10. HTML
If you want to build your own website, as a learning resource, you can't go past the tutorials at:
HTMLGoodies Designing your webpage for use by search engines is an artform. KEYWORDS, KEYWORDS, KEYWORDS. They are the most important thing to a search engine. Carefully select your top 20 keywords, analysing popularity versus competition. Again, see 1stsearchranking for tips there. Then make sure you mention your keywords in your page. Title: Up to 200 characters. Make it captivating - it will probably appear next to your site in the search engine listing, and will affect whether people choose to visit your site. Use your keywords in it. Keywords: Up to about 20 words and phrases. EG "work at home, earn, income, earn, money". People are getting more savvy about search engines and use phrases more frequently now. Too much repetition may be considered spamming by search engines. Prepare your keywords carefully first. Don't just pick the most popular keywords eg home business, as the competition will be incredibly stiff. Analyse them. Description: Again, try to make it interesting - it may appear in the search engine listing. Use your keywords. Headings: Use your keywords in your headings. Text: Aim for your keywords to be about 4-8% of your text content. Use them in the first paragraph of your page. Alt: Use your keywords in your image-alt-text Comments: Use your keywords in your comments Page name: Use your keywords in your page name eg work-from-home-links.htm
Links: Use your keywords in your link description