Are you a beginner and you dont know alot about seo? Here are the six tricks you should know about seo for blogs.
As we know, seo simply stand for search engine optimisation. And in our previous article, we explain what search engine is and how to apply it to your blogging business.
Today let’s focus on the 6 secret ever beginners need to know about if they are to grow their blog and online website.
#1. TITLE AND TAG CREATION
#2. META DESCRIPTION
#3. PROPER HEADING
#4.BROKEN LINK
#5. MOBILE FRIENDLINESS
#6.WEBSITE SPEED
Once you enter the world of seo, things become different and what you are used to become the opposite of what it seems.
Ranking top in google take more than this #6 secret but as a beginner this are the top secret you should be aware of.
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Using this 6 secret can create a first leap of maturity for your blogging business.
Now let’s get into further explanation of these secret.
#1. TITLE AND TAG CREATION
Titles and tags; you see this everywhere online. For example, the 50 percent of the reason you are reading this post is because of the title .
Titles attract more click online, Titles are also different from tags.
Titles are the main header of an article(top seo secret) but tags are additional keywords or heading that help you rank in search engines.
When tags are well placed, they can serve as tittle.
Most times when you go to a website or blog, below each post, there is always something written in small letters. It’s called tags.
Although some bloggers tend to hide theirs, others leave it visible.
I guess we are clear with that?, what every beginner need to also know about tags is that
1. You shouldn’t used them anyhow
2. You shouldn’t try to rank on search engines with them
3. You should use them as no index by web crawler so as to prevent duplicate content.
#2. META DESCRIPTION
Meta description are what tells search engine what your post are about.
Metal description are very knowledgeable for bloggers who use wordpress. Since search engine is not a human, it is not possible to for it to read all your article.
This is were meta description comes in. It tell search engine what your article is about which then determines how high you are ranked.
For blogger who make use of blogspot platform, you are only permitted to set you meta description once.
This is the new change which google implement. if you have been using blogger for long, after every article the is usually a meta description box to fill by the right side of each article.
But of recent, it has disappeared and you can only set meta description for your website/blog not Individual articles.
While for wordpress blogger, you should download a plugin called yaost seo plugin and below every article, you will be provided with meta description box to fill.
#3. PROPER HEADING
When I started blogging, I had no idea of what this means. What on earth is proper HEADING?.
I wrote heading the way I felt like and this had negative effect in both my seo and my individual website visitor.
Sometimes my heading will the above the minimum length, other times it will be too short but not attractive.
When I decided to leave the blog because it wasn’t giving me what I want, I found out that I was the main cause.
Then I read a article from a heading generator website that talks about positioning your heading and that was when i got the light.
The article didnt refer me to a header generator but to a header testing website were I can rate my heading and know how to adjust them for better seo impact.
To see for your self, visit the website and take a min6to read some of their blog post.
This was then my guild to creating a better heading.
Proper heading have a huge impact to visitors and web surfers. The more attractive the heading, the better for you to stand a chance of more clicking.
#4.BROKEN LINK
Broken link is a major factor ever blogger should put into consideration.
Broken link has the highest impact in your website ranking top or not. Search engines are always afraid of website with high broken link.
WHAT IS BROKEN LINK?
Let’s explain this in a layman terms.
Have you ever click on a link and then after waiting for it to load, you see something like 404 ERROR PAGE DOESNT EXIST?.
Well that is a broken link. Broken link are cause by mismanagement or changing of post link overtime.
This then leads to a big problem to both visitors and search engine. If you are going to fix it, then you should read our article about broken link.
HOW TO FIX BROKEN LINK
To fix broken link, you should simply read the full guild but for this article sale, I will give you a few details
1. Use website that analyze broken links.
The famous ones can be found in the Google first ranking. But I simply make use of broken link analyzer by chrome.
It is a chrome extension plugin that helps you tell if the link is broken or not.
Here is a link to check it out yourself
Or you can also use broken link check; .
Both gives you a detail of what you need to do and once you find it, then do as follow;
2. Redirect the link
Once you find out that there is a broken link on your website or blog, go straight to your setting and redirect it.
For wordpress users, get the plugin called broken link redirect why for bloggers, you can manually set this in your custom 404 error page in your settings.
3. Re-submit your blog to search console
Once you are done fixing all broken link, re-submit your blog site to search console and everything will be sorted out.
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#5. MOBILE FRIENDLINESS
If you ever want to rank on the page one of your website then you should consider doing this!.
Making your website mobile friendly is a key factor for ranking page one on google.
70% of your visitor will be visiting with their mobile phones and so Google require you setting up your website to the maximum.
For bloggers using blogspot, you really dont have to worry much about it. All you need to do is to a good and responsive theme.
Why for wordpress bloggers, you need to set this up with whatever seo tools and speed insite plugin you are making use of.
For wordpress, I prefer making use of hummingbirds plugging advance option.
Lastly there is a tip you should consider.
#6.WEBSITE SPEED
This is one top deal for every blogger. Page speed is something you should consider.
If your website load between 3 to 5 seconds, you should probably go set that up.
Although bloggers using blogspot have no control over this, wordpress web users can always set theirs.
For blogger users, you can also do a little bit by making sure that your website doesnt have any external coding issues inside the theme settings.
To test you page speed, go to google and type in page speed onsite and you will be welcome with this link page SPEED insite
You can then check and start doing all require setting as noted by google.
You can also use Gzmetrix website to check for further proofs.
Hey, here is my mistake; 5 things I wish I knew before I started blogging.
CONCLUSION
The above are the major seo secret you should know and keep updated.
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