If you have something to say, it makes sense to reach your words to as many people as possible. A blog is a great way to tell the world what you feel or think and blog hosting platforms like Blogger, WordPress and Tumbler are very simple to use. But reaching an audience isn't as simple as writing good content and waiting for the world to notice you. It takes consistent hard work with quality at the center of everything. Here are a few suggestions on how to optimize your blog for a better search visibility.
1Know who you are writing for:
Don’t get caught up in your own writing. If you want people to read your blog, you need to write for them. So keep your audience in mind. Blog popularity is also word-of-mouth dependent and it is your readers who send more traffic your way. Coupled with the power of social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, you have to ensure that what you write is what people will want to share. So keep your audience front and center.2Keywords:
The SEO world works on well-chosen words so make sure you use effective keywords. You could try some guesswork to understand what the audience might be looking for or you could research keywords to find out what will work for you. There are enough and more tools to help you do this and once you’ve got good keywords, use them well. Which means use them sparingly; in tags and headline or scattered intelligently in the body of the blog post.3Links:
SEO and links is a match made in a good place. Having good, solid, workable links is a great way to make your blog more visible and drive more traffic its way. When you share the content of other sites or blogs, search engines pick up on it with great glee and it makes you look good in the bargain. It is good to have external links and if you want internal links, be watchful of Google’s new algorithm updates. A way to deal with this is to not link your keywords in your blog posts to the content of your blog.4Invest:
If you need better visibility, think of an article distribution service like The Phantom Writers or iSnare to reach a large group of people. This will result in link backs as well. Or you could think of listing your blog on Yahoo’s directory for better visibility. You may also want to spend some money on an exclusive design for your blog.The money you spend will show you good results.5Keep it simple:
Navigation that works on JavaScript or Flash isn’t conducive to good search engine visibility so get rid of it. Another thing you can do without are frames. If your blog has a lot of frames to navigate through it may not work well for search engines. Navigation should be simple within your blog and for users to get to it as well. Write a good copy, keep your style engaging and easy and follow and there is no reason why your blog will not be popular!Related Articles
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