Tags are usually one- or two-word (three at the most) descriptions (or keywords) of a blog post. For example, I might tag this article “define tags” and “define categories”. The tags you choose are used by sites like Technorati (the blog search engine) to find your site and group it according to tags (e.g., putting [...]
Blog World Expo: More SEO Tips for Bloggers (#bwe08)
October 28, 2008 By 2 Comments
Panel: Search Engine Optimization, SEM, & New Media Panelists: Brian Clark, Michael Gray, Lee Odden, Stephen Spencer There were a few times I hopped from presentation to presentation. This was one of the presentations I was hopping to from another. The result is that my notes aren’t as lengthy as for some other presentations. Take [...]
Blog World Expo: Dave Taylor on SEO (#bwe08)
October 27, 2008 By 3 Comments
BWE Presentation Name: Ten Things You Need to Know About SEO Presenter: Dave Taylor Dave Taylor is an affable guy with a huge knowledge base to share. You can find him at The Business Blog at Intuitive.com, Ask Dave Taylor, and Attachment Parenting Blog. Here is what I learned from Dave as he tackled basic [...]
Writing effective links for your audience and SEO
June 11, 2008 By 8 Comments
This is a short and simple tip. When you are writing your post and need to insert a link, consider how you are going to write that sentence and where you will include the link. For example, which of these is more effective (potential links in bold)? If you are interested in hosting a giveaway, [...]
I often see on blogs that people say “these are the top ten searches used to find my blog” or something like that. How do I find out this information for my blog?
October 19, 2007 By Leave a Comment
This information is found from your stat counter software. All stat counters that I know of have a link that will show you your search engine results. If you click on that link you will see the key words people are searching for to find your blog. Sometimes it’s hilarious, sometimes it’s creepy, and sometimes [...]
Is there a way for me to keep my blog from being indexed by search engines?
September 26, 2007 By 3 Comments
Most bloggers do everything they can to drive traffic to their site; they want their content to be indexed by search engines. However, some bloggers find it a little disconcerting to have strangers find them through seemingly unrelated (to their blog) searches. If you would like to ensure that the bots from search engines do [...]
Ten SEO Tips
March 7, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Michelle from scribbit is back with us today. In fact, she’ll be with us most of this week! She has generously agreed to let us re-print several of her articles here on Blogging Basics 101. We know you’ll appreciate her input and advice as she’s incredibly blog-savvy! BTW, if you aren’t reading her on a [...]
