Just FYI, your blog post SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is one of the important factors that every blogger must consider.
Having keywords in your post title to make your blog post SEO friendly helps a lot, but your post title itself also makes a big difference.
[Consider these two titles:
“SEO for your Blog Posts”
Vs
“The 6 Tips you need to make your Blog Posts SEO Friendly”
See the difference? Make the title more interesting! Grab attention!
GETTING THE RANKINGS
Higher search engine rankings depend on your blog post title, and interspersing those (or similar) keywords throughout your post in a creative way.
For blog post SEO optimization, here are a few important things you need to do in order to get measurable results:
FINDING THE RIGHT KEYWORDS
Using the right kind of keywords is the MOST important thing to do, so spend some time doing research. If you’re writing about a specific topic, make sure to include those topic keywords too. To keep your post interesting, you could vary the keywords by using synonyms so it doesn’t sound repetitive or monotonous.
Here are a few tools for finding keywords to make your blog more SEO friendly:
- How To Get Backlinks: 9 Most Effective Strategies
- How To Show Different Post Titles To Readers And Search Engines
- How To Use Google Keyword Planner Tool For Keyword Research
- 7 Free Blog Post Title Generators & Analyzers for More Traffic
- Which is the Best WordPress Permalink Structure for SEO?
- Keyword Planner
- LongtailPro
Put your main keywords in these places:
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Your post title (h1)
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The first paragraph of the post
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The first part of the SEO title
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The SEO description
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The page URL of the blog post
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A couple of times in the post itself.
Have fun improving your SEO!
Questions?
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