how to optimize blog posts for google
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How to Optimize Your Blog Posts for Google
Seth Spears
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What You Need
• WordPress
• WordPress SEO plugin by Yoast
• Scribe plugin
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Post Title
• Make it intriguing
• Keep it concise
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Permalink (URL)
• Descriptive of post title
• Remove “filler” words
• Keep it short & sweet
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Categories & Tags
• Only one category per post (with rare exception)
• Do not create tags on the fly (be strategic with them)
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Post/Content Editor
• More is better
• Quality over quantity
• 600 words+ is working best (for now)
• Minimum for Google “In Depth” articles is 2000 words+ (we think)
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Interlinking• Link to other relevant content you’ve written on site
(preferably in first paragraph)
• Link to off-site sources & information (when applicable)
• Link to affiliate products (if applicable)
• Don’t over do-it
• use rel=“nofollow” for non-cloaked affiliate links
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Post Formatting
• Use correct HTML markup & formatting
• h2, h3, h4, <strong>, <em>, etc.
• https://yoast.com/blog-headings-structure/
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Images• Always use high quality, original pictures (that you have
taken or created)
• Give each picture a unique, descriptive title, i.e. healthy-meal.png
• Re-size & optimize each image before uploading (https://imageoptim.com/)
• Use at least one graphic per post (with rare exception)
• Always give title and alt text to each image in media gallery and inserted into post
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• Use Scribe to research what primary keyword/phrase to focus on in each post
• Use Scribe link building research tool to determine best content to link to within post
Scribe: Keyword & Link Research
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Using WordPress SEO to Optimize
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Focus Keyword
• Prior Scribe research should have told you what to use here
• Only use one focus keyword per post
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SEO Title
• Single most important on-page element for SEO
• It can be different than regular post title
• Use common search language
• “How to….”, “10 Steps to…”, “Benefits of…”, etc.
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Meta Description
• Does not effect SEO
• HUGELY effects click through rate & conversions
• Should be a descriptive overview of post
• Should contain primary keyword/phrase
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Page Analysis
• Save post as draft so WP SEO can analyze content
• Follow recommendations to improve content
• Goal is to get all green buttons :)
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Advanced Settings
• Be VERY careful with these
• Best to use defaults unless specific reason to change
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Social Settings
• Can help improve your social media conversions
• Enter unique title & description for each network
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Using Scribe to Optimize
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Content Optimizer
• Analyze post after WP SEO is completed
• Will let you know what can be improved upon
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Keyword Analysis/Site Score
• Analyzes how relevant your focus keyword is to other content on site
• Goal is to score 100
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Page Analysis
• Analyzes how technically optimized post is
• Will give suggestions & recommendations to improve post
• Goal is to score 100
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Tags & Help
• Don’t create tags here, but use it to research good ones to use
• Help section is an excellent overview of SEO terms & best practices
• When in doubt look here
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Social Media Sharing
• Share new post on each social media network
• Always create a unique description for each
• Don’t automate this! Reach is greater when each network is shared to individually
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That’s All Folks!Seth Spears
@SpearsMarketing
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