To really succeed as a blogger, here are 5 tips you’ll need to master in order to make your dream a reality. But before I get into what those are, you’ll need to be aware that there are several factors which determine how your blog ranks in the search engines. The tips I will outline below will help ensure your blog is optimized in a way for you to take advantage of search engines, particularly Google.

Your Blog’s Title and Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

In order to effectively optimize your blog, the title and URL structure must be correct. What that means is your URL needs to be short, concise and user friendly. It also means your blog’s URL and your blog’s title has to be related to your niche. For example, if you look above in the address bar of your browser right now, you’ll notice that my URL and the title of my blog, while not exactly short, match almost exactly.  Read more... (549 words, 15 images, estimated 2:12 mins reading time)