Mar | 24 | 2008

The Blogger’s Guide to SEO

One of the best holistic guide to optimising a blog is Aaron Wall’s Blogger’s Guide to SEO. It is not the most in-depth guide but it covers all the basics (and a bit more) and is written in a such a way that even newbies in SEO will definitely understand. The guide also links out to lots and lots of tools and references that will be are very useful and helpful.

Not convinced that you should read it in full? Here’s the outline just so you’ll see how much you can learn from it.

Background
What Google Knows About Your Blog
Why Blog SEO is Different From SEO for Other Websites
Domain Registration & Hosting
Keyword Research
Keeping Up With the Joneses (Meme Trackers, Social Sites, YouTube, etc)
Writing Clear & Compelling Headlines
Optimizing Site Structure
Web Analytics
Controversy
Use Push Marketing After Launching Your Site
Understanding Network Effects
Learn More About SEO

Even if you think you already know much about SEO reading this guide will also be beneficial since it is a good refresher.

BTW it is published in 12 languages (if I counted right) so check it out if your native language is not English because you might find that it is has been translated to a language you understand. You can also contribute to the international SEO community by translating it to your own language if it is not yet available.

Comments (4)

4 Responses

An Ecommerce Learner
24|Mar|2008

Thanks! Great article! I hope to use some of the methods you outlined here to promote my blog.
Link Builder
25|Mar|2008

Great Post! now i know that SEO can be use in so many ways.. I’m sure ill be back for more keep posting..
Link Builder
25|Mar|2008

It’s a nice blog, because it informs the user or the blogger how to make an exact blog, specially when your beginner because of the proper guidelines.
king
12|Nov|2009

seriously…i don’t even know,what this so called seo do to blog….
please,full brief to me…i’ve always heard,people talking about this seo…..what it is,use for? how to use it? how can,this seo can help me to improve my traffic?

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