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Google Ranking Tips, SEO Blogs January 24th, 2008
I have invested part of the last week into visiting and researching the level of knowledge, quality of published content and professional demeanor of quite a few of the publicly perceived leading SEO blogs. Today in this article I want to present to you my thoughts and tips based off my experience and journey into the realm of the SEO blog niche.
SEO Isn’t so darn complicated.
SEO is the practice of designing or re-designing a website, or blog so that it is very friendly for search engines to quickly scan and index the content from within. There is nothing complicated with this process. The only complication that many people face is the fact that they lack the ability to build a website or blog that is friendly for search engines. This is no different than taking an individual who has never flown an airplane and expect them to fly a Boeing 747. If you are a Boeing 747 pilot, you may feel that the processes involved in flying the jet come easy. In reality, it may very well be easy. However, again, if you’re not a pilot and you’ve been put into a position to fly the jet, you’re sure to crash it.
The same thing can be said for SEO. The good news though, making a blog or website search engine friendly, the process is actually a lot easier than flying a Boeing 747. I spent a week snooping around many of the, what the majority of people call, well known and trusted SEO blogs. My findings were overwhelming and I left with a headache and not learning a damn thing.
How Do I Make My Website or Blog Search Engine Friendly?
First I must say, and as mentioned above, the process of learning how to build a search engine friendly website or blog doesn’t happen over night. Your options are to (a: learn how to do it yourself or, (b: hire someone to do it for you. With the latter option, I can not personally recommend anyone for hire. Secondly, and to be honest, I am a hands on type of guy and I believe that by encouraging individuals to learn things for themselves, they can excel further in what they want to accomplish rather than hiring something out. Some could consider this a weakness, others could consider that admirable. Make no mistake, I have no problem passing the buck and paying someone to do something for me. However, before I do that, in most cases I would like to learn the skill or at a minimum educate myself before having someone else do something for me. Maybe this behavior has come by my many terrible experiences dealing with crooked auto mechanics. One thing is for sure, if you’re an Internet publisher, commonly called a blogger, I feel that it is in your best interest to understand SEO or at least have a trusted friend who does and is willing to help you for a fee or free.
SEO isn’t complicated. My advice to you would be to stop what you’re doing right now and begin educating yourself. Admittedly, I have never really communicated this publicly, I invest a huge amount of time into studying and learning about search engine. I am an avid book reader and I take what I learn in books and apply it into real life (or dot Com) situations. Yesterday I returned a comment submitted in from two readers. In this comment, I kind of pour a little of my heart out. I would recommend reading it.
To answer the question, “how do I make my website or blog search engine friendly” I think it would be a wise decision to visit your local book store. Of course, you can shop online; however, I prefer visiting my local book store. Frequently, during basketball practices or during many of the other free taxi services I provide for my children, I visit bookstores. I am able to pass a little time away from computers and sit down in a very comfortable chair and listen to very relaxing background music in a very quiet environment, while I scan through various books I consider for purchasing.
Many people shun books and I don’t understand why? Books are one of the key elements to education, the other is a teacher. However, there are books published and designed to rule out the teacher, thus having the creation of “Self-Help” books. I can’t imagine children not having books in the education system. Secondly, I can’t imagine children not having teachers. However, as adults, our minds are fully developed. We can self-teach and learn from our own powers and motivations. This is true for learning SEO.
If you are interested in learning SEO, I would recommend getting a good book. There is nothing wrong with books, but many people don’t like them because they don’t supply the instant fix that many desire. There is NO instant fix with SEO and just like many skills that have to be learned in life, it takes time. If you are blogging or publishing for the long haul, if you want to be more successful with making money online, you can’t deny the power of the free search engines. Understanding how to utilize the search engines as a publisher and understanding how to build websites, pages and blogs that are search engine friendly is the root key to my success. If you follow and read this comment, at the bottom, you’ll see two books that I personally recommend.
Good luck with your dot Com ventures, I hope that you have found this post to be helpful, inspiring and motivational. Feel free to drop me a comment, I’d love to hear from you.
Tags: Google Ranking Tips, SEO Blogs
