You may already have a blog or want to start a new blog, so here are some blogging tips that start with choosing your blog name (domain name). Read the following 25 blogging tips to create a better blog.
Here are some helpful blogging tips before starting a new blog or writing a new post. These are important for search engine optimization.
1) First do the keyword search for the blog topic / topic. Finding popular keywords related to your blog or the topic of your post is a must. You will need at least 2-3 keywords to use in the blog title and around 10 keywords to start with the post titles.
2) Try to use the keywords in domain name, blog title, post title, post content, hyperlink, ALT tag, TITLE tag, etc. of natural form.
3) Try to limit no. of your tags / categories around 20. Please use tag cloud or tag cloud if you want to save space. If you have a lot of topics on a blog, try regrouping and re-tagging them. If totally different topics are mixed in a blog and there is not enough. of posts for each topic and then start a new blog for that topic.
4) Do not copy old blog posts to a new blog. You can be penalized for duplicate content. You need to remove the old copy from the search engine and then add the same post on the new blog.
5) Use this blog post title optimization widget for blogger / blogspot to rank higher in search engines. WordPress bloggers can use plugins like All in one SEO for meta tag and title optimization.
Here are blogging tips related to the appearance and content of the blog.
6) The appearance and design of the blog should be nice, neat and beautiful so that you can create a good impression on the visitor and he should feel like staying longer and visiting you again. The quality of the content should be good for this too.
7) The navigation and layout should be such that the visitor can find the recent posts and tags very easily. So if the recent posts and tags are near the top of the sidebar, they will be visible on the first screen of the blog and the visitor will have a quick idea of what the blog is about and can quickly jump to their topic of interest. .
8) Use photographs, images whenever possible to make your post colorful and attractive. Perform image / image optimization as described in my previous post. You do not need to use large images, you can use medium to small images.
9) The loading time of the blog should not be very long or the visitor will escape before the page opens. So check what widgets / code you are installing and if it slows down the loading. If you are uploading images, make sure the file size is not large.
Do not use BMP files, you can use jpg, png files. Also check the size of the image. You can do all of this using Photoshop. As images load slower sometimes from external sources, check that too.
Tips for blogging related to writing and visitors
10) Write your post after proper research and full information gathering. Don’t write too much. Use grouping, paragraph, subtitle to organize the information in the body of the publication.
11) The language of writing should be easy to understand and, whenever possible, you should write with humor. If the visitor enjoys your post, they will come back.
12) Provide links to helpful resources related to your topic. Also provide links to your previous posts with proper anchor text whenever possible. This improves the internal linking of your blog.
13) Encourage the reader to participate / comment. You can also run a contest or survey on your blog and get a prize for it.
14) Use a beautiful and professional looking theme / template and header image for your blog. There are many free templates available so you can easily get a suitable one for your blog. Choose a 3-column template that uses a full 1024 X 768 resolution.
15) The font color and size should be such that the blog can be read at different screen resolutions. Other blogging tips to increase readership and income.
16) Record your feed on feedburner and provide subscribe via email function for your RSS feed.
17) Check the visibility of your blog and feed in different browsers.
18) Try to increase the number of RSS feed subscribers and use AdSense for feed to display Google AdSense in the feed.
19) Use Google AdSense or other ads in the body of the post, in the right sidebar and below the header. Use the AdSense link block with tags or links or under the header. Match the AdSense background color to the background color of a blog or post.
20) Read my post on blog traffic tips for generating traffic from sources other than search engine.
Below are precautionary tips for blogging
21) There should not be a lot of outbound links (pointing to other websites / blogs) in the post or in the sidebar. Eliminate unnecessary outbound links. Place all outbound links near the bottom of the right sidebar or footer.
22) Don’t buy or sell links for link building.
23) If paid posts are mandatory for you, keep it at a minimum or have a separate website / blog for paid posts or articles.
24) As stated above, do not rewrite the same post (duplicate content). Do not edit the titles and content of old posts to optimize search engines.
25) Don’t have METATAGS only for the main Blogger blog start URL as it will be used for all posts and you will get duplicate meta tag error in Google webmaster tools. You are also misleading and confusing the search engine by having the same meta tag for all posts. So you can use a script / widget that can provide different METATAGS to individual posts. WordPress blogger can have METATAG for individual posts using All-in-One SEO plugin.