I found this article while browsing through Geeks Corner. The article accurately describes how to correct mistakes that may hurt your blog in terms of search engines and other factors. Many blog owners do not realise the importance of these techniques, but they can make a huge difference.

1) Sitemap EVERYTHING. A lack of sitemap will cause agony to the Google Search Engine. They prioritise sites with a proper sitemap, as they are lazy to pull just the last RSS FEEDS and Archives.If you have interlinked sites or especially if you have a few sites under your main directory, it’s worth a moment to add those domains to it, with a update schedule (weekly,daily,hourly etc) as to how often you do it.

2) RSS FEEDS, Set to 100 POSTS. At least when it’s being deployed/pulled/leeched from your site, you have the last 100 posts inserted into the search engine. They love your RSS FEEDS. RSS FEEDS is a good means to know how great yr feed is,and your readership.

3) Install the INFO.TXT file from ALEXA. It just plainly contains the…

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