1st of September 2022 Darren Rowse 264 Comments

8 “First Step” SEO Tips for Bloggers

“What are the first steps to optimizing my blog for searches?” – question submitted by @monedays using the #pbquestions hashtag on Twitter. Much has been written on the topic of search engine optimization for bloggers – but let me give you a few basic first steps: 1. Content is King ...more
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How to Get Your Headshot to Appear in Google Results—Wherever Your Content is Published
5th of February 2013 Guest Blogger 36 Comments

How to Get Your Headshot to Appear in Google Results—Wherever Your Content is Published

This guest post is by Jeff Foster of WebBizIdeas. Many people who blog want their image to appear next to their listing in Google’s search engine results (SERP) when either they publish a post, their guest contributors publish a post, or when they guest post on other sites. What is ...more
Blog Promotion
Do Search Engines Love Opinion Posts As Much As We Do?
26th of January 2013 Guest Blogger 15 Comments

Do Search Engines Love Opinion Posts As Much As We Do?

This guest post is by Helen Hoefele of Figmentations.com. Is the goal of your blogging efforts is to make money, to raise money, to sell or promote a product or service, or simply to get your message out? Regardless, the one thing that every blogger needs to pay attention to, ...more
Writing Content
Are You Following these 5 Headline Writing Tips for Better SEO Traffic?
22nd of January 2013 Guest Blogger Comment

Are You Following these 5 Headline Writing Tips for Better SEO Traffic?

This guest post is by Garrett Moon of Todaymade. There are so many variables to a great blog post. There’s the topic. There’s the writing style and overall quality. But few things compare to the headline. After all, your headline is the first thing that your readers will see, and ...more
Search Engine Optimization
Keep Your New Year’s Resolution: Set up a Social, Search-optimized WordPress Blog … Today
2nd of January 2013 Guest Blogger 55 Comments

Keep Your New Year’s Resolution: Set up a Social, Search-optimized WordPress Blog … Today

This guest post is by Marcela De Vivo of Gryffin.co. Recently ProBlogger discussed how to brand your blog, how to find your voice, and how to build your authority. These articles are powerful, but often I find myself speaking with people who don’t have a blog yet, or are using ...more
Blog Networks
How I Tweaked my WordPress Blog to Rank Better in the Search Engines
19th of September 2012 Guest Blogger 33 Comments

How I Tweaked my WordPress Blog to Rank Better in the Search Engines

This guest post is by Jonathan of NutraSol Natural Center. As bloggers and website owners, improving our websites is an absolute must, and search engine optimization is important if we want to get more traffic through search engines. I have been familiar with SEO since before I started my first ...more
Search Engine Optimization
Google Penalizes Copyright Infringers: Are You At Risk?
16th of September 2012 Guest Blogger 29 Comments

Google Penalizes Copyright Infringers: Are You At Risk?

This guest post is by Shahzad Saeed of TechAndProject.com. Recently Google announced on its official blog that it will start penalizing sites that are accused of copyright infringement. The announcement may reduce the content theft around the web, since now it is clear that if a site continuously violates copyright ...more
Search Engine Optimization
Why Google Loves My Blogs (and How to Get it to Love Yours)
14th of September 2012 Guest Blogger 40 Comments

Why Google Loves My Blogs (and How to Get it to Love Yours)

This guest post is by Melody McKinnon of Canadians Internet Business. The latest algorithm updates from Google have broken the hearts of many blog owners. The search engine appears to have lost interest in many of them. Yet on every website and blog I own, my attention from Google has ...more
Search Engine Optimization
How Panda Changed My Strategy and Brought Success [Case Study]
15th of June 2012 Guest Blogger 36 Comments

How Panda Changed My Strategy and Brought Success [Case Study]

This is a guest post from Eric at Narrow Bridge Finance. I can’t tell you how many times I have read the phrase “content is king.” According to Google, it has been mentioned 170 times on this site alone. As much as you might think that SEO is king, marketing is queen, ...more
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