When we started looking deeply at HTML5, we saw that it will enable a new class of applications. These applications will stress the browser runtime and underlying hardware in ways today’s websites don’t. We quickly realized that doing HTML5 right – our intent from the start – is more about designing our browser’s subsystems around what these new applications will need than it is about a particular set of features. From the beginning, we approached IE9 with the goal of enabling professional-grade, modern HTML5 support on top of modern hardware through Windows.
At the MIX conference today, we demonstrated how the standard web patterns that developers already know and use broadly run better by taking advantage of PC hardware through IE9 on Windows. This blog post provides an overview of what we showed today, across performance, standards, hardware-accelerated HTML5 graphics, and the availability of the IE9 Platform Preview for developers. Read the rest of this entry »
I know that off-page seo is overall more important but it is difficult and takes a long time to implement.
You can get good results for medium competitive keywords using on-page seo.
Here is my list of the top 10 on-page factors you should optimise for.
On-Page Seo Checklist of Tasks to Do:
- Place your keyword in the landing page URL. Remember the closer the keyword is to the beginning the better
- Use the keyword in the domain name. Each word should be separated by a hyphen
- Use keywords in the Title Tag which should not exceed 60 characters. The closer to the beginning the better.
- Use keywords in the body text. Do not exceed a density of 5% (keywords as % of total word count).
- Use keywords with header fonts, H1, H2, H3 etc. H1 is best.
- Keyord Proximity: (For 2 or more keywords in search phrase). Should be as close as possible.
- Keyword Prominence. Keywords should be as close as possible to the top of a page. Bold and large fonts are best.
- Internal Link Anchor Text. Use keywords in these links. Separate keywords with hyphens – not more than 3.
- Site map. Create a site map with keywords in the descriptions around each link.
- Outgoing Links: Use keywords in anchor text in and around these links.
On-Page Seo Checklist of Things To Avoid:
- Do not use Flash or if necessary use it very sparingly as it is invisible to search engines.
- Avoid over optimization . Don’t use too many keywords exceeding the recommended density of 5% and avoid repetitively use the same keyword – known as keyword stuffing.
- Don’t link to link farm sites.
- Don’t Redirect with refresh meta-tags
- Don’t Use Excessive Cross linking between > 10 sites hosted on the same server.
- Don’t steal images or cop[y large blocks of text from another website.
- Don’t use too many unrelated keywords on a single page.
- Avoid using dynamic pages if you want toi use keywords in the URL.
- Avoid using excessive Javascript.
- Avoid using frames on your web pages.