Showing up on Google is one of the biggest achievements to any business owner, especially those of smaller entrepreneurial ventures.
Today I will discuss my general approach and strategy to ensure the best search engine optimization (SEO) possible.
Honestly, I tried my best to give this blog attention and help it thrive.
I made posts every week to keep my blog active, posted different forms of media to draw different crowds (YouTube, SoundCloud), and made sure my blog was accessible on RSS platforms.
Correct grammar and punctuation also really helps blogs show up on Google, so I made sure to always proofread my posts and add a lot of detail.
Some more "obscure" ways I encouraged SEO was through:
-Making my site easily visible on mobile devices
-Enabling HTTPS to my URL
-Not making my site HTML heavy, which slows loading speed
-Adding "alt text" to each photo I posted in my blog to receive visitors from image searches.
-Associating memazal.blogspot.com with www.memazal.blogspot.com to help resolve the URL (as in, letting Google and browsers know that they are the same site)
I also included keywords throughout my semester. Some were changed and refined, and some were a bit different than what you might expect.
Keywords and word strings include:
magnefit the alternative fitted sheet
Alternative to fitted sheets, fitted sheet alternative, etc (variations on each)
MagneFit
how to fold a fitted sheet
Donald Kuratko's book, Entrepreneurship: Theory, Process, Practice
As far as using social media to enhance SEO efforts, I can't say that I did. I did not post my blog to my FaceBook, Pinterest, or Twitter, because I did not think it would fit there. I may still post it to my Linkedin as an example of my "internet resume."
Interviewing Customers No. 1 and But We Did Ignite it, and We're Trying to Fight it were the posts that had the most traffic. They each had 18 pageviews. I'm not sure why these were the most "viral," but I have a few ideas!
-Both included media (videos, pictures)
-Both were very fleshed out and detailed
-Both were on interesting topics!
So, did I reach Google Gold?!
A quick search for "magnefit the alternative fitted sheet" shows...
I DID IT!
(I used Google Chrome's incognito mode to make the results unbiased)
Of course, the string of words is specific, but, hey, I made it! And, it's the first result beneath paid advertising. It links to my Idea Napkin No. 2, which is the post that I probably used the most keywords. Yay!
Anyway, that's all, folks! See you soon!
Hey Mazal!
ReplyDeleteI remember I commented on one of your posts a while ago. It's nice to see how far you've gone. I see you've done great so far and you got at the first page! Congrats! You definitely did a lot more than I did to achieve this! I'm really interested to know how you used the tools you described to make your blog easier to search. Good job again and good luck on your venture :)
Hi Mazal,
ReplyDeleteI really like the design and approach to your blog posts. Many of these posts (mine included) are generically designed. I like the effort you put into your making your blog aesthetically pleasing and staying consistent with assignments. Also, great work with the keywords section. My blog posts only appear on google when I search for the title specifically or for ent 3003. Here's the link to my post if you'd like to check it out:
http://gregneatrours.blogspot.com/2016/04/google-gold.html