This is part of the SEO Waterfall© I am working on. This SEO post is for beginners so all you experienced folks should naff off now before you make snorting noises.

5 SEO Basic Tips:

1: Page titles - does the page title of each page in your site say what the page is about?
(The page title is what you see printed at the top of your browser window. This page title will be Five basic SEO tips for Beginners | mark parrott)

2: URL - Does the URL of the page include descriptive words which explain what the page is about?
This page URL is http://www.markparrott.com/blog/five-basic-seo-tips-beginners

3: Titles - Does the main page Title summarise what the page is about and also include the descriptive words used in Step 1 & 2?

4: Content - Does the content in the page stay on topic. Does is include words that help define and explain what the page is about.

5: Don't forget your Tags - In the page meta data (in the code which makes up the page) make sure you include Title and Description tags.