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If
you've been using Google's AdSense on your blog you obviously
feel the need to somehow generate even more traffic to your blog
website, which in turn would translate to more AdSense clicks
and a higher income.
But how do do you do this? Well, the major way you'll get
visitors to see your blog (other then using AdWords, which is
encouraged as well) is to use some techniques to have search
engines send more and more users towards your blog, by ranking
high in search results for your topics of interest.
This is a technique, better known as search-engine optimization
or simply SEO. So here are a bunch of tips that can come handy
under every amateur or professional optimizer's belt.
The first thing you need to take care of is the actual source
code and layout of your blog. This has to be kept as simple as
possible. The problem comes when AdSense and the search engines
themselves begin to have troubles in extracting the most
relevant keywords on your site because of a too complex layout.
Secondly, try to have each one of your blog pages target only
one specific topic. This way it is a lot easier for them to get
indexed properly and for the AdSense ads to be consistent with
the content of the blog itself.
Also, try not to include too many hyperlinks in your page as
well. This also means you should try not to use too many AdSense
ads on your page either one or two boxes is all you need.
If
there are certain keywords you wish to target, make sure the
word you wish to target is present in the blog title, in the
first paragraphs of your post as well as in the name of the
page. While you're at it you might want to ensure the word
springs up in the page's last paragraphs.
And of course, it's very important for your blog to have
original and compelling content. How do you do this? Well the
easiest way to do it is to find something you're really
passionate about. That way, providing you give it a lot of
effort you're bound to have a great page quite fast.
If
the content you use in your blog is in the public domain (which
is highly discouraged) make sure that you at least give it an
original title, and add an opening and a closing paragraph of
your own.
This takes a little while, but if, after waiting, you still
can't find your page near the top, you should try rewriting your
title and your first and last paragraphs. It doesn't take much,
often just changing a few words will give you the right results
to stay ahead of the competition.
And of, course there's the use of keyword tools that may aid you
in finding some good keywords to include on your blog's theme
that will drive visitors to your blog more and more.
So
those are about the basic techniques in search engine
optimization. You can find a lot of computer tools to aid you in
doing this, and of course, Google is a great place to search for
this.
In
the end, you'll find that SEO is a complex topic, and entire
books have been written on the topic as well. You might find
that you have a lot of optimization you need to do in order to
get more and more visitors to your site and clicking those
precious AdSense banners.
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Robert Warlow
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