9 Ways to Optimize Blogs for Search Engines

1. Keyword Rich URL One of the best ways to let search engines know that your website is highly relevant to a specific keyword phrase is by having it in your URL. There are two ways to go about this. First, you could buy a domain name that includes your keyword phrase. For example, let’s use the keyword phrase “Springfield MO Real Estate”. Our domain might look like this: http://springfieldmorealestate.com Depending on how many keywords you plan on targeting, this could become expensive very quickly. An alternate option is to add a subpage to your already existing domain. That URL would look something like this: http://lincco.com/springfield-mo-real-estate Note, when either of these results is shown on Google, our keywords will be in bold. Also, if...

On Site and Off Site SEO

“Onsite SEO refers to the steps that you can take to optimize the content on your blog to increase your search engine rankings. Onsite SEO is active, and involves factors that are completely in your control to optimize. Inversely , offsite SEO refers to all the other methodologies that don’t involve your own content that you can undertake to enhance your blog’s ranking in the search engines.”  The complete article can be found here >>> I found this simple description about onsite/offsite seo while searching for a list of  SEO methods in order of importance.  I havnt found that list yet (might have to make it myself)… but I did find this description about onsite and offsite seo with links to a series of articles about SEO steps...

Blogging with an MSI Wind Laptop

My first test post using my new MSI Wind Laptop.  WordPress appears to like firefox running on xp so far.  Ill test how joomla responds later.  I like the machine a lot more then I thought I would.  The keyboard response is good, and the screen is bright and clear. My first impression is a very good one.  I will continue to chime in on the usefulness of blogging with a mini laptop.

Web Pro News Top 10 Ways To Raise Your Site In Google

Link to Original Article No matter how much some people claim the SEO industry is a den of snake-oil salesmen, there are still definite ways webmasters can improve their rankings, and thus their visibility in Google’s search results. Editor’s Note: This by no means a comprehensive list of SEO techniques employed by the industry to get better rankings in Google. If so, it wouldn’t exactly be an industry, would it? That means there’s a lot we’re leaving out. What do you recommend? Let us know in the comments section. This isn’t a manipulation game—Google absolutely hates that game and will punish you for it—which is perhaps what the darker element of the SEO world sells. Good, in-bounds SEO is made up of smart,...