Having a blog is just as popular as it has ever been. Sure, blogs may not get as much attention as they once did, but they are one type of website that looks as if it's here to stay. No matter why you have a blog--to earn money, to promote a product, or just as personal journal--it's only logical that you would like to know how to increase blog traffic. After all, you have it online for a reason, right? Wanting to get more traffic to it is only natural.  First, some good news: search engines love blogs. This means you have a good chance of picking up what's known as 'organic traffic'. The main search engines are looking for is to return relevant results to the people who are searching. Blogs fit the bill on two counts: 1. Blogs are centered around one topic. Maybe it's a personal blog where you talk about the stuff that happens to you, or the ideas you have. In that case, the focus is. On the other hand, if you're blogging to make money, then your blog will have a more narrow focus. Either way, ...

I should apologize in advance because the title is a little bit misleading since Bing now powers the Yahoo search results so by optimizing for Bing, you automatically optimize for Yahoo. Bing is Microsoft's 3rd attempt at building a search engine that could compete with Google. First they had MSN, then Live and now Bing. Looking at my Analytics logs which show that from the last 10,000+ visitors over 90% came from Google, I'd say that Bing is making as much inroads as MSN and Live. Nevertheless, Bing still has hundreds of millions of searches every month so here are four tips for boosting your Bing rankings: On-page Optimization is Important Bing specifically says that your website should use completely valid code (run it through a code validator), employ correct redirects, have no broken links and used static pages where ever possible – which means you are going to need to rewrite those URLs if you are using a dynamically generated site. Bing also gives preference to title and H1 tags, so make sure ...

When it boils down to it, a lot of SEO is pretty autonomous and mundane. We all know that we need links to get the high rankings but the thought of having to spend hours submitting to directories is enough to make me find a million and one other jobs – even going as far as calling the in-laws! You can outsource the submission process but it's become debatable just how effective these submissions are, you could be throwing the money away. Many webmasters are turning to automated tools to remove the tedious nature of building links. Obviously it saves time, can build lots of good links but the drawback is some of the services cost a lot of money. Here are the most popular automated SEO services that webmasters use: 3 Way Links A true set and forget system, this service builds 300 links to your website, but you have to let it link to 300 sites from your website so it's not recommended for your main site. However, if you are building AdSense sites, review sites, squeeze pages or 'feeder' sites for you main sit ...