Follow these simple rules for SEO (search engine optimization) and your blog will rank much higher in Search Engines.

1. Use your primary keywords in your blog domain – The first thing to do is to ensure that your blogs URL contains the primary keyword you want to optimize for. Using the targeted keyword in subdomains also helps. But, of course,  if you don’t want to change your domain name – this tip isn’t for you.

2. Use your secondary keywords in the body of your post – If you want to get listed for secondary keywords use them infrequently in the body of your post. The theory is that the more times a keyword appears within a Webpage, the more relevant the page is likely to be for someone searching those keywords. Note: don’t repeat the same keywords over and over again. Google bots can find out if a keyword is too frequent on a page and might just remove your site from their index.

3. Use your primary keywords in the title of your posts – If your primary key phrase is “SEO Tips & High Ranking” make sure that the words “SEO Tips” and “High Ranking” appear in your blog headers such as H1 and H2 tags as well as the title of each of your posts.

4. Make sure search engines can spider your blog easily – Make sure your navigation bar is present on all pages of your blog. Your previous posts or at least the popular ones should be linked to all pages so they get spidered easily.

5. Use right keywords in the anchor text of links – Use your primary and secondary keywords in the anchor text of links when linking to other blog posts or to other pages of your blog. Keyword in links have more importance than simple text.

6. Get backlinks from other blogs – You need as many links as possible to link back to your posts or blog because it will help you build PR (pagerank) and get your blog to rank higher in search engines. The more links you have the higher your blog is ranked in Technorati helping your blog to be found easily.

7. Update your blog frequently – Last But Not The Least – Update your blog more frequently using all the rules mentioned above and your blog will surely get top rankings in a short time.

p.s. Write & write and write articles, even if you don’t want to do it at all ….