How to Interlink Your Blog Posts

Posted on December 9, 2015December 27, 2015 by sitemanager

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Looking to interlink your blog posts together? While WordPress has dozens of helpful features built directly into the framework, it does not have an interlinking feature. With that said, there's a quick and easy solution that will allow bloggers such as yourself to create internal links. What is Interlinking? Before we reveal the steps to interlinking blog posts, let's first discuss the definition of the term. "Interlinking" refers to the process of creating internal, not external, links to other posts and pages on a website. Links can generally be classified as either external, meaning t...

6 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting My First Blog

Posted on December 2, 2015December 15, 2015 by sitemanager

Blog Competition is Stiff To say there's a lot of competition in the blogging stratosphere would be an understatement. While there's no way to tell exactly how many blogs are currently on the Internet, some sources estimate the number to be around 152 million. If you plan on getting noticed, you'll need to focus your blog around a high-traffic, low-competition niche; otherwise, you simply won't achieve any serious degree of success. You'll Need to Moderate Visitor Comments Assuming you allow visitors to submit comments (and you should!), you'll have to invest the necessary time and energy i...

5 Easy Ways to Boost Your Blog’s Traffic

Posted on November 7, 2015November 8, 2015 by sitemanager

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Traffic is a direct indication of a blog's success. If a blog receives little-to-no traffic, it's not going to gain any momentum for its respective niche. But how exactly do you encourage people to visit and engage themselves on your blog? Share Posts on Social Media One of the easiest ways to boost your blog's traffic is to share new posts on social media. Whenever you publish a new post, log into your Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ profiles and link back to it. Assuming you have a decent number of followers, this will give your new posts an initial burst of traffic. And in some cases it ma...

Best Title and Description Length for Blog Posts?

Posted on October 30, 2015November 7, 2015 by sitemanager

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Title and meta descriptions are an essential component of on-site SEO. When optimizing your blog for higher search rankings, you should create unique titles and meta descriptions for each page. The meta description is used to describe the content of a webpage to search engines -- and it's also used when creating search listings -- whereas the title tag is generally used by search engines to create a snippet of the page as part of its search listing. But how long should you make the title and meta descriptions for your blog posts and pages? Why Title and Description Length is Impor...

Free vs Paid WordPress Themes: Which Should I Choose?

Posted on October 28, 2015November 1, 2015 by sitemanager

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One of the reasons why WordPress is such a popular blogging platform is because it supports the use of interchangeable templates known as themes. Rather than coding a new blog design from scratch, you can simply download and activate a theme. Within seconds, your blog will have a new appearance while still retaining all of its existing content. But should you choose a free or paid/premium theme for your WordPress theme? Attribution Links It's not uncommon for free themes to contain attribution links in the footer. These are classified as site-wide links, meaning they show up on ever...

Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting My First Blog

Posted on October 23, 2015October 25, 2015 by sitemanager

You Can Schedule Posts for Future Publishing We all know the importance of publishing new blog posts on a regular basis -- well, most people know this, at least. But what if you are unable to log into your blog to create a new post every couple of days? Thankfully, WordPress, Blogger, Tumblr, and other popular blogging platforms have a post scheduling feature. Using this feature, you can schedule your posts to be published at a later date, eliminating the need to manually log into your blog to publish them. Visitor Comments Matter Blogs are unique in the sense that they place an emphasis on...

What are Sitelinks and How do I Create Them?

Posted on October 20, 2015October 25, 2015 by sitemanager

This is a question that many bloggers and webmasters ask. Sitelinks are often touted as a useful tool for increasing a website's search engine visibility while subsequently attracting more visitors to it. But what exactly are sitelinks and how do they work? Sitelinks Defined Sitelinks are essentially nothing more than internal links that are displayed underneath a Google search listing. If you search for the keyword "Amazon," for instance, you'll notice several different sitelinks, including "Books," "Your Account," "Amazon Prime," etc. Each of these sitelinks takes the user to its respec...

The 10 Commandments of Blogging

Posted on October 19, 2015October 25, 2015 by sitemanager

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#1) Thou Shall Not Use Duplicate Content While Google has said that small amounts of duplicate content won't cause any major problems, blogs that contain mostly duplicate content may suffer from lower search rankings. There's nothing wrong with using quotes or legal jargon that's found elsewhere on the web, but the bulk of your blog's content should be unique. #2) Thou Shall Not Engage in Link Schemes What exactly is a link scheme? Basically, it's any link that was created outside of the boundaries of Google's Webmaster Guidelines. This includes paid links, excessive reciprocal links, links...

Should I Make My Blog Private?

Posted on October 16, 2015October 18, 2015 by sitemanager

There are certain cases in which a blogger may wish to make his or her blog private. If you are a new parent, for instance, you may wish to post photos of your newborn on your blog for friends and family members to see, but not the general public. Private blogs are also used for collaboration projects in which two or more people work on a single project together. Of course, there are just a few of the many reasons why bloggers prefer to maintain private blogs instead of open/public blogs. Search Rankings and Privacy It should go without saying that you won't be able to effectively rank a pri...

How to Make Your Blog Stand Out

Posted on October 10, 2015October 18, 2015 by sitemanager

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While the exact number remains unknown, some sources have estimated there to be roughly 152 million blogs on the Internet. Whether it's in the automotive niche, healthcare, e-commerce, fitness, fashion, etc., you can find a blog covering just about every topic under the sun. Unfortunately, the massive amount of competition makes it difficult for newcomers to make a name for themselves, which is why it's important to distinguish your blog from the rest. So, what can you do to make your blog stand out? Be Personal The term "blog" was initially used to describe a person's online journal. Wh...

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