I recently received an email from a gentleman who was curious which keywords I targeted.  Nonetheless, I felt the question deserved a post in response.

Only up until recently, my key concern has been to acquire links instead of trying to climb the ranks of search engines.  There are two (2) points you should consider before attempting to tackle search engines:

1. Don’t expect to climb the ranks over night.  Search engine optimization (or SEO) takes vast amounts of time in terms of persistence, research, and patience.
2. Most importantly, think ‘links’.  Unless you manage to receive new links to your blog, you won’t be moving up that search-placement ladder any time soon.  Before you even consider the art of SEO, I suggest you build/create a couple of links to your blog.

Getting back to the question, BlogaPro has been pushing the term “make money blogging“.  Did I pluck the term out of the air?  No, there is some detailed thought/inspiration behind my selection.

In fact, the search term is:

1. Potentially lucrative
2. A popular search key phrase
3. Less competitive in comparison to similar search terms
4. Fits in with the blog’s niche
5. Shares the same words as BlogaPro’s slogan
6. Catchy and easy to remember
7. Succinct and describes the blog

In the past two weeks, my primary concern has shifted from ‘get links’ to ‘optimize search engine ranking’.  The former activity of my blogging efforts proved quite successful so much so that I saw my Alexa Rank climb from over 1,230,369 to 430,686 in a matter of 3 months, a figure that continues to improve as we speak.

In the past month, I have noticed that BlogaPro has moved from a position of page 13 to page 7 for the targeted keyword.  Have a look for yourself.  Hopefully, this is foreshadow of things to come!