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Category: SEO

  • Yoast SEO WordPress: Installing and Basic Setup

    Yoast SEO WordPress plugin

    The WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin allows you to manage most SEO aspects of your WordPress site, such as Google Analytics and Bing Webmaster integration, streamlining the process of creating content on your site, social integration (Facebook OpenGraph, Twitter, Google+), XML sitemap, RSS, import & export, just to name a few. By now, you may even be under the impression that it’s the only plugin you need for your SEO needs. Unfortunately, it’s not the case and you do need to install and configure other SEO plugins for your WordPress site. That said, the plugin DOES cover most of your on-page SEO needs. (more…)

  • Why SEOs Should Use Boomerang for Gmail

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    Are you usually reluctant to manage your emails because it’s so overwhelming that you’d rather have somebody shoot you in the face? Well, it does NOT have to be that way. Thing is, you can install the Boomerang gmail add-on that allows you to handle your email like a boss. You’ll never have to constantly use your Google Calendar over and over again. For starters, it’s not exactly convenient for email reminders. And secondly, there’s a better way to do that. Before we go any further, I godda tell you one thing. It’s not a free add-on, but it’s totally worth it if you have to wade through your email inbox day in and day out. (more…)

  • What is the Difference Between Off Page SEO and On Page SEO

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    What the heck is the difference between on-page and off-page SEO? Thing is, it’s kinda easy to see the difference because on-page SEO is basically what you do on your own site to improve rankings whereas off-page SEO is what you do on other sites to improve your search engine rankings. This post tackles the issue of basic and in-depth on-page SEO. You’ll get to know what WordPress plugins, software and on-line services you may want to use. Other than that, you’ll get a general idea of what off-page SEO is. Plus you’ll learn what off-page SEO methods work nowadays. Now let’s take a closer look at each of them. (more…)

  • How to Find Google Synonyms to Make Your Copy More Natural

    How to Find Google Synonyms to Make Your Copy More Natural

    Google synonyms is a new thing. Back in the day, SEOs suggested using your keyword a specific amount of times within a page copy to achieve the best SEO results. Those days are long gone. Now you can (and should) use your keyword as natural as possible. Don’t stuff your copy with your keyword like crazy because you actually harm your search engine rankings with overused keywords. Instead, you may want to use your keyword synonyms because it adds up to the relevancy of your copy and you’re not overusing your keyword at the same time. For starters, you probably want to know how you can find Google synonyms. (more…)

  • How to Use Your WordPress XML Sitemap (+Video)

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    Heard about that mysterious WordPress XML sitemap file, but never had the chance to learn how it works? How to configure it? And why you actually need it for your site? This post is just about that and way more. You can even watch a video from the SEO Crash Course for WordPress Users I’m currently working on. Just click here and you’ll learn what your WordPress XML sitemap does, how to configure and use it with your site. You just need to share your email address as a thank you because the course the video is from is not free. In case you actually prefer reading, just click the read more button and keep on reading the amazing stuff I put together for you. (more…)

  • Unnatural Links Penalty and How to Fix (Outbound Version)

    Unnatural-Links-Penalty

    Got an unnatural links penalty from Google and losing money because of that? Your site was PR7, but now it dropped to PR3? Sounds familiar? This post explains why it’s good that you got penalized, what other revenue streams to consider and how to have that penalty revoked so that you’re happy again. You’ll learn how it works in real life because I based this article on the case that I personally worked on. True story! As a matter of fact, it happened just a few weeks ago. It goes without saying that I won’t disclose the name of the site, but it’s a very well-known one. So, you can consider this article to be a practical guide as well. Now. let’s get the ball rolling. (more…)

  • 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 Effective SEO Strategy Trends for 2018

    5 Effective SEO Strategy Trends for 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…)

  • 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 Get a Bigger Bang from Articles on Web 2.0 Properties

    Web 2.0 Properties

    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?

    SEO Podcasts

    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…)

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