Website search engine optimization (SEO) is something that I know very little about. When I first launched Passive Family Income almost two years ago, I did not really understand the importance of backlinks, keywords, SERPs, and other SEO lingo. Overtime, I started to realize the importance of writing for both your readers and the search engines, but still didn’t grasp the big picture.
For the past year I had been using a variety of search engine optimization practices that I believed would help potential readers find my content easier. It wasn’t until just recently that I realized I still had not been fully optimizing my content. What brought me to this realization? A new optimization tool that has changed the way that I structure and publish my content.
Brian Clark of CopyBlogger has introduced a really cool tool that can help bloggers like me improve their website search engine optimization. The tool is called Scribe SEO and can be used to help the average writer follow SEO best practices in the content they publish. If you are interested in improving your search engine page rank, eliminating the guesswork on which keywords to use, and increasing your targeted traffic – then you may want to check out Scribe SEO.
Scribe – What is it?
Scribe is a WordPress plugin that can help you optimize your blog posts. When you have completed drafting a post, you simply launch the application and within seconds have a set of results. The analysis provides problem areas in your content and lists suggestions on how you can fully optimize your post. It is truly a very powerful tool that can help you improve the readability and search engine optimization of a given post.
The plugin works directly with the Thesis WordPress theme or by using the All in One SEO plugin if you are currently using a different theme. The installation and setup of Scribe is quick and easy.
Thesis Demo Site — See the Thesis Theme in action!
While Scribe is currently only available for WordPress users, future versions will target other blog platforms. There are also plans to roll out a Microsoft Word plugin which I will be looking forward to using.
What I Like About Scribe
All the hype aside, there are a lot of reasons why I like Scribe and will be leveraging it heavily in the coming months. Here are a few of the benefits I am already finding by using this tool.
- Old Posts – I have been trying to go back and clean up a lot of the older posts here on PFI. This plugin can be used on new and old posts which gives me the opportunity to easily fix and improve older content.
- Backlinks – I understand the importance of internal and external backlinks when it comes to proper website search engine optimization. What I didn’t realize is that I was not including enough of them in my content. Scribe has help me understand that I need to include more backlinks in all of my articles.
- Tags – I struggle with adding tags to my posts. This tool will actually provide some suggestions on what tags you may want to use in your content. I have been using a lot of these suggestions now in my posts. The list of tags provided also has help spawn new ideas for future posts on related topics.
- SERPs – I never paid much attention to SERPs in the past. I rarely added custom title tags or meta descriptions to my posts. In order for Scribe to analyze your content, it requires you to add this information which automatically improves the optimization of your posts.
- Keyword Density – A really cool feature of the tool is the keyword analysis that is provided. Scribe will tell you if your keyword density is too high. While I never purposely shoved keywords into my posts where they didn’t belong, the tool has taught me to keep them in balance. If your keyword density is too high, your results will show this and give you recommendations to fix it.
Final Thoughts
Is Scribe the perfect tool? No. Will it help me improve my content, readability, and search engine results – Absolutely!
I think that the tool is a perfect way to leverage technology and save time, while improving your content. While Scribe won’t write my content for me, it will help me deliver the best possible information to my readers while making it search engine friendly!
There currently is no affiliate program for the Scribe tool. I get no compensation for promoting the product if you choose to purchase it using a link on my site. I do, however, believe that it is important to signal out helpful tools when I come across them.
Are you using Scribe? What are your thoughts on this product?
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John,
Thanks for sharing. Not that I want to only cater to SEO, but I don’t have the time to play the strategy game with my posts.
Seems like Scribe could really help with this. I’ll have to check out Scribe.
@Moon – I have been using it for just over a week now and really like it. It is a low cost (IMO) tool that helps me write better content for the search engines, while not jeopardizing the readability. Plus, Brian Clark is one of the best when it comes to copy-writing, so I am giving it a try.
Since I like to learn hands on, this is the perfect tool for me. I have already picked up a lot of things I have been doing wrong and am thinking more about SEO best practices each time I write a new post.