7 Easy SEO Tips for More Blog Traffic

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7 Easy SEO Tips for More Blog Traffic

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SEO means search engine optimization, for many it also means stress and worry. SEO is hard work, right? Well some steps are actually pretty easy.

1. Change to an SEO friendly permalink.

Each blog post and website page you build with WordPress has a permalink; permanent link, assigned to it. Make certain it is set to your post name by visiting, Settings, then Permalink. You want the custom setting to be /%postname%

2. Add Google XML Sitemaps.

This plugin is like a map of your site enabling search engines to know what is on your website and where to find it.

3. Use Keywords.

These are words people commonly search for in relation to your niche. Use keywords appropriately without over use for a better experience for SEO and your visitors.

4. Get an SEO Plugin

These plugins allow you to add a meta title, meta description and meta keywords to each WordPress post and page you create. These allow search engine optimization by allowing them to know what is on the page.

5. Add content.

Regular posts is probably the most important step and it gives your visitors more reason to be interested in what you sell. You can Add an Ezine Article to Your Blog when you keep the article and resource box intact. Mixing and matching these with your own original content keeps the site SEO friendly and brings more traffic. You can even use my Ezine Articles

6. Limit posts to one category.

While you may have several categories the post will fit, limit it to one. Each category the post is in creates another URL. You want to limit that number. A post with multiple URL links may only be one post but search engines see each as individual posts. This is the infamous duplicate content that people talk about.

7. Be consistent, insist on consistency.

Does your website start with www or does it not. In either case you can type http:// in front of the website name to make it click enabled. But you want to be consistent in your use of www or not and ask others the same.

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http://twitter.com/mr2020 Mr. Twenty Twenty

Great share MJ. Too many folks build a website that sucks, then try to push traffic to it. Build a site that works well for the reader and the search engines and you'll reap the rewards. Thanks for the reminders!
http://loverockstar.com/ MJ Schrader

Exactly Twenty. Your first priority is RESPECT THE READER. Once you respect and write for the reader you can incorporate the search engine rules. But even the search engines will deny you if you stop respecting the reader. It always goes back to them.
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