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13 Essential On-Page SEO Tips for Blogs

December 17, 2009 - Last Modified: January 23, 2011 by Antti Kokkonen 2,074

On-Page SEO Tips

In short, there are two kinds search engine optimization (SEO) that affect the search engine rankings of your blog, the off-page and the on-page factors.

The off-page factors are the external, incoming links to your blog, trustworthiness of the domain and such. Some of these can be optimized by a blogger, by building links through legitimate methods and keeping the blog clean of illegal or borderline content. However, for the most part, off-page SEO is something a blogger won’t do directly (e.g. other people linking back to you).

The on-page factors are the internal aspects, everything a reader and a search engine sees on the blog and individual web pages. For the on-page factors, a blogger has full control to make the required modifications in order to make the blog as SEO-friendly as possible. Thus it makes sense to focus your initial SEO efforts for the on-page and build a foundation for the long-term search engine optimization.

There are certain tasks that only need to be done once, e.g. domain registration and optimizing the settings for the blogging platform and theme or template. And then there are tasks that you can pay attention to when writing and publishing individual pages and blog posts. This post presents the 13 most important things a blogger should do for the blog’s on-page SEO.

1 Use Relevant Keywords for the Domain Name

There are many blogs that have done OK without having keyword phrased blog and domain name, which might be better for branding purposes, just take a look at Twitter or Facebook for example. But for SEO, the blog’s name and domain name should be the main keyword phrase of your blog, or closely related to it.

The domain of the blog usually matches the blog’s name and it is beneficial to optimize both the blog’s name and domain with good keyword phrase. If you already have an established blog, this is done already. If you’re starting a new blog, use a little time to come up with good name for the blog, with good keywords or a phrase, and register a domain with those keywords.

2 Optimize the Keywords in the Title Tag

The title tag of a web page is the most important on-page search engine ranking factor. Title tag is not directly the same as the headline of a blog post for example. Title tag of a page is usually shown on the top left corner of the browser, and in the HTML code of the page, it’s the text between <title> and </title> tags in the header section of the HTML-page.

In blogs, the title tag is defined by the blogging platform. It depends on the configuration of the blogging software, the theme or template, or use of plugins and addons, how this can be optimized on your blog. In WordPress, the title tag can be optimized through the WP theme or by a plugin, like All in One SEO Pack. Similarly in other blogging platforms, the title tag can be optimized with extensions or by editing the template.

Whatever method is used, the title tag should be optimized for different pages of the blog by including the keyword phrase of that particular page. On the front page, the title tag should include the blog’s name and possibly the tagline, with the order of these two depending on the keywords you’re trying to optimize. As the keywords at the beginning of the title tag are slightly more important than the others, put the blog’s name first if the name is your main keyword phrase, otherwise, include the tagline first.

In the archive pages, like category- or tag-pages, the title tag can be the category name and the blog name. For individual pages and posts, the title tag should match the main headline. This way, you can optimize the title tag by including the keywords phrases on the headlines when you’re writing them.

3 Write Great Headlines

In addition to optimizing the title tag, the blog theme or template should use the different headline tags efficiently. This means that the H1 headline tag should be used for the main headline of the page, which for the home page is the blog’s name or the tagline, and for the individual pages, the main headline of the page or post.

This requires that the theme uses different headline tags for different pages. Otherwise, the H1 headline is always on the blog’s name, even on individual posts, or even worse, there is not H1 tag, just H2 and onwards. So ensure that the theme you’re using has these things covered. You can check this by viewing the HTML source code of the individual pages in your blog and looking for the H1 title. If the H1 tag stays on the blog’s name on all pages, including individual posts, you need to tweak the theme or ask for an update from the theme developer.

With SEO-friendly theme, both the title tag and H1 can be optimized by writing great headlines and including relevant keyword phrases in them, if possible. I say this, because great headlines are not only important for SEO, but for your readers as well, so don’t compromise the headlines power by making it just about your keywords.

4 Pay Attention to the Anchor Text in Your Links

The external, incoming links to your blog are very important, but those are off-page factors as mentioned at the beginning. But the links, and the anchor text used in them, are important for on-page optimization as well. Always add links to your own posts and pages with relevant keywords and phrases. Alternate the phrases a bit, for example using different variations like singular and plural form.

The links are more important to the “receiving” end, whether the link is external or internal, but the links and anchor texts are important for the page they are in as well. Because of this, it is good to link out to other blogs and your other posts from every post you write, using optimized anchor texts. Yes, your link will give “link juice” to the other blog more when you link out, but it does help your on-page SEO as well. This is often overlooked when people think about SEO.

5 Write a Perfect First Paragraph to Every Post

If writing great headline is important to grab the attention and SEO, the next important factor is the first paragraph of the article. This should capture the reader to read the rest of the article. No amount of SEO will help if visitors that do come in (taken that your headline is good enough) leave immediately because the beginning of the post isn’t written well enough.

But as we’re talking more about SEO than writing, try to include the main keyword phrase for the post into the first paragraph and the beginning of the post, namely the first 50-100 words.

6 Manually Add Informative Description to the Meta Tag Description

Meta tag description can be found from the head section of the HTML page. In the early days of the web, search engines relied heavily on the meta fields, like keywords and description, in order to rate and rank the pages. But this is no longer true. However, the meta description is very important for another search related factor, but not search engine rankings.

OK, so the meta description (and the meta keywords) has very little effect on the search engine rankings. So, why meta description is included on this post then? Simple, the meta description will show up in the search engine results. If the searched phrase is in the description, the description will be used and depending on the search engine, the phrase might even be highlighted.

So the main purpose of the meta tag description is to increase click-through rate from the search engine results pages to your blog, so it’s a different kind of SEO, not the usual which aims for higher rankings. If you don’t add meta tag description manually, the beginning of the post is usually used automatically (yet another reason to write great, descriptive and attention-grabbing first paragraph).

You should write the description manually, to ensure it is properly optimized (and catchy enough to lure new visitors from the search engine). How you achieve this, depends on the software or service. Unfortunately in free blogging services like Blogger, this can’t be done very easily. But on self-hosted WordPress, installing All in One SEO pack will take care of this, enabling you to manually add and edit the description if any post or page.

7 Use the Best Permalink Structure for SEO

In addition to the keywords on the domain name, the keywords in the rest of the URL matter as well. In the blogosphere, this is called the permalink. The permalink should always include the post name, sometimes referred to as the post slug, e.g. this posts default slug might be “13-essential-on-page-seo-tips-for-blogs”.

The post slug can be optimized even further by editing it manually, e.g. removing the irrelevant words from the slug, like “a”, “the” and such. Or the slug can be very short, which also makes the URL more convenient, while adding the keyword relevance to the used phrase or word. This kind of shortened postname in the permalink is known as SEO slug.

Other elements that can go into the permalink like year, month and day or numeric post id can, and in some case should, be included as well, not just the post name. Arguably, the best permalink for SEO is either just the postname (/%postname%/ in WP) or category + postname (/%category%/%postname%/). Personally I prefer numeric post ID + post name for both SEO and performance reasons (/%post_id%/%postname%/ in WordPress).

8 Use Keywords in Sub-Headlines When Applicable

Sub-headlines (H2-H6 headline tags) have relatively low importance search engine ranking factor, but it’s still worth to use keyword phrases in them when possible.

In addition to the SEO benefits, important aspect of the sub-headlines is to pace the flow of the text and make the text more scannable, which is important in online media. So use sub-headlines, and make them keyword rich if possible, but focus on using them as a tool to improve readability.

9 Always Add (a Keyword Phrased) Alt-Text to Images

Using alt-text on all your images is a must. First, it’s an accessibility issue, for people who don’t see the images or have disabled them on their browser, and secondly because alt-texts are good for SEO as well.

In addition to giving the images a good alt-name, also use keywords in the file name of the image. This is a small thing will also improve your SEO.

By optimizing your image names and alt-texts for search engines, you increase the chances of getting those images into the image searches as well.

10 Don’t Go Overboard with Repeating the Keyword Phrase

If you have all the above covered, you don’t have to worry much about using keywords in the rest of the text. It is good to use the phrase when it fits the text, but more importantly, don’t repeat any keyword phrase too many times.

This is called keyword stuffing and it has high negative effect on your search engine rankings. Thus, keep the keywords usage at bay and don’t fill your title tag, headline or the body text with too many repetitions of a keyword phrase. Use synonyms instead and just focus on writing a great post.

11 Create Unique, Valuable Content

If you copy the content for your blog from somewhere else, it will have negative effect on your rankings. This is sometimes called the duplicate content penalty.

There are lot of myths and theories about the real effect of duplicate content penalty, but the fact is that filling your blog with copied (or even stolen) content won’t help your blog at all; it can only make it worse.

You should avoid copying content, partly because of the negative effect for your blog, possibly labeling your blog as spam blog (or splog as they are called) and more importantly, copied content won’t bring much value to your readers.

Referring and using cites, always linking back to the original source, and adding your own insights is fine and a good practice, but for the most part, your blog should be filled with original content.

12 Keep Your Blog Fresh

Search engines don’t like outdated content. Or the other way around, search engines, especially Google, love websites that are updated regularly. And hey, blogs are perfect for that, designed to deliver fresh content consistently.

Don’t let your blog stay abandoned for too long, so try to post as often as you can, keep the blog filled with fresh content. You don’t have to post multiple times a day or even once a day if that doesn’t fit your, but choose a blogging schedule and stick with it.

Over time, the search engines will learn how often you update the blog, visit and crawl your pages more frequently, and increase the chance to give your blog the much needed rankings.

13 Deploy Useful Hierarchy and Navigation on Your Blog

As the last on-page SEO tip, ensure your blog has clear, useful hierarchy and navigation in place. This means linking to relevant posts internally, using category and tags intelligently on the posts and having clear navigation options available to the user at all times.

Your sites usability will make the experience more pleasant for the reader and the search engines will like it too. It helps them to find the other related posts and pages, and for the search engines, helps in the categorization of your content.

With these on-page SEO tips, you will cover the most important search engine optimization needs on your blog. The next step is to keep creating great content and start building links back to your blog.

I hope you enjoyed this article and please, share this with your friends, as I’m sure it’ll help them to improve their SEO skills as well.

If you have questions about SEO or any feedback, let’s continue the conversation on the comments!

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  1. John Allen says:
    Well written .If as a blogger you think that you can do something to make your site rank higher or better then it is just up to you and no one else. Having a user friendly blog is the key to the success of many bloggers. If you please your readers then you are already marketing yourself because they will definitely tell other people about you.
  2. holly says:
    Thanks for the 13 tips! I especially liked number 6-Manually Add Informative Description to the Meta Tag Description. I had no idea! It took awhile to figure out, but there does seem to be a way to do it with Blogger. First go to Dashboard > Design > Edit HTML and find this line in your blog template HTML codes: 1 Then put the meta tags code immediately below that line. The final result should be as shown below. view sourceprint? 1 2 3 4 5 What this code does is apply the keyword meta tag to all pages and limit description meta tag to only your homepage. Save the template. Checking the meta tags Confirm whether you’ve entered the meta tags correctly, using an online meta tag checker. Make sure you check at least two pages -home page and one of the post pages. Compare the extracted meta information, notice the difference.
    • teatree says:
      Holly - you should be able to easily customize all your post meta descriptions just by installing the all-in-one seo plug-in. That way you can write your meta description at the same time as you write your post
  3. Justin Germino says:
    Nearly two years later this information is just as pertinent as it was when the article was written in 2009 and the same SEO rules pretty much still apply.
    • Antti Kokkonen says:
      Has it been that long? Wow. Very interesting to read my own article after year and a half :) But you are right, the same principles still apply.
  4. David Jenyns says:
    Hi Antti, You have outlined indeed the essentials to make some adjustments in terms of On-page SEO for blogs. This can also work as an on-page checklist that everyone can easily follow. Can I also add some more ideas on some things you have mentioned here? In our case, when we are doing on page optimization, in order of priority, having the keyword in the title is the most important thing. Then have that keyword in the meta description as well as in the H1 tag. Then, below this is having that keyword on the page in the content, where it can be bolded or italicized. So, as you can see it’s really not “that important”… especially when you consider on page optimization makes up only 20% of the whole SEO equation. After doing this, along with other tips that you mentioned here, it is also essential to build quality backlinks to your site's pages. That way, as your fresh posts will be paired with quality backlinks, then the more likely it is for your sites to be pushed on the top spot for the keywords that you're optimizing. Cheers, Dave
    • Antti Kokkonen says:
      Hi David, ...for some reason I missed notification mail for your comment, so this reply comes delayed :) Anyway - thanks for the insights. From what I've followed you and your company, you know your stuff, so I'm very happy that you think my checklist is sound... I personally don't worry too much about keywords in the meta description, but I do put them there is if fits naturally, and the description keeps its "click me" vibe. And the same with bolding/italics, I don't stress about it, but highlighting key concepts of the post is important (for scannability/readability), and often the key concept is the keywords :)
  5. satrap says:
    Antti, great reminder to all of us to not forget about the most obvious things that we usually tend to over look. Though I think many of us do everything we can for SEO, but we tend to have some short coming when it comes to the content, the real reason why people would keep coming back to your blog.
  6. James says:
    This is a great base for a succesful SEO campaign. I like how you focus a lot on the on page SEO. It is often overlooked.
  7. Anil says:
    i agree with your 13 tips.... It must be done in seo.
  8. Udegbunam Chukwudi says:
    Fixing the H1 - H5 tags on my blogs took some time but I managed to get it done and now I'm just waiting to see what effect it would have either via Page Rank or Search Engine Traffic ;) .-= Udegbunam Chukwudi@Work Online Nigeria´s last blog ..Download Joel Comm's E-Books Without A Credit Card! =-.
    • Udegbunam Chukwudi says:
      Ooops! I forgot to add that the numeric post ID + post name seems to be one of the best permalink structures as it ensures that two similar urls don't clash @ all. There's really nothing much I can do about that on my blog as the last time I changed permalinks, I found myself swimming in 404 errors :(. According to labnol some permalinks structures can also slow down your blog's load time so take note. .-= Udegbunam Chukwudi@Work Online Nigeria´s last blog ..Download Joel Comm's E-Books Without A Credit Card! =-.
      • Antti Kokkonen says:
        You are correct. I've written two long posts on permalinks alone, and indeed, Post ID + post name is my choice as well. And in WordPress, using category in the permalink, while it might be good for SEO, it also affects the performance (and makes editing categories quite hard). .-= Antti Kokkonen´s last blog ..How to Monetize a Blog in an Unprofitable Niche? [Q&A] =-.
        • Udegbunam Chukwudi says:
          Thatt's exactly what Labnol was trying to say in that blog post of his. Categories in permalinks could make things slower . .-= Udegbunam Chukwudi@Work Online Nigeria´s last blog ..How To Properly Configure ReTweet Links & Buttons =-.
  9. Holly Jahangiri says:
    These are great tips. Some are common sense, but even there - well, my anchor text is habitually lacking a certain something. I tend to use "click here" a lot, when I should be using descriptive text that can stand alone, out of context if need be. I'm bookmarking this one. It's late; I want to reread it tomorrow. Thanks! .-= Holly Jahangiri´s last blog ..Exhausted & Overexposed: Hand-Crafted Hypertext Disappearing from the Web? =-.
    • Antti Kokkonen says:
      You're welcome Holly. That anchor text is tricky, especially if you want to include nice "call to action" there ('click here' for example, as you mentioned). For your own internal pages, I'd nearly always use anchor text links. For external linking, using 'here.' or such as anchor text is OK and can work nicely. It won't add keyword relevancy for on page optimization, but if using "here" as a link makes people click more to your affiliate offer and buy, that's the way to go :) .-= Antti Kokkonen´s last blog ..How to Take Your Blogging to the Next Level =-.
    • Dennis Edell says:
      Oh dear, you hit quite high on my pet peeve meter here. Out of context anchor text irks me to no end; it screams the fact that you're writing for the search engines first and me the reader second. FYI - the search engines don't appreciate it either. Disclaimer - "you're" was used in a general sense, I'm not solely pickin on ya Holly. ;) .-= Dennis Edell´s last blog ..The $10 Winner And More Good News….. =-.
      • Holly Jahangiri says:
        You'd better not be picking on me, Dennis. You should know better, by now, than to imagine I'd ever write some tacky out-of-context anchor text. I'm talking about using the anchor text naturally - instead of "click here," highlighting the rest of that; as in, click here for "hot blogging tips." Assuming there WAS anything naturally meaningful in anything I wrote. Hmmph! .-= Holly Jahangiri´s last blog ..Exhausted & Overexposed: Hand-Crafted Hypertext Disappearing from the Web? =-.
        • Dennis Edell says:
          Point taken, I've been virtually clobbered with a rolling pin.....assuming you were a wife in the 50's. ;) .-= Dennis Edell´s last blog ..The $10 Winner And More Good News….. =-.
        • Holly Jahangiri says:
          I had a friend who was going to write a sonnet, just for me, called "Damn You, Donna Reed." She still owes me one, wherever she is... More like June Cleaver on a bad day. ;) Hope that didn't leave a lump. (Oh, my husband says "Lucy.") .-= Holly Jahangiri´s last blog ..In-context Links? No Comment! =-.
      • Antti Kokkonen says:
        When you think of it, if a link feels like out of context, and you can't come up with proper place (and anchor text) for it, maybe that link shouldn't be there at all, but something else instead. Oh, and for SEO, anchor text DOES matter, whether it's so out of context it makes even the writer dizzy. It will matter MORE if it's related and "in-context", natural and all that.
        • Dennis Edell says:
          "Click here" can look natural just about anywhere, so if I have to use it over nothing at all, then I surely would. ;) .-= Dennis Edell´s last blog ..The Final “Official” Post For DSWM! =-.
  10. Michael Aulia says:
    "Write a Perfect First Paragraph to Every Post" Knew about it before but honestly have forgotten or ignored it for months! Thanks for reminding me back about how important this is! .-= Michael Aulia´s last blog ..SteelSeries Xai Unboxing Video =-.
    • Antti Kokkonen says:
      Michael, I'm glad this helped you. The first paragraph is essential, not just for SEO, but for readers as well. From those people who click your headline, wanting to read the article, that first paragraph needs to ensure them the rest of the article is good for them. It's fascinating how SEO and good (copy)writing meet in this :)
      • Holly Jahangiri says:
        Oh, but gee...perfection takes time. Effort. And...gosh. Nothing I ever write is perfect in my opinion. Are you telling me I should just quit blogging? Because if the opening paragraph has to be perfect, I'm - well, let's get real - WE are all screwed. (Some more than others. ;) .-= Holly Jahangiri´s last blog ..Exhausted & Overexposed: Hand-Crafted Hypertext Disappearing from the Web? =-.
        • Antti Kokkonen says:
          Holly, perfection does take time and we're all learning. (copy)writing and SEO takes time to learn and you can work on to come better at it over time. For individual post, it doesn't stop there - after you got the headline and first paragraph perfected, you'll have to work on the rest of the post and make it good too (or perfect even). That's blogging :)
        • Dennis Edell says:
          Perfection = eye of the beholder doesn't it? I say just write as you're comfortable. .-= Dennis Edell´s last blog ..The $10 Winner And More Good News….. =-.
        • Holly Jahangiri says:
          Dennis, I'd expected YOU, at least, to pick up on the dripping sarcasm... Point is, yes, I'm a perfectionist. If I let this notion that something had to be "perfect" to go out the door, I'd never leave the house and no one would ever know I was a writer. Can we just agree on "pretty damned good"? .-= Holly Jahangiri´s last blog ..In-context Links? No Comment! =-.
        • Dennis Edell says:
          A waterfall indeed. I did pick it up, somehow you missed my subtlety; my reply wasn't meant for you entirely. .-= Dennis Edell´s last blog ..The Final “Official” Post For DSWM! =-.
  11. chandan says:
    This one is really very descriptive post on on page optimization. I think on page optimization is much more valuable than off page optimization, because for my blog I have already gained many backlinks with anchor text, but I have not get many search engine traffic, might be my blog on page optimization factor is not still improving. .-= chandan´s last blog ..How Google Caffeine effect on your work at home blog ranking system? =-.
    • Antti Kokkonen says:
      True, for high search engine rankings you need both. The on-page needs to be optimized properly, especially if you're looking to rank for certain terms. And then off-page factors, like incoming links will push you're ranking for those terms higher. .-= Antti Kokkonen´s last blog ..How to Take Your Blogging to the Next Level =-.
  12. Cheryl from thatgirlisfunny says:
    "The links are more important to the “receiving” end, whether the link is external or internal, but the links and anchor texts are important for the page they are in as well. Because of this, it is good to link out to other blogs and your other posts from every post you write, using optimized anchor texts. Yes, your link will give “link juice” to the other blog more when you link out, but it does help your on-page SEO as well. This is often overlooked when people think about SEO." Hi Antti, I've been focusing on your advice in #4 as a blogging tactic lately. It's slightly confusing because it seems like the "link juice" only goes one-way. I'm encouraged that you say I'm causing something to happen for SEO even if it's not immediately apparent. thanks for a great list, Cheryl .-= Cheryl from thatgirlisfunny´s last blog ..More Habits for Staying Young – From the Inside Out: episode 002 =-.
    • Antti Kokkonen says:
      SEO experts keep arguing whether one should link to other sites or not, and how to do it, but I think it is the right thing to do + linking out to trusted sources of information, does make your site more trustworthy. This in addition to adding keyword relevancy to your page, based on the anchor text(s) your using on the links. And not to mention the other bloggers noticing you as you're giving them "link love". There's a good chance they'll notice that, perhaps pick up one of your posts and share the love back, and it will make it easier for you to contact them too. .-= Antti Kokkonen´s last blog ..How to Take Your Blogging to the Next Level =-.
  13. Dennis Edell says:
    Excellent tips, you covered the top basics perfectly. Perhaps a post later on "per post" SEO/Promotion. SEO steps per post before publishing (you hit some above), and promotional steps per post after publishing. .-= Dennis Edell´s last blog ..UPDATED - Pick My New Domain Names With A chance To Win $10! =-.
  14. Florida SEO says:
    I would like to recommend the Platinum SEO Pack, it has more useful options than the all in one seo pack. There are more nofollow selections, additional post, page and home headers, you can nofollow all of the outgoing links on just the front page, you can add the noydir meta tag, the noodp meta tag, you can use the option for noindex on sub pages and my favorite option of all is all of the options that it gives you on each individual post and page of your wordpress blog. Those are just a few of the things that I can think of off the top of my head. The fact of the matter is that I have used both and have found that I am in greater control of my websites on-page seo than when I was using the All in One SEO Pack. .-= Florida SEO´s last blog ..How To: Dominate Local SEO =-.
    • antti says:
      I've used Robots Meta together with All in One SEO. Together they take care of what I need to do, with the non-indexing (e.g. not index certain archives etc) and no-follow things. I haven't used Platinum SEO myself, but based on the ratings and your comment, it seems a good plugin as well. .-= antti´s last blog ..Blogging as a Non-Native English Speaker =-.
    • Dennis Edell says:
      I'd say the most important feature that PSO has over AIO is the automatic redirect built in. .-= Dennis Edell´s last blog ..UPDATED - Pick My New Domain Names With A chance To Win $10! =-.
  15. Blogger Den says:
    Fun tips! I never would of thought of half of these, but they definitely work wonders and Google counts them all as great SEO tips. Hopefeully I can use them to skyrocket my site to the top of Google's SERPS for my targeted keywords :) .-= Blogger Den´s last blog ..13 Ways To Encourage Blog Comments =-.
    • antti says:
      Getting high rankings does require some off-page SEO as well, like incoming links, but with these, one has "the homebase" covered :)
  16. Jimi Jones says:
    Good one Antti. This is a great help for bloggers like myself, who have not gotten deeply into SEO. Thanks for sharing! .-= Jimi Jones´s last blog ..The Week In Review =-.
    • antti says:
      Thanks Jimi. I'm happy this was useful to you. As mentioned, when you get these things in order, you've built the foundation for any other SEO activities. Doing the one-off's and then making the other tips part of your process, you'll be doing more than the "average blogger" out there. .-= antti´s last blog ..Blogging as a Non-Native English Speaker =-.
  17. Kevin Tea says:
    Antti, many thanks for that. SEO has always been a bit of a dark art for me and while I have done most of what you suggest there are a couple of tips in there that I have been missing - too to remedy that now. .-= Kevin Tea´s last blog ..Revamped HyperOffice Takes Flight =-.
  18. Gurpreet Singh says:
    Really Impressive Article Each step covered are good and relevant to getting maximum of search engine ranking Thanks for sharing this one .-= Gurpreet Singh´s last blog ..Top 6 Free/Paid alternative software and programs for Microsoft Office =-.
  19. lawmacs says:
    Some brilliant tips seo is very important today every bloggers dream is to be on the first page of every search engines your post is simple and easy to follow .-= lawmacs´s last blog ..3 Basic Search Engine Optimization Tips =-.
    • antti says:
      Thank you. The on-page is the stepping stone and major enabler for the rankings, so I felt this would be great for both beginning and established blogs
  20. Will says:
    Hi Antti, It's a great round-up / check list - and I'm glad to say that after nearly 6 months of learning the blogging game I'm managing to do most of these things now ( but I definitely need to start posting more often now - which I guess is actually the most important factor!) Cheers Will P.S. If you have 5 minutes to spare - please enter the fun fesative contest below ... .-= Will´s last blog ..Brianwave – The Alexa Ranking Contest =-.
  21. John Paul says:
    Great List.. Very Helpful. .-= John Paul´s last blog ..Make Money Blogging: Tips To Earn More With Your Blog =-.
  22. Deepika says:
    Nice post Antti Kokkonen.. you have clearly explained the on page seo optimization tips. Its really informative. Apart from this, blogger should update the blog consistently atleast thrice in a week... what do you say? .-= Deepika´s last blog ..How To Comment On Other Blogs =-.
    • antti says:
      Hi Deepika. Fresh content is good for SEO. As I mentioned in the tip#12, post as often as you can manage without compromising your post quality. Choose a schedule that you can keep consistently. So don't start posting once a day, if you're not gonna continue that after couple of week. 5 times a week is a good starting point and then move up or down from that. In general, the more posts you put out there, the more traffic you will get. The biggest blogs post multiple times a day and the new blogs that grow the fastest, usually post more often than the others. It's a combination of gaining loyal readers because of regularly updated content and the new content being shared on the social networks, but also SEO.
  23. C.Jines says:
    Good post. You covered most of the best practice basics for on page SEO. People ask "what is the secret" and your post just spelled it out! Thanks .-= C.Jines´s last blog ..MrCyberSmart’s SEO Challenge- Top 10 Local Organic Google Listing =-.
    • antti says:
      Thanks. Taken from your Twitter username, you know your SEO too, so I appreciate the feedback :) .-= antti´s last blog ..Check What is Above The Fold with Google Browser Size Tool =-.
      • C.Jines says:
        Your post is outstanding, and I have given it several Tweets today. I'm a little excited today because one of my videos is page one out of 149,000,000 listings! I'll be back- stay in touch! Peace .-= C.Jines´s last blog ..The Basics of Social Bookmarking =-.
  24. chris Downing says:
    Fantastic Post Antti!!!! Thank you very much for this extrememly helpful post. I am now going to look at my sites and implement this immediately. So clearly explained and well structured even for newbies like me!!!! You are a true scholar ;) .-= chris Downing´s last blog ..Funding for Chiari Blog =-.
    • antti says:
      Thanks Chris! This was a post I was working on to answer your SEO question / post suggestion you left on my blog (the "help me help you" thing), so I'm happy you liked it :)
      • chris downing says:
        I thought it might have been Antti and is a perfect answer to my prayers. Thank you kindly, and I actually understand it all too.....expertly done. .-= chris downing´s last blog ..Funding for Chiari Blog =-.
  25. antti says:
    @James M. First as mentioned, the anchor texts makes your page more relevant to those keywords (as you are "referencing" for more information with those words), whether it's external or internal. Secondly, linking out to trusted sources of information, increases the trust for your website in the eyes of a search engine (I assume because it's "natural" web behavious to link out). And trustworthiness of your domain is among the top ranking factors. But true, it's a tricky business, as you are giving anchor link out, which is high ranking factor for the site you link to. .-= antti´s last blog ..Check What is Above The Fold with Google Browser Size Tool =-.
  26. James M. says:
    "...it is good to link out to other blogs..., using optimized anchor texts. Yes, your link will give 'link juice' to the other blog more when you link out, but it does help your on-page SEO as well." I still don't get how this is beneficial to my blog. It looks more like giving a perfectly optimized anchor link to a competition. .-= James M.´s last blog ..Track Cell Phone =-.
    • Dana says:
      it may because search engine will index that link with anchor text. So, each time some one search with that anchor text, the search engine will show link in our blog instead directly show the site that we link. I had experience with this situation before. .-= Dana @ Online Knowledge´s last blog ..Create Blog Lab by use Sub-Domain Facility =-.

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