Photo by Stephen Phillips - Hostreviews.co.uk on Unsplash SEO is important for getting your blog ranked, which means more people will read it and hopefully click on links to other posts on your blog or website. You probably already have some idea of what SEO is because the term has been around since the early days of the internet (and maybe even before that). If someone told you they were “searching” something on Google or Bing, they were using SEO.
SEO Is a Crucial Part of Blogging
SEO is a crucial part of making your blog successful, and it can single-handedly help your blog rank better in search engines. SEO is how internet users find content online—and what you need to do to make sure that your content shows up when someone searches for it. The better optimized your site is, the higher you’ll rank in search results, so it’s worth taking some time to learn about this essential technique!
SEO Is How Internet Users Find Content Online
SEO is the way that Internet users find content. It’s how people find blogs, it’s how they find websites, it’s how they find videos and podcasts and music. You won’t see many references to optimization in this article because Google doesn’t like to be called a search engine anymore. It prefers “Google” or even just “Google Search.” Call it what you want—just remember that SEO is what drives traffic to your blog or website from Google searches.
Google Is the Number One Search Engine
If you own a blog, it’s important to make sure your blog posts are optimized for Google. The reason? Today, Google has over 90% of the market share in search engines in the United States and more than 75% worldwide. If your blog isn’t optimized for Google, you could be missing out on potential traffic and sales opportunities. Google is also the most used search engine by far. In November 2017, over two billion searches were performed every day on Google alone!
Keywords Guide Online Browsers to Find Specific Content
Keywords are used to find content online, and they’re also the words that people type into search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo! to locate information related to a specific subject. For example, if you want to learn more about SEO for blogs but don’t know what that term means (or how it relates to creating quality content), you can use Google’s keyword tool[1] or another similar tool[2] to find out which keywords are most commonly searched by people looking for this information. By knowing these keywords, you’ll know how best to optimize your blog posts so that they rank highly on search engines when someone searches those terms—and thus appear higher in organic results than competitors who don’t include those keywords.
Use Relevant Keywords in Blog Titles
One of the most important parts of SEO is using keywords on your blog. Keywords are words that people search for when looking for information about a topic. For example, if you’re writing a blog post about dogs, popular keywords might be “dogs”, “dog training”, “how to train your dog” and so on (it gets more complex over time as search engine algorithms change). The easiest way to use keywords on your blog is in the title of the post itself. For example: “How do I get my dog to stop barking?” Here’s how! You should also use keywords in the URL (web address) of each post as well as tags, headers, meta descriptions, and photo captions used in WordPress or other blogging platforms that you use. Finally, consider adding meta descriptions with relevant terms at the end of each page— they will appear on Google searches and can help boost traffic!
The Right Keywords Bump You In Search Engine Results
When people search for something on the internet, they type keywords into the search engine. The first few results are usually those that Google thinks will be most relevant to what you’re searching. When you’re writing your articles and choosing your blog’s name, it’s important to make sure you include keywords in both places so that your blog is easily found when someone searches for those terms. When writing an article about a popular topic—like SEO for blogs—make sure you include words like “SEO” and “blog”. Make sure that each post or page includes a unique set of keywords (one set per post or page). You can find these by doing research on Google Trends. Don’t get frenzied and start overusing keywords. This is called “keyword stuffing” and Google penalizes it. There is a balancing act in finding the right proportion and placement of keywords in your blog posts. Over time and with research and learning, you’ll find the right formula.
Keywords Help You Find Your Target Audience
When it comes to SEO, there are a few important places you can use keywords. The first, again, is in your title. Second is in the body of your article, ideally several times in the first paragraph. You should also try to work keywords into the summary (which most CMS platforms, like WordPress, include as a kind of meta tag. Additionally, make sure that any images you have on your blog have descriptive alt text (the alt text is what displays if someone has turned off images).
Importance of the Title
You want to include a keyword for each post’s title so that people searching for information about it will find yours first. This makes sense when you think about how Google works — people type in what they want and Google returns results based on their search terms. So if someone were looking for information on “search engine optimization” but instead saw a post titled “How To Do SEO,” they might be disappointed or confused by what they found and move on without reading past this point! You’ll want to keep this in mind when coming up with titles as well as thinking creatively about what else could be said besides just using the specific term itself — consider alternative ways of phrasing yourself such as “how-to guides” rather than tutorials."
Referral Traffic (Or Social Media) Is Also Important
People find blogs using links provided in social media posts, or links shared by other blogs and websites. This is called referral traffic (as opposed to Google search engine results, which are called organic traffic. There are many different ways to share your content online. Links can be shared:
In social media posts In emails In forums By groups of bloggers on Facebook or Instagram (e.g., “blogging buddies”) As a quote in comments on other blogs/sites (if not too long)
To Be Visible Online, You Need SEO
If you want to get the most out of your blog, and if you want to make sure that people are finding it, then you must use SEO. Otherwise, you are essentially invisible online. The best search engines do this by using complex algorithms that determine which sites contain the best information related to a user’s search terms or phrases. To rank well on these search engines, websites need to follow certain guidelines for their pages and posts to be properly indexed by Google or Bing (the other major player). This content is accurate and true to the best of the author’s knowledge and is not meant to substitute for formal and individualized advice from a qualified professional. © 2022 Ayush Chudasama
