Got a site online? and want to make it really SEO Friendly?

Here is a checklist that you need to consider before you put your site live.

SEO Checklist

• Find keywords and phrases, and try to include them in the title element.
• Make sure the keywords and phrases occur in the page, But need not overdo its occurance
• Use meta tags, to define keywords and description
• Use keywords and phrases in heading elements like h1, h2, ..
• Try structuring the content, using heading elements instead of changing font-sizes and colors, they can also be applied to headings
• Do not keep a splash page, I hate it, so do Search Engines
• The URL should ideally contain keywords related to that page, Apache URL Rewriting
• Avoid GET parameters to change content of page
• Avoid using javascript URLs, if you do, remember to add actual hrefs that lead you to that page or similar content
• Make sure none of the links are created by JavaScript, they should be available in plain HTML
• Adhering to semantic content, All menu links should ideally go into a list using li
• Avoid writing CSS inline, keep them in files and call using link href="style.css" ... tag
• Use semantic markup like em tags for italics and strong for bold text.
• Try placing the actual content of the page at the begining…, Use CSS to change its position
• The image tags should ideally have alt attribute that defines the image, inclusion of keywords in it will be helpful
• The image filename should ideally describe the image