How to choose themes for SEO - another Important SEO FAQ
Few days ago I have publish one interesting topic about How to choose domain for seo as one of most important SEO FAQ and today , another big hidden tips will publish soon . It’s about how to choose theme / template that good for SEO, can support your blogging, can help you drive more traffic from Google. I am serious, themes is one important from blog that can really make a miracle for you.
So how to choose or at least know which theme / template is good for SEO (support SEO theme). I have done some long experiments with more than hundreds theme ( I am serious , I used to love to change my blog theme ) and lucky you , I have finished all job to know what factor from theme that can help you to have a better blog , off course a seo support theme.
Now is the time, How can I know that my theme is good for SEO?
This simple question needs a long answer, a support SEO theme need to have this condition:
- The theme is Load fast: a fast loading theme not only can make your reader comfort but also make the Google robot / crawler loves your blog. If they are often come to craw your blog then you will have bigger chance to be indexed on Google. A small size theme is great for SEO because they will load faster than 5MB theme.
- Theme that look clean : do you know why thesis theme is good for SEO , yeah the reason is they look clean and don’t have too much ” dirty ” code such as to much css , html , JavaScript , etc. the “dirty” code just like a lot of barrier for robot/crawler to read your blog. if your blog don’t have too much ” dirty “code then you already have a support SEO theme
- Article column first not sidebar: here is the important part, try to reload your blog and see what part is show up first. If you article (center column) show up first then I must congrats you because you already choose a good theme. But if your sidebar shows up first, prepare yourself to change another theme. Remember this doesn’t have any connection with how many sidebar you have , you can have one or two sidebar but all of them must be at the right of your blog not the left
- Article column at the left not right: the position of your article / post column is important as well, why? Because Google robot crawl your blog from left to right. Robot will more understand to read your article if they are one the left and automatically you will have a better SEO.
- Theme with little room for ads: this is unique FAQ, but based on what I found, a little room for ads theme is good for you that want to focus more on SEO. You will forget about make money from ads that can reduce your rank and produce better article.
- Forget about Flash: I know Flash image / video is good looking and can make your blog look so pretty professional, but by put them on your blog will make you get nothing. Remember, flash is nothing on SEO. SO don’t ever put them on header, inside posting or Sidebar. If you really love flash you can put them on footer.
Conclusion: if you think that you have chosen a wrong theme, I suggest you to change it. But if your blog already have all important factors to be a good theme for SEO then I must congrats you and your next job is to blog better. You don’t need to buy a premium theme if you know how to choose a good theme that Support SEO, right?
Well, this is big FAQ about Theme that good for SEO. If you have other tips to tell us, please let us know by leave your valuable comment bellow.
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Atahualpa seems perfect for SEO theme.
Dana @ Online Knowledge´s last blog ..Create Blog Lab by use Sub-Domain Facility
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jeandsen than Reply:
December 21st, 2009 at 7:01 am
off course , this is why me and you love this theme right ?
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NEELMONEY Reply:
December 22nd, 2009 at 3:46 am
Which theme you are currently using?
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Saksham Talwar Reply:
December 23rd, 2009 at 3:35 am
I think this site is using modified Atahualpa theme. Am I right Jeandsen?
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jeandsen than Reply:
December 23rd, 2009 at 7:16 am
yeah… i use atahualpa not because of the SEO support only. atahualpa have all i need from premium theme , i can use more than 200+ options
Dana @ Online Knowledge Reply:
December 23rd, 2009 at 10:54 am
Atahualpa surely is a great free theme. There are so many possibility that we can do on it.
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jeandsen than Reply:
December 23rd, 2009 at 4:13 pm
lol… Dana started to use it one month ago and falling in love with atahualpa since first time using it….
These are all great tips for finding a good Wordpress theme. I have to disagree with ad placement, google ignore ad blocks (like adsense) anyway, and having the google crawler read “left to right” is irrelevant. Especially because now many listings don’t even have meta descriptions taken from the first text block at all, but from random parts of the page. Otherwise, some great tips!
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jeandsen than Reply:
December 21st, 2009 at 7:03 am
well , it’s okay but based on my experience of blogging. i got my blog crawl better when i move my sidebar from left to right.
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I am going to start a new site from next year.You help me lot to learn new things.This is another useful article.Thanks.
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jeandsen than Reply:
December 22nd, 2009 at 7:22 am
great… hope you lucky with your new site buddy.
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Saksham Talwar Reply:
December 23rd, 2009 at 3:36 am
Good Luck Lakhyajyoti for your new site! Hope it rocks!
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jeandsen than Reply:
December 23rd, 2009 at 7:17 am
agree with you saksham , lahkyajyoti use a nice them . it’s really clean and neat
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Dana @ Online Knowledge Reply:
December 23rd, 2009 at 10:55 am
I hope you start it with wordpress platform so i can
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jeandsen than Reply:
December 23rd, 2009 at 4:14 pm
lol… i know wordpress based blog is a good place to spamming…
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Yes Flash images are good looking but they decrease the load time causing inconvenience to visitors
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jeandsen than Reply:
December 22nd, 2009 at 7:29 am
you’re right baigs… even we can use one or two flash image but it will be better if we don’t use them.
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Dana @ Online Knowledge Reply:
December 23rd, 2009 at 10:57 am
I think flash is no problem in internet high bandwidth country such as USA but yeah, it is really suck for Indonesia.
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I think your tips are essential because a lot of people seem to start on picking cluttered themes that could easily harm the serps and rankings. It also annoys their readers without them knowing it.
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jeandsen than Reply:
December 23rd, 2009 at 7:11 am
yeah melvin . most of new blogger choose theme based on what they look , a beauty theme without knowing anything about SEO support or anything. hope can help them with my post
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Hi buddy, nice tips. I think the clean layout and fast load are critical in defining whether a first time visitor will leave soon or become a loyal reader and come back. We got to be careful there, never disappoint them to gain more readership for our site.
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jeandsen than Reply:
December 27th, 2009 at 8:45 am
yeah… agree with you isaac. no wonder you have so many royal reader , it’s because you already know the secret.
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Yes I think picking a great theme is important. I haven’t jumped into a premium theme yet, but have been thinking about it for sometime now. I like the theme I have its clean and I think loads fast. I don’t put a lot of flash stuff on it. There is nothing worse then going onto a blog that loads real slow. I tend to click away or not go back. I like your theme. I’ll have to check it out. Of course I like the look of Isaacs theme, Frugal, and I have been looking at the Thesis. Just not sure yet.
Thanks for the tips!
Jim
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jeandsen than Reply:
December 27th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
honestly jim .. you don’t need it at all . your blogging skill telling me that , your skill , your post , your ability telling me that you have enough everything blogger need to be a powerful blogger. and honestly jim , i have a prove that theme is important but not everything.
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