10 Basic SEO Tips
Recently in a group for Stampin' Up! demonstrators we discussed SEO and which blog platforms rank better. WordPress basically owns the blogging market and has some free and paid wonderful SEO plug-ins, but you can "rank" in whatever blogging platform you use. It basically comes down to this…
You want to rank, you have to work!
AND it does NOT happen overnight! You can't just setup a blog today and expect to out-rank Mary Fish (Stampin' Pretty), who is a top-ranking Stampin' Up! demonstrator who has a TypePad blog, or Monica's Passions (Blogger blog, UK Demo) who has been working her butt off posting almost every day for a while to gain her spot 😀
ALL bloggers (regardless of platform) seeking better results need to do the following and I cannot stress them enough:
- You need to post consistently. Two to three times a week is highly recommended. Some post every day. While that is possible for some, it's not realistic for others. So pick a post schedule that is "attainable" and you will not get frustrated, you will accomplish that goal, feel good, and therefore continue 😀
- You need to categorize your posts.
- You need to use keywords, tags. (special boxes in TypePad and WordPress)
- You need to use Heading Styles in your posts.
- You need to use keywords in your post content.
- You need to enter your Blog Title and Description.
- You need to edit your Meta Keywords and Description. (can be done in editing HTML in Blogger)
- You need to implement "interlinking" – that is to link to other pages and posts within your own site!
- You need to do some link building – where you are linking to other high-quality sites and having other sites link to you.
- You need to have share buttons so visitors can quickly and easily share your posts with others, increasing your site's exposure.
Be passionate about what you are writing about! I also think that is an important blog factor so I wanted to mention it here.
For more SEO Tips, click here, and more to come.
Have a wonderful weekend. Monday's post will be a special announcement on one of the NEW products I've been working so hard over the last months. Can't wait! Be sure to visit on Monday to check it out!
Hi Heather, thanks so much for your tips! I recently switched my blog from Typepad back to Blogger because I just couldn’t justify the cost. I post 5-6 times a week, link to other sites and have a few demos that have linked back to my site. Do you think I should stay where I am or move to a free WordPress site? I do have a custom URL so my readers have not been disrupted by my moves 🙂
hai, your sharing info is very great. but it’s only basic fundamentals for seo. now google introduced google panda updates. it’s very friendly user and to promote your site very quickly. try it.
Nice basic checklist for anyone looking to get started on blogging for better SEO performance.
Hi Heather, thanks for sharing this. I blog to promote my business and struggle to blog regularly. This article has inspired me to take it a lot more seriously
Hi there. Really helpful tips.
Thanks for sharing it.
Thanks for this great checklist heather. I guess the same points apply equally to thus who don’t have a blog but need to keep their website content fresh in order to seduce the search engines?
These tips are awesome. Very beneficial to those who wanted to try their luck in blogging. One must not miss all your ideas here.
thanks…
I have a Question… You also know that google index our blog posts slowly. As I check it in google web master tools, There are too many posts are submitted but not indexed. How can we check that which one posts are still not indexed.
Any Idea?
rahul sethi
nice helpful tips.. thanks dear
Top post. I look forward to reading more. Cheers
thanks for sharing..big help for my website
Amazing post!
I liked how neatly you described how tags and categories are supposed to be used by SEO experts.
Many people can’t distinguish tags and categories, but here we learned that a category is a bigger basket to carry the blog posts.
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