{"id":5,"date":"2013-02-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/jdesjar\/2-easy-seo-tricks-for-your-blog\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T04:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T04:27:18","slug":"2-easy-seo-tricks-for-your-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/jdesjar\/2-easy-seo-tricks-for-your-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Easy SEO Tricks for Your Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Let me start by saying the most important and easy SEO<\/strong> trick to know is writing good quality content every day. Or as often as possible.<\/p>\n

There is simply no better way to generate traffic to your website than to write original content. This is the hard part and the reason many bloggers fail and quit early. Keep at it and be\u00a0consistent. The results will follow.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s assume you\u2019re already writing in your blog and want to get better results. Here are 2 easy SEO<\/strong> tricks that will make all the difference. Please know that these strategies are for people who are serious about generating traffic to their blog over a long-term. For short term success, you may consider PPC (Pay-Per-Click) advertising.<\/p>\n

These are easy SEO tricks that if you do, it will increase your expose dramatically in search results. Some of these tricks are exclusively for WordPress.<\/p>\n

Easy SEO Trick #1: On-page SEO<\/h2>\n

Step #1 \u2013 Topic Research<\/h3>\n

Choose a focused topic for your blog that is something people actually WANT to read about. It can be anything at all but my\u00a0favourite\u00a0categories are: Current events and hot topic discussions because many people are searching<\/strong> for these topics online.\u00a0Summarize\u00a0the topic as a keyword. For example on this post, my keyword is Easy SEO<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Step #2 \u2013 Keyword Research<\/h3>\n

To find out exactly what people are searching and what gets the most traffic, use Google\u2019s Keyword Tool –\u00a0https:\/\/adwords.google.com\/select\/KeywordToolExternal<\/a><\/p>\n

Step #3 \u2013 Content<\/h3>\n

Use that keyword in your blog title, your headers and casually within your body content. Also use your keyword is the first and last\u00a0sentence\u00a0of your post.<\/p>\n

Be aware that Google will penalize you if you over-use your keyword. Higher than 3% density for your keyword is considered \u201ckeyword stuffing\u201d so be careful. If you\u2019re using WordPress, use the SEO Score plugin<\/strong> (highly recommended!!<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Step #4 \u2013 Images<\/h3>\n

Add images to your post. Not only does this make your blog post more visually interesting, but it\u2019s another opportunity to add your topic keyword. Also search engines don\u2019t know what the image is unless you tell it, so always add the Alternate text\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Title<\/strong> for your images. Not sure the difference between the two? Read about it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Step #5 \u2013 Emphasis<\/h3>\n

Give attention to your keywords by bolding<\/strong> and italicizing<\/em> them. Google reads the source code and determines that these words are important.<\/p>\n

Step #6 \u2013 Blog Post Length<\/h3>\n

How long should your blog post be? As a good rule of thumb, 500-700 words appears to be recommended length for the right amount of content for SEO. Make sure your blog has a Word Counter<\/strong> plugin so that you have a reference point.<\/p>\n

Step #7 \u2013 Internal Linking<\/h3>\n

Link your blog post to another page or post within your blog using your keyword as the \u201canchor text\u201d.<\/p>\n

As a bonus if the website you link to is another WordPress website, they\u2019ll be notified and may choose to link back to your site. This is a called a\u00a0linkback<\/em> and helps generate traffic.<\/p>\n

Easy SEO Trick #2: Off-page SEO<\/h2>\n

Step #1 \u2013 Create a Pingback (WordPress only)<\/h3>\n

1) Google the keyword that you chose for your blog post and then link to it and reference it
\nwithin your post.<\/p>\n

2) Choose a post that is related to the topic of your blog post and copy the permalink for
\nthat blog post. (Copy the URL from the address bar while you are viewing the other blogger\u2019s post.)<\/p>\n

3) Reference the post as another source that verifies what you are saying and then link to it within your post.<\/p>\n

By doing this easy SEO<\/strong> trick, you validate what your post is about by showing that others have the same opinion and that what you are talking about is important because other people are also talking about it.<\/p>\n

Step #2 \u2013 Syndication<\/h3>\n

Syndication services will publish the content of your blog to other sources automatically from your blog\u2019s RSS feed. Every blog has a feed, you just need to copy and paste it.<\/p>\n

My feed is shown here:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

My Syndication tool of choice ping.fm was recently purchased by Seesmic. I have researched a few other replacements that you can use:<\/p>\n