It's not that difficult - I promise! SEO is essentially paying attention to key words in your blog posts. If you want YOUR blog post to pop up on Google when someone searches for a review of a lipstick or candle, be sure to think like you'd Google that product. Nobody searches for 'My favourite red lipsticks' or 'My top 5 Mac lipsticks', no, they're searching for what they want to see, some examples being ''Mac Ruby Woo on pale skin', or 'mac lipsticks for pale skin' ... See what I mean? This is linked with my next tip, but you'll soon get the hang of it and there are hundreds of posts about SEO that are super detailed, so you have no excuse not to get those page views!
Google Friendly File Names
This is the one thing I sometimes forget myself, but by far the easiest way to direct extra traffic to your blog. Photos don't tell Google what they are. A photo of a Mac lipstick is just colours to Google unless YOU tell Google what the photo is of. Before you upload your photos, save the file as something relevant! Instead of uploading you amazing photo as IMG6427.jpg, save it as 'Colourpop_Lippie_Stix.jpg' or 'Mac_Ruby_Woo_Swatch'! If you want to go one step further, go to your blog settings for that post and name your photo under the ALT tags and title text.
Featuring The Right Image
RSS feeds, such as Bloglovin, automatically pick out the first photo you upload as the 'featured' image. So if you want these feeds to showcase your pretty photo of your Mac lipstick collection, instead of a random swatch of lipstick, be sure to pay attention to which photo you upload first!
Pinterest Friendly Images
Pinterest is a HUGE source of traffic. It's undeniably one of the most useful social medias to use for diving traffic to your blog. Most recipe and cooking blogs utilise Pinterest and simply wouldn't be half as successful without it. Unlike any other social media, people re-pin around 90% and only pin new content at around 10%. This means that any image on the website can do the rounds hundreds upon thousands of times, meaning if just half of those people click onto your blog from that photo, you're gaining a huge surge in page views! But your images should be utilised for Pinterest. Be sure to use long images - these are proven to be the most successful and eye-catching the site. Oh, and install a 'Pin Me!' hover button on your blog.
Link Back To Your Old Posts
Are you mentioning a blusher on a monthly favourites that you reviewed three months ago? Link back! Not only does it drive traffic back to old posts, but it looks good to Google too. It never hurts to re-direct people to more detailed posts, and it's win-win in terms of traffic!
Do you do any of these tips? What's your top tip for new bloggers?
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You can also find me at: