On page SEO Checklist

Here is the final checklist which you need to follow in 2016 to make sure your content rank higher in search engine.

Keyword placement:

• Keyword in Title
• Keyword in Permalink
• Keyword in first paragraph
• Keyword in Image Alt tag
• Tweaked Keyword in H2 or H3
• Bold Important Keywords and related keywords
• Italics 1-2 important Keywords
• Outbound Link to relevant high-quality sites
• Internal links to related articles
• Remove all stop words from Permalink
• Add multi-media (Video, Slides, Inforgraphic)
• Longer the content length, better it is. Minimum: 700 words
• Optimize image before uploading (Compress and resize)
• Page loading time
• Use LSI Keywords (Use Google search to find related Keywords)

Other things:

• Use Meta title in less than 65 character
• Use Meta description in less than 150 characters.
• If using any Social SEO plugin, make sure to add image for Facebook, Twitter. (Take advantage of social graph)
• Make sure to have social sharing buttons at the end of post or floating social sharing buttons.
• Have related posts after blog posts to lower down bounce rate.

Things not to do:

• Not more than 1 H1 tag (Your Post title is H1 tag)
• Don’t repeat H2 and H3 Tag
• Don’t increase Keyword density by more than 1.25%

Things to focus on:

• Try to use Keyword in Post Title at beginning
• Use Long tail keywords (You can use up to 65 Character in Post title)
• If writing in evergreen niche, remove dates from the posts. (Use Date Exclusion SEO plugin)
• Content length: The longer the length of the content, better it is. Though don’t try to uselessly increase the content size.
• At the end of blog post, ask users to take action.