Learning how to rank on the first page of google can make a blog go from a few views a day to literally thousands but you must master the art of SEO.

When blogging we all want our content noticed and get as many eyeballs on our posts/articles as possible.

There are many ways to achieve this but we’ll talk about that later, so first we want our blog to have great and unique content so when our viewers read what we have to say they are going to leave happy and learnt something of value.

This is just what we want because they will come back for future content on your blog because they really enjoyed reading your previous posts or articles.

Another key thing to think about is a great website theme and template, a nice looking easy to navigate website will enhance the viewers experience and again they will be more likely to return for future articles or posts.

Ok so now we get onto the all-important SEO tactics, these are vital to help your blog rank higher, paired with great unique content this will shot you up the google rankings!

I’m getting carried away lets firstly explain what SEO is…

… Search Engine Optimization is the process that allows your website/blog to be found organically (free) in search engines.

Learning how to rank on the first page of google can make a blog go from a few views a day to literally thousands but you must master the art of SEO.

There are many different ways to achieve this from words or sentences that are relevant to you content (keywords), links that other websites have to your content (backlinks) even the way your website/blog is set up so the search engines can understand and find your website easier.

There are lots more different techniques too many to mention here but these are some of the basics that should be learned, luckily there is so much free content on the internet you will never have to look far for answers to any SEO questions you might have.

When it comes to understanding SEO and putting it into practice there are many tools that will be a great help to you, the paid tools are great but there are some free ones that are also very good.

The SEO guru himself Neil Patel has a great video on you tube listing many of his favourite free SEO tools, so grab a pen and take notes!