Top 5 search engine tips for bloggers

If your blog isn’t getting enough uptake with the major search engines, here are Top 5 SEO (search engine optimization) Tips for Bloggers, a bit rewritten and courtesy of Lockergnome:

1. Keyword-focused content – Keep your content laser-focused on
   your keywords. While you can write about anything, you need to make
   sure that your article stays on topic. Any straying from the main topic
   at hand could confuse the search engines – and your readers.
2. Proper keyword use – Always remember to put the keywords of
   your article in three places: the title of the post, the beginning of
   the post, and several in the content of the post.
3. Don’t overdo keywords – While using keywords throughout the
   article is a good idea, if you use the keywords too often, the
   search engines will think you’re a spammer. Keep
   your keywords down to about 3 percent of the article. 
4. Use tags! – Tagging is a super-important part of a
   blog. They give internal cross-reference links, as well as links from
   other non-Google search engines like Tagjag and Technorati. Ultimately
   the right tags are just as important as the right keywords.
5. Link back – Linking back to earlier articles that reference a similar topic helps – a lot.

JD Lasica, founder of Inside Social Media, is also a fiction author and the co-founder of the cruise discovery engine Cruiseable. See his About page, contact JD or follow him on Twitter.