How to optimize blog

[pauljustice]

HI,

I have created a blog for my website, now i want to optimize it. what should be the right strategy to optimize a blog. please give me your valuable suggestion.

[inertia]

There's a lot of different strategies. Whats the idea behind the blog? Is the idea to monetize it? Is it to attract visitors and customers? Do you want to become an authority (or are you already an authority) on your particular industry? Do you wish to improve your sites rankings through the blog? Is it a wordpress blog (id recommend that it is)?

The obvious things to watch out for are titles, headings, descriptions etc... Plenty of internal linking, regular posts and advertise it on social media and relevant industry sites.

[avoir des goûts simples]

concentrate on your topic. Optimize your metas and the content of your blog should be related to your topic.

[pomra]

I'd suggest caution if you have already built up your blog a bit. A simple structural change to our promotional blog had it virtually disappear for the typical few weeks. I'd act quickly, get your optimization done before google really starts to dig.

[TryUsOut]

First, be sure to have your own domain name and don't host it on a free host.

Improve on your content. Useful, unique and relevant content will pave way for organic linking. Ince other sites sees the value that you offer, they might just link to you organically - this will greatly help your SEO.

Do both onpage (title, description, meta, etc) and offpage (building backlinks with keywords as anchor texts) optimization for it.

[Janna122003]

Originally Posted by pauljustice

HI,

I have created a blog for my website, now i want to optimize it. what should be the right strategy to optimize a blog. please give me your valuable suggestion.

Concentrate more on creating keywords rich content and interesting post. I suggest that if you would create post on your blog always use your targeted keywords in content. Then build quality links using your targeted keywords as anchor text.

[Webnauts]

Originally Posted by pauljustice

HI,

I have created a blog for my website, now i want to optimize it. what should be the right strategy to optimize a blog. please give me your valuable suggestion.

If you are talking about the sites in your signature, you most probably can get hurt, because you have site wide irrelevant to your site theme links:

Web Site Design, Search Engine Optimization, Optimized Video Services and Content Management System
by Foster Web Marketing

If you would add to those links the nofollow attribute, then you should not have a problem?

Which Professional and Ethical SEO would ask a customer to do that? Very strange...

[sofomor]

If you are talking about the sites in your signature, you most probably can get hurt, because you have site wide irrelevant to your site theme links

Not necessarily. Give us an example a site got "HIT" due to linking to sites with different subjects? Google "prefers" linking to "industry relevant" websites but does not discount/de-index/penalize sites for simply linking to good domains? Imagine a "social bookmarking/networking" site which has all the outbound links to sites with different subjects.

If you would add to those links the nofollow attribute, then you should not have a problem?

And how does that prove to be the best possible method? If this guy gets all spyware/malware related links at the bottom does a simple "nofollow", would that satisfy mattcutts to do a post "yeah thats what I call best way".

Hey paul you can do some justice by optimizing your content to your target keyword terms and incorporating what inertia has mentioned.

You have the right to disagree with any one of us including me.

[Webnauts]

Sofomor for my understanding, are you claiming here that adding irrelevant to your site theme outbound links in the footer or elsewhere without implementing the nofollow attribute is a safe practice when it comes to Google?

That is all I want to know. Yes or No?

[sofomor]

That is all I want to know. Yes or No?

I wish the answer was that simple but I'm amazed that after writing that reply, you still want a "yes" or "no"?

Have you heard about hidden layers, hidden links, sneaky redirects or hidden texts? All i said that it wasn't a "rule of thumb" or "industry standard" to attach "no follow" to solve all the problems. Those links are definately taking the user to websites with different subjects, but they aren't in the range of raising flags or any thing. They may not be proffered but certainly not SHOCKING!!!!

[Webnauts]

Sofomor you did not answer my question. And you tried to mislead my point going off topic. But Paul is a lawyer, so I am sure he will be able for make the difference.

[inertia]

Originally Posted by Webnauts

Sofomor for my understanding, are you claiming here that adding irrelevant to your site theme outbound links in the footer or elsewhere without implementing the nofollow attribute is a safe practice when it comes to Google?

But what about web design or seo footer links? Should we nofollow them?

[Webnauts]

OK guys. In this thread an SEO from Pakistan said I am wrong. But what does our Google Spam Team Chief Matt Cutts say about this?

Q: Can you give me an example of the sort of things you’d be interested in hearing about?
A: Sure. Here are some paid text links on a site dedicated to Linux:

There are a few interesting things about these links. If you take off your webmaster hat and put on a user hat for a minute, you quickly start asking yourself questions like “Why is a Linux site linking to a bunch of poker, pills, and gambling sites?” Users often consider links like this spammy or low-quality. I’m sure some people will happily defend links like these, but in my experience people who search on Google don’t want links like these to affect Google’s search results.

Source: How to report paid links

And now my question is: What does an attorney have to do with an SEO or Web Design agency? I would be pissed off searching in Google for an attorney and getting for results SEO or Web designers. You not?

Some further reading info for further education:

• Link schemes, Google penalty - Googlerankings.com Diagnostics
• Anchor text link penalty in Google - Googlerankings.com Diagnostics

[mark.smith]

Originally Posted by Janna122003

Concentrate more on creating keywords rich content and interesting post. I suggest that if you would create post on your blog always use your targeted keywords in content. Then build quality links using your targeted keywords as anchor text.

Yea, i am completely agree. the best way to promote your blog is to creating keywords rich original content and target keywords as anchor test. You can submit your blog initially in quality blog's directory to promote your blog...not forget to register your blog on Tecnorati favorites..........ITS REALLY HELP...

[Azher Memon]

Well Blog is for reader only and some time it is for affiliate net working. Now what kind of blog and for which purpose it has been created will divide how to market your blog.

If it is for getting traffic than you just need to posting regularly with unique topic and fresh content.
Try to build up relation with your reader by answering their comment.
Appreciate the suggestion from your reader.
Comment on other related Blog.

If it is created with selling purpose than search engine and other media can be good source for targeted traffic.
To promote this kind of blog
finalize some industrial specific keyword.
Make eye catching and keyword rich title.
Posting regularly using this keyword in post title and content.
Book mark it on nice book marking site which providing back link with do follow attribute.
apply search engine optimization and search engine marketing.

[Webnauts]

Originally Posted by inertia

But what about web design or seo footer links? Should we nofollow them?

If you want to be on the safe side you better do so.

[Webnauts]

Originally Posted by inertia

But what about web design or seo footer links? Should we nofollow them?

Google advises:

You should never have to link to an SEO.

• Avoid SEOs that talk about the power of "free-for-all" links, link popularity schemes, or submitting your site to thousands of search engines. These are typically useless exercises that don't affect your ranking in the results of the major search engines -- at least, not in a way you would likely consider to be positive.
  

Source: What's an SEO? Does Google recommend working with companies that offer to make my site Google-friendly?

[Webnauts]

Where is Mr. Sofomor?

[spiderbait]

Originally Posted by pauljustice

HI,

I have created a blog for my website, now i want to optimize it. what should be the right strategy to optimize a blog. please give me your valuable suggestion.

Sorry to intervene in such a fun exchange, but I'm just wondering if anyone thinks that the original post was legitimate and that there's really a pauljustice out there reading the responses that members have put so much time into?

For my part, I don't.

From what I can see, pauljustice wrote two posts a week ago, minutes apart, deposited his spammy links and left - not seen since. Maybe he'll make a cursory appearance again in the future - maybe not.

So, I'm not in any way suggesting this debate isn't worthwhile - I'm just wondering if there's a real person that started it all.

What do others think? Does it trouble anyone else that spammers are drawing us into posts that distract us from genuine community members' questions?

Am I the only one who feels that the spammers are siphoning off our resources?

[inertia]

To be honest though he's not gonna get much from these links and spammy or not i reckon its prooved to be quite a good question! May be paul thought we would start chatting about his particular industry but we havent... so he's got one irrelevant link on a page with loads of others irrelevant links.

As far as i can see the only benefit from sig links on seo forums is for people with seo related sites...

[Webnauts]

Well guys now I think that the poster was the webdesigner/SEO of the site. You know why? Look at another post of him: Are FREE Directories worth the time?

I guess it is time to report the site to Google after all. Let fight spam back!

[spiderbait]

Hi Webnauts,

I'm pretty sure that this thread and the post you linked to are his only posts. They were made 5 minutes apart on the same day and there's been no activity since.

The only trace of him is in his signature which points to a law firm. At the bottom of the law firm site you can see the spammy links of a fosterwebmarketing dot com

In my opinion, it's an indication of what this guy and so many others are all about.

[Webnauts]

I think we should report those posts to the WPW mods, so they delete the links in the posts and the signatures.
That is 100% link dropping.

[spiderbait]

Originally Posted by Webnauts

I think we should report those posts to the WPW mods, so they delete the links in the posts and the signatures.
That is 100% link dropping.

I'm all for that Webnauts. And as I said, I hate the idea of these spammers pretending to ask questions and getting the WPW community all cranked up trying to answer them, when in reality there's no legitimate person on the other end waiting for the answer.

Anyway, I've posted a thread in suggestions about some of the spammy posts I've found and I've made a couple of suggestions. A couple of other people have made comments too, but there doesn't seem to be a lot of interest in doing something about it.

I've reported a number of these types of posts to mods, but I don't want to be a nuisance to them either. So, I'm not really sure how to proceed at this point. I guess that's why I've been wearing my vigilante hat today

[erikko]

i've been a blogger before i elevated my knowledge in SEO. What i do first is to study my client's niche (the one that i have to do a blog) then think of a topic or approach in my blog (say for instance the site is about cds, then i will make a blog about music artists and their latest albums) then i will gather information and materials for my blog copy, then write an article out of that then i will post it, another thing is i will put keywords in my copy as well in the blog title, description as well as in images that im using

[sofomor]

In one of the threads a so called "seo" was giving out "seo advice" to one of the members, here is post and these are the actual words:

by webnauts: I would like to add here that if you have irrelevant IBLs you should not try to get rid of them either. They cannot hurt you anyway. Other SE are not so strict with that issue like Google. And if Google does not give it value or too less, they will not penalize you either. LINK IS A LINK.

Can't you all remember here at WPW that some web designers/SEO where telling that they add a link on their clients back to their sites, even if those were irrelevant? Don't you remember those flaming debates we had here? Obviously from the business point of view (customer realtionship, etc) I do not approve such practices, but in terms of SEO I do not see a problem.

My God, such a contradiction! The fanatical defensive behavior above about "link spam" or "linking to illegal sites" seems totally IRRELEVANT to the Q this poor person has asked. I have seriously started doubting the SEO experience of this veteran. Matt Cutts clearly explains a case of "link spam" to illegal sites and almost obvious reaction. The blog this person has a few links (not to illegal porn or gambling sites) and is a site with a color of authenticity (in my opinion).

I think we should report those posts to the WPW mods, so they delete the links in the posts and the signatures.
That is 100% link dropping.

This is normally the behavior of people when no body is listening to them

take care poor members who need some answers but find themselves bashed by some of the so called "experts".

[Courtneys]

Hey,

The only thing which i can say that content is king so try to use content rich with keywords on your blog's post rest will be assured itself....

[ddwebguru]

Good and unique content and link building like blogroll - forum signature, another creation blog and link each other, comment posting with the blog url....

[prominade]

First focus on optimizing your page.. add meta tags and keyword rich content. then work with off-page optimization. Give comments to other blogs and leave your links. Bookmark your site to dofollow bookmarking sites.

[incrediblehelp]

1. Their has been a lot of drive by postings by spammers on WPW. Not sure why the admins are not doing much to stop it.

2. I agree with John that linking out to completely irrelevant website is not a good idea, but every situation is different and if you are doing ti to benefit your end visitors then it probably is OK.

[inertia]

Why not have a 30 day/30 post requirement before you can display sigs or links? Most forums do?

[Azher Memon]

Originally Posted by pauljustice

HI,

I have created a blog for my website, now i want to optimize it. what should be the right strategy to optimize a blog. please give me your valuable suggestion.

First of all do regular posting.
Try to include your targeted keyword in post title.
Put link as anchor in your Body content of post.
Post with relevant topic.

[innominds]

Optimizing the blog is nothing different than optimizing the site. But if you consider the wordpress blogs, it is believed that they are search engine friendly. But what is the need of the hour is .....Unique and Refreshing Content. Write the content for visitors not for search engines.

[avoir des goûts simples]

Yes you are correct fresh and unique content plus make your content simple and informative...