We’re thrilled to have Angie from The Work at Home Wife joining us as our featured blogger today. Not only is she a Virtual Assistant and Freelance Writer, but she also has much to teach us about internet marketing techniques , such as Search Engine Optimization, aka SEO.
When Angie first started her blog, she found that she was getting very little traffic from search engines, such as Google. In fact, because her traffic was for keyword phrases that had nothing to do with her blog, she was forced to continually market her blog manually…
When I first started my blog, I was living the “if you build it, they will come” dream. Like most beginner bloggers, I thought if I started posting regularly and marketing through social media, somehow search engines would start sending me traffic. I didn’t know anything about SEO blogging, and it all sounded far too confusing to learn.
Once I did finally resign to learn SEO, I spent a lot of time trying different methods until I found one that worked and was easy to incorporate. I was so excited when I started seeing measurable results that I had to share what I was doing. I wrote my free report, The Beginner’s Search Engine Optimization Strategy.
Here are two methods I describe in my report that I’ve used to improve my search engine ranking:
Post Titles
Post titles are one of the easiest places to start incorporating SEO. Rather than being vague in your titles, start adding keywords. When constructing your next blog title, take a moment to plug your topic into the Google Keyword Tool.
If your blog relates to recipes, instead of using “How We Eat at Home Every Night,” use a title like “Fast, Easy Meals for Weeknights.” “Fast easy meals” is a keyword phrase that people searching for information are using. By using this alternate title, you’ll be able to reap the rewards of this organic traffic.
Post Categories
Most blogs will use the category name for the URL when archiving posts. URLs that optimize keywords show up in search results. Instead of having 100 different categories, use the Google Keyword Tool to select 10 to 12 keyword phrases that relate to your blog topics. When a web surfer searches for one of the keyword phrases you selected for your categories, they will not only receive one post, they will be directed to all of those posts archived under that topic.
If you’re interested in reading more from Angie, such as a step by step guide to affiliate marketing, home business solutions, or how to make money online, then be sure to stop by her blog!
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Great advice… I’ll probably have to go clean out the “turtles” from all of my categories!
Thanks for the info. I’m relatively new to blogging and have been following the “if you build it, they will come” philosophy.
Twitter: scribblesfromem
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That is good advice. So far, I think the only google searches that have lead to my blog have been for my blog title.
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wow.. so interesting!
Twitter: teacher_viviene
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wow.. so interesting! I’m sure gonna visit your blog often! i’m gonna learn a lot of things!
This is something which is always in the back of my mind while blogging. I need to be more pro-active about it!
Awesome! Thanks so much!
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This was extremely informative! Thanks SITS!
This is a great post. I personally find SEO mind boggling especially because the rules keep changing. I appreciate your free report and hope to find “easy” SEO techniques that I can implement.
Linette M. Daniels
http://EmpoweringYouthForSuccess.com
What fantastic education today!! So excited!
I’m a little behind in my reading, but so happy that I finally got to read this. This is awesome info! Thanks!
Looks like I’m spending the afternoon playing with Google’s key words tool!
Thanks for sharing your great website with us. i am really love it. Welcome to visit our website at anytime too.
Twitter: RachelVoorhees
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Oh my!! I SO need help with SEO. Thanks for these tips and I will be reading the FB a lot!
Great tips! Thanks Angie! I will definitely use these!
Twitter: TheMommyMess
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These sound like tips I need to know more about. Very interesting!
wow this is really helpful! so thankful for people who know what they’re doing cause i sure don’t!
Very helpful!
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I am so happy that I did not miss this post.
BUT, I seriously do not know how everyone keeps up with reading, posting & commenting on all the blogs. Not to mention my job that actually pays a salary, a husband, kids, family and life on life’s terms!
I missed the whole month of Oct. because what I end of doing is “saving” my SITS e-mails for when I can read & comment. Well, I ended up just giving up and deleting the whole batch when it became Nov. And I will never be the FB at this rate!
This terrific post is from 11/3 and here it is 11/11 & I am just getting to it! (I started over for the month of Nov.) If anyone has any tips on how they manage to keep up with all this good stuff without sitting at a computer 10 hours a day I would be most grateful. Thanks!
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AhernCC@aol.com
Northof25A.org
I’m new to the blogging world, so SEO is something I need to learn more about. Thanks for the blog and info!
I’m new to public blogging, so SEO is something I need to learn more about. Thanks for the blog and info! And I hope you will enjoy looking at my blog occasionally!
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Nice! Happy Saturday.
Great to know. Thanks
Twitter: ithoughtiknewma
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Thank you. Very helpful!
I love the advice. You have no idea how helpfull it is. I was wondering, though, if you have any advice on how to make the Categories in the blog. I have only been doing this for about a week and I am having a hard time figuring it all out. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Hi, The Beginner’s Search Engine Optimization Strategy doesn’t exist anymore, I haven’t been able to Google it either. Could you please let us know where to find it?
Thank you for all of the great tips. Some of the links are not working but I’d love to be able to read them. Let me know if they become enabled again! Blessings, anita
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Twitter: defininghope1
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great post. i’m new to blogging and i’m excited to learn more about seo.