The following SEO Optimization post was submitted by Linda Bustos fromElastic Path. Smart bloggers often use keyword research tools to brainstorm “long tail” opportunities and keyword niches. These keywords are then worked into blog post titles, image attributes, headings and body copy as part of an SEO strategy, knowing that ...more

Our third Community Consultation finishes up today with an overview of the ProBlogger community’s feedback for Brisbane SEO Blog. As always, the results have been illuminating. You might even be able to take away some tips and tricks for your own blog. New to community consulting? You’ll want to read ...more

Welcome to our third Community Blog Consulting 2.0 project. A few minutes spent sharing your feedback on this week’s blog could see you win an iPod Shuffle! If you’re new to the community consulting at ProBlogger, the launch post should explain everything you need to know. This week we’ll be ...more

Today I continue my interview with Aaron Wall – author of SEO Book. Also read Part I of my interview with Aaron Wall. What’s the best link building strategy you ever used? Creating free software and giving it away. It is unreal how many thousands of high quality links you ...more

One principle of SEO that is fairly widely accepted and taught by SEOs is the benefits of having frequently updated content. The idea that Google and other search engines feed on fresh content is one that I’ve heard talked about on many occasions. However it doesn’t always seem to be ...more

Craig Harper asks – Thanks to the tips provided by yourself, Yaro, and Aaron Wall I’ve just managed to finally crack into the top ten on Google for my keywords ‘motivational speaker’. I read over on Yaro’s site here about the importance of outbound links being targeted at your niche. ...more

Ross Dunn has a good article on Demystifying Your Competitor’s Ranking Success which gives you some hints to analyzing other blogs and websites in your niche – particularly those who rank well in search engines. He uses a hypothetical example as he outlines the areas to analyze. It gives you ...more

If you want to learn more about how to rank well in Google and you want it straight from the horse’s Google employee’s mouth you might like like to check out some videos that Matt Cutts has recorded and posted in the last few days. At the time of posting ...more

Speaking of SEO – Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been paying attention to the way bloggers (and other websites) use their title tags (title tags are in your source code and are what determines what is shown in the top bar of your browser). In your source code ...more