Super Simple SEO for Blog Posts

A free guide on how to optimize a new blog post for a popular search term.

how to optimize blog posts for seo SEO Blog Post
  • Identify the laser-focused search term (keyword).

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  • Naturally use the search term in the title of the post.

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  • Use search term in the file name of the featured image.

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  • Naturally use the search term in the alt tag of the featured image.

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  • Naturally use the search term in one of the heading tags (H1-H3). 

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  • Naturally use the search term in the first 100 words of the page's content.

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  • Naturally use the search term or variations 2-3 times in the post.

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  • Bold or italicize the section or an entire sentence in the post containing the search term.

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  • Use variations of the search term in all image file names, alt tags and captions.

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  • Revisit old posts and naturally link to the new blog post using the search term.

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