Search Engine Optimization or SEO
Having a blog on the Internet that gives people good information doesn’t do a lot of good if no one knows it’s there.
In order for people to find your blog, it’s important to have good Search Engine Optimization, or SEO.
Search Engine Optimization is a specialized field that considers the manner in which search engines work and how we search. The object being to increase the number of visitors to your site.
Whenever you put one or more words into a search bar looking for something, the SEO of a website is what helps bring up those websites.
For example, if your blog is about Harry Potter, you need to be sure that your blog includes popular terms such as Harry Potter, JK Rowling, and other Harry Potter related terms.
Think about the things that people look for when they are interested in Harry Potter, and the kinds of things that come up when you search. What terms do you use when searching for something specific? Using your own search experiences when you are optimizing your blog for searching is always a good idea.
Think about what worked, what hasn’t worked, and use them for your own blog SEO. This way, when someone puts one of the terms that you put in your blog into a search engine it will be one of the sites that comes up.
Of course, there are other factors that come into play that determine where your blog will come up in the list, but everyone starts somewhere.
The more keywords your blog uses, the more people will come to your blog. It takes some time and patience.
You can get an idea of SEO here:
http://www.webconfs.com/seo-tutorial/introduction-to-seo.php
http://onlinebusiness.about.com/b/2008/03/07/what-is-seo.htm
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