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SEO For WordPress Bloggers
Nov 8th
Below are my top five SEO tips for WordPress bloggers.
1. Install an SEO plugin on your blog - such as the powerful All-in-One Seo or the newer more robust Platinum SEO. These two take care of alot of the basic onsite search engine optimization you need on your blog posts and pages. (this mostly applies to WordPress bloggers)
2. Get Backlinks – it doesn’t matter if your blog is a day old or 3 months old, you can never start too early to hunt down for link opportunities. Start with relevant directories.
3. Link To Yourself – Well not exactly. What I mean is make sure you regularly link to other articles, pages and blog posts you’ve written. This creates a spider web effect that search engines know and rely on.
4. Install a Sitemap – Sitemaps are literally maps to the content on your blog, and Google loves them. My favorite way to add a sitemap to my blogs is with the Dagon Design sitemap plugin. Fast, easy and free.
5. Use a Related Posts Plugin – this action produces similar results as installing a sitemap. It lets Google know of the content on your site and how it relates to the overall topic of your blog.
These are basic but powerful ideas, don’t underestimate any of these tips. If you haven’t yet added or practiced these SEO tips, now is a great time.
You’ll rise to the top in no time.
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Our next article will touch on the topic of: traffic generation.
Free Gmail Stickers From Google
Dec 5th
Google is releasing free Gmail stickers to bloggers, well really to anyone who wants them. They announced the cool freebie yesterday on the Gmail blog. Grab some before they are all gone.
To request your free set, send a postage paid envelope to:
Googleplex
P O Box 391420
Mountain View, CA 94039-1420
Google Webmaster Tools And Robots.txt
Oct 18th
Do you use Google Webmaster Tools? The free service from Google to help webmasters make their sites more Google friendly.
I have been thinking of Google Webmaster Tools lately as JR from Internet Marketing Strategies) has written a fabulous article covering the tool. He describes the 6 tabs on the tool one by one and covers some tips on why and how to use GWT.
As i mentioned to JR every time i read a new article on GWT, i learn something new. I wouldn’t necessarily describe GWT as super advanced, but it isn’t exactly child’s play either. Some level of webmastering is required.
I want to get to the bottom of one thing within GWT: robot.txt
The what, who, when, why, and how? Feel free to share your tips and experiences below. When i go to Google Webmaster Tools, i notice a few things in the overview section. (see screenshot below)
It seems this blog has 19 not found URL’s and 2 URL’s restricted by robots.txt
What does this mean? How do i fix it? Feel free to weigh in below in comments.
Missy.
Groovy Vegetarian Regains PR Again
Mar 18th
One of our network blogs, Groovy Vegetarian, has regained the infamous Google Pagerank. The blog lost it sometime back in December, and just regained it on or about March 11th. I’m late (as usual) in reporting news, but better late than never.
The blog initially was at PR 4, then down to 0, now sits at PR 2. Pagerank is pretty much like a roller coaster ride, up and down, and side to side. Regardless i’m happy with the current status of the blog, and as i’m being ever more vigilant of what i slap on it, the rank should only get better.
So its a celebration, but a small and cautious one. To read what is the latest in the vegetarian lifestyle, head on over to the blog.
Till next update,
Missy.
