Tip of the Day


Revitalize Old Blog Posts & Pass Link Juice to New Posts 2

Updating older posts

With the benefit of hindsight, and new ideas, I often find that posts that I have written in the past, really should be updated.  

Many of my archived posts continue to offer real value to my audience but there is no disputing that some of the content could do with revamping or updating.  If the content can be refreshed, then the entire article can continue to be relevant and to reflect current practices.

In fact, after using Long Tail Pro extensively to find low competition keywords, I know that many of my archived posts could do with title updates to include keywords that are much more competitive than those originally published with the post. 

So the main reasons I like to make a practice of revisiting archived posts are these: (more…)


7 Places to Find Images for Your Blog Posts 2

Image GalleryThere is no doubt that images spice up your blog posts. They are an essential inclusion for any website but many bloggers and website owners are at a loss as to how to find images that can be legally used on commercial sites.

So here is a list of places that you can explore to see if they match what you are looking for. All sites, but one, are free. Some require attribution , others don’t so you can check via the link that appears beneath the website screenshot or via the site itself. (more…)


Get the Jump on Your Competition with Ubersuggest Keywords 2

Competitive Keywords

Tip of the Day – Finding Competitive Keywords

Finding low competition keywords can eat up an incredible amount of your time.  And of course time is precious. There is nothing more frustrating than spending half a day looking for the right keywords for your post and then finding out that the competition in the top 10 is simply too tough.

Thus your published post faces an uphill battle to get the attention it deserves.

Eyes on content – that is what it is all about.

You might be thankful to see that your post has been indexed quite quickly and even thankful to see that it has shot up to page 3 in the search engine results for some of your keywords, maybe even page 2.  But if it is lingering on page 3 after some time, it might as well be sitting on page 10 given that the results on page 1 dominate the click activity. (more…)