Perhaps I should have started with this topic instead of jumping right in. Hindsight, right? This is by no means meant to be comprehensive, just a starting point for any blogger looking to learn more about SEO and how it affects their site.
The concept of a hyperlink isn’t new. If you’re reviewing a toy and you compare it to another one you’ve written about, you might link to it so your audience can read that post too. They’re incredibly useful for directing people around your site, and for the most part, relatively unobtrusive to the reading experience. They’re very easy, very intuitive, and very important for SEO.
A few definitions first: An internal link is a link that points to another page within the same website. If Bex writes a masterpost on lube for sizebeans, they might link to individual reviews they’ve written on specific types of lube. That’s an internal link. An external link points to a site other than itself. When I rave about Lilly’s toy safety page and link to it, that’s external. They’re both important, but I’m going to talk about internal links today.
If you’re running your own site, chances are you’ve picked up a lot of new skills along the way. From better photography to understanding a bit more about search engine optimization, being in charge of your own sex blog can be a great way to learn more about the internet. But sometimes your main focus is on the actual content of your blog, and not whether or not your site is experiencing any issues like broken pages or faulty analytics.
Since my last post on SEO for Sex Bloggers elicited such a positive reaction, I thought I’d turn it into a little series! There are a lot of things involved in search engine optimization, and it’s easiest to break it down into separate sections. So on Saturdays, expect some new SEO knowledge; take it or leave it!
If you haven’t seen it in my About Me page, I do SEO for a living. If you aren’t familiar, it stands for search engine optimization, and it means I work with websites to make sure they have the best visibility in search engines like Google and Bing.