Search engine optimization, or SEO as most call it today can be frustrating to say the least. However, with the right know-how SEO becomes one of the most rewarding things one can do for their business.

Organic search engine optimization is what most work from home marketers are looking to learn but most don’t make a cent and usually give up in frustration, which is the point I had reached. Instead of quitting though I chose to seek professional help through a search engine optimization company.

My work from home business website started showing some life and then I started seeing sales. At first I didn’t notice a change in my traffic numbers as I had a few hundred visitors every day, just didn’t make any money.

The change I did notice after my site was being optimized for search engine traffic was that I was making a little money now. The changes made to my site through SEO was changing the visitors the search engines were sending me. Now I was experiencing TARGET TRAFFIC, for the first time.

I had been buying ebooks and looking through other people’s sites that were relevant to my own but none of what I was seeing helped me get SEO right. I was just throwing away more and more money and is a big part of why I was at the point of quitting. Then Bob told me I need to hire someone to help me get it right and gave me a link to a search engine optimization company that had helped him and his partner. So much less stressful today.

Excellent my friend, you’ve finally decided to start your own blog. You looked at a few other options but in the end you decided to go with a WordPress blog. Great choice as I use WordPress for my blogging purposes as well and have been quite happy.

It took me a bit of learning so I am sure you have a few WordPress how to questions. Now is the time to get those answers so you are more comfortable with blogging. The most asked question I get about WordPress blogs is how to install a WordPress blog.

Many work at home moms take the opportunity to use WordPress blogs to make money in the little spare time they have. That’s what’s so cool about blogging. You can just say what you have to say and get on with your day.

How to Start a WordPress Blog

First you have two choices with WordPress blogging.

1. You can go with free hosted WordPress blogs but for me personally option two is best.
2. Host WordPress blogs on your own hosting account.

I prefer hosting my own domains as I have more control over what happens to my domain. Also hosting one’s domains is quite affordable today. I host all my domains with HostGator.

I use HostGator because they use cPanel for control every aspect of your site, which I am used to. They also have Fantastico which lets me install WordPress on my domain in a couple of minutes. When you have as many niches on the go as I do you will want some automation.

Logging Into Your WordPress Blog

When you have your WordPress back-office installed also known as your dashboard, you will need to log in to manage your blog. From the dashboard you will be able to add posts, pages, plugins, change themes, so many things, especially SEO related things to help your site rank in the search engines.

Logging into your WordPress administration panel, again also called the dashboard, is easy however it’s important to remember your username and password.

http://www.yourdomainname.com/wp-admin/

Writing a Post in WordPress

Writing a post in WordPress is simple and can even be done through emailing, which is great when you’re on the road like Jenny and I like to be.

Publishing posts is what WordPress is all about. Once you’re logged into your WP account you only need to click Add New under the Post menu and you will see a new edit window open.

You can of course add text but you can also add tables, graphic, video and so much more as well as having the ability to link to other sites and pages.

Publishing is just as easy as there is a publish button, but there is also a Save Draft option in case you’re not quite ready to publish and need to leave.

Creating Pages Using WordPress

Blogging with individual blog post is what I do in WordPress, most of the time, however WordPress also has a section for creating individual pages which is very similar to writing a post. Instead of clicking Post you would click Pages instead and from that menu you would click Add New.

WordPress Posts vs WordPress Pages

What’s the difference between posts and pages? Should you be publishing posts or pages?

Pages look similar to posts but there are differences. One big difference is the lack of categories and tag options on pages.

When I am using pages instead of posting it usually means I have content that’s static like a garden tools page on my garden related blog.

Blog Categories

Marketing is all about specific words known as keywords. Blog categories usually reflect the keyword research done by the blog owner. Keyword focused categories that match your content of course is how search engines establish where you belong in the big scheme of the search engine listings and ranking.

Handling Comments in WordPress

WordPress blogs have the option to have comments turned on or off for all or individual posts. So the first thing you need to decide is if you want comments active. You also have the option to have comments appear immediately or have them wait for approval. Personally I manually approve or reject comments.

Blog comments can make your site very interactive, if you have the right content.

I check each comment. If it doesn’t ask a question based on the content or adds value to my post I don’t usually approve it. If the link is not relevant to the content I reject it as well.

You will find there are a lot of work from home comment spammer trying to a backlink from your site, so be diligent and monitor your comments before approving them.

So Many Free And Paid WordPress Themes

One of the things I love about WordPress blogs is the variety of niche focused blog themes available.

Be sure you looking in the Appearance menu from your WP dashboard. From there you will see the themes available. You will also see an Install Themes tab. Click that and start looking for themes that will meet your needs.

I have paid themes today but I have had a lot of fun with free themes. I just like the power built into the paid themes I use today.

Once you’ve found the theme you want you can install and then activate it.

As a work from home marketer there are many reasons love WordPress blogging. I’ve found that using the right plugins help me greatly. Just because search engines love WordPress doesn’t mean it can’t be improved on for even better performance.

Doesn’t it just get under your skin a bit when no matter what you do you can’t compete with your competition. Well cheer up. I’m hear to share how I managed to get a few steps ahead of the competitors in the niches I work.

I spent a long time figuring out how to compete with the top sites in my niche but today, using the Micro Niche Finder I have done it. Now my keywords occupy that top position.

Micro Niche Finder helps you spy on your competition. This way you’ll be able to see exactly how they get their rankings. This will give you all the info required to pass them in the search engines.

Know Where Their Backlinks Are Coming From

Just in case you’re not aware of it backlinks are the backbone of your page rank. The key to quick and powerful ranking is to find authority sites in your niche and get back links from those sites.

Using Micro Niche Finder has helped me by showing me where the top sites are getting their backlinks which gives me a great place to start looking for my backlinks. This feature alone is worth every penny you will pay for Micro Niche Finder.

Using Micro Niche Finder Is So Easy

I don’t always do well with software and tend to get frustrated with it. I purchased another keyword tool and even though I do well with it today it took me way too long to learn how to use it.

I gave the Micro Niche Finder a try and was so impressed that I was able to use it on my own after only a couple of hours. It’s a great keyword and niche tool that you have to take a look at Micro Niche Finder, today.

You Will Thank Me Later!!

There is no longer a need to spend hours and days researching niches of interest, like I did myself for the first couple of years I was working my online business. I have nothing against free tools like Google’s Free Keyword Tool they are all I had for my first few years.

I am so glad those days of time consuming keyword research are over thanks to my copy of Micro Niche Finder.

Download My Research To Excel

I love using Excel spreadsheets so it’s pretty cool that I can download my research results as a CSV file I can use directly in my favourite spreadsheet. This helps me to find the right keywords and make more affiliate income.

Finding the right keywords is how you make money online today and Micro Niche Finder does for me in record time.

When I started my web design business I didn’t do SEO because it was too time consuming and I was making a lot of money without it. However once I learned how to use Micro Niche Finder I offered my new skills to my existing clients and now their sites are doing so much better for them.

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Did you know, when it comes to increasing target traffic to a work from home website or blog, search engine optimization will need to be put high up on the your list of priorities.

SEO accomplishes this task of getting that all important target traffic by improving the position of a given website in the search engine results pages or SERPs.

An online business will be sure to have greater success when their website or blog appears higher up in the search engines for their targeted keywords. Search engine experts will use many different SEO techniques to improve the ranking of a website in the search engine results pages but out of all of these techniques, content has to be the most important. The following are just some of the benefits of having good content when trying to improve ranking

• In terms of visitors looking for a particular website, it will not be fancy graphics that they are looking for. They are usually hunting for information. They are looking for content that can answer particular questions that they might have. So if a website has quality content, it will be more favourable with the search engines. When your content is useful for your visitors, you will find that your website is rewarded with higher rankings.

• Not only do web users want to find answers to their queries, they are also looking for the information to be up to date. So adding fresh content to your site regularly is also very important. In order to meet this objective it is recommended that you add about two new posts to your website every week.

• People who are searching for something online will use particular keywords that make sense to them. By having lots of content on your website it gives you a better chance of having the relevant keywords that will send this traffic to you. By regularly providing content on your topic it should mean that you will organically have all the relevant keywords covered.

• If people like your content they will link to it because they think your article is worth sharing. Having enough incoming links will ensure that your SEO efforts are rewarded.

When a website has been constructed for the specific reason of selling a service or product, the main thing that has to be looked at during the process is the ecommerce design. If this is something you’re looking for then follow the preceding link to visit our web-site.

I work from home to make my living, which is so cool, but the fact that there is only one of me and I have no employees I have to make the best of my time and that means using the right tools for the task at hand.

When it comes to search engine optimization I need to know the best keywords and what I have to do to get ranking for those keywords. For that task I use Keyword Elite which is perfect for finding the money making keywords as well as KE shows me the top ten sites for each keyword phrase I give it.

For keeping tabs on where my keywords are listed in Google, Yahoo and Bing I use SEO Elite. I also use SEO Elite to see how many pages are indexed for any of my sites along with the current page rank for each of those pages.

What’s Search Engine Optimizaton

SEO basically means you take the time to research keywords for your niche which you can then use to write content that will be picked up and indexed by the major search engines. Note that this content can be on your website or on other people’s pages linking back to your own pages. This is called on-page and off-page factors.

Your Domain Name Needs To Be Optimized

From what I have seen and heard having a keyword optimized domain name will get you better ranking over those domains that are not keyworded.

If you haven’t gone through this process before you may find yourself getting frustrated trying to find a domain you can use that’s got your keyword prhase in it. With a little thought you will be most likely still be able to get a keyworded domain name.

Search Engine Optimization And Domain Names

When I start in a niche I look for many keywords and phrases but I always have one main keyword phrase in mind once my research is underway. That’s the main phrase I want in my domain name as well but most others working the same niche will try for that main phrase as well.

Here are two things I do to get my domain name keyworded.

1. Use Hyphens To Get Your Keyworded Domain

I’ve tried for a few keyworded domains in popular niches in the past but of course they were already in use. I did have the option to go for something other than a dot com domain but dot com is what pops in most people’s heads so I wanted dot com.

To get the domain as a dot com domain and still have it optimized in the search engines for my keyword phrase I just added a hyphen between words.

My experience has taught me that it’s best to NOT use more than 3 hyphens. I am not 100% sure why but those domains I have with more than 3 hyphens just didn’t seem to get any search engine ranking. Maybe they appeared spammy to the major search engines.

If you find you still can’t get a keyworded domain using hyphens then the next step is to add a prefix or suffix to the keyword or phrase.

2. Include A Suffix or Prefix To Get Your Keyworded Domain Name

You may find you just can’t get that keyworded domain, even if you use hypens so now it’s time to maybe add a word or two in front or at the end of your phrase. You will find it’s better to add those words to the end of your phrase for better search engine optimization but if all else fails you could try using word infront. It’s not as optimized but will work better than not having it keyworded at all.

Let’s say you wanted a keyworded domain such as, make money online. I know it’s way over used but it’s just an example. Well homegardeningtips dot com is already taken so I would add a word or two at the end, something like, homegardeningtipstogrow dot com.

For best search engine optimization results as far as your domain name goes it’s best to use a suffix rather than using a prefix.

When I am looking to purchase domains I head straight over to www.GoDaddy.com where I buy all my domain names. I’ve never had a problem with GoDaddy. They take good care of me when I have any questions.