How To Search Engine Optimize (SEO) Your Blog
Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 09:38PM Blogs are one of hottest items on the Internet today. Everyone who wants to be somebody has a blog. Blogs are like people and they come in many different sizes and shapes but they all have one need to be effective and that is web traffic. It is the utmost importance that you use some SEO techniques if you ever want your blog to be index by the search engines. Nothing is more disheartening then have a blog that never gets any traffic. Here are a few steps you can take to SEO your blog.
Step 1- Key Word Research The first phase of any search engine optimization project is researching those keywords. Before you start to optimize, you must determine which keywords will pull the most traffic for the least amount of effort. You can do this by purchasing a subscription to Word Tracker or you can do this by using Overture Inventory to search “aggregate search” records for all possible keywords for which you could potentially optimize your blog. Record all of the returns you receive for an Overture Inventory search you perform on your given keyword.
Step 2- Analyze Site For Key Words Your next step will be to analyze the site or page supply for your keywords. You can do this by searching for each of the returned keywords on Google. Not only will you want to record the search return data in terms of numbers, but you will also want to look at the top competitors for those keywords (i.e., are the PR 9 home pages or are they a deep page for an unranked site?) Optimal keywords for search engine optimization purposes will have high search counts, low site returns, and low-quality competition in the top slots.
Step 3 On-Page SEO Your next step should be to perform on page search engine optimization. You can do this by using your selected keywords as titles and headers on different pages of your blog. You will then want to fill those pages will good information about the keyword in question; additionally, you will want to optimize it for a keyword density of 1.5%.
Step 4= Off-page SEO The last step in your search engine optimization campaign is to perform offpage optimization. You can do this by submitting links to directories that contain a selected keyword in the link title. You can also join link swap programs and swap with other high-quality blogs. Taking care of these 4 steps can help you get traffic without the hassle of continuous promotion and marketing your blog
James B Byrd
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