Selasa, 30 Desember 2014

6 Image Optimization Tips For Better Search Engine Ranking

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Last Update: March 28th, 2015

Without images blog article is like milk without sugar, bread without butter because images are saying more than thousand a word and that's why we are using images in blog post to better understanding of article for our visitors.

Google smartly crawl all the data to give relevant search results to customers and that's why search engines want proper optimization for all type of content which is published on the web.

There are several bloggers (newbie bloggers) out there who don't know how to do proper image optimization and Some bloggers know how to do it that but they avoids or doing with wrong methods. and the result is low traffic from search engines. sad emoticon

To getting traffic back of your blog you must have to work on your all blog images to get stand out on search engine ranking.

Also Read: 10 Common SEO Mistakes You Should Stop Making Right Now

If you haven't any idea for image optimization don't worry ! this is whole article for you. today we will cover all the important factors of image optimization for SEO.

Also Read: 10 On Page SEO Tips To Optimize Your Blog For Search Engines

Image Optimization For Better Search Engine Ranking :

 

#1 Alt Tag :

 

alt tag example
when we see camera in image we can instantly recognize this image but search engine spiders can't recognize any image without "descriptive" Alt tag. and that's why you need to use descriptive Alt tag in images.

If you are using Blogger blogspot platform then simply click on the image in post editor, select properties and add your alt tag (for search engines) and title tag (for your readers).

If you are using WordPress platform then you have to install : SEO Image Plugin, after installing this plugin just go to Setting >> SEO friendly images and then add your alt and title tag.

HTML Code look like:
Example : <img src="http://www.webaddress.com/camera.jpg" alt="camera on the table"/>

#2  Image File Size :

 

Fast loading pages always on the edge of rank and search engines love that so if your blog image size is too large then it will affect on your blog loading speed and visitor will go back.

Make image size as small as possible you can resize and compress blog images using online tools like Picnick Or Image Optimizer. to increase your web pages speed/load time you can use an image editing software's like Photoshop.

 

#3 Image File Name : 


Image file name also helps search engines to describe more about image and that's the reason I have added this point in this article.

Before uploading any images, give a suitable title for that image. and use keywords in file name before uploading them. so don't upload images without giving relevant file name.

#4 Anchor Text : 

 

Anchor text is the hyper linking to another page or document on the web. and this is a mostly used term for search engine optimization now day. The exact use of anchor text in images will help you to get high page rank for your images and article.

Whenever you are used anchor text with a keyword that shows the page being linked to another page.

See below image as an example of exact anchor text :

use of anchor text

In this image "Image Optimization" is exact match anchor because it's linking to a page about image optimization.

#5 Images Format JPG, GIF, PNG : 


Whenever you want to use photos in your article, select only related to your article it will attract the visitors and wrap contents around the picture.

JPG is better format than other formats. it's giving high quality picture with low size and it will best for your blog. because it will help you to speed up your blog pages.

You can change pictures format using Photoshop just open image file in Photoshop and save as with new extension.

#6 Add Descriptive Caption :

 

Photo Caption is used for describing published photographs. if you are using caption carefully then it will help you to get more traffic from search engine.

But one thing remember that always give caption, alt tag, file name related to your image and article otherwise it will increase bounce rate of your blog.

If you are using free pictures on your blog then you can give attribution to picture author using caption to give attribution just add credit link in caption

 

 Final Words !  

 

So these are the 6 Image Optimization Tips you can use on your blog images to get more and more organic traffic from search engines.

After doing all the optimizations which I mentioned above I am sure you will get better search engine ranking as well organic traffic for your blog.

I hope you enjoyed this article. If you have any questions then feel free to ask through comment box. and let me know which techniques you have to optimize blog images. till then Happy Blogging. smile


Sabtu, 27 Desember 2014

How To Submit And Claim Your Blog/Website On Alexa?

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Claim your site/blog on alexa
Alexa is one of the most popular analytic tool which provides web traffic and shows global rank, country rank, site linking of your blog/website.

If you are blogger then you must have to submit and claim your site on alexa because many advertisers buying ad space on a blog according to alexa ranking. if your blog ranking is low then they will buy ad space on your site, also you will get sponsored posts on your blog to make money more. 

So if you want to increase web traffic and alexa ranking of your blog then follow this tutorial to submit and claim website/blog on alexa.

Step By Step Claim Your Blog On Alexa :

 

1) Firstly Go to Alexa.com

2) Sign in or create an new account on alexa or you can use your Facebook account for login.

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3) Alexa offers you pro plans but I recommend you to go with free plan it will good for start up after some time you can upgrade your plan, now we are going through a direct method so you just have to go on Alexa Claim Site and enter your site URL and press continue button.

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4) Now select Method 2.

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 5) If you are blogger blogspot user then copy Alexa Verification ID code and go to Blogger Template >> Edit HTML and place copied code into <head> section.

 6) Once you placed this code in your blogger template go back to alexa and click on the "Verify my ID" button.

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7) If you have placed meta tag correctly in HTML code then "Your site is successfully claimed" message will appear.

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8) Done ! Your blog/website should be claimed but here is not completed your site profile yet.

9) Now go to dashboard and fill out all the information about your blog like your blog title/ description, your contact details etc.

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 10) Your site has been updated in alexa database. changes to your country rank selection and your website information alexa make up to two or three days to appear on your site listing.

Final Words !


So this was the simple tutorial just for increasing alexa ranking. I hope you will submit and claim your blog today and if you have any queries let me know.

How To Edit Template In Blogger

How to edit template code in blogger | 101helper

Template is the source code of a blog, it contains all CSS codes, gadget codes, settings, theme and everything so if you want to make any changes in your blog you need to edit template of your blog. Its very easy to edit template in blogger but those who are new to blogging are not familiar with it. Although gadgets can be added from layout by clicking on add a gadget but some gadgets are added by editing template so its very important for a blogger to know how to edit template.

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Kamis, 25 Desember 2014

10 On Page SEO Tips To Optimize Your Blog For Search Engines

Now day Search Engine Optimization has become a very important part in web development because Google upgrading his system with many algorithms to get better and better results from web pages and show them to visitors.

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Without SEO you can not get good amount of traffic to your blog. for getting traffic from Google and other search engines follow some tips which I mentioned below.

While doing on page or off page optimization make sure you are not making these 10 SEO mistakes:
 
Read: 10 Common SEO Mistakes You Should Stop Making Right Now

 

 Search Engine Optimization Factors :

 

#1 SEO Friendly URL :


SEO friendly URL is simplest method to improve blog search engine ranking. search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing gives too much importance to SEO friendly URL's.

When search engine begin to analyze your blog pages, then firstly they look on permalink URL. If you are creating bad permalink then you are doing big mistake. so it simply proves that your blog URL structure must have well optimized.

See the live example of Bad URL structure and Good URL structure

Bad Permalink Example : 
http://www.yourblogaddress.com/01234
http://www.yourblogaddress.com/this-is-super-long-web-site-url-blah-blah-blah
http://www.yourblogaddress.com/on_page_seo_tips
Good Permalink Example : 
 http://www.yourblogaddress.com/01234

#2  Title Optimization :


Title tag is placed in meta tag in <head> section and it tells search engine and peoples what your website/blog about. if your blog title is well optimized then you will get more traffic to your blog from search engine.

Google displays the 50-60 characters of a title tag or many as will fit in 512 pixel  display. you must have to optimize your blog title for search engine and mention only targeted keywords in your blog title.

Search engine watch describes some best techniques about title optimization this may help you : Title Optimization.

#3  Image Optimization :


Image optimization is another most important part of Search engine optimization. you may not realize this but images can generate a nice traffic. and that's why you have to optimize blog images for search engine.

If you want to get more traffic to your blog images then you must learn how to optimize blog images.


How To Optimize Blog Images ?

Alt Tag : when we see computer image then we can instantly recognize this image but search engine spiders can't recognize any image without Alt tag. and that's why you should use Alt tag in images.

If you are using Blogger platform then simply click on image in post editor then go to image properties and add your alt tag. 

If you are using WordPress then you have to install : SEO Image Plugin after installing this plugin just go to Setting >> SEO friendly images and then add your meta tag.

You can also add Alt tag in HTML source simple add alt="put your alt tag here"
Example : <img src="computer-screen.jpg" alt="Computer">
File Size : Make image size as small as possible you can resize and compress images using online tools like Picnick Or Image Optimizer. 

To increase your web pages speed/load time you need to use an image editing software's to make your images load fast.

File Name : Before you upload image, give a suitable title for images and use keywords in image file name.
  
Read More : 6 Image Optimization Tips For Better Search Engine Ranking

 

#4 Keyword Placement : 


Keyword placement is very important factor to showing blog pages to search engines. so here I will show you where to place keywords for better ranking. 

Google has technology called LSI and they analyze the different meaning of different keywords on a page to determine page relevancy. so use keywords related to your article.

Lets See Which Is The Best Place To Put Keywords:

1) According t Moz your keyword should appear in the first 100-150 words of the article.

2)Place Keywords in title tag's. blog title post title and H2 heading tag.

3) Put Keywords in <meta name="description"> , <meta name="keywords">.

4) Place your Keywords in comment section when you reply to the visitors.

5) Also you can place your keyword in website URL.

#5 Sitemap Submission : 

 

When you starting blog or website first thing that you should do is submitting sitemap to various search engines.

For getting indexed in Google you must have to submit XML sitemap to Google webmaster tools. it will crawl your whole blog using sitemap and also it shows crawl error, broken links and much more...
Must Read : How To Submit Sitemap To Google Webmaster Tools.

 

#6 Blog Loading Speed : 

 

If your blog loading speed is very slow then visitors will go back and wouldn't re-visit to your blog. and that's the reason you have to optimize blog loading time.

Ways To Speed Up Blog Pages:

1) WordPress Users : Get Catching plugin, remove unused PHP tags.

2) Reduce HTTP request on each page.

3) Don't put lot off JavaScript and remove unnecessary widgets.

4) Use fast loading templates/themes

5) 6-7 posts on your landing page.

6) Don't install lot off third party plugins.

7) Use read more link.

 #7  Keyword Density :

 

Keyword density means how many times same keyword appear in blog post. so you should keep keyword density in between 1% to 3%. if using keywords more than that Google bot will consider search spam.

Many bloggers stuffing to many unnecessary keywords in blog posts. if you are doing that type of mistake then Google will ignore this post and your blog may penalized.

#8 Optimize Blog For Social Sharing :

 

Social media is best resource to get huge traffic to your blog and if you are getting huge traffic from social media then you must have to optimize blog for social sharing.

How To Optimize Blog For Social Networking Sites: 

Very simple ! using social sharing buttons, widgets, plugins just add it on your blog. by adding this you will indirectly increase chances to get inbound links.

According to B2B if you have 100 Google plus followers then you will get 14.63% traffic.
300 Google +1 votes 9.44% traffic
70 Facebook shares and 50 likes means 6.9% traffic
50 Twitter tweets means 2.88% traffic

#9 High Word Article With Quality :

 

We all know that content is king and this is only an effective way to attract the visitors. for visitors you should write and provide high quality contents. as well as for getting more comments, share's and high SERP rank you have to write at least 1000 to 1500 words article.

But one thing keep in your mind that Quality is more important than Quantity so you have to think about Quality not about Quantity.

 

#10 Responsive Design : 

 

Responsive blog design means your website adjust in size based devices. if you have not a responsive blog design then it will increase bounce rate on mobile, smartphones and other non desktop devices.

Now day most of peoples uses smartphones for internet and that's why you need to make your blog design responsive to reduce bounce rate on non desktop devices.

Final Words !


So friends these are the basic 10 on page search engine optimization tips you can apply to optimize blog for search engines. If you have any questions regarding Search Engine Optimization then let me know via comment box.

Senin, 22 Desember 2014

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Host 1 55 min
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Host 3 10h 45min
Host 4 24h 90min
Host 5 3h 30min
Host 6 6h 30min
Host 7 9h 10min
Host 8 18h 30min
Host 9 47min
Host 10 37h
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