by Vincent Olaer | Books, SEO, Wordpress
For quite a while, I started working on gathering my resources and the things that I already know and practicing. This WordPress Optimization Secrets eBook is a product of hard work and knowledge from my wide experience on website optimization.
So in this ebook, I discussed the most important things that one should do in optimizing their website for search engine and for long lasting effect of such optimization.
Check: WordPress Optimization Secrets
In this ebook, you will learn the following:
In this Book, You will Learn:
- Page Rank Basics
- Using Articles and Blog Posts
- Backlinks
- Directories
- Social Media and Sitemaps
- etc.
This not an all in one SEO mastery program. But this is the basic things that you should know how search engine works and what you have to do in your website to be called optimized. Meaning this will lay a good foundation for your website when it comes to search engine optimization.
If you are looking for super advanced SEO? This is definitely NOT for you. BUT, if you are looking for SAFE and long lasting optimization effect, this is for you.
Many gurus out there has been suggesting this and that. There is so many technical things to do which makes SEO very technical. However, if you are starting out and want it to be optimized this is the ebook that you should be reading. Very basic, but very powerful.
I have been doing this for quite a while, so I know which ones work and which ones does not. I have sites that ranked well, and I have sites that is also doing well with specific keywords. And what I said in this ebook is what I have been doing in building a strong SEO foundation.
So, go ahead and download this ebook here.
by Vincent Olaer | SEO
In this post, I will give you some tips on how to write SEO friendly articles. SEO have changed dramatically for the past several years. Before, it’s the battle of link building and so SEO workers setup tons and tons of accounts listings, and blog accounts to build subsites to put their link on it. After a while, Google imposes Panda and Penguin updates and there you are, websites that relied on backlinks were penalized and nowhere to be found. What a waste.
So today, I want to share to you simple things that are acceptable and still the best way to optimize your articles for search engines.
Do a simple Keyword Research – Even if there’s an imposition of Google Panda and Penguin, keyword remains to be one of the most essential part of SEO. You need to get keyword and have your article revolve around it.
There are several Keyword tools that you can use:
There are tons of Keyword research tools that you can definitely use. The free one is Google’s Keyword Planner as long as you have Google Adwords account. I highly recommend that you use it for Keyword research.
Include your Keyword in your title – Remember that the Search Engines were created to read and to understand that your article is all about your title. So better help them know that you are writing for that particular topic.
Include your Keyword in your permalink – If you are using WordPress, the first time you saved your title, it will immediately adapt as your permalink. Just make sure that your permalink is set properly as /%postname%/ .
Include your Keyword in your Body – Make sure that your keyword is in your article body and preferably appears in the first paragraph. Please, do not overuse your keyword in your article body. If you have 400 word article, just use your keyword 2 times or most 3 times. If you have 1000 word article, just use it 4 times. The thing is, we do not want to commit “keyword stuffing”.
Use paragraphs and sentences properly – Naturally, a paragraph is estimated to have 3-4 sentences. And a sentence is about 15-20 words. This is not a strict measurement, but know that we want it to be readable both to humans and search engines. Avoid making your sentences too long or too short. So as your paragraphs.
Write for humans – Never write for search engines. It’s a big no-no. Write because a human being will be reading it. Do not fool the search engines. You may be able to fool them for a time being, but as search engines improve their algorithm, time will come that they will detect if something is wrong.
Make your article more than 400 words – A good article is 400 words or more. If you can make around 800 words, then it is much better. Of course, there are blogs that is focused on micro-blogging. But that’s not the case of most blogs, and probably that includes your blog.
Use h2 to h3 tags – Your title has h1 tag. When you use sub topics in your article, use h2 or h3 tags. You are helping the search engine to understand that you also discussed some other topics under your main title which have your main keyword.
Use list format if enumerating something – Not only that it is better to look at, it’s better to read as well. Remember, we are writing for humans, not for search engines. We just want the article be search engine friendly.
Write something that will last a lifetime – Finally, if you have some “evergreen” article, something that does not change immediately. Something that will still be useful 5-10 years from now. Overtime, these articles if well optimized will rank better.
So there you have it. In other words, keep your article simple and understandable. Write for people, optimizing it for search engine is just a sideline.
