You post on a blog because you want to share your knowledge; You also blog because you want to drive traffic to your website and rank high in search results.

You already know the basics of SEO related to on-page factors and link building, but there are many other factors that are overlooked.

Of course, you’ll never crush them all, but it’s worth spending some time on the easiest ones to make sure your blogs have a more meaningful impact.

Here are five simple but effective tactics that you should use.

Awesome headlines

How do big headlines help your ranking?

Well, more clicks on search results improve your ranking because the algorithm will give your blog more value.

So if you have a relatively low ranking, but you get a lot of clicks, your ranking will go up. However, if you rank high and get no clicks, your blog will be considered irrelevant to that search term and your ranking will drop.

Therefore, eye-catching headlines improve your ranking.

Use images to improve your ranking

Using images to link to your blog will increase your ranking and provide some diversity to your backlinks.

The Alt tag tells search engines about the content of your image. When using an image to link to your blog post, the Alt tag serves as the keyword.

The best way to get these link-based backlinks is to create an infographic for others to use – request an image backlink to your original post.

Do-follow vs. not to follow

Your goal is to get follow-up links because they show that your blog is of high quality and a reliable source of information.

The problem is many profiling sites and blogs alone do not provide tracking links. An excessive amount of these will make your blog appear untrustworthy, not good.

Buying links (please say you don’t) is the quickest way to screw up your rankings. Instead, focus on guest blogging for high-quality blogging.

Linking to trusted blogs

Outbound links are just as relevant as inbound links.

As a reliable and high-quality blog, you are expected to link to other high-quality blogs if you want to increase the value of your blog in the eyes of search engines.

Short or long blogs?

Okay, yes, you could probably write a useful and informative high-quality blog post that’s short, but search engines love lengthy content.

But not only should your content be extensive (but high-quality, relevant, and informative), you should also work to get feedback. This will help to increase the duration of the unique content of each post.

Although none of these ideas are revolutionary, they are often overlooked. These simple and easy-to-do tips will help you get more out of your blog.

Feel free to leave a comment if you have any more ideas on how to get the best rankings for your blog, or if you have any questions.