3 Proven SEO Tips for Bloggers

You recently purchased a domain name and got a blog hosted on it. With a hot cup of coffee in your hand and the beautiful weather outside your window, you are shown a blank white screen to write the first ever post for your blog.


Do not get me wrong, but this is the most crucial time for you to face. The question you could be asking yourself is "What do I write?"

I have been confronted with this challenge. To answer this question, you have to be very sure of a specific niche on which you shall be blogging on regular basis. I am a regular blogger and chose Social Media Marketing as my niche to write regularly.

Whenever you are starting your first blog post, it is a pain in the neck to get loyal readers and followers. Nobody has the time to read your blog. However, as weeks pass by in blogging, you are gradually getting used to this habit. As such, by this time you should have developed a loyal list of readers ready to read and engage with your blog posts.

Now that you have become a successful blogger, it becomes even more difficult to churn out unique content regularly. In this article, I shall be sharing with you my personal tips of blogging that are in demand today. Today, it is not about getting the right keywords, but getting them in the right place naturally. Here are some of the SEO tips for bloggers that I am sharing with you:

1. Research other blogs - When you are writing for the audience, you are actually writing for search engines. When you write quality content based upon research from other blogs, search engines are most likely to place your blog on top of SERPS. No need to purchase expensive keyword tools as they are not relevant for a blogger. Google AdWords Keyword Tool is more than enough to know the trends of searching. Do not think about maintaining keyword density either. You are doing well enough if your content is well-researched and well-written.

2. Integrate Google Analytics with your website - The best tool I have ever used in analyzing the impact of unique content is Google Analytics. Regardless of any CMS that you are using, integrating Google Analytics is a matter of few minutes only. You are given a big picture of your website so that you can study your visitors and traffic trends. You can see your website's bounce rate, as well as the percentage of new visitors coming to your website daily.

3. Sharing is caring - I believe the phrase "Sharing is caring" actually works quite well on social media websites. Today, nothing is as important as sharing your blog posts on social media platforms like Google Plus, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest. SEO and social media now go hand-in-hand. Do a research of your favorite consumer brand, music artist or even a retailer shop. You would find their Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn pages as well. Search engines are giving importance to websites sharing content on social media platforms. Why don't you create a Facebook page and share your content as you post on your website? I have done the same and got a lot of followers.

AdSense in post for blogger

METHOD 1: Using Default Blogger Widgets

1.remove all adsense widgets/codes from ur blog
2.go to layout –> page elements
3.click on edit for blog posts
4.enable ads in blog posts, choose the ad template u want
5. now go to edit html
6. check ‘Expand Widget Templates’
7. search for the following lines
Code:

<b:if cond=’data:post.includeAd’>
<data:adEnd/>
<data:adCode/>
<data:adStart/>
</b:if>

8.cut it and paste on notepad
9. modify it to
Code:

<div style=’float:left;’>
<b:if cond=’data:post.includeAd’>
<data:adEnd/>
<data:adCode/>
<data:adStart/>
</div>

10. now find this line
Code:

<div class=’post-body entry-content’>

11. paste our modified code below this line
12. make sure the next line after our code is
Code:

<data:post.body/>

13. click on save template, u r done!!
u can now add more adsense widgets to the sidebar or wherever as required

the problem with this method is that u cant track the ads individually
so for performance tracking use method 2

METHOD 2: Using Adsense codes

1. Make sure u have disabled show ads in post option
2. from the adsene site create an ad, with the size and template desired. add it to a channel to track its performance
3. copy the created adsense script on notepad as we need to modify it a bit
dont worry this is not going to be against their TOS
4. now modify
< with &lt;
> with &gt;
” with &quot;
5. the final output should look something like this
Code:

&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt;&lt;!–
google_ad_client = &quot;pub-0000000000000000&quot;;
google_ad_width = 336;
google_ad_height = 280;
google_ad_format = &quot;336x280_as&amp;amp;quot;;
google_ad_type = &quot;text&quot;;
google_ad_channel = &quot;&quot;;
google_color_border = &quot;FFFFFF&quot;;
google_color_bg = &quot;FFFFFF&quot;;
google_color_link = &quot;000000&quot;;
google_color_text = &quot;000000&quot;;
google_color_url = &quot;000000&quot;;
//–&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;
src=&quot;http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js&quot;&gt;
&lt;/script&gt;

6.add <div style=’float:left;’> and </div> to the top and bottom respectively
7.go to edit html–>click expand widgets
8. find
Code:

<div class=’post-body entry-content’>

and paste our code below this line like steps 10,11,and 12 of method 1 above
9. save template, u r done!

this method can be used for any ads not just the ones in the post
just make sure u modify the code as said