Successfully Marketing Your Blog with Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Techniques

This is part 4 of a 4 part series on Marketing your Blog.

The final method you can use for marketing your blog is through the use of search engine optimization, or SEO, techniques. Search engine optimization involves taking steps to make your blog more attractive to the search engines so the search engines will provide your blog with a higher ranking on the organic search engines results page. Obviously, the higher your blog is ranked on the results page, the more likely it is that people will visit your site. And, since these search engine results are completely free, you don’t have to worry about paying every time someone clicks on your link.


Getting your blog to rank naturally high on the search engine results is possibly the best way to market your blog. Not only does it cost nothing, but many people don’t bother to look at the sponsored links that are brought up from a PPC campaign. In addition, simply having your site ranked high on the list automatically makes your blog appear to be more relevant and reputable in the eyes of those who are searching for a particular keyword phrase.


There are numerous ways you can get your blog to rank higher in the search engine results pages. One method is to incorporate certain keyword phrases into your blog posts. In order to give yourself the best chance for success, visit a site such as Google Adwords and look at the popularity of various phrases that are related to your site. Ideally, you should target those phrases that are searched often but that do not yet have a great deal of competition on the Internet.


Creating links within your blog also helps increase your search engine standing. By linking various relevant posts to one another, the search engines are better able to crawl throughout your blog and analyze what it has to offer. It is also beneficial to build up your incoming links, which are links coming to your blog from other blogs and websites.


There are several methods you can use to increase your incoming links. If you engage in social networking, you can build your incoming links by leaving a link to your website at forums, blogs and other social networking websites. You can also increase your incoming links by guest blogging on other blogs and by submitting articles to article directories. If your article is good enough, it may go viral. This will help increase your incoming links while also improving your overall reputation within your target market.


The way your blog is set up can also have an impact on your search engine ranking. If your blog is full of broken links, for example, the search engine spiders will not be able to comb through your blog properly. As a result, the spiders may think your blog has less to offer than it really does. Therefore, if you are not comfortable with the technical aspect of maintaining a blog, it may be worthwhile for you to hire an expert to help you with the initial set-up. That way, your blog will be attractive and easy to navigate for search engines and for your readers.



11 Responses to “Successfully Marketing Your Blog with Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Techniques”

  1. Hey Larry, how come you don’t interlink within articles? You can also bold/italic some KW’s, search engines like that too.

    Great article though, love the series. :)

    Dennis Edells last blog post..10 Effective Joint Venture Ideas To Get You Started

  2. Typically when I write my own blog posts I put very little emphasis on the on-site SEO factors, my theme handles that.

    I put up posts for readers rather than search engines, but with a large network of backlinks my site easily ranks for many keywords currently solely due to the juice already flowing into my homepage which my website’s internal links distribute quite thoroughly (don’t trust toolbar PR).

    James Spinosas last blog post..How to Get your Site Indexed in Under 2 Days

  3. Thanks, something to thing about as I get better at this blogging. My backlinks are growing daily and I don’t really care too much about PR either, just visitors!

  4. @Dennis something I have to work on. Thanks for the Tip!

  5. Anytime my friend!

    Dennis Edells last blog post..10 Effective Joint Venture Ideas To Get You Started

  6. thnx for the advice, think I’ll go have a look-see now.

    Shannons last blog post..twitter-business

  7. I am with Dennis on internal linking which is one of the SEO technique you shouldn’t take for granted. In any case, great write up on SEO.

    Oh, by the way, nice makeover here. One suggestion though, get yourself a decent logo as the current one is not blending very nicely with your theme design. Sorry for the critique but that’s just my 4 cents.

    Let me know if you need one, I’ll get it done for you…you know where to find me, don’t you?

    Yan

    Blog for Beginnerss last blog post..How I Increase My Email Subscribers by 60 in 7 Days

  8. Thanks Yan, I put up the original Logo that came with the theme.
    If you can make me a good one pls let me know what the price will be.

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  11. Hi Larry,

    SEO is very important for the long term success of an internet business. These tips you give are very useful and you do a great job of explaining the process. Ill be checking back often to see what else you have to offer.

    Thanks,
    Matt

    Matt Helphreys last blog post..The Money Spot is Above the Fold

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