Optimizing WordPress for SEO and Creating First Blog Post!
Have you been wondering how you could be Optimizing WordPress for SEO?
That’s right, SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization
It’s almost a science in itself and things change often but there is lots that doesn’t.
What can you do when Optimizing WordPress for SEO?
There are a number of things you can do to optimize your WordPress blogs.
You should:
- Find a good keyword
- Use the keyword in your blog title
- Use the keyword in your file names
- Use the keyword in your blog url
- Use the keyword in 3-4 places in your blog post
- Use a tool such as YOAST SEO to verify your blog post
I show you what I mean by all this in the video above.
Finding a good keyword
When Optimizing WordPress for SEO the first thing you’ll want to do it actually use a good keyword.
First, let’s explain what a keyword is.
I used to think it meant a word, a single word in your text like “wordpress” or “optimizing” or “explain”.
I eventually learned that it’s really a “key phrase” and contains as many words as you want.
In the world of search engines, the keyword is what people search for.
Such as “Optimizing WordPress for SEO” or “Optimizing Blog for SEO” or “Optimizing WordPress for SEO and blogging in 2020”
All those are keywords.
So, the easiest way to find a good keyword is to tart typing your search in Google and see what shows up in the pull down list.
Using the keyword in your blog
After choosing the right keyword for your blog the next thing when Optimizing WordPress for SEO is to use it.
You should...