The next step in setting up this site was to choose how I would manage the content. Naturally, since I love doing WordPress customizations, that was the simplest choice. Plus, I believe that blogging allows you to keep fresh content, which is an attractive quality to search engines and visitors alike.
WordPress Installation
GoDaddy makes the WordPress installation process quite simple in their GoDaddy Hosting Connection center. All I had to do was choose to install the application, answer a few questions relating to installation directories, usernames and passwords, and GoDaddy did the rest. The application installation process generally takes under half an hour, and they will email you once it is ready to go.
Theme Selection
Since the goal of this SEO contest is to get your site indexed and optimized as quickly as possible to move to the #1 ranking, the ideal choice of theme was Thesis – the best WordPress SEO theme. While the theme doesn’t come with as much graphical beauty as many other themes, it comes fully ready to be optimized without having to do many additional plugins or code modifications.
The first step with the creation of any new website website is the initial setup process.
Domain Name Selection
Upon learning that “oes tsetnoc” is the targeted phrase for this contest, the obvious goal was to get a domain name with that in the URL. Anytime you are creating a new website from scratch, it is best to figure out your primary keywords and try to get them incorporated into your domain, as this is a great way to optimize your site from the very start. In this case, the keyword phrase was already chosen, but in other circumstances, you may want to play around with keyword research tools to see what keyword phrases would be the strongest and most relevant to your site. If you cannot get your keyword phrase and choose something more unique, you will also want to check and make sure no one else is already using your name choise. One great way to do this is by simply Goolging your term of choice, or checking usernames across the many different social networks at Know Em Username Check.
Oes Tsetnoc is the keyword phrase that is the focus of the PromoJunkie SEO contest. Webmasters are competing to rank #1 on Google for this phrase by December 15, 2009. Sites must be started on or after September 10, 2009.
This contest will be a great opportunity to experiment with and learn the best techniques to quickly index and optimize a site, and I will share those tips and techniques here. Some may consider it sharing secrets of the trade, but I feel that if everyone shares helpful information, we will all benefit in the end.
