10 Great Search Engine Optimization Articles
You might think you don’t need search engine optimization for your blog, but playing nice with the search engines is the very best way to get organic, targeted traffic to your blog or website. The biggest problem I had learning SEO was that there is just an awful lot of information. And some of it is conflicting. As a newbie - or even a seasoned blogger who just hasn’t bothered with search engine optimization - SEO can seem daunting and deep. The truth is, it can go about as deep as you want it to. As a blogger, it behooves you to know at least the basics of how to make sure that your site makes friends with the search engines.
With so much information out there, it is hard to know where to start. Since I have been a student of search engine optimization for a long time now (much longer than I have been a blogger), I am going to tell you a secret: All the SEO training you need is available for free. You don’t need to buy a $495 video set from an SEO “guru” to learn how to get targeted search engine traffic to your blog. Believe me. I have never paid for an SEO training product] and most of my online income now comes from my ability to get my niche sites at (or very near) the top of the SERPS (search engine results pages) through time-tested (white hat!) search engine optimization methods.
This collection of articles is just a small sampling of some of the great SEO information that is available online for free. There are literally millions of articles out there that will help you through any aspect of SEO at any skill level. The majority of these articles are basic enough for newbies to follow, but contain enough specialized information to still teach the experts a thing or two (or eight!).
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Introduction to Search Engine Optimization :: Tim Nash ::
Tim Nash knows his SEO and he can really break it down into easy-to-chew chunks. This article is lengthy, but it is an excellent primer in terms of both terminology and nuts-and-bolts information.
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Introduction to Keyword Sniping :: Court Tuttle ::
Keyword Research and Search Engine Optimization are the old married couple of the internet. You can’t have one without the other. Court Tuttle should be your keyword go-to guy. His articles on keyword sniping are brilliant, easy to follow and simple to implement. If you really want to start making money online with a niche blog, stick with Court’s Internet Marketing School.
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Dateless Sniper Theme Tutorial Video :: Court Tuttle ::
Once you have read Court’s keyword sniping introduction, watch him customize a Wordpress theme that he tailor made for search engine optimization. Important Note: Since I started using Court’s free SEO themes for all my Adsense niche sites they have been indexed faster and my Adsense profits have vastly improved (from a few cents a week to several dollars a day!).
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How Search Engines Rank Web Pages :: Search Engine Watch ::
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The Blogger’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization :: SEO Book ::
This site is packed with great search engine information and tools. I suggest you start with this article. It is well-organized and will give you a good foundation for both practicing SEO and talking about it. If you have ever read an article about search engine optimization and felt lost in a sea of strange terms, this article can really help bring you up to speed. When you are done reading it, take some time to explore SEO book - it is full of treasures.
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Welcome to Professional SEO :: Vic Franqui ::
Blogger Unleashed is one of my very favorite blogs and Vic is just a human goldmine of fantastic information. The video in this post was created after Vic read some guy trying to give SEO advice who clearly didn’t know what he was talking about. Vic goes over interesting SEO stuff in this video, explaining it in his trademark no bullsh!t style.
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Make Money Using Blogs - Lesson 2 :: Griz ::
If you haven’t yet made it to Griz’s Make Money for Beginners blog, now would be a great time to head over there. The article linked is part of the best series I have ever read about making money with blogs. This lesson explores keywords, SEO and everything related. It is dense so be sure you take the time to really read it carefully. This information will help you endlessly.
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The Difference Between Domains :: Blogging Zombie ::
In this article, Justin compares the benefits of buying a new, never-owned domain to a pre-owned, aged domain. Your domain name choice can play a big part in how the search engines treat you so I highly recommend you read this article and hang on to what it can teach you.
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Blog SEO: Get Your Blog Out of the Supplemental Index :: Chris G ::
Chris does a killer job of explaining Google’s supplemental index and how you can save your blog from this limbo.
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Beginner’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization :: SEOmoz ::
Totally about thiry pages (as a Word document) this SEO guide is a dream come true for newbies. It is not too long, but it includes enough information to really get you up to speed. Once you have read this, you will be able to follow more advanced SEO articles much easier than if you just jump in cold.
This is just one of Danny Sullivan’s many articles for SEO beginners. I picked this one to feature here because it really focuses in on what a search engine is looking for when it ranks your blog or site.
This is by no means intended to be a comprehensive or “best of” list. These are just my particular favorite SEO articles right now. In fact, all the sites featured here are some of my favorites for many topics related to internet marketing, blogging and making money online. Just remember the next time you see a $47 report that promises to get your site to Google’s front page by next week, just keep in mind that there is nothing new in that report - you can get to the front page (or even the first few listings!) for free, you just need to know the right methods and put in the work necessary to get there.
If you have an SEO article or tip you’d like to share, please feel free to link or share it in the comments.
Cheers
