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  • How to Use the Robots.txt File with WordPress

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    Not sure how to use your robots.txt file? Believe it or not, it’s one of the most important files in terms of SEO. You need to use the file to specify which sections of your site should and which should not be accessible to search engines. For example, you don’t need the wp-admin directory to be crawled and indexed by search engines because it’s intended for internal use only. Robots.txt is a plain text (.txt) file that should be placed in the root directory on your server, which means you need to place it in the same folder where you have your website files and folders on the server. You need to specifically call it robots.txt . Otherwise it won’t work. (more…)

  • Quick On-Page SEO Check-up with Pineberry

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    Sick and tired of explaining your customers or outsourced employees how to do on-page SEO check-up? If it’s your case, you most def need to watch the video that I got here for you. Thing is, it coaches you through the process of checking on-page SEO. Plus you’ll learn how to understand resulted reports. The Pineberry SEO tool is an on-line application so you won’t have to install anything on your hard drive. The only caveat you need to keep in mind is that the tool is in Swedish by default. So, you’ll have to switch over to the English version, but that’s not a big deal. I’m done with my brief interlude. Just click the Read more button to watch the video. (more…)

  • 5 Trends in SEO Strategies That Are Effective in 2018

    5 Trends in SEO Strategies That Are Effective in 2018

    We are in the year 2018. Businesses that are conducted on the internet are still competing for a market share. In fact, the competition is becoming stiffer every day. Every business wants to rank high in the search engine results. The use of SEO is inevitable. However, most businesses are in a dilemma because they are not seeing any considerable results despite using some of the most promising SEO strategies. (more…)

  • Beautiful & Elegant WordPress Themes

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    This post offers you the most beautiful & elegant WordPress themes out there. The look and feel of the templates is just awesome. You can create all sorts of websites with the designs. Regardless of what exactly you use a specific theme for, your web site will look convincing and professional. And that’s basically what everyone wants in our day and age. Your client wants a design that will allow him to earn top dollar. If you offer him a design or two of this quality, he’ll be more eager to shell out quite a bit. What’s more, your customer can easily edit his web site because all the templates are WordPress themes. (more…)

  • How to Use Keyword Planner (real quick)

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    Got confused what happened to the Google Keyword Tool and not sure what to do once you’re redirected to the brand new Keyword Planner thing? I got you covered. Thing is, Google decided to discontinue their Keyword Tool and gives us the Keyword Planner instead. You’ll learn what’s new in the tool and how it can help you with your keyword research. R.I.P Google Keyword Tool. Long live the new Keyword Planner! You may either like the new king… I mean tool or not, but it’s something that we’ll have to live with for at least a few years (judging from the previous major update frequency). So, you mos def need to learn how to use the brand new tool. (more…)

  • Demographics Pro is Awesome: Guilty as Charged

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    This time I’d like to share a really nice and somewhat spooky tool that you can use to find out what kind of followers you have on Twitter. If you have a blog and you want to offer your customers what they want or what they are most likely to want, this tool allows you to do exactly that. Unfortunately, it’s not free, but you can try it out for 30 days. You’ll be blown away by what the tool makes it possible to find out about. This tool is for everybody who wants to know what makes their Twitter audience tick. You’ll be able to use the data to fine tune your content strategy in a more intricate way than ever before. (more…)

  • How to Make a Magazine Online in No Time

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    Really obsessed with the idea to create an online magazine, but you’re not exactly sure how to go about doing that? This post is just about that. You’ll learn what features you definitely need for your online magazine design so that it looks and works as your readers expect. What’s more, I’ll review a sample WordPress design that we’ll have all the features that you’ll find mentioned in the post. As a matter of fact, there are two ways to go about it. You can either just use a specific online magazine platform that allows you to get your site off the ground really fast or actually use WordPress. Both options have both cons and pros… (more…)

  • How to Get a Bigger Bang from Articles on Web 2.0 Properties

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    Sure thing, I would not recommend relying on Web 2.0 properties too much because that sort of SEO is ether downright black or at least grey hat SEO, but if you do it anyway, you need to do it right. Thing is, it’s not enough to just create an account with, say, WordPress.com or Blogger.com and just add an article that has plain text and a back link to your site. There’s actually more that you need to do in order to make your article look (and be) a creditable one. Once you’re done with reading the post, you’ll be able to create and publish high-quality Web 2.0 articles. If you’re already on the dark side, make sure to do it professionally. 🙂 (more…)

  • Why and How to Make a Perfect SEO Snippet

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    If you want people to click your snippet in search result pages more often, you’re reading the righ article. Making your site rank high enough for target keywords is not all the game. I mean, sure thing it’s an extremely important aspect. Especially if you were able to get it to the top of page one. But there’s more. Thing is, there are lots of websites out there that just seem not to get it. For the most part, people just fix their on-page SEO and start doing off-page without actually paying enough (if any) attention to how their sites look when the user actually sees them in SERPs (search result pages). That said, you should be dying to learn how to fix it. (more…)

  • Which SEO Podcast to Listen to?

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    Would you like to do whatever you like to and still be in the know about everything new and dandy in the world of SEO? Guess what?! That’s actually possible. You can commute, cook, jog, do the laundry, be on a date (well, perhaps not this one)… and still learn new things about SEO. How come? Well, you can just subscribe to SEO podcasts and listen to them whenever you get a chance. Unfortunately, there’s not too many of them, but those that are available out there are just gem. So, this post offers you the nitty-gritty from the world of podcasts on search engine optimization. Rest assured you’ll want to subscribe to some of them right after reading the post. (more…)

  • Free SEO That You Can Start Doing Now

    Free SEO

    Not ready to invest money in your site’s SEO, but you desparately need it done? As a matter of fact, there’s a way out. You just need to make sure that you have some time to invest in that. If you do have time, read on the article and you’ll learn what you can do to bump up your site rankings with no money spent. I’ll touch on methods like blog commenting, forum posting, and guest posting. Most likely you’re heard or even done some of them, but I’m sure that you’ll find my tips useful ‘coz they are based exclusively on experience with real life projects. And again, it’s free SEO that you can do without spending a dime. (more…)

  • How to Create a Kinja Account

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    Kinja.com is a well-known platform that hosts a whole lot of sites such as Gizmodo, Lifehacker and other well-know online brands. Its home page PR is 4 and Domain Authority is 67. So, you want to get a link from that domain to give Google and other major search engines more reasons to consider your site to be a reputable and decent resource. Keep in mind that you need to have a ready article that you’ll use for creating a blog post with your Kinja account. In case you don’t have such an article, you may want to create it on your own or make use of my content creation services.

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  • Guest Posting on Quality Blogs

    Guest Posting on Quality Blogs

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    Need to get backlinks from a reputable site, but got no time for that? I’m guest posting for WebDesy.com all the time. So, I build relationships with all kinds of bloggers who accept guest posts. Once I have a post published on their sites, they get back to me and ask if I have anything else to publish. The problem is that I need just one link from a domain. So, guest posting with a backlink from the same blog to my site again does not really make much sense. And suddenly the following idea crossed my mind. What if I guest post for other people and put backlinks to their sites? If that sounds interesting, check out my last guest posts below. (more…)

  • How to Create a WunderGround Account

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    This time another tutorial on creating an account for SEO benefits. Wunderground.com (PR 8, DA 97) allows to create two sorts of links. You’ll be able to add your link either in the Recommended Links section or in a blog post that you need to make on your brand new blog. If you want to go for the second option, make sure to write an article that you’ll use because you’ll need unique and relevant content. By the way, if you don’t have a unique article, you can make use of my services or just get your creative juices flowing and create your own. (more…)

  • OpenCart SEO for the Rest of Us

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    OpenCart SEO is in demand nowadays because this ecommerce CMS is taking the world by storm. This OpenCart SEO guide touches on how to set up your store in the best way possible. Since it’s an ecommerce platform, owners of OpenCart stores take SEO issues into serious consideration. That’s because a good SEO fit store can bring tons of prospects. And that’s during a very long period of time. So, once you have everything properly set-up, you can just add more products and categories to your store. The built-in OpenCart SEO features will take care of the rest. Let’s take a closer look at the OpenCart SEO tutorial on how to make that happen. (more…)