I really love being a blogger.

I love learning about blogging.

I love writing and posting and getting comments.

I wanted to share a really easy blogging tip for you!

Look at what your permalinks look like.

What is a permalink?  It is the address a person types in to get to a specific post.

Here are 2 examples of permalinks.

• http://thebirthbug.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/when-shall-we-weigh-the-baby/
• http://www.themidwifenextdoor.com/?p=1375

Can you tell the difference?

The first example has the title words in the permalink.  This helps in a few different ways.

• You know what it is about before you click it.
• Those key words go out into “Google land” which allows searches to better find your posts!

The second has just a number to represent that post.   What is it about?  How will Google know to share the information with the world?

Is it good that you only have a number?  I don’t think it is.  It is the default way to organize blogs, but

• it doesn’t benefit your readers
• it doesn’t benefit your blog either

So, is it hard to get keywords in your permalink?

NO, it is really EASY.

If you have a WordPress blog – go to Settings and then permalinks and you will see your options there.    If you have a different type of blog then Google it to find out how to change your permalink.

I hope this helps some of you to get your blog posts more easily found in Google Searches.  So more women can have better births!