I have been competing in a seo contest that requires you to rank number one for the term clean red widgets. I am not a seo expert, but I am sure learning a lot just by participating in this contest. There are several components to ranking for a keyword.. The components that I would like to touch on is using the Wordpress cms, (content management system.) WP plugins to assist seo, and link building ideas that help me rank for clean red widgets and can help others rank for their desired keyword.
· Wordpress is a free open source blogging platform that allows you to create your own blog relatively easy. The great thing about Wordpress is that it is easy to use and is basically seo ready. There are several hosting companies that use a script library called Fantastico. Fantastico allows you to install Wordpress on a domain relatively easy. If you do have problems, the Wordpress forum and your hosting company can usually help. This is the platform I use for my clean red widgets site
· There are several Wp plugins that can assist in seo, but the one that it considered one of the best is the all in one seo pack. This plugin allows you to set your keywords, title, etc to automatically configure the on page seo. This is a great plugin that I use on all of my Wordpress blogs, including the one targeting clean red widgets
· There are many link-building strategies that can be employed. One of them is article submissions. This is where you write an article and submit it to article directories. Make sure that the article is original, 300-500 words, is informative, has good spelling and grammar, and uses you keyword several times in the post. (Such as I do with clean red widgets.) You can use semi-automated software to help you submit your articles, but try not to submit the same article to a ton of them. Write several articles so you do not have duplicate content. There are also a slew of directories that you can submit your site to. Another good way to get links to your site is blog commenting. It is important to make sure that the blog is a do follow blog. You can check this by using a Firefox addon called SeoQuake. Iit will put a line through the links that are no follow so you will be able to tell if it is do follow or not. Make sure to leave comments that are useful and relate to your niche and to use your keyword as your anchor text where appropriate.
· I hope the above items help you with your link building and blogging tasks. Remember that there are a ton of resources out there and a lot of people willing to give you a hand.
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