Making your site crawlable is crucial to improving your SEO. Bots/spiders need to crawl your web pages thoroughly so that they’re indexed properly by search engines and appear in search results. BforBlogging has 10 great tips to increase Google’s crawl rate on your site: 1. Don’t Duplicate Duplication refers to content you’ve copied from other Read more about How to Make Your Site More Crawlable[…]
In this final post of the Newbie Blogging Mistakes series, I’ll take a look at one of the most important things that you need to do in order to be a successful blogger: creating and sticking to a blog posting schedule. The point of such a schedule is to help you determine how much / Read more about Newbie Blogging Mistake 6: Forgetting to Have a Schedule[…]
In the other posts in this series, I discussed newbie blogging mistakes such as ignoring the design of your blog, overdoing SEO, not having a niche, etc. This time, I want to take a look at the mistakes that new bloggers make after they get the actual writing out of the way and publish their Read more about Newbie Blogging Mistake 5: Not Promoting and Not Engaging[…]
The last newbie blogging mistake I discussed was ignoring or overdoing SEO. This post will delve into what should (and shouldn’t) happen once you’ve written the blog post. It’s tempting, especially when it’s taken you a long time to write, to hit the “Publish” button as soon as you’ve put the content together. However, this Read more about Newbie Blogging Mistake 4: Hitting “Publish” Too Soon[…]
The previous post in this series discussed the newbie blogging mistake of not writing for a niche. Now, I’m going to talk about the one thing that can be both a gift and a headache for bloggers: search engine optimization (SEO). If you’re just starting out with blogging, it’s easy to focus on only the Read more about Newbie Blogging Mistake 3: Ignoring or Overdoing SEO[…]
In my previous post on newbie blogging mistakes, I focused on overlooking the visual aspect of your blog. In this post, I’m going to discuss not having or not sticking to a niche. Writing for everyone is a nice (and somewhat impossible) idea, but it’s not realistic and it probably won’t build you a loyal Read more about Newbie Blogging Mistake 2: Writing for Everyone[…]
In this series on newbie blogging mistakes, I’ll be taking a look at some of the most deadly blogging sins that first-time bloggers make. This first post focuses on a common oversight: thinking that looks don’t matter. The reality is that when a reader first clicks on a link to a blog or a specific Read more about Newbie Blogging Mistake 1: Thinking that Looks Don’t Matter[…]
Search engine optimization (SEO) is always a priority when it comes to your business’s online presence. How you rank in search results affects your site traffic, and consequently sales and whatever else your website aims to achieve. SEO can seem complicated, especially for small businesses that are just starting out, but there are a few Read more about 4 Easy SEO Tips to Implement Right Now[…]
When an existing or potential client looks up your business online, the first thing they should find is your website. However, if your site is hard to find, or it doesn’t rank at all on the first page of Google search results, your company’s credibility won’t seem so great. So if you’re setting up a Read more about 10 Important SEO Factors for Better Rankings[…]
From conception to promotion, there’s a lot of effort that goes into a single blog post. New bloggers might be wondering how to get started with blogging and maintain a process that works for them. Remember that blog posts, like any online content, are much easier to produce and promote when there’s a system in Read more about The Blog Post Process Blueprint[…]
