17 Things to Check Before Publishing a Post

Blogging is combination of skill, knowledge and art. Combination of them makes a bloggers’ success more rapidly. Writing is no different from art and skill. If a blogger is good in writing he can easily attract readers.

Whenever a post get publish, we make spell corrections, optimize title and for SEO in it after it go online. Frequent update hitting may cause to ban you from search engines and directory listing. Read use wisely ping utility.

So isn’t better to check your post for couple of things before we publish it. This list will help you when you are about to hit publish.

From Content’s Perspective:-

• Spell mistakes, grammatical error are fatal mistakes for blog and reduce readership due to low quality articles. Use good word processor like Microsoft Word to avoid these mistakes. Proof read your work and run spell checker.
• Limit one idea to one paragraph. By doing so, your ideas are clearer and article will be easier to digest.
• Opt and stay with one language format i.e British or American
• After completing the post check that post has covered all points and none is untouched.
• Most important part of an article is its title. Striking title attracts readers to read the post. Without attractive article no one will even bother to look at it.
• Don’t forget to add eye catching image. Graphics adds style to the presentation of post and also catches attention of readers. Just imagine a plain post and a post well formatted text and with pictures.
• For navigation and readers convenience, put your work in proper category so that clicking that category bring all related posts in front of readers.

Search Engine Perspective

• Without optimizing for search engine, your efforts are useless because no one is seeing your site on search engine. What would be benefit of your article if it is not found on net despite the fact that it contains best material available online? Proper keyword research is as necessary as the content itself. Research and optimize your keywords so that vast majority on net can find it.
• Anchor text is vital for site wide keyword optimization. Use it in your articles.
• You have great stuff on your site why not to use them in coming articles by interlinking? By interlinking you have various benefits like
  • Its SEO requirement,
  • Engage your readers
  • Reduce bounce rate
  • Increase page view
  • Increase time on site.

Still I am supposed to tell more on interlinking?

• Also check that all links are working and no one is broken.
• Don’t forget to use “Alt” tag for images. You would receive traffic when someone searches for image.
• If you want to rock SERP, craft Meta description by yourself instead of automating the process with help of plugin. Please note that search engine shows your Meta description for that particular page. Include your keywords in Meta description and watch the traffic spike.
• Don’t forget to optimize permalink. Remove two character words from URL. Article on URL structure is further guide on optimizing permalinks.

Readers & Authority Perspective:-

• Every blogger wants quality traffic with readers’ engagement in articles. Use different tools to engage them like encourage for comments, participation in Polls, ask for their view on certain point etc.
• If you want to quote something from outside of your blog, use authentic sites whose authority is not doubtful. This will add value to your site and also strengthen the confidence of your readers on you.

Monetization Perspective:-

• In last, if you are running any monetization program like Google Ads, or AdBright, don’t forget to include them.

I also have created PDF check list file, for your ease to check your posts before publishing. Download

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