Author: Rose DesRochers
Blogs are naturally search engine friendly and optimizing your blog for search engines is really no different than optimizing your website.
Here are some suggestions to get you started.
Back Links: Backlinks play a very big role in Google's pagerank algorithm.
Backlinks are extremely important to your blog's rankings, so make sure you have
a large number of backlinks.
Here is a list of places to submit your feed or blog.
http://www.bloggertalk.net/blog_resources-cat-369.html
Make use of the alt description tag: Spider bots cannot read images, so when
adding images to your blog it's important to place information within the alt
and anchor text of pictures.
Make good use of anchor text: Don't use "click here" or other non-descriptive
link text. Always use keywords as your anchor text. Google loves anchor text.
Use relevant keywords: Did you know that in a 48 hour period there was
6138 searches done for game cheats? Wow! It looks like a majority of gamers are
cheaters.When creating titles for your blog posts think about the words that web
surfers will be typing to find your blog.
'Inventory
Overture Keyword Selector Tool' is one of the best-known services for
helping you choose the right keywords. Use ‘Inventory Overture Keyword Selector
Tool’ to find what people are actually typing in to the search engines. I also
suggest subscribing to
Word
Tracker. Their report of the most popular searches is published each Tuesday
and distributed to over 30,000 subscribers.
Technorati.com , is a blog search
engine that also lists the top searched for words. The more targeted your
keywords are, the greater your return in search engines will be. Use keywords in the body of your post as
well as in blog header tags and the title of your posts.
Update frequently: Remember that content is king and search engines love it, so
update your blog regularly.
Be sure to read my articles "Link
Popularity in the Blogosphere,
Major Search Engine Submission: How to get
listed in Google, Yahoo and Msn and Blogging- Developing a Readership."
Remember to optimize your blog for both search engines and people. Search engine
optimization is hard work and an ongoing process. Invest a little time and learn
the proper techniques and not only will your traffic come, but you'll increase
your page rank too.
About the Author: Rose DesRochers is the founder of Blogger Talk Blog Community
http://www.bloggertalk.net,
a friendly fast growing blogging portal, offering bloggers support, advice,
tools, tips and information about blogs and blogging.
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