Making The Most Of Search Engine Optimization – Site Checklist

Posted on by Sheila Atwood

Now lets make a check of your site to see if you are making the most of Search Engine Optimization.

SEO Checklist

  1. You blog on WordPress.
  2. You are using All In One SEO plugin.
  3. You have a site map. In WordPress use Google XML Sitemaps plugin.
  4. You use keywords in the title of your post.
  5. You use those same keywords in the first and last sentence of your post.
  6. You use keywords in subtitles of your post.
  7. You use related keywords in the body of your post.
  8. You use internal links in your posts (links to other posts on your site).
  9. You do not have a blogroll that leaks pagerank from your site.
  10. You balance any outgoing links to other sites with internal links. (Using the WordPress Related Posts Plugin helps with this.)
  11. You use keywords as your anchor text (the highlighted words that send you to other links.)
  12. You are using “SEO Expert” to drive traffic to your blog.

Remember, we started with SEO because you will be using it in:

  • Article Marketing
  • Blog Marketing
  • Email Marketing
  • Social Networking
  • Video Marketing
  • Offline Marketing

So we will be looking at article marketing in the next blog post: “Search Engine Optimization – Black Hat Goes White Hat”.

Sheila


 

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6 Responses to Making The Most Of Search Engine Optimization – Site Checklist

  1. Kathryn Griffiths
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    Another SEO tip I use is to use keywords in my blog post subtitles. Instead of just bolding subtitles, I use the “Heading” options in my WordPress options bar. That way, my subtitles as well as my main title become SEO friendly.

    • sheila
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      I have also started to use Heading 3 for my subtitles.

      Thanks for the reminder.

  2. Judy H. Wright
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    Hello from Montana:
    Okay, you two cuties are teaching me so much or maybe I am really ready to finally “get it.”

    Thanks so much for all your sharing.
    Let’s keep going on the #blogboost.
    Judy Helm Wright

    • sheila
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      So glad you are learning something new. That makes my day.

      I have created a “blog challenges” twitter category that helps me keep track of those I followed during the challenge. So I do plan on keeping in touch. Thanks

  3. MarthaGiffen says:
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    What a wonderful check list! An eye-opener for me as I am not using all these tips. Thanks for helping me know what to do. Check lists are such a great way to “put it all together.” You are a fabulous teacher :)
    MarthaGiffen recently posted..The Newest Twitter Gig

    • sheila
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      Thanks Martha,

      I found that the more I use the check list the easier it becomes. I don’t even think about most of it any more.