Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
As per wikki, Search engine optimization(Seo) is the process of affecting the visibility of a website or a web page in a search engine's search results.
SEO is of two types, On-Page SEO and Off-Page SEO. On-Page SEO means the things which we do within in the page/website. Off-page SEO means optimizing the web pages outside the website by building links back to it (Backlinks). These back links will act as a vote to the content of our blog. The more backlinks you have is the more better you can rank your site well in search results.
The things which we do on on-page seo will helps our posts to get indexed in search results. For example, some person is searching about ''how to design my facebook profile wall in a attractive way'' on google,
Making use of meta description tags also helps in seo because Google might use them as snippets for our pages.
As per wikki, Search engine optimization(Seo) is the process of affecting the visibility of a website or a web page in a search engine's search results.
SEO is of two types, On-Page SEO and Off-Page SEO. On-Page SEO means the things which we do within in the page/website. Off-page SEO means optimizing the web pages outside the website by building links back to it (Backlinks). These back links will act as a vote to the content of our blog. The more backlinks you have is the more better you can rank your site well in search results.
But being a beginner, you should focus on on-page seo first to make your content visible to whole word by search engines. When I was a beginner, I dont know anything about blog basics, seo, how search engine works etc. I use to read many blogs and use to apply all those learned things on my blog tricks99.com, thus how I have gained some knowledge in this field. I will tell you all the useful points based on my experience in this post.
The things which we do on on-page seo will helps our posts to get indexed in search results. For example, some person is searching about ''how to design my facebook profile wall in a attractive way'' on google,
You can see that our site tricks99.com was standing in 1st place of google search page for that search query.
So how I got into the 1st postion of 1st page of Google search?
Just by doing On-Page SEO only. I'm sharing all my tips with you, explaining each and every term and its uses in the below part. So if you follow all these basics, I'm sure that you will run your blog in a succesful way.
1)Title:
Title plays an important role in SEO.
Google search engine will display search results based on the user query words. so if the query words matches the title in our blog posts, then our post will appear in search results.
Things to follow in Title:
- Make a title that describes your entire post. Also, make sure that your main keywords are present in the post title.
- A visitor who comes to our site will deicdes to read a post or not just by reading the title of the post. So if you dont create attractive titles, you may loose readers to your posts.
- Create unique titles for each post.
Things to avoid in Title:
- Dont stuff too many keywords or unneeded keyowrds in your title.
Making use of meta description tags also helps in seo because Google might use them as snippets for our pages.
In meta description, write a brief a brief summary of what the post is about. It can be a few words or few sentences. But there'z no guarantee that google always uses meta descriptions as snippets in search results. Mostly google uses relevant section of our page's visible text as snippets. If it can't find any visible text, then it will use meta description in snippets. So if you are really serious about on-page seo, then make the use of meta description too.
3)URL(Permalink):
Many people don't know that URL also plays an important role in on-page seo. If the user query words matches with the words present in our post url, then there is chance for our post to appear in google search results page.
In blogger platform, whenever we write a post, the URL will be generated automatically by the title which we kept. Only the first half part of the title will be taken into url. So we may miss any important keywords in that automatically generated url.
So thats why we have to make use of Custom Permalink feature when you write posts, as url also helps your post to get indexed in search results.
Also see - How to use 'Custom Permalink' feature in blogger for On-Page SEO.
4) Image Optimization:
You should also optimize the images which you upload in the post. Here are few things to optimize images for seo to increase blog traffic.
Here comes the major part. Content really matters a lot for your blog's success. Google loves unique, fresh content. So always try to write 100% unique content on your own which will help you to get indexed in top results of the search pages. Page rank of your site will also get increased if your site has unique, quality articles.
Mostly google crawls first and second paras only. So make sure that the post keywords are present in those first 2 paras. Also, dont stuff too many keywords 'coz it is against the rule. Your posts can be considered as spam if you have too many keywords. So always try to be genuine. Try to write posts containing 500+ words for better seo results.
Also you must notice that, google adsense will be approved for the sites only who have quality and unique contents. Never try to copy, scrap any articles from other sites. Google will never approve adsense for the sites having duplicate contents.
Also, never copy images from other sites. If you want to copy any image from other sites, then mention the image credits. Make sure that you don't commit gramitical mistakes while writing a post.
Some other important tips for your blog's success:
3)URL(Permalink):
Many people don't know that URL also plays an important role in on-page seo. If the user query words matches with the words present in our post url, then there is chance for our post to appear in google search results page.
In blogger platform, whenever we write a post, the URL will be generated automatically by the title which we kept. Only the first half part of the title will be taken into url. So we may miss any important keywords in that automatically generated url.
So thats why we have to make use of Custom Permalink feature when you write posts, as url also helps your post to get indexed in search results.
Also see - How to use 'Custom Permalink' feature in blogger for On-Page SEO.
4) Image Optimization:
You should also optimize the images which you upload in the post. Here are few things to optimize images for seo to increase blog traffic.
- Using keywords in image name. For example, you have downloaded an image from web, the default name will be given as Image1.jpg. So if you want to upload that image into your blog post, then instead of uploading it directly, change the default name to the keyword name of your post and then upload it. If I upload any picture in this para, then my image name will be image-optimization-seo.jpg.
- Using Title Tag and Alt Tag. Title tag and Alt tag works as description for your images. So whenever you upload any images into a post, fill these title tags and alt tags with keywords of that particular post.
- Using watermarks on your images, so that people wont copy your images. Just like I'm using tricks99.com on my images in my blog posts.
Here comes the major part. Content really matters a lot for your blog's success. Google loves unique, fresh content. So always try to write 100% unique content on your own which will help you to get indexed in top results of the search pages. Page rank of your site will also get increased if your site has unique, quality articles.
Mostly google crawls first and second paras only. So make sure that the post keywords are present in those first 2 paras. Also, dont stuff too many keywords 'coz it is against the rule. Your posts can be considered as spam if you have too many keywords. So always try to be genuine. Try to write posts containing 500+ words for better seo results.
Also you must notice that, google adsense will be approved for the sites only who have quality and unique contents. Never try to copy, scrap any articles from other sites. Google will never approve adsense for the sites having duplicate contents.
Also, never copy images from other sites. If you want to copy any image from other sites, then mention the image credits. Make sure that you don't commit gramitical mistakes while writing a post.
Some other important tips for your blog's success:
- If you are a beginner, make a XML sitemap for your site and submit that sitemap to google by webmaster tools. This sitemap helps google search engine to discover the pages on your site. So according to my opinion, you should definetely submit a sitemap for search engine to crawl pages on your site.
- Never do any black hat seo techniques because google is so strict against such activites. Your site may get banned by following such illegal techniques.
- Dont stuff too many keywords in the post or don't repeat the keywords too many times 'coz google may consider your page as spam.
So these are the main on-page seo basic that every beginner must follow. Whenever you make a new post, share it on all social networking sites like facebook, google+ etc as these will act as backlinks, drive traffic to your post. If you have any doubts regarding this post, you can leave your comments below. Also, if you have any other seo tips, you can share it in the below comments.