SEO…How to get good positioning in Google for your blog

This is a step by step guide on how to gain Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) for your blog.

The URLS that are listed below are for demonstration only and are not necessarily real websites.

• Chose a URL that reflects the content. If the blog is about you use your Name as part of the URL for instance http://deehudson.wordpress.com  or if the content is about a hobby or business use http://art.wordpress.com

• Next make sure that the title has the same name or includes the same name as the URL. for instance

http://deehudson.wordpress.com  Title = Dee Hudson or Dee Hudson ADVICE ON   HOME BUSINESS

http://textilearts.wordpress.com Title = TEXTILEARTS or Dee Hudson TEXTILEARTS

• The Title of each post should have the appropriate key words, for instance

Dee Hudson Talks About

or Textile Art Today

• Make sure that the Graphics are linked into the subjects and key words

• All the posts should be using key words and those key words should be distributed through the post. All should be in bold text

• Each post should have the Key words or Tag words listed at bottom of post.

• USE your Name as a Key word

• Post to your blog regularly to maintain top positioning in Google

every day for at least the first two weeks

then reduce to every other day for two weeks

then down to twice a week from then on.

• Use Feeds to add content from other blogs that are on the same topic or that you feel are relevant to the subject.

• Each blog post should be submitted to the search engines, this is done by adding the permanent link to the posts to google submit my site.

• there are many ways that you can get even more traffic to your blog, using applications to post feeds to your favorite social networking sites, as you make a post they will be automatically posted to your profile at these sites.

The use of blog for search engine optimisation

When setting up a home business online first thing that you need to address this to purchase your own domain. By doing a careful research. You can then decide on the domain name, you need to take certain factors into consideration.

Your product or service.

What keyword searches, would you use to find your business on the net.

What other variants that could be used in the search for the type of business or service that you are offering.

Within each of these categories. What other main keywords, and also what other keywords, would they be linked to

One should have decided on the type of domain name, but you are looking for the next stage is to find out whether it is available.

Don’t be disheartened, if the first few names that you decide on not available as a denying. Have you checked whether they are available in all the difference variations for instance.
.com .net .biz .ws .co.uk .gov .TV chat on the site. But you are doing searches that remains to see what other variations can be available.

Once you have the domain setup in place. There are a variety of add-ons that you can do to enhance both the appearance and the resources within your domain. These could include
a guestbook
a site map
a links to other web pages
a profile page
a blog, or online journal

A blog or online journal is in my opinion, they must have. The main purpose of this blog is to keep your audience up to date on any information to do with your products or services, products & services to be added or beta testing. Also, to give a little bit of insight into the products and services on a more personal level. Another key feature for a blog is the fact that it is a search engine optimisation tool, if used correctly.

With the use of the right keywords terms and phrases that are all relevant to your product or service. You can attain top ranking within the search engines in Google, Yahoo etc. Also with in this blog. There are many applications and gadgets that you can use, which will further develop your presence on the web. I have mentioned some of these in previous posts and will continue to do so as this blog develops.

It is a well-known fact that blogs. More often than not get, high positioning within the search engines over a wide variety of subjects.

These methods can be used in any type of business, whether it be an online only or bricks and mortar business. In the field of search engine optimisation. The fact that you are adding constant updates to your blog and also linking to active RSS feeds that are all using keywords relevant to your blog will all help with the overall positioning within the search engines.

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