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Blog SEO Zen Table of Contents

ANATOMY OF RANKING WELL    5
BLOG INFRASTRUCTURE    6
HOW BLOGS WORK    6
WORDPRESS.ORG IS THE #1 PLATFORM    7
THEMES IMPACT SEO    7
STEP 1: WEB ANALYTICS    9
STEP 2: WORDPRESS PLUG-INS    9
STEP 3: URLS    13
TITLES AND META DESCRIPTIONS    17
WHY THEY ARE IMPORTANT    17
HOMEPAGE    18
SUBPAGES    19
POSTS    20
AVOID DUPLICATION IN TITLES    22
GOING BACK    23
TAGGING POSTS    23
CATEGORIES    23
KEYWORDS    24
IMAGE OPTIMIZATION    24
ALTERNATE TEXT    25
IMAGE FILENAMES    26
CAPTIONS    26
LINK BUILDING    27
EXTERNAL LINK BUILDING    28
GREAT CONTENT ENCOURAGES LINKS    29
INTERNAL LINK PLACEMENT    30
POST TEXT    31
PICKING THE RIGHT PHRASE    32
WEB ANALYTICS    34
KEYWORDS REPORT    34
REFERRING SITES REPORT    35
GOOGLE WEBMASTER TOOLS    36
CHEAT SHEET REVIEW    37

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