SEO is what most of us want to learn to do well. Entire websites have been built into full time jobs when one post ranks within spot 1-3 in search engines. But, as we’ve been saying for awhile – intent is the new SEO. (I really wanted to say Intent is the new black… but, not […]
Recent SEO Myths Swirling Around Blogging Groups
Things are so confusing online especially about SEO and blogging. The first question I want to address is how do you know who to trust and the second thing I want to address are a few misleading quotes from a very popular newsletter (that most of you read). First, I think it’s important to discover […]
Ultimate Guide to Keyword Research for Bloggers
Do you enter keywords into Yoast’s SEO plugin for WordPress and optimize your pages until you get a green light? I’ve seen bloggers get all green lights and zero traffic from their efforts. How is that possible? Unfortunately the plugin relies on your keyword research. Without keyword research, you can optimize until all the lights are green and […]
Fix Recipes Markup – email by Google Search Console
Did you get a message that looks like this? Google search console not only restyled their dashboard, but also have started preemptively sending ‘helpful’ reminders. The problem is that they can appear alarming! If you do not have a Rich Markup / Snippet Creator Type of plugin for recipes, you need one for WordPress. This email […]
Yoast’s SEO Plugin Bug
Last week the Yoast SEO Plugin for WordPress announced a bug. We learned that the update in March had changed the image attachment page redirection setting. In the following article I’ll show you how to discover if you were affected by the Yoast SEO bug, how to fix the bug, and what you can expect […]
How to remove the dates from your permalinks
Today, as bloggers, we need quality over quantity. Most of us have hundreds, if not thousands of posts built up in the recesses of our blogs. And we’re still working our butts off to publish several times a week. And traffic is declining for blogs the world over. Hootsuite said 50% decline in traffic from social media […]
2 Tools for Easy Keyword Research
The right keywords are the foundation upon which all SEO efforts stand. If you choose the wrong keyword, all the SEO in the world will not help. One of the best starting points for keyword research is your current site. Which words on your site are already ranking highly in search engines? Search your blog […]
Robots.txt for Bloggers using WordPress
When learning about SEO, the robots.txt file is likely to come up. This is a powerful file that ‘speaks’ directly to Google and Bing (& Other) search engine robots. Is my Robots.txt Correct? It is very important to understand what this file can do. The robots.txt file seems to generate a lot of opinions but […]
Realistic SEO for New Blogs
SEO seems to be all the rage over the last few months in the blog community. But can SEO be a realistic focus for a new blogger? I highly recommend figuring out how important SEO is to your blog. It is very easy to get carried away and use your entire marketing budget instead of […]