Showing posts with label RSS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RSS. Show all posts

Monday, February 10, 2014

Ben Norman's SEO course: Day 7 - Blogs & RSS.

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Day 7 - Blogs & RSS.
 
Blog and RSS are two terms you will more than likely have heard of. Now the reason I am including them is because search engines love unique and fresh content and Blogs give them just that.
Now having a blog is something you need to be able to commit time to as you need to keep it up to date for it to remain effective and cast you in the right light.
Blogging doesn't have to be massively time consuming but it is about giving information and being seen to be the go to people in your industry. I find with my company many of the people that come through have been on our blog looking at what we say what we have done etc and it has proved to be a good tool at showing how good we really are.
You could for example if you were a camera shop you could have a blog which contained reviews of all the new cameras coming out with pictures and write-ups and by optimising the blog post with the camera name and number in the title chances are you could appear high in the rankings for that term. With our blog we find we can do a post and within minutes it is being ranked by Google and more often than not for the terms in our title tag. It is worth noting this is with long tail terms you are not going to do a post with "secured loan" as the title and get a high position of the bat.
I always recommend WordPress for people looking to set up blogs on their website as it is totally free and very easy to install just follow the 5 step instruction process.
Once installed it is just as easy to customise and a theme can be installed for free or if you want one that will fit in with your website you can have one designed for it through somewhere like Elance for about £100.
When you have your blog installed people can then sign up to your RSS feed which means that every time you update your blog they will get it delivered straight to their RSS reader meaning it is even easier to stay in touch with them.
Blogs are something that I can't recommend enough as when used properly can really give you the edge over your competition and show you as the go to company in your niche.
I hope you have enjoyed this course and like to receive feedback as i am always updating it and like to ensure it contains what people want. So if you have a idea, feel something else should be added please get in touch.


 
What Next?
 
Thats the end of this short course but keep an eye on your inbox for more emails from me. Alternativly keep an eye on my blog for more tip and help.

Sunday, January 19, 2014

What RSS (Really Simple Syndication) enables you?

RSS

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) enables you to view lots of web content without needing to visit tons of individual websites or pages.
All this disparate content is presented in a single list, which saves time, and means you never need miss a story.
Choosing the pages you wish to see in this way is easy: click on the RSS icon when on the page, or select a page's URL from the list below. You can then subscribe to the chosen RSS feed.

Reading an RSS feed

There are two ways to read an RSS feed: the first is through your web browser. All the latest browser releases support RSS viewing, including Chrome, Firefox and IE. The second method is to use a dedicated RSS reader. These programs check to see what feeds have been updated, and then display the stories as a list of clickable links.
An example of a web-based RSS reader is Google Reader, while you can also download RSS reading apps such as FeedDemon for Windows or Reeder for Mac, iPad and iPhone.

Subscribing to an RSS feed

Click on the link to any of the RSS feeds listed below. This will take you to a page of stories. Either subscribe to this page within your browser via the instructions on-screen. Or, if you wish to use an RSS reading app, simply copy the URL of this page from the address bar in your browser. Then go to your reader and paste it in the relevant place. See the documentation for your reader for precise instructions on how to subscribe to the feed you have chosen.

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