Search engine Optimization for a blog

Search Engine Optimization is a very hot sizzling topic for all bloggers. why?..EOD (End of day) all wants to rank higher in google page rank or come up on the first page of Google search and get more traffic. I have identified few  list of top  SEO practices that I could not do.Believe,these  simple SEO techniques can make a significant difference to make pages are ranked well in the Search Engine Queries (if practiced properly).Sure you can adopt few easily available plugins or tools for SEO- ing your blog.I listed out some easy  SEO steps for a blogger. Still you can find information regarding Search engine optimization in google.

Easy SEO steps for a WordPress blogger

  1. Use rel=”nofollow” tag on low value links to not pass the page rank juice. For example ‘Read the rest of the entry’, ‘About’, ‘Contact’ etc.
  2. Use proper anchor text for interlinks. Don’t use ‘here’ or ‘there’.
  3. Optimize the images, always create alt tags and write description in the alt tag.
  4. Use search engine friendly permalinks. Make sure the URLs do not have ‘&’, ‘?’, ‘!’ etc characters.Make all permalinks are SEO friendly
  5. Use hyphens (-) between words to improve readability.
  6. Use header (<H1>) tags wisely in your posts,Search engines like it (Note: search engine doesn’t love if your post has more <H1>)
  7. Do not use underscores (_), use hyphens (-) instead.
  8. Use sticky posts.
  9. Use tag clouds.
  10. Have a category description paragraph.
  11. Let the visitors subscribe to category specific RSS feed.
  12. Use internal linking where ever possible and it should be appropriate.
  13. Use sub-directories rather than sub-domains when possible. Sub-domains do not share link love from the main domain as it is treated as a different domain.
  14. Research the target audience and aim the site content appropriately.
  15. After all Keep the content up to date. Updating the content frequently also attracts the Search engines spiders to index the web pages frequently.
  16. Most this tips can be achieved easily by using a good seo plugin and light weight wordpress theme
  17. Remember  search engines loves fast loading sites , select wisely your domain hoisting company.Optimize your blog for search engine ranking
  18. SEO is not a sudden act,It matters with with time. Do all possible  Search optimization steps  consistently and relax to see your blog search engine ranking climbs up.
  19. For more SEO tips do google-ing….