What is the secret to effective search engine optimization? Keyword research? Link Building? The fact is that having the right plan for effective search engine optimization is key to building your search engine traffic.
Effective Search Engine Optimization Steps
- Put together a plan of action. The fact is that without planning your SEO strategy it is like hoping and praying that when you call your first prospect they will be your million dollar client. Not generally going to happen. Instead, you need to decide how to get the most out of your SEO . My plan is surprisingly enough based on content. Every day I am putting out content that creates effective search engine optimization.
- The best way to get the most out of your content is to create content that is keyword based. 80% of the posts that I create have a keyword that helps my search engine traffic. For additional information on how to do better keyword research take a look at The Magic of Keyword Analysis.
- The final component to effective search engine optimization is link building. There are a number of ways to do this. Two of my favorite link building activities are article writing and blog commenting. Article creation is a great way to add backlinks. Writing articles on Ezine Articles, Go Articles, and other directories is great, because you get the backlinks from these websites, plus the traffic that these sites have built up over the years. Blog commenting is great, because whenever I read someone else’s post online I can learn from these posts and also comment on them for additional backlinks to my site.
Once you have implemented these strategies just keep doing them. The reality is that effective search engine optimization is not hard, it just takes time to develop.
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Hello Andy, doing a plan of action is a great idea, as well as keeping records of where you’ve posted, or placing a tracking link in your articles, so you can see which ones got the most traffic. Have a great day Andy! Regards from Julieanne
Julieanne,
The other great thing is with some article directories they help you with tracking also, so you know which articles have the most clicks and views also. I completely agree with you that tracking is essential to your plan.
Andy
Hey, Andy! I keep hearing about the article writing thing, and think I just need to be on that. Thanks for the reminder. I bet I can come up with something. I think. I’m pretty sure.
Oh, and I’m just waiting for my proof to come back on my book, so will contact you regarding your services shortly!
God bless,
TK
TK,
Article writing has definitely helped me. I still get 10 people every day checking my articles on Ezine with only 5 articles in the past 9 months. Let me know what you need from me. Thanks!
Andy
I haven’t tried search engine optimization before. It is because most of them required payment before anything else. But I have tried google keyword tool, which helps me find the right keywords for a certain post.
Margaret,
Google Keyword Tool is definitely a great way to start your SEO. Make sure to start doing link building as well.
Andy
Good stuff Andy
I am amazed of the variety of methods that I have seen on how to get backlinks, some I never would have thought possible and have to think does it really work. And of course some are totally white hat but of course there are the gray and the black out there, some extremely powerful stuff when implemented.
The concept of keywords and the research and everything that went into it short tail, long tail etc was something I didn’t get and just brushed off then I saw the power of it and what is possible. It sure opened my eyes.
CJ,
It takes a while for people to open their eyes to the power of SEO. I was the same way. Believe me it was not an instantaneous thing.
Andy
Nice post Andy,
creating an effective – strong plan is a must for any SEO strategy. Keyword analysis must be done so your will know what keywords to add on your website content. Thats a few simple steps for every SEO beginner.
Kostas,
Agreed! Keyword analysis goes hand in hand with creating a strong plan!
Andy