Best 10 White Hat blogging Tips by Matt Cutts

If head of the web-spam team at Google will tell you the Tips for blogging then I am sure You will take it. So today I am posting White Hat Blogging tips from Matt Cutts, the Google guy. He is the head of the web-spam team, he is the person in charge of controlling what blogs get a good spot in SERPs and what blogs get penalized due to over-optimization or other SEO or blogging mistakes. During in lecture at a WordPress Camp, he shared some blogging tips and ideas that we feel worth re-sharing with other people who weren't there or didn't see the video. So here is Best 10 Tips:

1. Make Best File Paths

You must not use multiple parameters for stuff like search queries etc. Use underscores as word separators rather than dashes, although dashes are fine too. And as far as file extensions are concerned, all extensions, such as .php, .html, .asp, .pdf are fine. The only discouraged file extension is .exe, because that's an easy way to get infected by  a virus. Avoid .exe files.

2. Getting onto Google News

To get a blog included in Google News, it must have multiple authors. Getting into Google News can boost your traffic, as it channels out some competition, and leaves you open to compete for an audience eager to gran hold of any piece of news information.

3. Contribute insightful analysis

One great idea for writing blog posts is contributing insightful analysis of the services that people ordinarily use. For example, you can look into which service gets more spam, Gmail, Yahoo or Hotmail? Or, you can compare and contrast different cloud storage services. Provide data that will help people make better decisions.

4. Provide useful services

Another great blogging idea is to provide useful services to your audience. These can include tools, or other cool features. For example, iPhone apps, or a PDF sign converter, or perhaps a locate builder.

 

5. Create Controversy

Creating a controversy is a good way of gaining attention. When you talk about a controversial topic, people are more likely to comment and share their views, and hence get the conversation going. Controversy doesn't necessarily need to be related to some scandal. It could be your views on technology, or comparison between two smartphones, and so on.

6. Make Lists in Post

Making lists is also a good way of getting some extra traffic, and providing some useful information to your readers. Like this post "best 10" Or you can make "top 10". People like these things more

7. Provide Tutorials

Always provide tutorial in your best field. The best way to go about this is to write about something when you learn about it yourself. That way, you will be able to memorize the process while educating other people.

8. Always do Liveblog

Liveblogging is covering a social event live on your blog, with regular updates and feeds on what's going on. Lots of people liveblog about conferences or seminars/webinars. It is just one of the many ways you can keep your audience engaged.

9. Follow other blogs for ideas

First of all, you should follow other blogs in your niche to find out what they are doing, and get ideas from there. For creative ideas, you should visit sites like Reddit, Digg, Techmeme, and so on.

10. Be creative

This point is simple so be creative and do the thing that you want. And also post about it...