A frequently asked question is “How Do I Add a Link To My Post? The process is actually very simple.
1. Open the post.
2. Place your cursor at the desire location within the post. Or, if you want to link specific text, highlight that text with your cursor.
3. Click on the “Link” icon* which will open a dialog box. Paste or type the URL in the designated box and press the return button.
* Note: Beside the Add Link button is a Remove Link button.
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Google and some other search engines decide on an individual website basis whether or not to display the page title and description you have provided.
They will often create and display their own rendition based on the textual content of the page. You can only influence the search engines, but you cannot force search engines to display your SEO page title nor the SEO description. Non-the-less you should not ignore the SEO title and SEO description. You should still fill in these fields, as search engines interpret that these posts are more thorough and of higher value as a result.
And while you are at it don’t forget to choose keyword appropriate ‘Categories” and ‘Tags’ and fill in the ‘Excerpt’ field for each post.
One important feature of WordPress blogs is allowing you to accept comments on your blog posts.
Allowing comments can be great as it creates more links to your blog and website which can improve your SEO rankings. Unfortunately, it also allows robots and spammers to post on your website. But, you may not always be pleased with the self-promotions and spam your posts receive.
Follow these steps to easily moderate comments and trackbacks and to disable these functions if desired.
1. Log into your WordPress administrative panel with your username and password.
2. From the “Dashboard” select “Settings: Discussion”. (You will see the window displayed below.
3. Under “Default Article Settings” is a checkbox where you can allow or deny permission for people to post comments.
If you choose to permit comments, the controls further down the page will allow you to control who can add comments and to blacklist spam IP addresses.
You can also set how long a post will allow comments and other useful controls.
Most important, and often overlooked – You must Save your changes – per the blue button in the lower left section of the dashboard.
With the new google SEO algorithm two definite factors emerge as essential to high website rankings.
First, websites should be built to be ‘responsive’ also known as ‘mobile friendly’. If your website is not mobile friendly it will actually be penalized on smartphone searches and show lower in those search returns. Given the continued increase in use of smartphones to search the Internet and even make purchases, it is essential for the livelihood of your business to make sure your website is ‘responsive’. If it is not, then it’s time to have your website redone to meet this critical requirement.
Second, is how important on-page content (verbiage) now is for positive google recognition. (more…)
Blog posts are a great way to help your site’s SEO and Search Engine Recognition.
Appropriate blog posts allow you to continuously add new relevant content to your website. https://www.socalwebworx.com/ This is now one of Google’s top ways of analyzing your website’s importance, relevance to your keywords, and worthiness of ranking high in SERP’s (Search Engine Report Pages). The more your website’s relevant content grows the more credible your site becomes. Of course there is also the benefit that return viewers will find new information on return visits to your website and potentially stay on your site longer. (Yet another SEO element in Google’s algorithm for ranking websites.) https://www.socalwebworx.com/index.php#blog
Blog posts can also be syndicated to your Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/SoCalWebWorx and other social media to give you more SEO benefits for your efforts.
In addition to the above benefits is the reality that blog posts can very quickly show up in high positions in search engine results. Per this screen shot, although our website did not show in the top Google results in a search for “product photography definition” a recent blog post on the subject did show very high at the time of this screen shot. The reason blog posts can move to the top of search engine results is because they are usually highly focused on one specific topic.
With the new ‘All in One SEO Pack’ https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/ in the most popular blogging mechanism WordPress 4.4.2 your blog posts can be more effective than ever in improving your Internet presence and website traffic.
Your Google Page ranking (on a scale of 0 – 10) will affect how high you rank in Google searches. Following are 6 proven methods to improve your page ranking:
See you at the top!