The other day I mentioned teaching Orchard Training where we built several Orchard CMS modules, including a Carousel Widget for Twitter Bootstrap. Check out the following post: Orchard Training and Twitter Bootstrap Carousel Module. In addition to the Carousel Widget, we also developed an SEO module, called Meta Tags, to help with one aspect of search engine optimization of your Orchard Website.
I've been building a lot of ASP.NET MVC and Orchard CMS websites using both responsive web design and jQuery Mobile, so anything that catches my eyes on this subject is fair game for awhile :) In the past, Google hasn't been too clear on the subject of improving and optimizing Google SEO when targeting smartphones, tablets, and desktops. Recently, however, Google came out with a clear strategy and set of recommendations on how to best maximize SEO when developing websites, and the clear winner is Responsive Web Design.
The Art of SEO, 2nd Edition, is an overwhelming 716 pages of information on search engine optimization ( SEO ). To read it all and understand everything is a huge accomplishment for SEO experts and web developers who have been developing SEO-Friendly Websites for years. It's packed with information on search engine basics, the first stages of SEO, creating link worthy content and link marketing, how social media impacts search results, tracking results, post-SEO website redesigns and more. Whether you are an SEO expert or website developer who just wants to optimize his/her websites for search engines, there is a little something for everyone in The Art of SEO, 2nd Edition.
The whole point of your website is to show off your product and services and gain new clients, but without the proper search engine optimization ( SEO ) those potential clients will never visit. I'll make sure this doesn't happen. Search engine optimization is included in every Orchard Website. In addition to developing Orchard Websites that can be properly indexed by search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo, I also have several custom Orchard Modules that offer additional features and functionality to help with SEO. This way your small business website will get both the best content management system and the proper search engine optimization to publish and market your products and services. In addition to proper indexing and optimization, I'll also help make sure the search engines find your website faster and visit you often. Let's discuss the basics of search engine optimization by understanding Semantic HTML.