I hope you have had success in finding a friend you can work with and to help each other out. It is now time to improve your friendship, but this time, it is with a robot. Yes you are going to for a relationship with Google and other search engines. Today’s challenge is to make your blog SEO friendly.
For this task, I am going to assume you have a WordPress blog. If you don’t, then you may not be able to perform some of the tasks I am going to discuss.
If you haven’t already installed the All In One SEO Plugin on your WordPress blog, it is a good idea that you do. This is a must have tool which you can download, or by searching for its name. Once installed, configure all the relevant settings, such as titles, description and keywords. The plug in isn’t that difficult to use – but gives you great results.
With All In One SEO Pack installed, go through each individual posts, and add a description to the post as well as adding keywords to it. Search engines will read this information, and display it, and not the actual content itself. So make sure you write something that will persuade the user to click on your link.
While you are editing each post, read through your content and see if you can interlink some of your newer posts to your older posts. Internal links is one factor that can improve your sites Page Rank, and it gives your visitors other articles that they may also find interesting and relevant to them. The more links you have on a page, the more chances of someone reading on through your blog. Plus, it also helps lower your bounce rate.
The next task for you to complete is to sign up with Google Webmasters Tools. This is a free tool by Google to help you analyse what keywords visiting are coming to your site on, and allow you to submit an RSS feed to help get your new posts index more quickly. Google Webmaster tools also have a number of other useful tools and reports that you should check out as well.
One other thing, to get the best SEO results and that is to post everyday. The more often you post new and unique content, the more pages Google can index, and the more entry points into your blog you have. You may also find these 10 SEO tips extremely useful for today’s challenge
In summary, you have two tasks to complete.
- Install All In One SEO Pack
- Sign up to Google Webmaster Tools
- Publish a post everyday
Extra Challenge: Use Google Keywords Tools, or other keyword tools to help come up with a list of 100 keywords that you can use for your blog. Every time you write a new post, try to include as many of these key phrases as you can. When you search for good keywords, low competition, and high search volume are they key criteria. But don’t over do it. Remember, write for people, and then write for Google.
Do you require more assistance with this challenge, or want to ask a related question? Please do so in the comments. We would also love to hear how you went.
Challenges
Day 1: Set Your Blog A Goal – Day 1 of 7 Day Challenge
Day 2: Think of 100 Posts To Write In The Future
Day 3: Spread Your Posts Around On Social Media Websites – Day 3 of 7 Day Challenge
Day 4: Find A Blogging Friends and Form a Relationship – Day 4 of 7 Day Challenge
Day 5: Improve Your Blogs SEO – Day 5 of 7 Day Challenge
Day 6: Guest Post On Other People’s Blog – Day 6 of 7 Day Challenge
Day 7: Setup Your Email List – Day 7 of 7 Day Challenge
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