In this new series, Marieke van de Rakt talks about why your website needs some SEO love every once in a while. In every post, she’ll share practical tips that will help you work on different aspects of your website and SEO. So keep your website and your site visitors happy and let’s spread that SEO love!
Does that very last paragraph even matter? Do you need to think about SEO at all if you’re writing a conclusion? Well… yes you do! That last paragraph is a very important one for your readers. And whatever is important for your readers, is important for Google as well! But why is a concluding paragraph …
Read: "How to write an SEO-friendly conclusion"
Maybe you’ve promised yourself that this is the year you’re really going to really make an effort in SEO. Perhaps you’ve not been giving your site the proper SEO love it deserves and over time your rankings have been going down. Or maybe you’ve noticed a decrease in organic traffic and want to get back …
Read: "How to pick up SEO after you’ve neglected your site"
A blog is a great marketing tool. It might feel like an ‘old-school thing’, but it’s still a really strong SEO tool in 2022. Google just loves great content! So if you’re thinking about starting a blog, I only have one thing to say: go for it! Let’s make 2022 the year in which you …
Read: "How to start a blog"
Paragraphs? Isn’t that what you get when you insert a white space after a bunch of sentences? Do you need to think about where to put that whitespace? Or can you just put one in whenever you feel like it? Well, writing correct and clear paragraphs is really important for the readability of a text. …
Read: "How to write clear and SEO-friendly paragraphs"
Google loves amazing content! We all know that, right? And what is THE most important part of a post or article? That very first paragraph! So, you should give that first paragraph some extra SEO love! The introduction of an article is of key importance to tell your audience what your story is about. Moreover, for Google, the introduction of a post is really important as well. But why is the …
Read: "How to write an SEO-friendly introduction for a blog post"
You write these beautiful blog posts. You put a lot of effort into them. However, it can take a while for Google to pick up on your new blog posts and show them in the search results. So is there any way to speed up that process? Well, links to your post can help. It …
Read: "Why you should add links to a new post as soon as possible"
In order for a website to be successful, you need to have traffic going to it. You need an audience! That’s why SEO is so very important. Unfortunately, a lot of aspects of SEO are hard work. Kind of boring even. And although these SEO tasks can be boring, your website needs you to execute them. Your website needs SEO love. I am …
Read: "Your website needs SEO maintenance!"