Until recently I would say I was relatively clueless about search engine optimization. I still don’t know it all and am in no way claiming to. These are just some of the steps I have taken to increase my SEO…

Format your posts
Format your posts to include the title and date. This will help search engines to be able to find your posts easier and more in tune to what your post is about. You can do this by [Wordpress only] selecting settings in your admin panel and then selecting permalinks. Choose the day and name option. [Picture Below]

Install Google Sitemap

Install Google Sitemap plugin for Wordpress. It will automatically ping or let Google, Ask, Yahoo, and MSN know that you have updated your blog. Here’s the one I used.

Use tags
Use tags and or Technorati tags. You can display the tags below each post by inserting this code in your page.               

There are a few Technorati tag plugins out there. Here is one that I know of. I haven’t personally used it on any of the SizzlingSkillet sites, but it looks promising. One more. Again, Worpress only.