What Is SEO?

SEO Declassified

     SEO those 3 letters are as scary and mysterious for bloggers as the IRS is to the rest of us.  So what is SEO?

     SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization.  Simply put it is the way a search engine ranks your post for relevancy to the search criteria.  For example, if you are searching for cookie recipes then you would not be interested in pages or posts about "tracking cookies".  The search engine "reads" your search and by the terms you put in the search bar gives you the most relevant results to your request.  The search engine has software that scans the posts and pages for matches to the words in your search to those posts to give the best results first.  

     How then do you get your post/pages to rank high in the secret world of SEO? Do you have to wave a magic wand over your keyboard? Do you make a deal with the devil to get good results?  No.   You simply do some research and include the right keywords in the title and body of the post to ensure your readers find you.  

     In part 2 of this post I will show some simple and FREE ways to do this