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Category Archives: Blog SEO

One Knockout Comment Strategy for Your Blog

Linking to your own previous posts to help a commentator is a powerful blog commenting strategy. It drives traffic deeper into your blog and strengthens your relationship with readers. We are often dashing off quick answers to comments and we forget something. Something very important. Comments are content. And, as we all know, content is…

It’s Official: I Can Rock the Blog SEO

This is the first page of Google search results as of today: I am a very happy man, right now. I just need to say one thing: BOO-YAH! Until today, I never claimed any SEO prowess. But making the front page of Google SERPs says something for me in a way no claims of my…

So You Think You Know SEO? I have a Contest for You

Well, to tell you the truth, it’s my friend Mani Karthik who has the contest. It’s a real contest with a real prize: $250 (hey, that’s a big chunk of iPod, know what I mean?). Mani and I both write for Blogging Tips, and he’s a super-nice guy. He’s launching a personal blog and thought…

Guess Who Ranks #1 for Blog Consulting?

Well, that would depend on what search engine you’re using! Obviously, on the one that matters the most, I’m not even on the front page of the results. Update: I just checked again, and I am indeed on the first page of Google results! W00t! But, interestingly enough, I am either on the first page…

Video – How to Install and Configure Google Sitemap Generator Plugin

Watch a video from Tubetorial on how to set up the Google Sitemap generator plugin for better WordPress SEO.

Dusted-off Goodies from the Archives

I found some old treasures in my archives. Thought I’d dust ‘em off and take ‘em out. Set ‘em on the table and let you look at them for a while. Then put them back. You’ll always be able to find them. That’s why they call them archives.

Spotlink: Homepage Excerpts WordPress Plugin

Here’s a quick link to a fantastic WordPress plugin that lets you keep a certain number of blog posts full on your blog’s home page while the remaining ones display the excerpts. This reduces duplicate content, which may improve your blog’s search engine optimization. Read the full article to learn the details and get the link.

3rd Key: Blog SEO – 7 Keys to Better Blogging in 7 Days

The third key to better blogging is Blog SEO. Learn the basics!

WordPress SEO Techniques to Avoid Duplicate Content

WordPress SEO techniques to avoid duplicate content in a video by SEO expert Michael Gray from Graywolf.

Should You Use a Directory Submission Service?

When it comes to building traffic and creating backlinks, directory submission is a good idea, but it is also one of the most dreadfully tedious tasks a blogger could ever undertake. Does it work? It’s been my experience that it does. A friend of mine sent me an email the other day saying his visitors…

13 SEO-Only Firefox Extensions

13 pure SEO-only Firefox extensions for you improve your SEO game.

Five Outdated SEO Myths

Video presentation on SEO myths and how to do SEO followed by written list of main points with useful links to resources mentioned in the video.

Blogs Generate Buzz and Increase Search Engine Rankings

Examination of how blogs help build buzz for a product and improve search engine rankings.

I’m Your Density – Keyword Density

Learn about keyword density, an important concept in search engine optimization, or, SEO.