Sometime last year, I decided to turn the French Together course (a self-study French course for English speakers) into a language learning app. This was done in 3 steps: Learning how to code Building the French Together app Launching Here is how I went about each step and what I learned a long the way! After years of growth, my blog French Together slowly started declining in March 2021. It wasn’... Source ..read more

2020 is finally over (thank God.) Which means it’s time for some New Year cleaning. You may have articles or copyright notices that reference previous years. Now is the perfect time to update these and make sure they say “2021” and not “2020” or even “2019.” To find pages referencing previous years, head to Google and search: site:example.com intitle:2020 site:example.com inurl: 2020 The first... Source ..read more

You may have heard of unicorn keywords: low competition, high volume keywords. Some say they are extinct. Others say they are so plentiful in some niches that any blog can easily rank without backlinks. As often, the truth lies somewhere in between. One thing is for certain though, finding them isn’t always easy. Let’s discover how to find these mythical creatures no matter what niche you are in! Source ..read more

Keyword difficulty or SEO difficulty is the likelihood of ranking for a keyword. And the way most bloggers estimate it is dangerous. They use SEO tools like Ahrefs, Keysearch, or SEMrush and rely on their keyword difficulty scores to tell how easy ranking for a keyword should be. The problem is that keyword difficulty scores are guesses and trusting them blindly is more likely to hurt you than... Source ..read more

Weak words are everywhere. Like ants invading your home in summer, they slip through the cracks and slowly distract your reader. They turn fascinating ideas into never-ending articles people can’t wait to run away from. Worse, they undermine you and make you sound insecure. Luckily, getting rid of weak words is much easier than getting rid of ants. Here is a list of common weak words and flabby... Source ..read more

I face the same problem every time I need to write a meta description. I have no idea where to start. Should I first mention the problem the article is solving? Should I use a call-to-action? Is it bad to repeat what I already wrote in the headline? To find out, I analyzed hundreds of meta descriptions from the New York Times, Lonely Planet and other popular blogs. The result is a list of 10... Source ..read more

I have some bad news. Writing great content, building quality backlinks and having catchy blog post titles is not enough. You could have all this and still get very little traffic. Why? Because you need people to choose your article over competing articles in the search results. And the best way to do that is to have a catchy blog post title and an awesome meta description. Luckily... Source ..read more

You just finished writing an amazing article and can’t wait to share it with the world. But first, you need to come up with a great SEO title. The kind of SEO title that’ll not only help you rank in Google but also make people excited to read your article. Following the advice I gave a few months ago is a good start. But you may wonder: how does a good SEO title look in the real world? Source ..read more

Your headline is the first part of your articles your readers see. And it may very well be the last part they see. That’s why a catchy headline is not nice to have, it’s essential. Without it your article may as well not exist because nobody will read it. But how do you write a headline that’ll capture your readers’ attention and bring thousands of visitors to your blog? Hint: Source ..read more

Blogging is hard and the COVID-19 epidemic is not making things easier. Luckily, several businesses have started offering their blogging, SEO or marketing courses for free to help bloggers and small business owners deal with the coronavirus epidemic. This page lists all the offers. If you know of another course or offer one yourself, please post a comment below and I will add it to the list. Source ..read more