My Struggles with Optimization

The assignment said to write about our experience optimizing our blog and to be honest I had a rough experience. I had a tough time getting Google Analytics to sync up with my blog and even now I am not sure if it is all perfect. I do have a pdf I downloaded of what it shows. I also set up a squidoo account and linked that back to my blog. I felt I was rather creative by using the picture as the link. I attached the link to the squidoo to this post. I read the article “SEO tips every website owner should know” and I really learned the same things as always. Content is the most important thing. That is why in this blog post I tried to give good content once again but also used key words I really thought would help. I have been blogging about Michigan State Athletics and realized I should probably include tags such as “B1G and Big Ten” to get more hits when anyone searches for anything Big Ten conference related. I also used simple ones such as “MSU and Spartans” I used these tags on my squidoo lens as well. Linking is another critical step in getting your blog or website noticed, link to other relevant pages will get your name out there. Overall I had issues with this assignment but I feel I am slowly getting the hang of blogging.

http://www.sayeducate.com/2010/11/17/5-seo-tips-every-website-owner-should-know/ page 216

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