As many of you know, Search Engines are the most substantial source of traffic for almost any blog on the web. The blogs without any traffic from Google will never have the chance to be shared with the world. In order to increase your traffic, you must optimize your blog so that Search Engines are attracted to it. Which is also known as SEO (Search Engine Optimization).
So here is a list of useful SEO sites where you can learn how to harness the power of google :
Courtney Tuttle
Join Courtney's Internet Marketing School and you will definitely gain vital knowledge when it comes to search engine optimization.
The Keyword Academy
This is personally my favorite SEO site run by Courtney Tuttle and Mark Butler. You'll learn more in one of their posts than you will in 50 of Darren Rowse's Posts.
Grizzly's Online Blog
He's got some great strategies for making an income online along with useful SEO tips.
Search Engine Land
Search Engine Land is a hub for news and information about search engine marketing, optimization and how search engines work for searchers.
Daily Blog Tips
Improve your blog with Daily Blog Tips. A fast paced blog featuring articles on blog design, SEO, promotion, monetization and more
Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO
talk about Google, SEO, and Gadgets. But mostly Google.
SEOmoz
Search Engine Marketing News & Tips
Search Engine Journal
Pronet Advertising
Pronet Advertising is a weblog about Neil Patel's personal experiences in online marketing.
Search Engine Guide
The small business guide to search engine marketing. Articles from the top names in the industry cover topics including SEO, PPC, SEM, blogging, social media, adsense, adwords, Google, Yahoo, MSN and Internet marketing.
Online Marketing Blog
All about the intersection of search engine & social media marketing
Marketing Pilgrim
Andy Beal discusses news from the search engine industry, blogging, rss and other internet marketing.
Search Engine Watch
Search Engine Watch provides news and tips about search engine marketing (SEM), search engine optimization (SEO), and searching the Web. We offer daily news & analysis of the search industry, including the latest on Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Ask.
Get Elastic
Ecommerce articles on internet retail, online marketing, social media, SEO, and killer ecommerce tips from Elastic Path Software; Featuring the Get Elastic ecommerce podcast - conversations with ecommerce industry insiders.
Web Analytics World
Manoj Jasra's insight on Web Analytics and the Search Marketing Industry. Also including Interviews, Technology Reviews and Podcasts
BlogStorm
Search engine optimization & internet marketing blog
Small Business SEM
Small Business SEM by Matt McGee | SEO and Marketing Discussion for Small Businesses
SEO Scoop
SEO Scoop is a popular search engine optimization blog that focuses on SEO tips, theories and news.
Search Engine Roundtable
Search engine optimization news and resources
By default Blogger displays the blog title first, followed by the name of the post. As you might notice this is not good when it comes to SEO. It's important for the name of the post to come before the name of your blog, especially when it comes to google search results. Learn how to make your post title show up first so that you can reel in more traffic from the search engines.
Why Change the Titles?
It's quite important to have the Post Title + Blog Title arranged accordingly because this is how you would want your blog to be displayed on google's search results. This way more people will click on your link when searching google because the post title is more relevant than your post name.
Example Google Search Results:
You are most likely to click on the bottom image when searching google for the keywords "image reflection generator". The reason being is that your mind reads text from left to right. So it makes sense to have the more important title on the left.
How to Change the Titles:
- Go to Layout>edit HTML in your Blogger dashboard.
- Search for this tag: <title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title>
- Replace this tag with the following code:
- Save your template and you should see the results in your web browser as depicted in the images below.
- It may take a few days for the changes to show up on the google search results. I guarantee you that you will start receiving more traffic from google once you are re-indexed!
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "index"'> <title><data:blog.title/></title> <b:else/> <title><data:blog.pageName/> | <data:blog.title/></title> </b:if>
