SEO Tricks

There is no compromise and concession on quality and original information. Google is on mission to provide the finest writers, accurate information and professional look to its users. That’s why Google makes changes in its algorithm from time to time for facilitating its users and providing them exact material. From very first day, Google made its every effort to encourage the expert and professional writers while discourage those who adopt shot ways to boost up their sites. In May 2012, Google launched “Google Penguin” update. Main purpose to launch this tool was to discourage and eradicate those sites which use low quality backlinks, paid links, comments spam and spam links. Before Google Penguin, there was a common concept that low quality backlinks have no negative impact on site ranking. But it proved wrong and after changing algorithm, many sites that were using such spammy links, penalized by Google Penguin. Google also introduced other updates which were launched to penalize such sites. Let’s come and learn about them.

Google Penguin Penalty:  

Basically penguin is a bird which can’t fly. Yes it is a “Bird” which cannot “Fly”. Google introduced Penguin in 2012 to identify the spam and low quality backlinks from any site. Penguin works on following three links and penalize a site if found their getting links in unnatural patterns. Low Quality Links in Tons: When a site gets links from natural ways, (not by enforcing the users or paying someone for backlinks or spam), it has quality of links, high quality and low quality. But when a site has using black hat SEOs, obtains it’s all links in unnatural patterns and from very low quality sites and low quality backlinks, it get penalize from Penguin. Tons of Links with Same Anchor Text: when a site get links in natural ways, it obtain (it would better to say “receive” instead of “obtain”) links from many sources. It gets links from blog commenting, blog communities, contextual, guest posting on blogs having high SERPs and from social media. While a site which gets all links from just one source (like a site get links only from blog commenting), impact badly on its ranking and penalizes by Google.

Paid Links:

When Google bots enquire the site links, they collect all information that how many links get this site in how much time? If site gets a large number of links in a short time period, it means there are spam links. Often sites paid fee for their links. This practice was very common before Penguin. Google Penguin discouraged this practice and penalized those sites which gained the benefits from paid links.

Google Panda Penalty:  

It was very common concept to use low quality content and providing the wrong information to the users and searchers. Google introduced Google Panda update in 2011 to end such cheap practices. Google received a lot of complaints regarding quality of content and incorrect information (no matching between title and post content), then Google updated its Panda to capture such poor quality content. Now Panda is a barrier between poor quality content post and its ranking. If post contains low quality content, Panda become a barrier in its ranking and appearing in searching results. It prefers those sites to appear in searching results which have high quality, expert, skillful, useful and professional content for readers. When I was writing this article, a question raised in my mind that what is tools to measure the quality of content. How we come to know that our content quality is according to the requirement of search engine so that it may not be penalized by Panda. When I was searching this from Google Help, I get 20 questions which were given by Google Webmaster Central Blog. These questions are enough to check the quality of your content. Here a screen shot of those questions is given.

After reading above questions, we have an idea that Panda can penalize the site if: -

Site contain duplicate information/content

Site contain poor and thin quality content

Content is not brief well.

Content is not useful and valuable for user

Site contain irrelevant content (from its niche)

So to protect your site from Panda, never post a poor quality content on your site and also be careful from using duplicate content. Originate your own ideas and contents.

Google’s Guideline about Quality of Content

Google is today Number 01 search engine in the world because it always provided the accurate answers and useful information to its users. In the same way, when Google updated its logarithm by bringing Panda and Penguin, it also provided a clear and perfect Guideline to its user regarding quality of content. Here a screen shot is given that what type of quality standard you have to put in your content.

Seeing your name in the phone book used to be the ultimate, I remember it clearly.

As a boy, I dreamed of the day when I would have the independence, stability, maturity, and home phone to be listed on page “L” alongside my fellow human adults. I’d crack open the new Yellow Pages, thumb through the Lees, and lo and behold, there I’d be. A celebrity.

My Yellow Pages dream has vanished. Now it’s all about Google.

I want my face on a Google search results page.

The ticket to my desired Internet listing is Google authorship, a highly effective way of connecting and promoting content on search results pages. It’s free to use, easy to set up, and worth the effort—especially for us who dream the Google dream.

The story behind Google authorship

Google authorship wasn’t always Google authorship. It began as Agent Rank.

In 2005, Google filed a U.S. patent on Agent Rank, a system that would allow the content of expert authors to rank higher in search results pages than the content from less credible authors. In many ways, this was to be the foundation for today’s Google authorship.

But Google needed more than just its so-called Agent Rank. It needed an identity platform to manage and discover these trusted authors.

You probably know where this is headed. Google+ became that platform. Promoted as a sharing network, Google+ also provided the structure to move forward with Agent Rank, which came to be known as Google authorship.Google+ gave authors the ability to verify identity, manage their personas, and establish authority. In turn, this gave Google the ability to improve search quality. And thus, authorship was born.

So what is Google authorship?

To the naked eye, Google authorship is the photo and byline that appears on search results pages.

It is that and so much more.

Yes, the photo and byline are the obvious implementations of authorship. These so-called “rich snippets” of information show the author’s profile picture (taken from his or her Google+ account), full name, and the number of Google+ circles he or she belongs to.

Below is a search results page for the term “Google authorship” showing many entries that have taken advantage of authorship (ironically, some results for “Google authorship” don’t contain authorship rich snippets).

In addition to the byline, there is a strategic layer to Google authorship. The tie-in with Google+ profiles creates verified connections between content on the web and the creators of the content. This gives Google the ability to identify quality, human-created content and distinguish it from content that isn’t quite up to par.

Demian Farnworth wrote a detailed explanation of Google authorship on CopyBlogger, summarized nicely in these lines:

Google+ is the identity platform (which is why your Google+ ID is a long string of numbers, not unlike your Social Security or driver’s license number) … and now authorship markup is the digital signature.

In essence, Google is saying … we want to make sure that you are a real human being … we want to stamp out anonymity and spam … we want to regard you as someone who is willing to put your name on the line for the content you create and share.

So yes, authorship deals with pretty pictures and bylines, but it also adds value to search results and content.

(If you are familiar with the term “author rank,” don’t get this confused with authorship. Author rank and authorship are not the same thing. Authorship is the connection between Google+ profiles and content. Author rank is the much-reported method Google may or may not be using to rank search results based on author authority.)

The value of Google authorship

For the content creator (that’s you!), Google authorship is a slam dunk. The benefits are vast in terms of visibility, authority, influence, clicks, and conversions. Let’s start with the aforementioned byline.

1. Your authorship byline will get you noticed.

Look at the below heatmap generated by eye-tracking studies. As you might expect, the top results on the page get a lot of looks, but so too do the results with rich snippets (and not so much for the results in between).

Photos are eye-grabbing. The research proves it. The uniqueness of the information in a rich snippet helps the entry stand out on the page, and the logical next step to higher visibility is higher clicks. Research proves this, too.

2. Entries with rich snippets have higher click-through rates.

The greater visibility and authority afforded by rich snippets in search results are significant factors in whether or not someone will click. How significant? A study performed by search marketing firm Catalyst found that clicks improved 150% with Google authorship. Wouldn’t we all be interested in a clickthrough report like this?

Entries with rich snippets are more attractive, engender greater trust, and—as these results show—lead to greater clicks. I know that I always look for an author photo when I’m researching on the web, and it would appear I’m not alone.

3. Authorship is an advantage to the little guy.

As evidenced by the heatmap illustration above, the specific rankings where your content lands on a search results page matter less than usual when authorship is part of the equation. For example, if search result No. 5 attracts more eyes than search result No. 2, where would you rather be? The value is on clicks, not placement. For this reason, authorship is key for low ranking pages.

Another advantage for us little guys is this: Authorship offers a competitive advantage. A recent study found that only 3.5% of Fortune 500 companies are actively using authorship. Until they do, they are giving a big opportunity to the rest of us.

4. Authorship may be the future of search.

Don’t take it from me. Take it from Google’s Eric Schmidt. He sees a future where identity plays a big part in search results.

Within search results, information tied to verified online profiles will be ranked higher than content without such verification, which will result in most users naturally clicking on the top (verified) results. The true cost of remaining anonymous, then, might be irrelevance.

How to get Google authorship

Google offers instructions for setting up authorship on the blogs where you contribute. The instructions are sparse, so consider their version the Cliffs Notes and mine the unabridged. Here is what it took to get signed up for Google authorship on my contributions to the Buffer blog.

Let’s begin with Google’s instructions:

Put a profile photo on your Google+ account

Make sure a byline with your name appears on every page of your content

Make sure your byline name matches your Google+ name

So far so good? Now it gets tricky.

4. Have an email address on the same domain as your content.

I wanted Google authorship on the posts I contribute to the Buffer blog, but the problem is I don’t have a Buffer email address. If I had [email protected], this process would be a cinch. You simply enter your email on the Google instruction page, and Google makes the connection for you.

Since I don’t have an email address, I went to option 2. It was a bit more complicated.

(Guest bloggers seldom need their own email, so I imagine this is the authorship method most will have to take.)

First, I needed to create a link to my Google+ profile from my content. The ideal place to do this was in the author bio that appears at the end of each post on the Buffer blog.

Since I started working in online marketing a few years ago, my head has gotten pretty crammed with acronyms. Alphabet soup like KPI, PPC, SoLoMo, TOFU, BOFU and FOMO sound perfectly normal to me now – crazy, huh?

But by far, the acronym most people ask about is SEO, or search engine optimization. This aspect of online marketing seems to defy explanation for lots of folks.

In this post, we’re going to break it down in the complete beginner’s guide to SEO: what SEO is, how it works, what factors affect search and what sorts of changes you can make today to improve your search optimization.

What is SEO?

If you’ve ever searched for something online (and most of us have), you already know more about SEO than you think you do.

Think about how that works: You put a word or a phrase into a search engine like Google (the main search engine we’ll talk about throughout this article) that describes what you’re looking for.

Then you pick the result that seems the best or most useful for your search, from pages of results that look something like this.

But there are a few different agendas under the surface of any search. Let’s say your search is for sneakers.

You want to find the shoes you want (so you can look cool/play sports/etc.).

Your search engine wants to provide you the best, most useful results (so you’ll come back).

And any business that sells sneakers – whether online or in a store – wants to be the first result you see when you search (so they can sell more sneakers).

Making all those “wants” match up is the job of search engine optimization. SEO professionals employ a variety of different strategies to make websites appear higher in your list of results and make it more likely that you’ll click on them to find what you’re looking for.

SEO is important for lots of companies because if people find you via a web search and find what they’re looking for, you can receive lots of new web visitors that can help you make more money. If people can’t find you in a web search, you miss an opportunity – and they might find your competitor, instead.

SEO is often part of an overall online marketing strategy and complements other tactics like social media marketing, content marketing and more.

What factors affect a search?

When we type something into the Google search box, there’s a lot going on under the hood. Google takes into account more than 200 different factors to help it determine the results for each query. No one knows all of the factors, but there are a lot of guesses – meaning there are many different paths to optimization.

Google’s excellent Inside Search interactive resource offers a small glimpse into the process:

Let’s look more closely at a few of the major factors that we know Google takes into account as it considers your search.

1. Your question

The first thing Google tries to do is understand what you’re getting at with your query. It uses a technology called Knowledge Graph to help it better understand the nature of what you might be looking for, and whether it can best satisfy you with a definition, a list, a map or something else.

You might have noticed the way Google guesses the end of your search as you start typing and fixes your spelling if you mistype.

It also works hard in other ways to give you what you need quickly. For example, if you type “timer 30 minutes” into Google, it will create a timer for you right from the search results instead of having you click away to an online timer.

If you’re checking on the status of a flight you’re set to take when signed in to Google with your Gmail address, Google will search through your mail to give you the status of your flight.

Search engines are continually working on new and better ways to predict what we’re looking for and what we need faster and more accurately.

2. Your location

A search engine not only takes into account the nature of your question but also where you’re asking it from. For instance, when I put a query like “pizza” into Google, it does some thinking for me and assumes I’d rather have a list of pizza places near me than a Wikipedia entry about the history of pizza.

So local businesses have to put special effort into maximizing their SEO efforts for local visibility, which means doing things like optimizing their Google Places pages.

3. Who created it

Google likes rewarding real people who write great content. One way it accomplishes this is through Google Authorship, which gives a special designation to authors who are verified through Google+. You can identify a verified author by the small photo their byline next to their content in search results.

4. Your friends

Another factor search engines are increasingly banking on is each individual’s social network. “Social search” allows you to easily find content – like restaurant reviews, blog posts, photos and more – created by your friends and the contacts in your “social circle.”

In this search, you can see how Google has pulled one result for me specifically because Max Minzer, whom I’m connected with on Google+, shared it.

5. How it got shared

More that using your individual social network to serve you personalized results, search engines also use social sharing as a signal to determine the quality level of a piece of content.

That means social actions like Facebook shares and Google “+1s” likely play a part in how Google chooses which results to show you for a given search.

Here’s how Searchmetrics explains it in its ranking factors study:

Well positioned URLs have a high number of likes, shares, tweets and plus ones, and specific URLs stand out in the top search results with a very high mass of social signals. On one hand, this means that the activity on social networks continues to increase, on the other hand it means that frequently shared content increasingly correlates with good rankings.

This makes sense because social media is a growing way to find websites and content. The percentage of people who used social media to find websites increased 7 percent from 2011 to 2012 – in fact, using social media to find websites is growing faster than using search engines, according to Forrester Research data.

6. Your device

Finally it’s important for a search engine to understand whether you’re on a computer, a tablet or a mobile phone as it prepares to give you search results.

Think about how your needs change from one device to another. On a laptop, you may be looking for content to read at leisure. On your phone, you might need a phone number right away, or a quick way to compare a price.

Mobile search requires a different type of result for different needs.

All these factors combined mean that my search engine results for a specific question might look totally different from yours, depending on things like who we know, where we are and what type of device we’re searching on.

But what does an SEO do?

So beyond understanding and studying the many factors that affect search results, what does an SEO actually do?

Although all SEOs generally shares the same goal – to help a website be found by more people, more easily – the way they get there can vary widely.

But there are some common practices that you’ll hear about when it comes to search engine optimization. An SEO:

Optimizes the site

The first part of a solid SEO strategy focuses on the technical side of a website. Since Google finds information about a website by crawling it, it’s often the job of an SEO to make sure the site is easy for Google to find and crawl. This graphic from DataDial focuses on site architecture.

That means doing lots of different things to optimize the site itself like assuring the site has a sitemap Google can find, making sure it loads quickly and analyzing the site’s design and architecture to make sure it works well for users. Lots of SEOs will perform a technical audit to determine a list of issues with a site.

Researches and optimizes keywords

Keywords are the words you enter into a search engine to find what you’re looking for. If we go back to our sneakers example, a shoe company might want to be known for shoe-related keywords like “tennis shoes,” “sneakers” and “athletic shoes” as well as specific brands like Nike or Reebok.

SEOs perform keyword research to determine which keywords would be best to target for a given site. Then they make sure the site uses those keywords often enough and in the right spots in a process called keyword optimization. This graphic from DataDial is a good primer on some basic spots for keywords..

Build links

Before search engines like Google had fancy ways to personalize your search results based on your friends and your location, they used one main element to figure out which stuff was the best on the web: links.

When a well respected, trusted website links to your site, it sends a signal to Google that you’re hanging out with good company. If this happens often enough with enough trusted, quality websites, Google gets the idea that you’re a trusted, quality website – and makes it more likely that searchers will see your site.

This means that SEOs spend a lot of time working on getting links in a process called link building. Link-building tactics can range from simply asking for a link to writing a guest post – and there are many others. Again, DataDial breaks it down.

Helps creates content (that builds links)

One of the best ways to get links these days is by creating great content. Whether it’s a video, a blog post, a tool, a comic or another resource, great content naturally attracts links as people visit it, share it and talk about it. This graphic from Top Rank explains it well.

More SEO reading

To learn even more about SEO, here are some in-depth resources.

Google’s How Search Works

Moz’s Beginner’s Guide to SEO

Point Blanks SEO’s What the Heck is SEO and Why Should I Care?

Still have questions about SEO, or did I leave something out? Let’s discuss it in the comments!

Millions of web sites and blogs are going live every day. What makes some sites more successful than others? In most cases it comes down to the pre-planning and preparation before actually going live with your site.

In the “5 Steps to Build a Successful Web Site” infographic below, we are going to break down the five steps that every site owner or blogger should take before actually going live with their site and publishing content to the internet. If you follow these five steps in detail, you will not only find that your site has a much better foundation and purpose, but that you will also quickly surpass the other millions of sites on the internet with no real focus or value.

How to Prepare for the Launch of Your Site

When someone gets an idea for a web site or blog, they will usually go register a domain name, setup their hosting and start publishing content all within just a few minutes. The problem with this is that people are getting too overly excited and not thinking about the future of their sites before they even get started.

Instead, we recommend that you follow these five simple tips and write down your future plans for your site before you get started. This will allow you to have a much better idea of where you are headed and how you want to prepare content for your site in the coming weeks.

Plan Your Site

The first step to creating a successful web site is to plan out why you are starting a site in the first place, what it’s content focus is going to be and what audience is going to be most interested in the content you are publishing.

By knowing who your audience is, it will make it that much easier for you to consistently create content that provides value for them. This will also tie into the longterm success and growth of your site. The more niche and focused all of your content is, the easier it will be for you to become an authority within your space and also rank higher in the search results for relevant terms.

Build Your Site

There are many ways to build a web site or blog. One of the most common and valuable methods is through the use of WordPress, which is a free software content management system.

Through WordPress you can easily create content from within the dashboard of your site while also fully customizing how your site looks and feels. With thousands of WordPress themes and plugins to choose from, anyone can make a great looking site within just a few minutes.

Best of all, most web hosting solutions will provide one-click WordPress installation, which means you will never need to install any software.

Choose Web Hosting

Every web site and blog needs to have web hosting associated with their site. Your web hosting is where your text content, images, video and everything else on your site will be stored. It sounds complicating at first, but once it’s setup, you will never really have to mess around with it again.

Web hosting costs are usually under ten dollars per month. We recommend going with A Small Orange, which currently has hosting plans for under $5 per month, which also allows you to setup unlimited web sites and domains on your server.

As mentioned earlier, A Small Orange also offers one-click WordPress installation — which means you can have your web site up and running in just a few minutes time.

Choose a Domain Name

Your domain name is the URL or address that people will type in to find your site. For example, our domain name is “ASOCoupons.com”. No matter where you are located in the world, if you have access to the internet and go to that address, you will end up on our site.

A domain name usually costs between $10-$20 per year and are renewed on an annual basis. Your domain name is also connected to your web hosting service, so the two can connect with each other.

When choosing a domain name for your site, try to choose one that explains what your site is about and is both easy to remember and spell. Also be sure to stick a with a .com, .net or .org domain name. There are many other domain TLDs (extensions) to choose from, but the three mentioned are the best ones to go with.

Publish Your First Content

With everything mentioned now in place, it’s time to put everything together and publish the first content for your site.

Once you have your web hosting and domain name purchased, you can log into your hosting account and have WordPress installed with just a few clicks. After installation is complete, you can login to your WordPress dashboard and start adding content to your site.

Starting a web site of blog of your own can be an exciting and scary time. Exciting because there is a world of opportunity just waiting for you, and scary because many people simply don’t know how or where to get started.

The good news is that there are many different online resources and guides to help you along the way. Such as our how to create a blog tutorial that walks you through the process step-by-step. However, just walking through the process isn’t enough to make you a successful blogger — you also need to pre-plan before your blog launch and make sure you have an idea where you should be headed a few weeks and months down the road.

In the 5 Steps to Starting a Successful Web Site infographic below, we are going to look at the five simple steps every would-be site owner or blogger should look through and consider before actually launching their site.

I’ve also taken the liberty of breaking down each of these methods for you below.

1 – Plan for the Launch of Your Site

The planning phase of your site is so important because it’s the foundation on which your site will lay. Just like a house needs to have a solid foundation and plans in place before getting built, a web site or blog needs to have the same. Your initial site planning should include the niche focus of your site, how you are going to create content and why people will find value in your site.

2 – Build Your Site with Purpose

Once you have an idea for what type of site you want to create, it’s then time to start thinking about the content you would like to create for the site. It’s not just about creating more content to clutter up the internet, instead it’s about providing value and giving people reason to visit your site. In most cases, when people are online they are looking for information, to buy something or to be entertained. Which of these target audiences will your site cater to?

3 – Choose a Solid Hosting Platform

Web sites and blogs can be created in many different ways. WordPress is one of the most common methods for creating a site today. You can create a free site through services like WordPress.com or Blogger.com, or you can go the professional route and register your own domain name and premium hosting, then installing WordPress on your server to create and run your site.

4 – Pick a Domain Name that Represents Your Brand

The domain name of your site should be easy to spell, memorable and also give your audience a good idea of what to expect from your site, without even being there.

When coming up with a domain name for your site, you will likely need to get a big creative, as most of the original and exact match domain names are already taken.

5 – Publish and Go Live with Your Site

The last step of pre-planning and launching your site, is to pull everything we mentioned together and actually going live with your site.

With a domain name registered, web hosting setup and WordPress installed on your server, you are now ready to start posting content to your site.

Generating continuous content for your business is now widely recognized as an important part ofsearch engine optimisation. Online businesses need to be consistently producing articles, blog posts, press releases and content of many other kinds too.

However, despite the majority of business owners understanding the relevancy of content in an SEO campaign, some do not recognise the importance of the quality of this content. They believe if the content they create features a few appropriate keywords and is new, it will receive attention and interest. Those with this view argue the quality of the content they write is not as important as SEO experts state and so put little effort or thought into their writing.

The results achieved by those with this attitude speak for themselves. Website owners who do not regard quality of content as of utmost importance do not achieve top rankings, do not significantly increase the amount of traffic visiting their web pages and do not increase their conversion rates either. This is because quality is in fact of great importance when writing content as part of your search engine optimisation campaign.

Online business markets are extremely competitive and site owners need to find ways to show others their business is the best. They need to build respect and trust for their brand in everything they do and content can play a big part of online reputation management. If you have a great deal of high quality content pertaining to your business available online, others will read it, recognise your business as a company of quality and will be more likely to consider your business again in the future too.

Links are also of huge importance in SEO and the only way to get high quality links to your website is if your content is of a high quality too. No respectable site owner is going to want to link to your site if it is not up to scratch because this sort of association can be damaging. If you have quality content, the links to your site will reflect this and this will get the attention and respect of the search engines.

However, high quality content is not just about developing your brand within the online community or achieving better rankings in the search results. It is the content you create which must communicate with your audience. You have a lot of information to give potential and existing customers and you must do this clearly and effectively if your business is to ever be successful. High quality and well-written content will help you to develop relationships and give others the information they want and require.

If you are told the quality of SEO content is not important, don’t listen. The content you create must always be the best possible so it works appropriately for your SEO campaign and your business.

A blog indeed is an effective way of sharing information with people. But in order for it to run smoothly and be more interactive, a blog today needs to utilize certain plugins.

Not a problem, though, because countless of creative minds passionate about internet technology continue to develop tools to help publishers in their pursuit to bringing relevant and useful information to their target audience. And they don’t create these tools in the hundreds only but in the thousands. In 2014 alone, some 3,200 plugins were listed.

Here are a few of these great plugins that we think can help make your site more user-friendly.

Easy Social Share Buttons

This plugin is an all-in-one social sharing tool. It allows users to share and monitor content on social networking sites.

Easy Social Share Buttons also features 12 native social buttons such as the like, follow and subscribe.

Live Composer Page Builder

This is a page builder but one which uses the frontend of WordPress instead of the backend. It lets you create posts and pages right on the page.

Awesome Gallery

If you have a photo blog or just wanted to create a photo gallery as an added attraction to your blog, the Awesome Gallery plugin is perfect. It will let you build attention-grabbing galleries using images sourced from posts, pages, attachments, Flickr, Facebook and even RSS feeds.

Gravity Forms Styler

If you want to customize your forms, the Gravity Forms Styler is a great plugin to use. It can create attractive styles to the standard fields, advanced fields, titles and descriptions, buttons, form borders, labels and backgrounds.

It is also possible to customize the form confirmation and error messages.

Real 3D FlipBook

Those who have PDF documents and images to share and wish to make their visitors’ browsing experience more unique and unforgettable should consider installing the Real 3D FlipBook plugin. This tool creates a flipbook from a PDF file or from JPEG and PNG images.

To use it, simply enter the URL and immediately, you will be provided with a 3D FlipBook.

Testimonials Showcase

Testimonials are one way of showing to your regular readers and visitors the people who have positive feedback on what you are doing. And if you want to create a section for this, you can get help from Testimonials Showcase.

This tool displays testimonials, reviews and quotes. It features two layout views – the grid and slider.

Essential Grid

This plugin lets you display your blog content in a grid type that can be customized. It’s great for blogs, galleries, portfolios, services, testimonials, product sliders and price tables.

Getting visitors to your new blog might sound a bit tricky at first. No wonder many bloggers get stuck at this step.

Luckily, I’ve grown some blogs into 500,000+ monthly visitors (see image below) and I’ve literally tried every method on the the internet. However, I want to let you know that it didn’t happen overnight and it took a lot of testing, failing and starting all over again.

On my homepage I promised this guide will be an all-in-one resource for beginners, so I felt it essential to include 10 ways to get more traffic to your blog. Without further ado, let’s get the ball rolling.

0) Content is KING – Put effort into your content

This should be your number one task from the beginning. Once you’ve created your blog, you’ll need to write compelling and interesting blog posts. If you are having writer’s block or just don’t know what to write about.

Furthermore, make sure your blog posts consist of:

Information that other people (your blog readers) may not be aware of. It’s even better when it’s valuable and up-to-date.

Help or actual advice that helps your readers to succeed in something particular (for example: I’m writing this post in order to help you get more traffic to your blog).

If possible, add images & videos – people love to browse with their eyes.

Bullet points and well-organised paragraphs are all parts of a good blog post as well as outgoing links to different authority sites/other blogs that give out even more information on this specific topic.

In addition, you can share you own stories or news that might engage your readers from the very beginning.

The longer the better (usually). After blogging for more than four years, I’ve found that longer content gets more shares/likes and links. Keep in mind though, that your ultimate goal is not to stuff your blog posts with fluff and empty words, but rather improving the overall quality with useful, actionable and informative content.

Once you have at least 4-5 compelling blog posts or articles you can start thinking about promoting your blog. If your blog is unfinished and you don’t have much content to read then people will just think “OK, it seems like this blog is a work in progress and there’s not much to read. Perhaps I should come back later.” But here’s the sad truth: they don’t usually come back later.

Conclusion: Believe it or not, content is king. You might drive thousands of people to your blog, but if there’s nothing to read, they will leave and most likely never return.

1) Social Media – Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest

Many bloggers suggest that people use all the mainstream social media channels, such as Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest. However, they don’t tell you how to get more traffic with them. In this guide, I’ll show you how to do that.

Step one: Sign up for Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest with your blog/brand name. For example, if your blog domain/name is “DealingWithMess.com” then you should set up a Twitter account named @DealingWithMess.

Step two: Integrate them with your WordPress blog. You can create pinnable images with this Pin It Button plugin. To display your twitter feed and/or follow button, use this plugin. For Facebook, the best option is to use Custom Facebook Feed.

Step three: Add social buttons below/above your blog posts and pages. For that, you can use any of those plugins: Social buttons plugins.

I know it seems like a lot of work, but this is a great way to get started. Just install the plugins and you’ll see how much more easily shareable your blog will be.

2) Start participating in forums/hangouts

Another great way to get more exposure to your blog is to start communicating with other like-minded people. Just look for forums that are somewhat similar to your blog topic and be active on them.

In short, add your blog link to your bio (on Quora) and in your signature (on forums) and you’re basically set.

Next, take 20-30 minutes each day to comment/give advice on boards and forums. How much traffic would you expect from this method? I’d say 100 visitors per day can be quite a realistic goal at first.

3) Optimize your blog for search engines

Most blog owners don’t optimize their blog for search engines and this is a HUGE mistake. Why? Well, you’re missing out on free traffic that Google can bring to you.

Did you know that every day 1 trillion search queries are being typed into Google? What if some of those search queries end up on your site? Awesome, huh?

To start optimizing your blog with search engines (Google, Yahoo, Bing) – you’ll need to install the Yoast plugin. Here’s a thorough guide for tweaking the Yoast plugin – How to Install and Set up Yoast plugin(2000+ words!)

One more thing – make sure your blog is indexed by Google. If you want to get it listed on Google super-fast.

4) Do some link building

Changing your blog settings and installing Yoast was your first step towards getting more blog visitors from search engines. However, there’s a whole science behind that. In short, to get more search engine traffic to your blog, you’ll need 3 things:

1) Great content – I’d say write blog posts of at least 1000 words and also link out to relevant sources that give value/facts to your readers (you can use WikiPedia).

2) Social shares – Facebook likes, shares, tweets and other social metrics. The more the better, obviously.

3) Incoming links – If a blogger named Jason linked to your blog from his resource page, Google will see you in a better light. So get in touch with other webmasters/bloggers and see if some of your content could provide some value to them, thus they are potentially more open to give you a link from their site/blog.

I did a lot of research and found 3 awesome articles for those 3 factors. Check them out and give it a go!

For creating awesome content that search engines love, check backlinko copywriting lessons (ha, it’s free!)

For getting more tweets, likes and shares check out Neil Patel’s methods on this.

To start linkbuilding to really ramp up your SEO game, have a look at this Moz Guide.  (it’s 20k+ words long and I’ve personally used it).

5) The old and (still) good Guest Posting

Guest posting has been around for a while and it’s still an awesome way to get more traffic and visibility to your blog.

This strategy is a no-brainer to say the least, but I’ve given you some steps to get it going (smoothly and the right way):

A) Find a blog in your niche (Just type “keyword” +”blog” in Google)

B) Get in touch with their webmaster/owner (use their Contact page)

C) Ask them if they would be interested in an awesome guest post about X topic (keep your email short and sweet)

D) If they say Yes, go to step E). If they say No, move on and find another blog.

E) Start writing your guest post (and make sure it’s damn good!). Add some information about you in the Bio section and be ready for new visitors.

I used the exact same email conversations to get in touch with EventManagerBlog.com. Here’s my guest post that I wrote a year ago – How to use WordPress for your event. I still get some referral traffic from that post – awesome, isn’t it?

I know that Matt Cutts (head of Google spam) told us we should reduce guest posts, but he also mentioned that meant guest posts that are solely made for links. What if I told you that the links you get from guest posts isn’t the most important thing?

Proof: A couple of months ago I saw Brian Dean guest post on the HitReach blog about 101 linkbuilding lessons. I loved it, and I started to follow him on Twitter and Facebook. Furthermore, I became an active reader of his blog and I actually bought his course that he was pitching to me.

What did Brian accomplish with that single guest post? In short, he got me on board – as well as many other folks who turned into loyal readers and even buyers.

Should you do that as well? YES!

6) Make a public announcement on your social media profiles

Most people are present on different social media platforms, such as; Facebook, Google+, Twitter and others. Check where you have the biggest number and most active followers and make a public announcement that you’ve started a blog that covers [TOPIC]. Write your industry/niche there and add a link to your blog. The first readers are usually your friends, family and acquaintances. They are easy to catch online.

Here’s an sample of my presence on Google+ :

P.S: Right after I published this on my Google+ account, I started to receive feedback that was excellent! Your friends and colleagues might think that you’ve done a lot of work to set up your blog, but you know the truth – it’s easier than it seems at first glance.

Conclusion: The first few readers are probably your friends. Make sure you let them know about your blog so they can give you feedback and help you make improvements. At the end of the day, you’d want to make your blog the best.

7) Submit your site to famous social bookmarking/discussion sites

You have probably heard about StumbleUpon or Reddit. If not, they are sites where users (yep, you need to register) can share something that they have liked. If you share your blog post and other people “like” it, you will get more exposure. Sometimes great blog posts can go viral out there.

Make sure you publish something awesome in order to get it viral. Here are a couple of sites where you can share your blog posts:

Reddit

StumbleUpon

Digg

Dzone (Mostly web development related)

BizSugar (Mostly business related)

For further reading, check this awesome post by Neil Patel. He explains how you can make your blog post go viral on Reddit.

8) Create videos to land new visitors

Did you know that YouTube is the second largest search engine – but most bloggers never use it the wise way? One simple option is to create a short video or a video series where you talk about one of your recent posts, like a review or a summary. Just make sure you write a comprehensive description under the video and definitely add a link in the first line that directs people to your blog.

I’m sure you’ll land some visitors from time to who will actually become long-term readers. If you’re using a Mac, iMovie is the best software you can use for editing, but here’s a list of alternative options. YouTube is definitely a powerful channel that can be used for traffic acquisition.

9) Become active in Your niche/community

Influencers in the industry gather a lot of attention and traffic. There are many ways to find them but one of the easiest ways is using Topsy.

Go to topsy.com and pick “Influencers”. After that search for keywords that are related to your blog.

I picked “Blogging” and got a list of people who are active and considered to be authorities in the blogging niche. Now, do some research about them.

Check their blog, posts and tweets, and see where you can step in and add value with your comments and discussion. There are several other tools you can use, for example Klout, Twello, Tehnokrati and more.

The easiest way to start interacting is by posting value-adding blog comments to popular posts. Keep in mind that you’ll have to pick recent articles and also the ones where you feel you’re competent and able to say something.

Keep your eye on their social media activity, re-tweet their updates and answer their questions. Connections don’t come overnight; they take time but are totally worth it in the long run.

Conclusion: When you manage to build a relationship with the authorities in your niche, you will start gaining more exposure. And when you do, it’s only matter of time before you also become an authority.

Paid ways to get more traffic to your blog

While search engine traffic, guest-posting and participating in communities takes your time, it does not involve spending any money. Below I’ve included some ways to generate more visitors via paid channels.

I highly recommend you try out free methods first, but if you want to take a step into the paid traffic world, see the options here:

10) Buy ad space

One of the ways to attract more visitors to your blog is to use the BuySellAds.com site. It’s a place where you can see all (not all, but the vast majority) of the sites that offer banner advertising.

Keep searching until you find something relevant to your blog and give it a go. For example, if you are running a tech related blog, use “technology” keyword to find relevant blogs. You can also use “Refine Search” for a more specific search.

11) Try out Google Adwords

You must have seen some ads when you’ve typed a search query into Google. Something like this, perhaps:

Well, this is called Pay Per Click advertising and it’s brought to you by Google Adwords. The good side of this is that you can get unlimited traffic (sort of..), but you’ll need to pay for every click (somewhere between $0.50 to $2.50).

If you think you can generate a positive ROI (return on investment), then give it a go.

Frequently we read two words in blogging world “Crawling” and “Indexing”. On these terminologies, whole world web depends and these are the most important elements of SEO. These are also called Google Crawling and Google Indexing. There are hundreds of millions of website on the internet world, so it is not possible for Google to check every website post by post and then collect it data and show it in returning results in search engines if it is eligible for this. So Google Administration has simple made Googlebot to perform these responsibilities. This Googlebot is searching bot software that Google sends out to circulate from website to website and they collect data from all websites and report back to Google. So process in which Google searchingbot software visits different sites is called crawling. A keyword definition of crawling is “Crawling is a process in which Google searchingbot software visits each and every website, discover new and updated data and report back to Google.” Here Google mean Google Search Engine. Remember! These searching bots are also called “spider”. “Indexing is a process in which the information collected from website by the Google searchingbot software (crawling process) is processed and added to Google Searchable Index”. In simple words indexing is the process of adding your site page in search engine. Googlebot’s crawl visits all those URL’s which were generated during previous crawling process and those sites which are amplified with sitemap data as provided by the webmaster. When Googlebot visits these sites, it collects the information about source links and hypertext reference from the page of the site and also about new created sites, changing in existing sites and dead links. After collecting this information spider report back to Google to index these SRC, HREF and other links.

How Googlebot Access Your Site

Generally Googlebots when visits your site, it download a copy of your page at a time. But if there is any network error, it may be possible that when Googlebot starts downloading a page, network error appears sometime and Googlebot stopped. To download page, Googlebot again starts downloading your site page after some time. So Googlebot access your site once in a day to collect or download the information from your page but it may be appear multiple times to download page if there is any network errors. There is an important point to note that “as webpages increases from time to time, the performance of Googlebots also improves. There are several machines located near site on which the Googlebot is distributed. These Googlebot collect information and report back to Google from where this information sent back to the machines for indexing located near the site. Googlebots try to crawl all pages of your site in once visit without overwhelming your server’s bandwidth. But if it can’t complete crawling process of all pages in once time due to any reason, then it can visit again to crawl remaining pages.

Stop Googlebot to Crawl on Your Site

You can also prevent your confidential and secret content and links from Googlebot to crawl these. You have number of option to block Googlebots to access your confidential and secret files and crawl and index them in search engines. Some of these options are given below.

Use robot.txt

Block URL by password-protecting your service directories

Block Search Indexing with meta tags

Opt-Out of display on Google+ Local, Google Flights, Google Hotels, Google Shopping and Google Advisor. (This option is only applicable on those services which are hosted by Google.com and not applicable for other Google domains.)

These are some option for bloggers and web masters to block the Googlebot/Spider from crawling your site or some specific pages which you want.

Make Your Site Crawlable

In every new minute, there is new website is appearing on web. There are now hundreds of millions of websites on web. So Googlebots discover the new sites and other sites by following the links from page to page. Now you can make your site page Crawlable by removing the crawl errors from your site page. You should also review these crawl errors on regularly basis so you can identify any problem that is with your site. For example you site is not getting traffic despite creating a high quality links and sharing on all available resources like social media. If you are running an AJAX application with content and you also want that it appear in search results then you can do it by reviewing

JAX-based content Crawlable and indexable

Search engine discover the content by following the links from pages to pages. For this purpose Googlebots visits the site and collect all the information about any new uploaded post, old post, broken links, incoming links to site or even any relevant link. After collecting all this information Googlebot report back to Google where after determine the quality, information further processed for search indexing. But sometimes when you have made a website and the delete it, now when Googlebot will visit your site and crawl but it will not found your site. Now when a visitor will search this site, which is removed and not found by Googlebot, then search engine will respond with error “404” or “File Not Found”. Following may other replies by search engine you will receive:

404 Error

File Not Found

HTTP 404

Error 404 Not Found

404 Page Not Found

The requested URL was not found on this Server

404 File or Director Not Found

These were some words which we receive from search engine when search engine can’t find our requested website/URL address.

Common Causes of “404 Error”

There are many reasons due to which search engines could not found an error and reply with 404 errors or file not found. There are many reasons due to which this error occur.

When the searched URL doesn’t exists.

When the searched URL deleted.

When required URL not available for the time being.

When required URL renamed without redirecting from old URL to a new page.

When searched URL moved from another server.

When you written a wrong URL then also occur 404.

When Web service extension or MIME type is disabled.

When virtual directory is mapped to the root of a drive on another server.

If Generative Rule on URL changed.

Wrong Spell in Backlinks

If required URL is prevented by DNS Setting

If required URL is password-protected from Googlebot Access

If required URL is not in Google Index.

These were some causes due to which 404 errors occur and search engine could not find the enquired URL. It may be due to your own mistakes if you have typed a wrong URL or you wrong spelled any URL in address bar. Sometime it occur due to mistake of site owner or blogger because if he wrong spelling of URL in Google index. But sometimes due to one or two digit spelling mistakes, Search engine always shows the relevant results and the URL which are likely near to the enquired URL regarding their spell. I mean if their spellings are same, there is just difference of one or two digits, and then search engine will show those similar URL also.

How to Fix 404 Errors?

In case if required URL is really not existing then you can’t remove this error. Although there are two solutions to remove or fix 404 errors on the reason if URL is working, moved on any other location, renamed without redirecting from Old URL to new URL or any other reason excepting it has been deleted or not exist. One is provided by Microsoft Support while second I suggested.

Best Ways to Increase Website Traffic Free

Solution by Microsoft

To remove this error, first verify that required URL exists or not. Use the IIS Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in to determine where the file requested must exist in the IIS computer's file system. This is mostly significant if the Web site uses a virtual directory (VDIR). A VDIR is a directory that is not contained in the home directory of the Web site, but appears to client browser as though it does. This virtual directory must be mapped to a subfolder on a drive or reference the files by name. For example, assume that the URL that caused the 404 error is

http://Microsoft.Com/Test/File1.htm

and the IIS snap-in shows that for Microsoft.Com Web site, the /Test/ directory is actually a virtual directory that maps to the location of c:\Information on the IIS computer. This means that you must verify that the File1.htm file is located in the c:\Information directory (and that the file name is spelled correctly).

IIS6 Dynamic Content: A 404.2 entry in the W3C Extended Log file is recorded when a Web Extension is not enabled. Use the IIS Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in to enable the appropriate Web extension. Default Web Extensions include: ASP, ASP.net, Server-Side Includes, WebDAV publishing, FrontPage Server Extensions, Common Gateway Interface (CGI). Custom extensions must be added and explicitly enabled. See the IIS 6.0 Help File for more information. IIS6 Static Content: A 404.3 entry in the W3C Extended Log file is recorded when an extension is not mapped to a known extension in the MIME Map property. Use the IIS Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in to configure the appropriate extension in the MIME Map. See the IIS 6.0 Help file for more information. 

TSDesk Resolution to Fix 404 Error

Press F-5 to reload/refresh the page, if error was temporarily occurred, it will fix the matter immediately and will show the required URL/Page.

Check URL. Is there any spell mistake or you have typed a wrong URL. If yes then type the correct URL and go through your required page.

If 404-error is still occurring, go to history of your browsing data and clear up your browser cookies. If you are using Google Chrome simply write “chrome://history/” in web address bar and clear cookies. (Don’t write inverter commas) just write simple chrome://history/

If error removed after following the above mentioned three points then well, and if 404 Error is still occurring then use 301 redirect to remove the 404 error.

Use 301 redirect in step by step as given here:

1. Open Your Webmaster Tools and note down web page links which are error.

2. Open your web service directory.

3. search file “.htaccess” > Edit the file

4. Now enter new error URL, then new URL, as given here: redirect 301 /

http://www.newURL.com/

Or redirect 301 /

http://www.myownsite.com/

5. Similarly place all error URL in .htaccess > file to remove error.

6. Save File and open your webmaster tools again in browser> crawl > all crawl errors > select all URLs > click marked as fixed.

SEO is the most challenging work for any blogger, especially when you want persistent web traffic for your blog. A common question by many bloggers is “why is my blog’s traffic decreasing? ” .The answer to this question is very lengthy and technical because it contains so many reasons. Here are the some majors’ reasons that cause a drop on your blog traffic.

Content is out of date

If your blog posting is related to some special event then there is chance that after the event your traffic will decrease. The reason behind this is that after the event people stop searching for those things that relate to that special event. Things you post become useless or expires until you update it again.

Poor Quality Content

Content quality

is directly proportional to the search engine traffic and ranking. The search engine algorithms also keep checking the quality of the content and if you mix some bad or low quality content in your blog then there is chance that its reduce the overall traffic of the blog.

Copy paste Content

Google and all other big search engines hate copy material and they expect new data and content from publishers’ side. If search engine robots catch your blog involved in copy paste violations then there is a big chance that search engine will spam your site and delete all the links and records of that particular blog.

No Internal linkage

The best technique to make all your blog’s posts indexed in search engines is to create internal links in popular posts. When you put internal links in posts then there is a chance that visitors will also read the other links that you provide in popular posts.

Specific Keywords

If you rank all your blog or majority of your blog’s content on some

specific keywords

then there is chance of decreasing traffic after a change in competition for that keyword. So the best practices of using keywords is that never depend on some special keyword finder tool but try a combination of different tools and different keywords.

Not updating

Without updating, your blog can not survive for a long time in search engine ranking. The competition is very tough and bloggers have to update content and blog almost every day. Blogs that get updated daily get 50% more traffic without any SEO and keywords.

Search Engine Penalty

Change is search engine algorithm sometime decreasing traffic of the blog. The Search engine frequently changes their searching algorithms to catch spam and provide accurate results to the user. So in case your blog is involved in any violations then chances are your

web traffic

Blogging is very wide term and different people use it for different perspective like to

make money

, entertainment, Social campaign and sometime just for making online presence. All these categories and content have their own value and ranked in search engine. Search engine give importance to a website after checking many factors like its daily readers and visitors, the

quality of the content

, the number of post on the blog, and the age of the blog. When a blog fulfill all these requirements then search engine give some extra importance,

traffic

and

rank

to that particular blog.

What is an Authority Blog?

An authority blog is very high quality blog with lot of content and good looking layout. An authority blog is the hub of knowledgeable people or person that helps its readers and they feel glad to read it and share it on social media. The authority blog mostly consists of tutorials both the textual and videos. An authority blog take one direction and very specific to their topics.

Why build an Authority Blog?

There are millions of websites on the internet with lot of content but search engine don’t treat them with respect and deference. The reason is they don’t care about quality content. To improve quality of the blog and its content professional’s blogger make authority blog and enjoy its benefits.  There are some solid reasons why professional bloggers prefer authority blogging

Get High Rank in Search Engine

Capture specific audience

User friendly and customers trusted blog

Organic Traffic from Search Engine

Monetize the site in smart and profitable ways

Social Media supported Content

When all these factors are in same place in a blogger mind then he switch to a authority blog.

How to convert ordinary blog into an Authority Blog

There is too much information on the internet and world doesn’t need any more but they just need one thing and that is trust. Yes provide them information with trust and they will become your loyal fans. The very first step towards authority blogging is trust and setting your directions. I explain this term with an example that if you have a blog related to blogging solutions where you upload solutions related to blog widgets, blog traffic issue and blogger forum then its ok and you are doing good job and you can say it that it’s a part of blog authority. But now if you start upload thing related to film industry and sports then your readers start leaving you because they realize that you are just doing it for money. So always keep in mind your boundary and limitations. If you have this type of fluctuations in your blog then I recommend you to think about it again.

Advantages of Authority Blogging

The biggest advantage of authority blog is that you gain the trust and respect from your loyal fans. When your customers start trusting you then search engine treat your blog with certain respect and value. After achieving the blog authority goal you all enjoy these benefits

Attract target advertiser to your Blog

Establish your large community on all platforms

Generate extra income through different sources

Your competitors start joining and the entire door is open for you

There are two types of blogs on the internet and these are simple blog and the SEO optimized blog. The simple blog contains just text and images without any SEO and they don’t have a good ranking and looking. On the other hand SEO optimize blogs have a good ranking earning and user friendly look and feel. To make a blog fully SEO optimize there are two things one is On-Page SEO and the second is Off-Page SEO techniques. On-Page SEO directly deals with content while off-page SEO has concern with different social sharing sites. Here are some off-page SEO techniques that help you to optimize your blog in search engine and drive tons of visitors to your blog.

Social Networking Sites

Social networking sites are the great source of web traffic. To take the fully advantages of these Social sharing websites and drive visitors to your blog you just need to create social profile on these sites. After signup just regularly share your content and answer the questions of your audience. Make a routine with proper timing share your views on these platforms. The most famous platforms now days for social sharing are Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit, Google+ and YouTube. There are many others social websites too but these are the most famous and have a large online community every time.

Guest Post Writing

Guest post writing is another great way to attract visitors to your blog. The process is very simple you just need to write a quality guest post and submit to any blog and website that accept guest posting. After approval the blog owner will post your content with your profile and site link. Now every time any visitors of that blog read your post there are 80% chances that he will visit your profile and blog too. So I recommend you that you have to write minimum 10 guest post on different blogs that have good Page Rank and good ranking.

Video Marketing

Making video of your blog give a professional looks to your blog. Search engine provide 5 things when a user enter a query for searching some things and these things are , web link, videos, images, books and News. So it’s good idea if your blog also make space in video category. On the end of the video you can provide your blog message and also put the blog link in the description of the video and drive a lot of traffic from this.

Local SEO

Depending upon on your blog content sometime local SEO play an important role and become the reason to drive thousands of visitors to your blog. In Local SEO you just optimize your some blog post and content for some people and some specific places. On the result the people of that area and start promoting your content and sharing it. This is the most successful techniques when specially you add your social business pages with it and start targeting the visitors.

Commenting on other Blog

Commenting on the other blogs with your social profiles also a great way to make you identity more shining on the globe. To take fully advantage from this you just need to write a good meaningful and healthy comment. If blog owner allow href tags then put your URL with keywords.

Write Business Reviews

Writing business reviews about others business boost up to social identity and people start listening your words and in result they also provide you feedback about your work. This things decrease your site bounce rate that is very good thing for your websites and blog. The major business reviews sites are Rateitall, Shvoong, Kaboodle, and Stylefeeder.

Photo Sharing

Search Engine Optimization is very wide term and it never has as consistent formula to follow. On the other hand every blogger and internet marketer wishes to have bulk of traffic to their websites. Search engine is a place where people search their information while blogger and the marketer put it on the sites. Now here competition starts between the bloggers and winners are those who have best keywords in their content. Keywords play an important role in search engine marketing and without it you can never beat your competitors. There are some tips that you have to keep in your mind when you are going to setting an online business lets discuss these points.

Identify Your Audience

The very first thing that you should know very well is “who are your audience”. This will make you clear about your plan and the coverage area. The organize content perform 75% better in both places like search engine and on social media. When you target some keywords of your blog for some specific community and audience then people will join you permanently and you get real audience for lifetime.

Use Keywords finder Tools

Keywords are the queries and words that people use when they want to search some information on the internet. Each search engine has record of these queries and developers and marketers also have access to these queries. The best keywords finder now days are

Google Adwords Keywords Planner

,

Yoast suggestion

and

Google trends

. There are also many paid keywords finders that have good result. But if you goes with these three free keywords finders with your good content then certainly you will get brilliant results.

Type of Keywords

Keywords are the main source of any website traffic. Keywords tool for blog give you a brief introduction about the keywords that are relevant to your content. You can’t have good keywords in your blog if you just copy and paste Keywords from Key Planner or Yoast and put them in your site or content. There are many types of keywords and you should use all these with proper frequency and words density. Some keywords consists only one word, these keywords have very high competition and you can’t make your place there easily. These keywords provide a fine amount of

web traffic

and sometime exist in your site comments section too. The second type of keywords consists of 2 to 4 words and these keywords are most relevant to your sites. These types of keywords provide 50% above traffic to the website and they have an average competition. The third type is Long Pro Keywords and the most important keywords of any website, blog or content. The

Long tail pro keywords

have very low competition and that why they provide 70%+ traffic to your website if you used them correctly.

CONCLUSION