Why Every Blogger Needs SEO – Even You

May 22, 2014 by: 12

 

 

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If you don’t plan on monetizing your blog and/or optimizing it, do you really need search engine optimization (SEO)? After all, the best practices can be confusing and time-consuming, and conditions and tactics are constantly changing.

Keeping on top of the action can be a nightmare. But the answer is yes: No matter what type of blog you have or the goals you have in mind, SEO should be a part of your blog strategy.

The purpose of SEO isn’t necessarily to help you make money as a website owner, although it can be a welcome side effect if that’s your goal. The purpose is to match the most potential readers with the websites that interest them.

That requires SEO because otherwise you might as well have a private blog that nobody reads. If you have a public blog, you want people to read it.

SEO for audiences

If you’re blogging about your low carb recipes, you want to make sure that when someone Googles “low carb recipes corn bread,” and you have such a recipe on your site, it comes up in the first few search results.

If it doesn’t, other sites have probably whipped up something similar and readers will never find your blog or the wonderful dishes you’ve tested and slaved over. SEO is a tool for website owners and seekers to share information.

If you’re “just a writer” or “just want to share your photos,” that’s fine, but SEO still isn’t something that’s optional. Not understanding the basics, such as how to pinpoint the most relevant keywords (which you can get via Google Analytics), or what black-hat tricks are and why you need to avoid them, you might be damaging your online reputation.

Striking a balance

This doesn’t mean you have to depend on the services of an SEO professional or firm, though experts can dramatically improve your SEO strength. But it does mean you need to understand that site design, load time, and quality content with organically placed keywords all matter.

Getting the SEO basics down means you can attract more readers and share the information you’re so diligently posting more effectively. Remember that it’s not supposed to be an extra burden, but a tool that connects you with your desired readers.

Before you write each commentary, select a handful of the most relevant keywords and treat the finished piece as a puzzle into which you will fit them naturally. Spend some time each month improving site design or testing it (for free) on different platforms, and you’ll be on the right track.

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    12 Comments on "Why Every Blogger Needs SEO – Even You"

  1. Thanks for sharing post.If blogger wants more traffic then seo helps to do this. You can increase your website rank with the help of seo.

  2. Why Every Blogger Needs SEO – Even You because he can improve the ranking

  3. Vishal says:

    There is no use of website without seo. Now a days everyone is trying to rank website first position. So every businessman need to do seo of there website. Nice Post. Thanks you very much.

  4. Soni says:

    SEO is a very important part of online marketing and without seo website is most likely to never achieve success.

  5. Prabhat says:

    You have explained very important points that SEO can help blogger as well others. Search engine optimization plays an important role, now-a-days, while we talk about on organic search traffic. It is very nice topic that you covered.

    Thank You.

  6. puneet says:

    One method of acquiring better SEO is posting in blog comments and this acquiring the SEO benefit of the link. But this generally helps when the comment is related to the blog topic and not done arbitrarily. So I wouldn’t recommend random blog commenting though it can be done on a trial and error basis and the SEO results observed.

  7. aamir says:

    Thank you for sharing great article.

    if i daily do blog post in my website about anything related to my keywords and give the anchor text on some keywords does it really helpful??

  8. Naina says:

    Nice information, Thanks for sharing this post.
    SEO services are considered to be one of the best deals for the businesses who are looking for internet or digital marketing. Our Seo company in pune target things differently sometimes structural SEO, PPC, FB ads or improve Social Presence via SMO, mobile friendly website or a mix of multiple strategies.

  9. marycury says:

    Yes it is absolutely correct.Thank you for sharing this article.

  10. Daphney says:

    If someone wants to create an image of their own, they have to structure their blog well. With proper SEO planning, your blog can really reach great heights.

  11. Nikhil says:

    Its requirement for today’s world if you want best business its mandatory to visible 1st on search engine results for that purpose we give helping hand to small scale business as well as large scale business to grow.
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  12. Frank says:

    Great post.
    Thanks for sharing this post.

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