http://www.blogseoexpert.com Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Blogs Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:40:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What is the aim of Search Engine Optimization (SEO)? “Why SEO” – this is a very basic question that gets asked very often. The answer is simple: We do search engine optimization to get more unpaid search traffic from various search engines like Google (also known as organic traffic). In short, better SEO ... http://www.blogseoexpert.com/seo-tools-utilities-for-blogs/review-of-google-analytics-%e2%80%93-a-great-tool-to-measure-effectiveness-of-your-seo/ Importance of inbound links Links pointing to your blog or website are extremely important for SEO. (Check out "Backlinks - The fastest way to good SEO" for more) They help you get indexed faster by Google and other search engines by providing a pathway to your blog They make you an authority site ... http://www.blogseoexpert.com/blog-seo-tips-tricks/generate-links-to-your-blog-through-wordpress-and-blogspot/ Getting into the Google club You put in a lot of hard work in Choosing the domain name Selecting the hosting provider & hosting plan Choosing the blogging platform You also spend hours on Selecting the theme Setting up various plugins (including SEO plugins) Writing blog posts and publishing them (with one keyword per post) Now what? What is ... http://www.blogseoexpert.com/blog-seo-tips-tricks/how-to-get-your-blog-or-website-indexed-quickly-by-google/ High page load time = Bad SEO In “How the page load time of your blog or website impacts SEO”, we saw that a high page load time frustrates your users. This results in bad user experience, which ultimately leads to lower ranking on the SERPs. What increases the page load time? There can ... http://www.blogseoexpert.com/blog-seo-tips-tricks/how-to-improve-seo-by-reducing-your-page-load-time/ How page load time impacts the user experience Have you ever been to a blog or website, and felt frustrated because it took ages to load? This isn't very unfamiliar, right? Such an experience can be really frustrating. And it is more than likely that you wouldn't want to visit that blog ... http://www.blogseoexpert.com/blog-seo-tips-tricks/how-the-page-load-time-of-your-blog-or-website-impacts-seo/ Evolution in Search Engine Algorithms Search engines have come a long way in the last 15 years. There was a time when the search results were totally dependent on on-page factors – primarily, the keyword density. (This led to blackhat practices like keyword stuffing). Then, the search engines became more intelligent, and started ... http://www.blogseoexpert.com/blog-seo-tips-tricks/better-user-experience-for-better-search-engine-rankings/ Backlink from the blog author Leaving good comments regularly is sure to earn you a backlink or two from the author of the blog. (Check out "Leave comments and make other bloggers link to you" for more on this) But can commenting do more than that? Can it help you generate many backlinks? ... http://www.blogseoexpert.com/blog-seo-things-best-avoided/leaving-comments-get-multiple-backlinks-get-traffic-build-your-brand/ Quality of Backlinks Backlinks from any and every blog or website would not help you in your SEO efforts. You need to get backlinks from quality sites in order to rank higher in search engine result pages (SERPs). What can be better than getting links from other good quality blogs? Links from other ... http://www.blogseoexpert.com/blog-seo-tips-tricks/leave-comments-and-make-other-bloggers-link-to-you/ High bounce rate hurts your SEO When a visitor sent to your blog or website by a search engine bounces, it means that he did not find what he was looking for at your blog or website. The search engine views this as a vote against your site, and pushes your blog ... http://www.blogseoexpert.com/blog-seo-tips-tricks/how-to-reduce-bounce-rate-on-your-blog-and-improve-seo/ What is bounce rate? When a visitor comes to your blog or website, either on the homepage or on some post, and leaves without seeing any other webpage, it is called a "bounce". In other words, a "bounce" is a visitor that leaves after seeing only one webpage on your blog or ... http://www.blogseoexpert.com/blog-seo-tips-tricks/reduce-the-bounce-rate-improve-the-seo/