Since writing the Finding Readers series of blog tips I’ve had a number of people ask for more information on getting listed on Search Engines – particularly Google.
Patrick Taylor has written a great post on Boosting your Google Ranking. He incorporates most of the tips I’ve seen written elsewhere in a way that even I (mostly) understand.
His main points include:
– Archive Individual Posts
– Incorporate post title into individual post title tags – I have this and it seems to work very well.
– Link a lot – and try to attract links
– Wrap Hypertext around words – ie don’t have links like click here but instead use descriptive terminology that people are likely to do a search on. Eg the best digital photography link on the web.
– Make your blog slim/trim and fast – he provides great resources for this.
Anyway – there is heaps to think about in his article – check it out.
You might also like to check out Google: Is your blog indexed? which also has some good tips on getting your blog indexed on Google.
