Knowing the search terms people are using to find your blog for SEO
Following on from my previous post about creating a sitemap on the different search consoles, today we’re going to focus on finding the keywords that people are searching for to land on your site. Knowing what keywords your site already ranks for can really help with your SEO strategy. If you’re ranking for the keywords that…
How to create a sitemap for your WordPress blog (and why you should!)
If you’ve ever read anything about SEO, you’ve probably come across the term sitemap. If that’s the case, then you have probably read that you should have one and that you should tell search engines about it. If you have no idea what they are, how to create one or why you should submit it…
Moz is updating Domain Authority, here’s what is changing…
Moz announced an update coming to DA on March 5. Here is all you need to know about Domain Authority 2.0
How to correctly use heading tags in blog posts for SEO
Do you use heading tags within your post content? Heading tags define which parts of your content are important. This helps search engines understand how your content is connected, but there’s no point throwing them into your post without applying strategy. The structure of your post is important! Do they also have SEO value? Well,…
7 SEO action steps for bloggers wanting to grow their traffic (modern techniques)
The start of a new year means new SEO predictions, so today’s post will give you a little insight into what you should be focusing on this year to gain some extra traffic to your blog. In case you’ve never heard of SEO before, it stands for Search Engine Optimisation. It is the activity of using different strategies/techniques…
Google to Penalise Sites with Pop-ups and Intrustive Advertisements
Bloggers might want to take note of Google’s latest update. Google announced this week that they are introducing a new penalty to demote mobile pages that have pop-ups and intrusive above-the-fold content. These include email sign-ups, opt-ins, advertisements and other intrusive interstitials. Pages that show intrusive interstitials provide a poorer experience to users than other…
How to SEO your blog posts on WordPress – video walkthrough with FREE checklist
This is the second post about how to SEO your blog posts, I previously showed you the steps to optimising your blog posts on Blogger for search engines but today I’ll be showing you how to do so on WordPress. I get asked all the time how to take the SEO tips I’ve previously shared…
How to SEO your blog posts on Blogger – Video Walkthrough with FREE checklist
Today’s post is about taking my SEO tips and putting them into action in order to optimise your posts and blog content. I’ve written quite a few posts on SEO – covering basics of writing content and optimising images to increasing your domain authority, removing broken links and using NoFollow links. Despite covering a few…
How to find and remove broken links on your blog
A broken (or dead) link is one that directs visitors to a page, post or file that no longer exists. Instead of seeing the linked page they will typically see a 404 not-found page. Broken links are very common, and the longer you have your site the more broken links you’ll likely see – due…
Why did my Domain Authority (DA) go down and how do I improve it?
Before reading this post I recommend checking out Part 1 – What you need to know about Domain Authority. In that post I talk about what it is, how it’s calculated and how to check your score. It’s important to first understand how it all works, it will make it easier when trying to improve…
What you need to know about domain authority and how to check DA Score
Domain Authority is a rating/score on a scale of 1-100 developed by Moz that predicts how well a site will rank on search engines. The higher the DA of a site, the higher it’s ranking is likely to be. It’s based on a logarithmic scale, meaning that the difference between 40-50 DA is much greater…
How to make sure your site is mobile friendly to avoid dropping in search results
As we know from previous SEO posts, Googles algorithm takes a lot of things into account when it comes to ranking a site. They look at keywords, Pagerank, Domain Authority, social media sharing, backlinks and several other areas in order to display the most relevant and recommended results on their search page. They announced a…
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