Benefits of Blogging

One of the advantages some bloggers may not think about when they are promoting their blogs is the amount of SEO and internet marketing skills they are developing in the process.

What search engine optimization & Internet Marketing Skills Do You Know?

Chances are, you have done one or more of the following for your blog:

• Considered important keywords for the title of your posts
• Installed SEO related plugins (Platinum SEO, All in One SEO Pack)
• Found people online who are interested in topics related to your blog
• Created a large audience on social networks
• Shared your posts on Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon, Delicious, etc.
• Encouraged others to bookmark posts on social bookmarking networks with socialble plugins and icons (such as the ones at the end of this post)
• Commented on DoFollow blogs
• Submitted to directories
• Created a sitemap to submit to major search engines
• Installed and monitored traffic statistics, including referral sites, then used that data to re-tune your keywords or re-direct your social network focus
• Monitored the Page Rank, Alexa Rank, Yahoo backlinks, and other statistics for your blog
• Monitored the search engine rankings of your blog for various keywords
• Kept up to date with the latest in SEO, social media and internet marketing news

All of these things are important to SEO and internet marketing. The above covers such skills as keyword analysis, custom web site optimization, social media marketing, internet marketing, link building and more.