Category Archives: Blog SEO

Seven Reasons Why Headway is the Best Theme for Blog SEO, Period

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Headway has the most complete set of search engine optimization features compared to any other premium theme around, without any additional plugins needed.
In fact, even if you did nothing but switch to Headway, your search optimization would be improved from the [...]

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Content vs SEO – Which Will Win? (The Answer May Surprise You)

In the battle between content and SEO, which will win? The answer may surprise you! Watch this short, easy video to see how to get around the question entirely.

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Could This be the Reason Why Your Customers aren’t Finding Your Blog?

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Your customers aren’t finding your blog, and you’re not reaching them or getting the traffic and sales you know are out there. Why?
What they’re searching for may not be what you’ve been writing about on your blog.
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The Ultimate Guide to Thesis SEO

Thesis includes its own SEO options, eliminating the need for multiple SEO plugins. I wrote this as the Ultimate Guide to Thesis SEO.
Once you’ve installed Thesis, you can modify various SEO settings in the Thesis Options under Appearance in your WordPress admin.
Title Tag
You can decide whether to show the site name or the site tagline [...]

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WordPress SEO Secrets Book ONLY Version Now Available

The “full-blown” version of WordPress SEO Secrets was a great success, and now that the newlsetters and teleseminars are starting to roll, it’s getting even better.
And even though the Basic option is a strong value, the price was still out of reach for many of you.
I have received many emails and direct messages on [...]

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WordPress SEO Secrets Newsletter Preview

Thursday audio post is me talking about what’s going to be in the WordPress SEO Secrets newsletter that’s going out to all owners of the course.

In The First Newsletter: THESIS SEO!
I have some hard-core content for you in this first edition! People have been begging me to explain how what they’ve learned in WordPress SEO [...]

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WordPress SEO Secrets News

Sometimes you get it right, sometimes you don’t. Sometimes you get both at the same time. That’s how it is with WordPress SEO Secrets.
The part I got right?
Bloggers want this, they need it. It fills a big knowledge gap most bloggers have and gives them the practical know-how they need to raise their blog’s search traffic, [...]

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WordPress SEO Secrets Audio Sample and Price Deadline

 
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WordPress SEO Secrets continues to sell well. I’ve seen a few tweets on Twitter from folks who say they’re reading, watching, or listening to it and learning a lot.
The other day I provided an excerpt from the ebook portion of the course, which was very well-received as great stand-alone content in its own right, but [...]

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WordPress SEO Secrets – People Got Issues

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WordPress SEO Secrets is moving off the virtual shelves at a good clip, and I’m quite pleased. The feedback from customers has all been great. People are tweeting and blogging about it, which is cool. But some people (mostly [...]

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WordPress SEO Secrets – The Doors are Open NOW

I feel like such a proud Daddy! I just couldn’t wait. I was going to open the doors on the home study course I’ve been blogging about for the last few days at 4pm Eastern, but you know, I just couldn’t wait that long.
YOU CAN HAVE IT NOW: WordPress SEO Secrets is ready for download!

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WordPress SEO Secrets PREVIEW

WordPress SEO Secrets launches tomorrow, and the truth is that I am busier than all get-out preparing. But when I figured out how to create a killer blog post that was completely lazy of me but also great information for you, I had to laugh.
I’m going to chop out a section of WordPress SEO Secrets [...]

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WordPress SEO for People Who Think SEO is B.S.

If you were going to pay for a Yellow Pages ad in the phone book, wouldn’t you want to make sure it was listed under the correct subject heading so people could easily find it?
Of course you would. That makes perfect sense, doesn’t it? And wouldn’t you sadly shake your head over a business colleague [...]

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WordPress SEO Reader Questions Answered: How Web Analytics Fits in with SEO

Several people have asked me about how web analytics relates to WordPress SEO, so I wanted to explain this very important connection. I’ll start by pointing you back to the posts I previously wrote on blog traffic in advance of my Growing Blog Traffic teleseminar:

Blog Traffic Terms Defined – Because Knowing What the Heck You’re [...]

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Are You Ready to Get Serious with Your Blog for 2009? Learn WordPress SEO

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OK, so 2009 is here. What are you going to do to take your blog to the next level? A few months ago, you had a great opportunity to learn how to diversify your online income streams with Online Business School. The challenge for 2009? [...]

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WordPress SEO – Understanding Keywords

Many of the questions I received about WordPress SEO relate to keywords, so let’s dive into that topic. We’ll start at the beginning (and when we get to the end, we’ll stop, har har).
What’s a Keyword?
Keywords are the words people type into the search box at a search engine.
Yes, that’s it. That’s all they are. [...]

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WordPress SEO – Why Should You Care?

What is WordPress SEO?
WordPress is the world’s best blogging software. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization (or, if you’re on the other side of the pond, search engine optimisation). Search engine optimization is the strategy and tactics of achieving higher placement (rankings) in search engine results pages (SERPs). SERPs are the listed results you see [...]

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Blog Marketing and the Search Connection

Last week I wrote about blog marketing, with the promise to continue in further posts. That all got interrupted for a few days while I had and recovered from a car accident, but now I’m back in action.
Not only is blog marketing cheap, it helps in one important way: search. More and more, your website [...]

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SEO Attitudes

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I’ve had a lot of discussions with people online about the value of SEO (search engine optimization), and I’ve encountered several viewpoints about it. Some people just think it’s evil and is the same thing as spam, or even that it’s illegal (none of these are true, [...]

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SEO is a Necessary Blogging Skill

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The other day I wrote that blogging leads to new skills. I asked you guys in the comments to say what new skills you’ve gained because you wanted your blogs to succeed. A good number of you said SEO skills were an important [...]

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Last-Minute Bonus for the Remarkablogger WordPress SEO Seminar, and it has to do with Ninjas

If you register for my WordPress SEO Teleseminar, you will get a very sweet bonus. A few months ago my friend Naomi Dunford wrote an ebook called SEO School: How to be an SEO Ninja, a fantastic ebook on search optimization that anyone could understand (well, anyone who likes their beginner SEO mixed in [...]

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Only 10 8 7 6 5 Spots Left for the Remarkablogger WordPress SEO Teleseminar

The value of learning search engine optimization for your blog cannot be overstated. SEO is an equal partner with compelling blog content: each enhances the other. I’m doing a live seminar by phone to provide you with specific, step-by-step information for tools, optimizing blog posts, and optimizing your overall blog design.
To maintain a personal, conversational [...]

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Remarkablogger WordPress SEO Teleseminar – More Info

On October 1st, I’m having a teleseminar (seminar by phone) about WordPress SEO. This seminar will help you improve your blog SEO by improving your search results rankings and increasing search traffic for the right keywords. It is specific to the WordPress blogging software on a self-hosted blog.
I introduced the seminar yesterday and presented some [...]

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Remarkablogger WordPress SEO Teleseminar

On October 1st, I’m holding a teleseminar on WordPress SEO. It’s going to give you specific information and actions you can take to improve the search optimization of your WordPress blog. Why am I doing this? There’s a lot of information on the web about SEO. Tons of it, in fact. But that information often [...]

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If You Have a Second, I’d Like Your Help

I’m putting together a webinar on blog SEO (search engine optimization), and with your feedback, I’ll be able to make it the best it can be. I’m creating the webinar in response to your answers on my previous poll regarding your most burning issues in blogging. Knowing more about SEO was the third most popular [...]

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Tomorrow is Your Last Day to Learn How to Get Search Results Like These

Above is a screenshot I just took of the first page of Google search results for my keywords. My ranking is even higher now than it was just a few weeks ago (click to enlarge).
Below is the overall search volume for the same keyword (click to enlarge). Note the rising trend:

How have I done this? [...]

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The SEO Ninjas Slip Away Quietly into the Night

Apparently, ninjas don’t scale very well. My good friend Naomi Dunford has written one of the most kick-ass and easy-to-read books on learning search engine optimization ever: SEO School – Become an SEO Ninja. I don’t think she could’ve anticipated how well it would sell. SEO is important–vital, even, yet 99% of us don’t [...]

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SEO Ninja Skills Prevent Armageddon

A little while back I told you about this awesome book that explains search engine optimization (SEO) in plain English so anyone can become an SEO ninja. There’s even a ninja on the cover, and hey, who doesn’t love ninjas?

Maybe you looked at it and thought to yourself: “Looks good, and my search traffic really [...]

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Beginner SEO for Anyone

Does Search Engine Optimization (SEO) seem like some occult dark magic to you? Are you scared that you will either a) ruin everything and get banned from Google with one little mistake or, b) get ripped off by some person or product because you don’t know anything? Or do you think SEO is illegal or [...]

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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 king.
I first [...]

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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 own ever [...]

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