by Mouhcine Azizoun

Created on: September 19, 2010   Last Updated: November 07, 2010

SEO stands for search engine optimization.  It is the practice of improving web pages rankings on search engines.  Well-optimized blogs are rewarded with more visibility on the search engine result pages (SERPs).  To effectively optimize blogs, bloggers need to know some powerful SEO techniques.  Without knowing these tactics, it is hard to optimize a blog and generate traffic.  In this article, I am going to discuss seven effective SEO techniques for bloggers.

♦  Blog Software Effectiveness

Technique #1: bloggers need to choose the most powerful blogging software.  The software must be SEO friendly.

Your SEO success heavily depends on the blog software you want to use.  There are two types of software: self-installed and hosted.  The former is what you find on your hosting service.  Most hosting services have a package called Fantastico that installs Wordpress easily.  The latter type is a blog service that you join.  The well-known one is Blogger.com.

There are blog software that are SEO friendly in nature.  They are the ones bloggers need to use.  WordPress is the preferred option to professionals.  This is because the software has many customizable features.  It can also handle huge amount of web traffic.  Furthermore, with WordPress you can install powerful plugins unlike with other services.

♦  SEO plugins

Technique #2: bloggers need to install SEO plugins that will help them optimize blogs successfully.

After choosing the best blogging software, bloggers need to install SEO plugins.  WordPress for example, has many valuable plugins that will improve your SEO campaign.  SEO plugins help you optimize your blog correctly and effectively.  The most beneficial SEO plugin for WordPress is called All in One SEO Pack.  This plugin automatically optimize your blog and posts for search engines.

♦  Blog Search Engines and Blog Submission Directories

Technique #3: bloggers need to submit their blogs to blog search engines, blog directories and other search engines.

Few people know that search engines for blogs do exist.  Some of the blog search engines are Technorati and Google Blog Search.  Submitting or claiming your blog there is very helpful, because blog search engines are great sources of targeted web traffic.

Submitting your blog to blog directories is also beneficial to your SEO success.  You can do that manually

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