Some suggestions for better SEO for your blog site

SEO or Search Engine Optimization is very important for a blog site to get search traffic. But sometimes it can be found that newbies bloggers start blogging without caring for SEO. Here in this post, I am going to tell you some suggestion for better SEO of your website or blog. SEO is very important for a blog website as it sends your website traffic. Let’s see some suggestion:

Suggestions for better SEO from your blog

The length of title tag: Website <title> tag should be within 70 characters. this is the most important tag for SEO. It displayed first on every search results on any search engines. For each of the post, you should use a nice title for <title> tag. Users will first see the title of the post on search engines.

Meta description length: Website meta description should be within 155 characters. Don’t make it too short. This meta tag is most important after <title> tag. Search engines always show this as a summary. Also, make your meta description tag related to your blog content and also should be matching with the keyword on your body tag.

SEO friendly URL:  Make the URL of every blog post SEO friendly. I personally suggest structuring the URL of every post like our website – https://trickist.blogspot.com/

Add content regular basis: Adding quality content to your website on a regular basis is a very good SEO tactic. Search engine always loves sites updating on a regular basis. Add new posts regularly. I suggest you write a minimum of 4 posts each week on your blog.

The perfect focus on keyword: If your keyword strategy has been crafted properly and your content is nicely optimized for the right keywords then it will be really good for your site.

Avoid using head tag too many times: head tag means <h1> <h2> <h3> ……… <h6>. Search engines don’t like using head tags too many times o one page or one blog posts page. Only one h1 tag you should use on one web page.

Google keyword planner: You can use Google AdWords Keyword Planner for writing SEO articles.

Never copy content from other websites: If search engines find that content on your website has been taken from elsewhere they may downgrade search rankings for some or even all of your web pages. Your overall site can be affected by Google algorithm update.
 

Reduce page load and server response time: Search engines give a priority to the websites with fast load and fast server response time. Choose a hosting plan from a hosting server which provides your blog a fast page loading speed and fast response time.

Image attributes: Include words that reflect your site topic in the image title, description, and alt attributes.

noindex, follow meta robots tag: Add noindex, follow meta robots tag for tag pages, categories pages, author pages and for search pages to prevent the duplicate content of your blog. No more about it from this post.

Well if you have a WordPress blog then how to setup SEO? Are you not a developer? Don’t worry, you don’t need to be a programmer or a developer. There are some SEO plugins available that you can use. Yoast SEO, All in One SEO Pack are some popular SEO plugin for WordPress. Well, you need some SEO knowledge so that you can configure your blog SEO with the right way. Browse our SEO category to learn about several things in SEO.

There are lots of other factors that impact your search traffic and affects on your search ranking. But these are the most important and these will work for most of the popular search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo. Now keeping these factors in your mind you can start your blog website.

Some suggestions for better SEO for your blog site

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Three Cardinal Sins of Blogging

Three Cardinal Sins of Blogging. Here are three big mistakes that bloggers seem to be fond of making. Of course, this only applies to people who want to build an audience. If you see blogging as a hobby you pursue when you get bored with your Playstation 2 and run out of beer, this doesn’t apply to you.

1. First and foremost, most unsuccessful bloggers just don’t write enough material. Either they don’t post enough links or they don’t rant/write enough essays. If you look at successful blogs around the net you’re almost always going to find that they put a LOT of work and time into their writing/linking. You’re going to have to do that too if you’re going to succeed.

2. Inconsistency kills. Vacations & week-ends off are fine, but just randomly taking days off or making minimal numbers of posts will cost you readers. For the most part, we may be dishing out “free ice cream” (writing for free), but our customers still want a consistent supply. If they don’t get it, they’ll wander off and find one. So instead of having a reader who hits your page every day, they may just check in once every couple of weeks to see what they’ll find. That’s not the way to build up a consistent group of readers.

3. You have got to be distinctive enough so that readers can pick you out of the herd. If there are 50 other blogs out there talking about the same things you’re talking about and saying roughly the same things — well to put it bluntly, why should a reader bother with reading your blog?

If you’re a blogger with talent and patience & you avoid those three “cardinal sins”, you will eventually build an audience.

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Top Ten Blog Writing Tips

Ten Blog Top Writing Tips. Are your blog posts not converting as well as you would like them to? Want to know the secrets of how to write a blog post that converts? In this article, I’ll share 10 tips that will help you write a blog post that converts.

You see most people that visit your blog post usually leave without reading it all the way through.

What sucks even more is that an even larger percentage of people who see your blog post on twitter, facebook, etc don’t even click on it.

You really only have 2 – 3 seconds to grab your user’s attention and convince them to click and actually read your blog post.

So how do you make sure that your content marketing efforts aren’t going to waste? Well, you follow these 10  tips, and I promise it’ll help you write blog posts that convert.

1. Write with the reader in mind. Remember WIIFM? It’s marketing jargon for What’s In It For Me? That’s what you should be keeping in mind. Your reader will read your post looking for what’s in it for them. 

2. Make it valuable and worthwhile. Don’t waste people’s time. If you don’t have anything to say, no problem, plenty other people do. So share their articles, do an interview, review a book.

3. Proof-read for typos and glaring grammatical errors. You wouldn’t go out of the house with dirty hair or missing a sock, so why would you publish spelling mistakes? Respect your readers by polishing up your stuff.

4. Keep it short and simple, sweetie. (KISS). Most people are scanners. You may have a lot to say and think it interesting, and it may be. But people are reading online and out of time. Get to the point quickly. Publishing short posts more frequently is a better format than publishing lengthy articles every few weeks.

5.  Keep it lively, make it snappy and snazzy. Even if you aren’t a natural born writer, you can write for your blog. Just write like you’re speaking to your friend…or to yourself! Remember though, get to the point quickly. Keep in mind the journalist’s rule of 5 W’s in the first paragraph: who, what, why, when and where.

6. Link often. This builds credibility and positions you as an expert in your field. People don’t have time to know what others are doing, you should tell them. Linking to other blogs and websites also helps you build a network of associates who will in turn link to your blog.

7. Use keywords often. This will help you stay on purpose, and the search engines will love your blog. Your rankings will go up. This is one of the reasons we have you write out your purpose statements before beginning your blog. The clearer you are about your purpose, the more consistently you will deliver messages that are on target. And the more often your keywords show up, the better your search engine results.

8. Write clearly (short sentences, only one concept per sentence). No double speak or jargon; no more than one idea in one sentence- don’t make your readers have to think about your meaning. Spoon feed them. Use commas and dashes liberally.

9. Write like you talk. It’s okay to use common expressions from speech.

10. Use a clear headline, and don’t be afraid to make bold statements (but don’t mislead people either). Make it snazzy and use key words. Example: Ex-Techno-Weenie Masters HTML Code

I hope you found these 10 tips helpful, and if you follow these, you’ll definitely be able to write blog posts that convert.

What other tips do you use when writing your blog posts? Let me know by leaving a comment below.

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Getting Traffic To Your Blog

Getting Traffic To Your Blog. A pretty large number of bloggers who, in all honesty run some above-average to brilliant blogs all have the same complaint – “Why aren’t people coming??” After some research on this, we’ve come up with some tips that may just get the traffic coming to your space.

Here they are:

1. Get permalinks working. Dump your software and get something else if you have to, but get them working!

If you want to be taken seriously, get working permalinks!

2. Consider getting your own domain and a hosting service you pay for. Yes, free hosting is wonderful, but you can do better for as little as $5 a month. Your own domain gives you more control, makes it easier for people to find you and, frankly, it boosts your prestige a bit. This is not a huge deal, but you really should consider doing it if you can.

3. Allow public comments. A few high-traffic sites don’t have them, but most do. There’s a reason for this. Yes, you will certainly get trolls (i.e. nasty jerks who try to torque you off). Concentrate on the Zen of Blogging: trolls can only make you angry if you let them. 

4. More importantly, even though a lot of readers never bother with comments, a not-insignificant segment of readers likes them a lot. These will often be your more faithful readers. Embrace them. They will help keep you honest. Frankly, you’ll also be providing a way for other bloggers to make themselves known to you. I’ve found a lot of my favorite bloggers exactly that way.

5. Be as generous with trading blogroll entries as you want others to be with you–but never, ever, ever whine about it or expect reciprocation. No one owes this to you. No, not even if you’ve blogrolled them for months and sent them multiple messages telling them how much you love them. You ask once, and you hope for a polite yes or no, and you say, “Hey thanks!” either way. And then you let it go.

If you’re a frequent commenter on a site, and it’s a site you visit regularly, maybe you can ask again once the blogger’s gotten to know you. Maybe. But never be a pest about this.

6. That said, don’t be shy about asking. You’re only going to offend someone if you are a pest, or if you whine.

7. Do not be shy about sending a link to an article you are particularly proud of to other bloggers. Almost no one minds this, if you don’t do it constantly.

8. Any time you write something you are particularly proud of, send it out to 2-3 other bloggers. Don’t limit yourself to just big-name bloggers, either.

9. Develop a list of blogs you especially like, but don’t obsessively visit every every day. No more than 3-4 a day should br finr. You’ll find that by lightly cruising through 3-4 different blogs a day, you’ll constantly find something new and interesting to post about.

Bonus to this strategy: if readers get a note from you saying, “Hey, if you like this message I wrote, could you tell your readers about it?” they might link it. Or not. Either way it’s cool. And if they send you note to me saying, “Hey, if you like this, could you tell your readers about it?” its up to you. Important part: It’s cool either way.

Don’t pine away looking for links from the Instapundit. Be happy when you get a link from a new blogger with hardly any traffic as by some mega-blogger who gets thousands of visitors a day. 

10. In short: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Blogging’s supposed to be fun. Not everyone wants to do it, and not everyone should. But if you want traffic, you’re going to have to be noticed. People won’t magically appear without some work on your part. Fortunately, it’s nowhere near as hard or as time-consuming as it seems at first. Just develop a few good habits, and you’ll do fine.

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Streams Of Income Through Blogging

Streams Of Income Through Blogging. More and more bloggers are looking to diversify their income streams, rather than having all their eggs in the AdSense basket. Others are just now discovering blogging, and they recognize right away that it is an ideal platform for information sales business models.

While it’s possible to sell information products created by others through affiliate programs, Iconsider creating something yourself, as it puts you in the absolute best position in the online sales world. The good news is, if you already have a blog, but no product, you’re on the right track. And if you have neither a blog nor an information product in development yet, you will definitely want to consider starting to blog first. I’ll explain why below.

So, without further ado, here are some tips for creating and selling information products with blogs:

1. Blogging for Product Ideas

I believe it’s important that you have a great deal of either knowledge or passion about any topic that you develop into an information product. Knowledge makes it easier to create something valuable. However, if you lack knowledge, but have a great passion to learn about a certain subject, it can be even better. You’ll approach the topic with “new eyes” that allow for a fresh perspective and your enthusiasm will carry you through the learning curve.

Once you know the general topic, start blogging. You don’t necessarily need or even want to know exactly what your product will be, unless you already have an idea you think can’t miss. Even then, blogging allows you to have interaction with your readers that will give you valuable market insight. Comments and questions that you receive will be guideposts, and you can also survey your readers.

The secret to hitting a home run with an information product is to ask your readers what they want.

2. Blogging the Product 

In the case of traditional books and e-books, there’s a trend gaining steam where you literally “blog the book.” Blogging on a regular, set schedule is a great motivator to actually get the writing done. It can also take you in new and better directions thanks to feedback, so that you actually get a better end result.

Some people react badly to this idea. Why would anyone buy something that you’ve essentially published for free online? Well, due to the reverse-chronological order of blog posts, it’s a really bad way to digest large chunks of information. Having the same information in book or even PDF format is much easier to deal with. Plus, your readership will be small at the beginning anyway, so by its very nature, your blog isn’t giving away the whole story.

The key is getting the book finished. There will be plenty more people to sell it to once it’s done, even if none of your current readers buy it (which is doubtful).

3. Blogging for Affiliate Relationships

One of the most important reasons to blog first is the relationships within your niche that you will develop. You should be producing content that gets you noticed, and networking with other blog owners that have complimentary audiences.

This can get you links, which leads to traffic, subscribers and eventual buyers. But the relationships you establish have much more value than that. Those key people can also become your affiliates, joint venture partners, and a source for crucial pre-launch feedback and testimonials.

Recruiting quality people to sell your product for you is harder than many people think. But it’s a whole lot easier when you have built up credibility with your blog, casino online well before you start selling anything.

4. Excerpts That Sell

A tried and true method of enticing prospects to buy a book is to offer a couple of the initial chapters free of charge in PFD format, in exchange for an opt-in email address. You can deliver the chapters via email, which then allows you to follow up with reminders, special offers and promotions.

Excerpts work because generally the first chapter or so should naturally make a great selling tool for the rest of the book. Why? Because a well-structured e-book or report will first tell the reader what they are going to read before getting into the actual meat of the book. Great opening chapters that succinctly explain the subject can sell plenty of e-books when the excerpt tactic is used.

5. Tutorials

You can also tell and sell via a mini-course or tutorial that explains what the content is all about, as well as highlighting the benefits of having access to it. And remember, information products don’t have to be in written format. They can be audio recordings, teleseminars, screen capture and/or video presentations. Therefore, your complimentary tutorial should be in the same high-quality format that hints at what the learning experience will be like after purchase.

6. Sales Page

No matter what pre-selling technique you use, you’ll still need a sales page that entices people to click through and order. At a minimum, this page should have a great headline, restate the core benefits of your product to the prospect, and follow those up with the features that support your benefits. This can be a confusing distinction, so for more information, here’s an article I wrote about the difference between benefits and features.

The idea is for your blog, combined with your excerpt or tutorial, to have pre-sold the reader, so that they simply scan your sales page and scroll down to the order button. But it’s still important to have a substantive, low-hype sales page, with plenty of those testimonials that you acquired from key people in your niche and from select subscribers. A money back guarantee also helps boost sales immensely.

The sales page is there to remove any lingering doubts, and to make the transaction as risk-free as possible to the buyer.

7. Pay Per Click Marketing

Once you have all of the above in place, plus a shopping cart and product delivery mechanism, you can start looking at strategic return-on-investment (ROI) marketing. Now that you have something you can charge for, it opens up all sorts of traffic-generating avenues beyond blogging and affiliate relationships.

Now, instead of trying to make money with Google AdSense, you can switch to AdWords and target niche keywords that drive qualified prospect to your site. You may want to send them straight to a page that offers the excerpt or tutorial, rather than your sales page. Remember, it’s all about pre-selling. Make sure you offer a subscription to your blog as well, so you can build relationships with people who are not ready to buy.

The Best Business Ever?

There’s no better business in the world than being both the manufacturer and direct seller of your own high-margin product. Information products may be the best product of all, as it takes only your mind and your time to manufacture them, and some smart blogging to sell them. Blogging can help you identify and create a saleable product, and then help you sell the product by establishing affiliate relationships and acting as a platform that points prospects to your promotional tools.

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