Wednesday, 11 April 2012

SEO Steps to take before Publishing Posts (for WordPress Users)

Whether you like it or not, you have to keep involved in SEO (search engine optimization) if you want to succeed online. This is for obvious reasons that people go to search engines like Google to look for information. If they find your website while they do ther search, it means you have properly optimized your website for search engines. The truth is, you need to keep optimizing so that your site can be found most times when people search for information related to your blog.

Here are the steps to take so as to optimize all your posts before publishing

1. Keyword Research
To figure this out, I do two things:

Google’s Keyword Tool (https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal) – I look up the words I believe people would search for to find the post I plan on writing.

Google – I google those keywords to see the actual competition.

2. Fine-Tuning the Headline

Here’s my formula for crafting headlines for list posts:

[#][keyword][ curiosity-capturing phrase]

e.g.

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3. Post Slug in wordpress

Change your post slug to your primary keyword.

4. Images

Save your images as [keyword-phrase.png] before you upload them to your site.
Add alt text as [keyword phrase].
Add title tag as [keyword phrase].

For the images within the content, however, use other similar and relevant keywords.

5. Relevant Videos

Google understands that adding a video to a blog post makes it a more complete resource. If they haven’t already boosting blog posts with videos, they will eventually.

If blogging is a big portion of your business, start making videos for your posts, upload them to your channel, and embed them in the actual post.

If you’re still dabbling in blogging, consider embedding other peoples’ videos in your posts.

6. Subheads

Similar to images, subheadings break up the content and make blog posts easier to read. They also have big-time SEO benefits.

< h2 >Subhead Level 1< /h2 >
< h3 >Subhead Level 2< /h3 >
< h4 >Subhead Level 3< /h3 >

Note: The headline/title tag should be automatically wrapped in <h1></h1>.

Stop simply bolding and italicizing your subheads.

7. Interlinking

Before you publish a new post, read through it and try to find two-three opportunities to naturally link back to relevant posts on your blog.

8. External Linking

Linking to other sites is also a good way to build relationships with other bloggers.

9. Meta Data description

In writing your meta description, you need to keep three things in mind:

It needs to be fewer than 155 characters so Google will display the whole description.
It needs to include your keywords because Google bolds them in search results.
It should be an actual sentence from the post because people look for that sentence once they arrive.
I always summarize the post with the keywords in the last sentence of the introduction and use that as the meta description.

10. Call to Action

Here are a few popular calls to action:

Comment – You can encourage people to comment by ending the post with a thought-provoking question or simply asking them to let you know what they think.

Share – “If you liked this post, tweet it out.”

Implement – I believe the best result of any blog post is for a reader to take your advice and implement it.

I hope this helps?

Useful And Important Wordpress Plugins

Here, we're sharing the most useful wordpress plugins that makes blogging with WP easier.

1. MobilePress - creates a mobile version of your site.

2. Auto Excerpt everywhere - creates auto read more on your index pages with thumnails

3. AddtoAny - the best share buttons I've used so far. It's compact and appears on MobilePress as well

4. WP-PageNavi - creates a neat looking pagination ( numbered page navigation )

5. NoSpamNX - Stops spam even before they're posted. A lot better than Akismet

6. All in One SEO Pack - You probably know this already and if you don't, install it and explore the settings urself. :P

7. BackUpWordPress - Backs up your WP files and database and emails you the link as scheduled

8. Generate Post Thumbnails - Extremely useful if you just moved over from blogger to WP and your posts ain't having thumbnails

9. SEO SearchTerms Tagging 2 - Logs the last search queries to your blog

10. Floating Share Buttons for WP by ME - http://www.doncaprio.com/2012/01/how-to-add-floating-share-buttons-to-wordpress.html

11. Google XML Sitemaps - Generates sitemap to help search engines index your blog better

12. Daily Stat - Get to know your daily page views and visits

13.

14.Sucuri Scanner - It will check for malware, spam, blacklisting and other security issues (htaccess redirections, hidden code, etc). Yes, it is free. Similar to the scans provided online at http://sitecheck.sucuri.net

15. wp secure - wp secure plugin

16 . Contextual Related Posts - Show user defined number of contextually related posts.

17.Featured Content Gallery - Used to create a customizable rotating image gallery anywhere within your WordPress site.

18. You shoul check out Yoast Wordpress SEO plugin. Awesome for search engine optimisation.

Always remember to backup your wordpress site before installing anything.

An Effective Report On Search Engine Optimization

Search Engine Optimization, or SEO for short, is the practice of optimizing both internal and external factors of a website to ensure that its pages will rank high in search engines, thus increasing the quantity and quality of the organic traffic. In this FREE effective report, you will learn stuffs as follows;

– The Title Tag
– Meta Tags
– Meta Keywords
– Meta Description
– Meta ODP Tag
– Meta Robots
– No Archive Meta Tag
– Miscellaneous Meta Tags
– Heading Tags
– Main Body Content
– Duplicate Content
– Page Length
– Images
– Keyword Density
– Keyword Prominence
– Bold and Italics
– Links and Anchor Text
– Domain Name Structure
– URL
– Word Separator
– Keywords in the URL
– Static URLs and URLs with Parameters
– Site Architecture
– Dividing Your Website into Meaningful Sections
– Setting up a Crawlable Architecture
– Keeping Your Architecture Flat and Not Deep
– etc

Writing a SEO Optimised Blog Post(Part 2)

Fellow bloggers,

You spent quite some time writing your article. You published it and added some nice images. You did some facebooking and tweeting, yet your article remained unknown to google and other SEs. The simple reason is that you MISSED STEP TWO

STEP 1: This is the first and it's simply getting the idea ofwhat to write about.

STEP 2: Ok, now you have decided to write about some blackberry thing or some crazy idea. If the next thing you do is jump into typing, then you are writing for LOW or NO traffic.

So what should you do?

Do a proper keyword research. If you miss this, you are OFF. I can recommend google's KW toolif you're tight but if you got some cash like my friend Jide Ogunsanya, you can go in for a more serious Market Samu.

So, open the keyword tool and key in hmmmm say "Internet on blackberry". You are going to have a list of related keywords. That should not be too hard to pick the keyword that can be phrased in your article

What should you look for?

Keyword with LOW competition
Keyword with good monthly search

DONT' BE CONFUSED!

 You have to avoid confusion. You MUST make one keyword as the "MAIN KEYWORD". This main KW should be in your TITLE, INTRO,BODY and CONCLUSION It should be the first KW in your meta tag. Don't just mixthe keywords up. There must be a "leader" keyword

LSI:

 Tie your article in a bundle with

What will be the core idea of your article? Search engines are beginning to reason. Search engines want to get the main idea behind your article. 

If you target a long tail keyword with Low competition and reasonable traffic, you should be getting quite interesting visits to your blog post. Part 1

Monday, 5 March 2012

Writing A SEO Optimized Blog Post

The SECOND step in writing a SEO powerful blog
post.

The SECOND step in writing a SEO optimized blog
post.
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Fellow bloggers, You spent quite some time writing your article. You published it and added some nice images. You did some facebooking and tweeting, yet your article remained unknown to google and other SEs. The simple reason is that you MISSED STEP TWO

STEP 1: This is the first and it's simply getting the idea ofwhat to write about.

STEP 2: Ok, now you have decided to write about some blackberry thing or some crazy idea. If the next thing you do is jump into typing, then you are writing for LOW or NO traffic. So what should you do? Do a proper keyword research. If you miss this, you are OFF. I can recommend google's KW toolif you're tight but if you got some cash, you can go in for a more serious Market Samurai.

So, open the keyword tool and key in hmmmm say "Internet on blackberry". You are going to have a list of related keywords. That should not be too hard to pick the keyword that can be phrased in your article What should you look for? Keyword with LOW competition Keyword with good monthly search DONT' BE CONFUSED! You have to avoid confusion.

You MUST make one keyword as the " MAIN KEYWORD ". This main KW should be in your TITLE, INTRO,BODY and CONCLUSION. It should be the first KW in your meta tag. Don't just mix the keywords up. There must be a "leader" keyword LSI: Tie your article in a bundle with What will be the core idea of your article? Search engines are beginning to reason. Search engines want to get the main idea behind your article. If you target a long tail keyword with Low competition and reasonable traffic, you should be getting quite interesting visits to your blog post.

Keyword Basics For Traffic And Sales Tips

Understanding Keyword Basics For Traffic And Sales

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I have had quite a bundle of questions from fellow
bloggers about keyword and I think it's best to create this post as everyone else can get it.

First, guys, keyword research is serious and if you miss it, I can advice you buy Okada and leave blogging ;) . Keyword is the first thing that will give your blog a lift.

A blog with poor keyword research will end up sucking your time and keeping you discouraged. You are going to think that this thing works only for others.

Let's look at the 3 MATCH TYPES
1 - Broad Match
This is the most stupid match type you should go in for. It's a perfect time waster. Let me throw in an example: Keyword: Internet on blackberry phone Given that it's a broad match, it would also trigger for: 'Blackberry phone on Internet' and these are two different things. Any search made that contains all the word in the keyword (in any order) will
trigger your page. This is poor!

2 - Phrase Match
This is better but I still have a problem. This will trigger for other keywords that have words BEFORE and AFTER it. eg: Keyword: ebooks on wordpress security This could trigger for: buy ebooks on wordpress security, free ebooks on wordpress security, download ebooks on wordpress security,
ebooks on wordpress security download. There are still some elements of 'off target' here

3 - Exact Match
OMG! this is sweet and it's the money fetcher. You get the targeted visitors to your article. They will spend more time on your article.
They will hit the 'buy button'. They will leave that comment. Let's say you are writing an article that aims to sell Playstation 4
You may come out with a keyword like:
[buy Playstation 4] or [buy Playstation 4 in florida] It's important to understand these things even before you start writing.

Other things to look for:
- How many local/International searches are there per month
- How huge is the competition (PPC, article titles, article bodies)
- Search Trends NB: Search trends can be guided by events. For instance, christmas related keywords will have an upward curve towards december
and downward curve after december.

Bloggers Lab

Wednesday, 11 April 2012

SEO Steps to take before Publishing Posts (for WordPress Users)

Useful And Important Wordpress Plugins

An Effective Report On Search Engine Optimization

High PageRank Sites To Get BackLInks

Writing a SEO Optimised Blog Post(Part 2)

Monday, 5 March 2012

Writing A SEO Optimized Blog Post

The SECOND step in writing a SEO powerful blog
post.

Keyword Basics For Traffic And Sales Tips

Understanding Keyword Basics For Traffic And Sales

Wednesday, 11 April 2012

Monday, 5 March 2012

The SECOND step in writing a SEO powerful blog post.

Understanding Keyword Basics For Traffic And Sales

The SECOND step in writing a SEO powerful blog
post.