Blog SEO, promotion and traffic

This page contains links to all posts on Top Blogs on search engine optimization or SEO, promoting the blog and its individual posts, and how to improve traffic on the blog.

What is SEO

The following links have been created especially for new bloggers and those not familiar with basic concepts of search engine optimization: 

blog seo and traffic

Specific SEO actions that work today

What SEO actions can hurt websites

Some actions for search engine optimization are considered unethical or black-hat. These actions are mostly taken by indiscreet SEO guys to fool search engines. Sometimes, genuine actions by webmasters and bloggers can also be seen as undesirable. These can be seen in the lists linked in the first section above. The links given below discuss some specific blackhat SEO actions:

New developments in the field of SEO

focused blog seo

Other SEO discussions

Blog promotion 

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