How Search Engines See Your Blog

Welcome to the weekly blogging tip and Saturday Sharefest comment game! This week I’m talking about how search engines view your blog.

Ever wonder how a search engine sees your blog?

Search engines like Google send software (often called “bots”) to crawl around your blog and pick up information they can store in their engine and report back to those who search. If you understand how search bots see your site, you can more easily see where your most important content should be. One tool to help you with this is the SEO browser.  It is a free software tool that crawls your website to report what might be missing or could be improved upon from a search engine perspective.

Enter your web address and click on “Parse URL, ” and you’ll see how search bots see your site.

More specifically Seo-browser.com will check the following on your site:

  • Your page titles
  • If your post titles are descriptive and effective
  • If your images have “alt text” that use the keyword phrases you are targeting

Now, let’s play a game! Here are the rules for the SITS Saturday Sharefest:

  • Leave a comment here with a link to one of your best blog posts (or just your main URL if you prefer).
  • After you leave your comment, visit the link of the person who commented BEFORE you.
  • Comment on their post and be sure to say “Happy SITS Saturday Sharefest” in your comment.

Now, go leave some comments! And please visit my blog, Mom Improvement.

And, as always, when you see this:

LEAVE A COMMENT.

About Tiffany

One of two behind The SITS Girls and Bloggy Boot Camp. Lover of college football, sushi and my son's freckles. I am a real life camp director, believer in possibility and devourer of books. You can find me on Google Plus {occasionally} at Tiffany Romero and tweeting {constantly} @TiffanyRom.

Comments

  1. Thanks for good information. God bless!
    .-= Tracy Hicks´s last post: FREE INDEED: Time Flies When You’re Raising Blessings =-.

  2. Thanks for the info!

    Mary
    512 Kidz blog
    http://512kidz.blogspot.com
    .-= Mary512´s last post: Giveaways 3/28 =-.

  3. Always helpful blogging tips for busy bloggers on Saturdays!
    .-= Cheryl from thatgirlisfunny´s last post: blogging tips from expert bloggers – get attention from people who can’t see =-.

  4. Checking in late…very late….as usual. Happy Weekend everyone!! :)
    .-= tammy´s last post: SMACK… =-.

  5. Here’s one of my favorite food posts:
    http://wickedgooddinner.blogspot.com/2009/02/when-recipes-go-bad-its-not-me-its-you.html

    Thanks for clicking :-)
    -Dawn
    .-= Dawn´s last post: Chicken Chili with Sweet Corn Griddle Cakes =-.

  6. Thanks for the tip on SEO site!

    http://writingtowellness.wordpress.com/
    .-= Sskar´s last post: Six-month Check In =-.

  7. I’m late…It’s Sunday! Come see my blog at http://www.zen-mama.com, the newest blog is about finding peace with your kids in a vegetable garden!

  8. Better late than never! =)
    Here’s one of my favorite posts:
    http://www.puttingthefunindysfunctional.com/search?q=i+am+that+girl

  9. One day I’m going to get better about commenting during the weekends.

    One day.
    .-= Megan (Best of Fates)´s last post: 39 Steps =-.

  10. So late – but I’m new to all this! Look forward to “meeting” all of you!

    http://renmichelephotography.blogspot.com/
    .-= Ren Michele´s last post: iheart faces: Dramatic Black and White Photography =-.

  11. Wonderful site! Sorry I just found you, but will definitely subscribe. Nice little tool … SEO Browser, very informative. Looking forward to future participation.
    .-= Nancy Colins´s last post: Online Marketing Business – Do Follow =-.

  12. this is a great advice. being new to blogging it all doesn’t resonate with me yet but i’m trying to do my homework. just…where do i find the time????!!! any suggestions bloggers out there? this is consuming me and getting in the way of my life. NO WAIT…IT”S BECOMING MY LIFE!!! but i sure am having fun!!! drop by and see my site–welcome and appreciate ALL feedback.

  13. ah…my site is…

    dianewords.wordpress.com
    like i said…i’m new at this!! :-(
    .-= Diane Prouty´s last post: My Siebren Journey =-.

  14. Happy Saturday (belatedly)

  15. I am so clueless with all this stuff. Thanks for sharing!
    .-= Cheryl N´s last post: The loss of a friend =-.

  16. thank you so much for sharing your tips — they are easy to follow, extremely useful and just overall wonderful!

  17. This is a great and helpful post!

    Here’s a post from my brand spanking new blog:

    http://cupcakesheels.blogspot.com/2010/03/why-he-shouldnt-get-panties.html
    .-= Dollface´s last post: Waiting sucks. Ya think?!? =-.

  18. this is surly very helpful….

  19. Thanks this was super helpful!

  20. Great tips, as always!
    .-= More Than A Mom´s last post: Circle Meat =-.

  21. Great post…

    Happy Saturday

    http://debbiellbriskincare.blogspot.com/
    MBC

  22. Jessica says:

    I am just learning about blogging and really appreciate the fact that you share our expertise. It is very generous of you. I am just learning the basics – and hope to get hang of the tech side soon.

    http://marvelouslywellmannered.blogspot.com/.

    Have a great weekend.

    Sincerely,
    Jessica

  23. Check me out!

  24. http://www.glammunition.org/blog

    haha, I forgot to mention my address!!

  25. Thanks a lot. This information is something really new to me, I’ve recently shifted to wordpress and am finding it hard to work on it. I think the point of effective and descriptive titles is something which i really never thought off.
    Thanks once again, I look forward in implementing these on my site.
    Rushikesh
    Rushikesh recently posted..Microsoft Office 2013 Review and Price

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