Can Site Side SEO Cruise on Autopilot?

by Shawn Walsh on August 28, 2008

H1′s , alt. image attributes, title attributes, meta keywords; how much value do these relatively small site-side elements have if they’re not standing on the shoulders of inbound link giants?

I always find the amount of focus on these site-side elements interesting. I am a site side SEO Specialist in a fast paced agency and I understand that it needs to be done. However, I wonder if outside of key elements – analytics reporting, conducting keyword research for the sake of optimized anchor text, optimizing server-side configuration, and choosing solid meta descriptions and titles for conversion purposes – does anything other than generating content and link-building really matter?

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I remember back in the day if you put terms three times in the title, three times in the description, and three times in the copy you were a ranking superstar. Now, you can have the most site-side optimized website possible, but without targeted link building, and social media it’s a sunken ship. I look at site side optimization as being the navigator of a ship, and link building is the engine that drives it. But, I also think that the ship could probably work just as well on auto cruise. I would argue that these site side elements have almost no value, but I’m curious as to what other people think about these ideas?

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