Search Engine Optimization Technique Survey

1) Which top level domains did you have the most success with?
.com 57 (82.61%)
.net 7 (10.14%)
.biz 2 (2.90%)
.org 8 (11.59%)
Other 12 (17.39%)

2) What is the total number of web pages per website have you had the most success with?
1 3 (4.35%)
1-5 12 (17.39%)
5-10 11 (15.94%)
10-20 13 (18.84%)
20-30 13 (18.84%)
30-50 4 (5.80%)
50-100 5 (7.25%)
100 or More 18 (26.09%)

3) What % of keyword density has been most effective for you in the Body text?
Less than .5% 2 (2.90%)
Between .5% to 1% 3 (4.35%)
Between 1% to 2% 4 (5.80%)
Between 2% to 3% 9 (13.04%)
Between 4%to 5% 16 (23.19%)
Between 5% to 6% 10 (14.49%)
Between 6% to 7% 6 (8.70%)
Between 7% to 8% 5 (7.25%)
Between 9% to 10% 6 (8.70%)
More than 10% 8 (11.59%)

6) How many words per page have you had the most success with?
Less than 10 7 (10.14%)
Between 10 to 100 16 (23.19%)
Between 100 to 200 6 (8.70%)
Between 200 to 300 12 (17.39%)
Between 300 to 400 14 (20.29%)
Between 400 to 500 8 (11.59%)
Between 500 to 1,000 5 (7.25%)
More than 1,000 1 (1.45%)

7) What % of keyword density has been most effective for you in the Title tag?
Less than 10% 13 (18.84%)
Between 10% to 20% 14 (20.29%)
Between 20% to 30% 12 (17.39%)
Between 30% to 40% 6 (8.70%)
Between 40% to 50% 4 (5.80%)
Between 50% to 60% 7 (10.14%)
Between 60% to 70% 4 (5.80%)
Between 70% to 80% 1 (1.45%)
Between 80% to 90% 3 (4.35%)
Between 90% to 100% 5 (7.25%)

8) Does a keyword rich domain name guarantee better ranking?
Yes 41 (59.42%)
No 28 (40.58%)

9) Do you place your keywords in your folder/directory names?
Yes 38 (55.07%)
No 31 (44.93%)

10) Do you name your web pages with your keywords?
Yes 53 (76.81%)
No 16 (23.19%)

11) Do you name your image files with your keywords?
Yes 46 (66.67%)
No 23 (33.33%)

12) Do you use hyphens or underscores when naming your directories and web pages?
Hyphens 36 (52.17%)
Underscores 32 (46.38%)

13) Have you created a search engine friendly site map?
Yes 47 (68.12%)
No 22 (31.88%)

14) Do you optimize text-based navigation of the site with an optimized inter-linking structure?
Yes 45 (65.22%)
No 24 (34.78%)

15) Do you control the web page content headings through optimized CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)?
Yes 44 (63.77%)
No 25 (36.23%)

16) Do you add keyword rich H1-H6 tags to your web pages?
Yes 48 (69.57%)
No 21 (30.43%)

17) Do you create an optimized robots.txt file to control indexing of your website by the search engines?
Yes 32 (46.38%)
No 37 (53.62%)

18) Do you add a visible keyword rich text to the anchor text with the Title tag attribute?
Yes 35 (50.72%)
No 34 (49.28%)

19) Do you add a visible keyword rich text to most of the images with the Alt tag attribute?
Yes 51 (73.91%)
No 18 (26.09%)

20) Do you use Bold, Strong, Italic and other font attributes to emphasize keywords?
Yes 49 (71.01%)
No 20 (28.99%)

21) Do you include and optimize the META keyword and description tags?
Yes 65 (94.20%)
No 4 (5.80%)

22) Do you place your domain name in the Title and META tags?
Yes 30 (43.48%)
No 39 (56.52%)

23) Do you engage in reciprocal linking and maintain a resource or link page?
Yes 44 (63.77%)
No 25 (36.23%)

24) Do you solicit or buy one way inbound links?
Yes 17 (24.64%)
No 52 (75.36%)

25) Is a link a link, or do you look for quality authority websites to get links from within the same business as yours?
Yes 44 (63.77%)
No 25 (36.23%)

26) Do you specify to your link partners which internal page(s) you want their links to point to or most of your inbound links point to your home page?
Yes 38 (55.07%)
No 31 (44.93%)

27) Do you submit your website(s) to DMOZ?
Yes 50 (72.46%)
No 19 (27.54%)

28) Do you submit your website(s) to the Yahoo! directory?
Yes 50 (72.46%)
No 19 (27.54%)

29) Do you agree creating a community on your website(s) with a forum or web blog will help your ranking?
Yes 54 (78.26%)
No 15 (21.74%)

30) Is high Page Rank as effective as it used to be to get high ranking?
Yes 33 (47.83%)
No 36 (52.17%)