Follow these simple rules for search engine optimization and your
blog will rank much higher in Search Engines.
1. Use your primary keyword in your blog domain
The first thing to do is to ensure that your blogs URL contains the
primary keyword you want to optimize for. Using the targeted
keyword in subdomains also helps.
For example, if you want to start a HTML tutorial site then the
primary keyword you want your URL to contain is html. So
choose a URL like www.htmlhelp.com.
You can also use the keyword in subdomains like www.web-
design.com/htmlhelp
2. Use your primary keyphrase in the title of your posts
If your primary key phrase is html help make sure that the word
html and help appear in your blog headers such as H1 and H2 tags
as well as the title of each of your posts.
3. Use your secondary keywords in the body of your post
If you want to get listed for secondary keywords use them
infrequently in the body of your post. The theory is that the more
times a keyword appears within a Webpage, the more relevant
the page is likely to be for someone searching those keywords.
But do not overdo this by repeating the same keywords over and
over again. Google bots can find out if a keyword is too frequent
on a page and might just remove your site from their index.
4. Use your keywords in the anchor text of links
Use your primary and secondary keywords in the anchor text of
links when linking to other blog posts or to other pages of your
blog. Keyword in links have more importance than simple text.
5. Make sure search engines can spider your blog easily
Make sure your navigation bar is present on all pages of your
blog. Your previous posts or atleast the popular ones should be
linked to all pages so they get spidered easily.
6. Get backlinks from other blogs
You need as many links as possible to link back to your posts or
blog because it will help you build pagerank and get your blog to
rank higher in search engines. The more links you have the higher
your blog is ranked in Technorati helping your blog to be found
easily.
So how do you get backlinks?
1. The first thing to do to get high-quality links is to submit your blog
and RSS feed to blog search engines and directories.
Start by submitting your blog to all the directories listed on this
page:
http://www.masternewmedia.org/rss/top55/
2. Link exchanging with other similarly-themed blogs will help you to
form richly interlinked networks or communities.
3. If you find an interesting article on another blog, link to it
generously. The trackback will become a link back to your blog.
4. Lastly posting legitimate comments in response to posts on other
blogs will help you get backlinks. Regularly post legitimate
comments in similarly-themed blogs with high traffic to get many
backlinks.
7. Update your blog frequently
Update your blog frequently using all the rules mentioned above
and your blog will surely get top rankings in a short time.
8. Stick with your blog
Once you start posting on your blog, stick with the same domain
or you could end up losing a lot of your traffic and regular
readers.
Also stick with the topic you selected for your blog. If it’s about
pets don’t suddenly switch to another topic such as Gadget’s
because you will loose traffic.
Source: www.johntp.com/2006/04/21/8-simple-seo-tips-for-blogs/
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