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Blog SEO – Creating Your Blog

Posted on May 12th, 2009 | by John Baril |

Optimizing your blog to rank better in the search engines begins when you first start creating your blog. Doing the blog SEO during this stage will save you a lot of time and hassle as compared to doing it when your blog is already up and running. Of course, besides SEO, you still have other concerns such as content. So why not get the SEO done with before you begin doing anything else? Here are some blog optimization tips for those who are just starting their blogs.

First, you have to know how to choose the right blog software for you. Choosing the right CMS (content management system) for your blog can actually have a significant effect on your blog’s success. If you want to be different, you can create a customized blog solution which is customized to satisfy your users. Typically, blog CMS providers such as Blogger, TypePad, WordPress and MovableType will be sufficient. Personally, I prefer WordPress as it had by far the most plugins, themes widgets and that sort of thing available.

The best CMS would be one that is easy for the author to use as well as one that has all the features that would allow the blog to develop further. When starting from scratch, think about the way you want the categorization, sub-pages, comments, archiving, user accounts as well as multiple feeds to operate to help narrow down your options.

It is also advisable to host your blog in your own domain simply because doing so would attract links, publicity, trust, and attention as well as search rankings.