Whether your blog is brand new or has been around for a while, you know how hard it is to get readers to your posts. With a few good blog SEO tips, you can increase your chances of increasing your Google ranking, which will increase your website traffic. Give these seven SEO tips a try with your blog—starting now.
1. Post Valuable, Relevant, Interesting Content
What are people in your industry talking about? Check out competitors’ blogs, social media, the news, or use a social listening tool to find trending topics. And once you commit to blogging, post regularly so readers know that they will have something new to read on a consistent basis. (Google likes fresh content, too.)
2. Choose Keywords Wisely
Blogs offer a fantastic opportunity to use long-tail keywords. Make sure you use at least one keyword in your URL and meta description.
3. Post High-Quality Images
Images support your content. Use high-quality images, rename them appropriately (instead of 120.jpg, save it with a keyword if possible, such as seo-tips.jpg), and use alt text to describe the image.
4. Write Unique Content
Your blog content should be original, helpful to your readers, and relevant to your industry. Never copy content from someone else’s blog.
5. Make It Easy to Share
Add social media sharing icons to your blog design so that readers can share posts that they find useful and interesting. This will bring more people to your website and boost your ranking.
6. Link to Other Blog Posts
Internal linking to other blog posts or pages on your website keeps visitors on your site and shows related, authoritative pages to search engines.
7. Don’t Forget Your CTA
The purpose of a call to action is to inform your readers of the next step they can take as part of their journey on your website. It should be relevant to the post and flow with the content. A CTA can be a button, widget, or link within your text.
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