Top 5 SEO Strategies Of All Time

I’ve been focused on helping web sites rank in the number one position for nearly a decade. As a result I’ve read and seen a lot of information published on SEO that is either totally inaccurate or validated with actual research. The good news is that I’ve sorted through a lot of this information to help you identify the best SEO strategies.

Having worked directly with hundreds of web sites I have discovered techniques for optimizing web sites that actually work. I often get question about SEO such as, “what is the one technique that works better than all others?” A difficult question to answer because I have found a number of techniques that are truly effective.

The first search engine ranking factor has to do with the anchor text of all inbound links to your website. Google and other search engines use the anchor text from other sites linking in to determine what your site is about and what it should rank well for. If websites link in only using a URL, and not your keywords in the anchor text, email them and ask them to update your link. The link should always appear with your most important keywords.

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Why Do You Blog? Part 4

I want to cover what I feel is the most important reasons to blog.

Starting a blog because you enjoy writing is a great reason. You just want to be creative and share your creativity with others. Bloggers that started out this way are truly writing for their readers. The search engines are not important, just sharing.

The other reason for today is to interact with others. Starting a blog because you want to get to know people. again, you are writing for the readers and not the search engines.

Bloggers that have more personal reasons such as these are MUCH more likely to respond to comments that people post. If you contact them via email, you will almost certainly get a response. I believe you also get much better content, because they are writing to YOU.

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