this: apparent simplicity has nothing to do with real SEO campaigns |.

Complications and pitfalls of SEO: how to avoid them

First, SEO copywriting really does require creativity and talent. There are not so many people around who can write well; the necessity to maintain an optimal keyword density makes the task still more complicated.

What's more, your site will need quite a lot of good content. Sites that do not get updated on a regular basis swiftly lose their good SE weight and positions. You will have to copywrite, copywrite, and copywrite.

Second, link building requires patience and readiness to work hard. Not all directories are willing to accept your site; others intentionally redirect your link in a way that adds nothing to your link popularity even though, theoretically, those links can still bring you visitors. Searching for good directories among the huge lists of various options, and then choosing the most appropriate categories for your site, can sometimes be a torturous process. Are you patient enough?

To simplify your task, we are providing a list of directories | you can start with. It is regularly revised and updated. Remember: it is good practice to read the guidelines before you fill out a submission form and to submit your site manually.

You can write articles and submit them for publication with a link back to you, or just set up an RSS feed and wait for links from various blogs and news pages ... but it means more work.

You are sure to succeed in the end unless you give up too early. With patience, creativity and dedication to help you on your way with search engines, you will reach the top ten sooner or later ... but choose your friends wisely.

There is much more to be said about "do it yourself" SEO. If you're interested, please check out our SEO consultancy services | and/or articles |. Also, we recommend that you visit the Best Practices Search Engine Forums | (also known as IHelpYou SEO Forums) and read as much as you can to stay on top of the Best Practices in SEO.

And good luck!