There are other small things you can do to make
sure your site is going to rank well in Google's search engine
without getting too technical or needing to hire a search engine
optimization (SEO) specialist.
These basic practises include:
- Create useful page titles. Make sure that your
title is useful, descriptive, and relevant to the actual page
itself.
- Use informative URLs. The URL (web address) of
a page appears below the title, with words from the user's query in
bold. Your URLs should be simple and human readable. Which do you
find more informative://example.com/products/shoes/high_heels/pumps.html
or //example.com/product_id=123458?
- Provide relevant page descriptions. The
descriptive text under the URL is usually taken from the
description meta tag on the page. Descriptions should be different
and unique to each area of your site. See the attached document for
more information.
- Manage your sitelinks. Sitelinks (sub-links to
individual pages on your site) are meant to help users navigate
your site. Sitelinks are automatically generated. This means that
you can't specify a sitelink, but you can use Webmaster Tools to
ask Google to demote sitelinks you don't like.
- Add your business to Google Places - if
you have a physical location - to help Google display location
information in results.