Moving to Bluehost.com and SEO
I did a lot of reading during July on what Social Media and SEO experts had done in order to grow and monetize their sites by increasing blog traffic. Some of the best advice I had seen and read was from Alexander James and what he had tried as part of his journey to $100k a month from blogging.
What is SEO I hear you say?
SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is the practice of optimising a website to improve its visibility and ranking on search engine results pages (SERPs). The primary goal of SEO is to increase organic (non-paid) traffic to a website by ensuring that it appears higher in search engine results for relevant queries. This is achieved through a combination of on-page, off-page, and technical optimisation strategies.
SEO Best Practices
- Research and Use Relevant Keywords: Conduct thorough keyword research to identify terms your target audience is searching for and incorporate them naturally into your content.
- Create High-Quality Content: Produce content that is informative, engaging, and valuable to your audience. Regularly update your content to keep it fresh and relevant.
- Optimize for Mobile: Ensure your website is mobile-friendly, as a significant portion of web traffic comes from mobile devices.
- Improve Page Load Speed: Optimize images, use caching, and minimize code to ensure your website loads quickly.
- Build Quality Backlinks: Focus on acquiring backlinks from reputable websites within your industry to boost your site’s authority.
Some of the features I started to include in my own blog:
- Added a new sign up to updates feature when you first go to my blog: livingthetech.com
- Created a number of new posts
- Updated privacy policy
- Signed up to SumoMe to help grow my blog traffic
- I also moved my site to Bluehost as this hosting company gave me better templates and functionality from siteblog.com, at total cost of around $200USD for 2 years of hosting. Knowing what I know now, I wish I had chosen this hosting partner in the first place. Siteblog.com was great for getting a site up quickly, but was limited in terms of templates and add-ons, also creating a WordPress site was easier than I thought. Increasing blog traffic was the main reason for moving to bluehost.com
