SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. It is a technique bloggers use to rank their blogs higher on Search Engines. It is easy for most professional bloggers to take a lot of SEO knowledge and other valuable information for granted. So when they write posts, it is very difficult for many newbie’s in blogging to learn and utilize.

It is obvious that a blog which ranks higher in search engines will get more traffic drawn to it, so this makes knowledge of basic SEO very important. For the same reason I am writing this post that will teach you all that you need to know about basic SEO.

1. Title Link and Text

The link of your title should not be a number like – ( http://xyz.com/123.html ) or random letters of the alphabet. This is a poor SEO technique and will affect you rankings horribly. A good permalink strucure does have an impact on SEO.

2. Keywords

If you want your post to appear on search engines for certain Keywords then make sure that these keywords appear often in your post. You should skillfully incorporate the keyword into your post five to six times – without making it look artificial for your readers.

3. Quality Links

It is important that your blog is linked from various high quality websites, as this will increase your number of backlinks (link to a previous post) which has great SEO benefits.

4. Image Alt Tag

Always add an ALT tag to your images when you insert an image. This is important as there is a lot of traffic that is to be gained from indexed images as well.

5. Use Anchor Text

When you interlink your pages in the blog, be sure to add proper Anchor Text. Anchor text is basically a word that is related to the post that you have linked it to; in other words: keywords.

6. Interlink Your Pages

Bloggers are so obsessed with getting Quality Links from other blogs that they forget that the most basic step of SEO: interlinking pages.