Importance of Keywords

I make money with this blog by explaining the search engine optimization techniques I use to target terms like "make money online". I make money by simply ranking high in the searches for terms related to making money. That's it. You need to able to rank high in google search engine so you able to get the most traffic.

I have spent the past year writing posts that optimize various keywords that I have chosen based on the amount of traffic those keywords generate on the search engines. I built this blog without ever expecting or caring if I ever had a real audience of readers. My goal was simple - generate large amounts of search engine traffic and convert that traffic into Adsense clicks.

So what the deal with search engine optimization

You just started a blog for the fun of it and in due course you started learning a bit about this and a bit about that and before you knew it you have opened Pandora's box. You all want to make money with your blog. You have found out that it isn't that easy. What's the biggest single hurdle everyone blogging faces?How to Get Traffic.

Sure this is obvious but worth emphasizing - without traffic your blog is pointless and has no hope of making money. Not just any traffic will do however. You need search engine traffic - Google's. I am going to try and simplify things as much as possible. There is a lot to learn but most of it can be added later. There are a few basics that need to be applied right from day 1 and this is what I will concentrate on here. Ranking Number 1 in GoogleSEO boils down to two things.1) On Page Search Optimization2) Off Page Search OptimizationThat's it - see simple.On page optimization boils down to two things.1) Blog Layout (URL, Blog Title, Description, Sidebar Headers and then all the crap thrown in to bugger up the blog's layout.)2) Post Layout (Post Title, Post Header, Sub Headers, Post Content) Off Page Optimization boils down to one thing.1) Backlinks (Quality PR, site relevant, keyword relevant links)