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Do’s and Don’ts of Blogging for SEO

Do’s and Don’ts of Blogging for SEO

07/11/2016 by David Bailey-Lauring 3 Comments

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Do’s and Don’ts of Blogging for SEO – 5 Key Points to Remember

Dos and Don'ts of Blogging for SEO - Blu Mint Digital

Although blogging for SEO is a basic for most small business owners and solopreneurs today, it’s really important to make sure that you’re doing search engine optimisation the right way. Far too many people take the wrong advice or simply don’t realise everything that’s involved in getting started, meaning that they make small and big mistakes along the way. Since every piece of content that goes out should reflect your brand and have SEO best practices in mind, here are some of the dos and don’ts to keep in mind when building your brand whilst blogging for SEO.

 

Not Posting Enough

Posting a blog every other month simply isn’t going to get you any traction with search engine optimisation. Search engines like Google reward sites that post quality content on a regular basis. You’ll hear numbers of all kinds when asking people what is most recommended for posting on your blog. A minimum of two times per week is a good starting point. If you could only commit to one blog a week, that’s a good place to get started but once you get the swing of the habit, increase it to at least two times per week. Many companies are posting 3 to 5 times per week in order to get the most out of SEO.

 

Don’t Use Too Many Keywords in Your Article

Recommended keyword density is around 1%, that means that for every 100 words you write, the keyword you’re targeting should only appear once. Having it appear two or three times more than that can be overwhelming and can lead to the article looking spammy, even in the event that you are providing quality information. Using keywords can be very difficult but it is worth the time to hire somebody to come up with a list of the keywords in the right way. You can try to avoid any awkward keywords that don’t make sense grammatically and stick to things that actually serve your audience and provide value.

 

Do Focus on Quality

The most important thing you can do in blogging for SEO purposes is to focus on a quality product. It’s much better to spend the time to write one 1000-word post every single week rather than 3 or 4 200-word posts. Those shorter posts don’t get as much traction and it’s hard to really relay quality information in that timeframe. Coming up with one great post that you share on Wednesday of every week will also get your readers in the habit of checking back and develop a following habit.

 

Don’t Fail to Take Advantage of Linking Opportunities

It’s a good idea to link other blogs or pages on your site within each blog that you post but you should also be linking to outside establishments. Anything that is viewed as a quality website is a great place to link to. Well-established newspapers like the Washington Post or the New York Times and any government website or school site that has a web address ending in .edu are great places to share. When blogging for SEO don’t rely on highly subjective blogs as your only opportunity to link. Of course, you can link to anything, but make sure it’s an accurate source! Getting the most traction out of a link is important.

 

Dos and Don'ts of Blogging for SEO - Blu Mint Digital

 

Do Think Outside the Box

If you are blogging as a personal trainer, for example, or on behalf of a personal trainer, you’re not only limited to talking about exercise tips. You might also include nutritional tips and mindset practices that help people feel positive and effective and talk about recovering from injuries in the event that you get hurt. Always think outside the box and think about materials that your ideal readers might already be searching for anyways. This is a great way to get started with the SEO practice and to deliver quality meaningful content that accomplishes the multiple purposes of establishing you as a thought leader, meeting SEO best practices, and getting your readers to click open your blogs.

 

About the author:

Laura Pennington is a freelance SEO writer and founder of www.sixfigurewritingsecrets.com. She now teaches other freelancers how to build sustainable and rewarding businesses from home.

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About David Bailey-Lauring

David is the CEO of Blu Mint Digital. A British national living in Estonia writing about digital marketing and entrepreneurship. David is also a Board member of the British-Estonian Chamber of Commerce.

Comments

  1. Micropreneur Life says

    05/01/2018 at 10:30

    Very interesting post. Actually, SEO is such a vast field, it would be impossible covering everything in a single article.

    I would say, however, that most tips on SEO are actually just tricks that might or might not work, but ultimately, point number 3, “Do Focus on Quality” is the right one.

    If you write quality content, original content that adds something new to the discussion, helps people, or inspires them, you will soon position organically.

    Conversely, you could write the 21046th post about lifestyle or the best restaurants to visit when you go to New York and try all the SEO tricks you want… you are just not going to rank, because there are thousands of people writing in the same SEO style about the exact same topics without adding something new.
    Just my opinion 🙂

  2. David Bailey says

    17/01/2018 at 14:43

    I entirely agree with you – Google is has gotten smarter and ultimately, having well written content that serves rather than sells the to the reader will rank better. A recent study from Ahrefs demonstrates that it takes 18 months to get into the top positions on Google SERPS, unless you are a strong domain like Forbes or Entrepreneur.com. In fact we wrote an article about what is working as opposed to tips here: https://blumint.co/crafting-strong-seo-strategy-dominate-2018 – although voice search is only useful for local searches. But the points direct to writing content that serves the reader.

  3. Carri says

    04/02/2018 at 17:00

    Fantastic post !

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