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Blissdom Recap: SEO & Counting What Counts (Pt. 2)

by Melanie Nelson on February 25, 2010 · 3 comments

Yesterday I shared some of the main tips from the Blissdom Wisdom Workshop SEO & Counting What Counts presented by Kelby Carr and Angela England. Today I want to give you the rest of the tips they shared, but it won’t be quite as detailed as yesterday’s recap. I love bulleted lists and this is just the time to share a few.

The Quick & Dirty List of SEO Tips

Blog Posts

  • Use a good, clear title that tells reader what the post is about.
  • Use bold subheads for clarity (header tags have more authority than bold).
  • Focus your post(s) instead of writing about several topics at once.
  • Make sure your link text includes keywords, and not just “click here”.
  • Update your blog frequently — Google comes if you’re updating regularly.
  • Instead of using a weekly generic post title (e.g., Works for Me Wednesday), use a descriptive title w/a dash (e.g., SEO Training in Two Minutes – Works for Me Wednesday).
  • Make sure your popular posts have a call to action (ask your readers to answer a question, link to another related article, etc.)

Pictures

  • Use captions for photos w/your keywords.
  • Rename your pictures to reflect your keywords or what the pictures show (Google image search can drive a lot of traffic!).
  • Use dashes, not underlines, when you name your pictures.
  • image captions can be the same as your Alt info.

Meta information

  • Use tags as a navigational tool and to help w/SEO for posts that have SEO-unfriendly titles.
  • You don’t need to use META keywords in your <head> or <body> tags because search engines ignore them completely.
  • Google dislikes text link ads so make sure they are NoFollow.
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{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Lee Garverick February 25, 2010 at 8:35 pm

Thank you Melanie. This is helpful!

2 Stephanie March 2, 2010 at 11:15 pm

These are great tips, Melanie! Thank you.

3 Shannon July 19, 2010 at 7:09 pm

Great tips Melanie! Long time, no see. Hope life is treating you well!

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