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The first rules of SEO strategy are to get your keywords in your title and first paragraph and interspersed throughout your content every 100 words or so (known as keyword density). So your Today.com blog post title is important to bringing in traffic.

In the Today.com Wiki SEO page we connect you to some SEO articles on the topic of writing a good SEO blog post title. All agree to use a keyword in the title, a keyword that you know users are searching. How do you know what users are searching? Probably the same terms you would search if looking for your Today.com blog topic. If you want to be sure or see if there is another popular keyword being searched, try some of the SEO tools we list at the Today.com Wiki SEO Tools section.

Don’t forget your Today.com blog statistics. Your Today.com blog stats area is complete with Page Requests, Referring Sites and Search Terms. Review your stats regularly to find out what is working for you and also to find out what you could be offering your Today.com readers who found your site looking for something.

We were selective when choosing SEO articles on the topic of blog post titles when putting together the Today.com Wiki SEO page. One thing we considered is our bloggers participating in the Today.com Product Affiliate Program. If you aren’t certain what is more important when putting together a product post visit the 10 SEO and Marketing-Friendly Title Tag Formulas at the Today.com Wiki SEO Title section. This article has useful tips on keyword order and blog post title character length.

Another selected article at the Today.com Wiki SEO Title section helps you evaluate your content. For instance if you are writing a How To chances are good that the phrase “How to” should meet the criteria for inclusion in your Today.com blog post title.

It doesn’t matter what your Today.com blog category is, what matters is that whatever your blog post content is, to get readers to it you’ll need to consider the first rule of SEO. Use a related keyword or phrase in your Today.com blog post title.

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Yes I wondered, have you wondered? Is there a best time to blog? Well have no fear, I’ve a search engine near and would you believe when you type in best time to blog you get lots of hits, as opposed to Google’s next search selection, best time to bleed radiators. Let’s just say there are more bloggers than there are do it yourself radiator mechanics searching online.

I’m not surprised who was first on the search. Lorelle on WordPress. I land there a lot when I have questions on blogging and I haven’t counted but I’m certain she is listed in Today.com’s SEO Wiki page a few times.

She too has pondered when is the best time and day to post on your blog… and she does offer great incite on the matter, from when people visit to when they comment or don’t and the ultimate annoyance to all bloggers, when the most spam gets through.

Early on Lorelle gets to the most important consideration in regards to the best time to post and her point is you have to post new content before your readers visit each day. I couldn’t have said it better myself. Most new bloggers focus so much on wanting blog traffic that they post once or twice and then wait for visitors to respond to a few posts. When there is no response they alienate themselves off from their blogs and don’t realize that the first task of the blogger is to post on a regular basis to start to build a visitor base.

So, obviously the easy answer to best time to blog is everyday or as often as possible.

Here are some tips to post regularly and to reach your blog visitors.

Write and post consistently – plan your content a week or two ahead and post in advance if your blog niche allows. You can still be flexible when a relevant topic comes your way unexpectedly.

Pick the same days and times to do your writing – the writers who get the job done are the ones who consistently schedule themselves to write on particular days or during the same time every day.

List your posting schedule – perhaps you are not a daily blogger, let your readers know what days you do post so they can plan to stop by on those days.

Offer RSS Feed subscription info – your readers can sign up to be notified when you post.

Moderate your comments – comments are content and visitors that took the time to respond hope to be heard. Remember to moderate comments and approve them if relevant. Don’t forget to respond to the comment on your site.

If you’ve been blogging a while you are familiar with the dips in traffic when you don’t post consistently. Just know that you can gain it back when you begin to post consistently again. If you’re a new blogger you may be worrying about 101 things related to blogging all at once and the reality is it takes time to build traffic. It is better to start with a strong foundation of posting consistently than trying to do 100 other things related to blogging all at once.

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For those that don’t know, we’ve added a search engine optimization (SEO) page to the Today.com Wiki. It is a compilation of ways to optimize your blog to reach search engine traffic. It is a great help and includes links to SEO articles at varying levels depending on where you are in your blogging and where you want to go with your blogging.

Our plan is to gather some tips from here and there and everywhere related to SEO and blogging. If you want to earn money blogging it is a necessary tool and one that will enhance all your online writing opportunities.

First SEO tip…visit the Today.com Wiki SEO page!

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I just got done reading Adsense Secrets 4 by Joel Comm, an e-book on how to make more money with Adsense. I must say that I learned a lot.

Even though this doesn’t directly apply to a lot of you right now I recommend getting it. It will be especially helpful to bloggers who are or will be a part of our revshare program.

For those of you that have other blogs, as we know many of you do, this is great resource to check out now. It teaches you all the tips and tricks. Some of it’s common sense stuff, but I’m sure you’ll find some good info as well.

Best of all, the Adsense Secrets book is only $9.95. Joel is also offering a free issue of his monthly Top 1% Report when you buy the book. I haven’t checked that out yet so can’t comment on it right now, but since the first month is free if might be worth checking out yourself.

Thanks,
Dave

Hello VIP Bloggers!

It’s been another great week of blogging at Today.com. We’ve doubled the number of VIP bloggers and have lots of new faces. We are growing our blogger base fast so if you know anyone who might be interested tell them to apply.

First order of business, there was a little confusion among some new bloggers who received a welcome email saying the rate was $2.50 per post. I am happy to say there are NO $2.50 bloggers in the today.com network. If you received that email consider yourself given a raise to $5! Please help us keep this rate by posting high quality articles so readers will want to continue reading, saving, and sharing Today.com blogs.

This week’s tip is commenting. A great way to get your blog out there is by visiting other blogs and leaving constructive comments for the blogger and the blog’s readers. Most times when you leave a comment you are given the opportunity to link to your blog at the same time.

The more links you have out on the Internet the better chance someone will find one and visit your blog. Commenting is also an opportunity to network with other bloggers and readers that you might not get otherwise.

Overall, it’s is a great way to increase awareness of your blog. Now, test out your commenting skills by leaving one here for us!

Thanks,
Dave