This episode is jam packed with information that is geared towards bloggers who are new, small or still working on those big traffic goal dreams and are looking for amazing SEO tips that you can implement right away.

In this episode SEO expert Casey Markee dives deep into the herd mentality problems in the food blog world. He gives detailed takeaways of what you can do instead and where you should be getting your information for the best most up to date SEO practices.

Other topics include:

• Image SEO- Process shots, Alt text and labeled ingredient shots
• Internal linking- how, where and when to use internal linking and one thing you should NEVER do
• How a small blog grows to be competitive in today's food blog market- Casey directs us on exactly what should be implemented first.
• Treat your blog like it is a business
• What analytics you should be paying attention when checking the health of your site for Google and how to prepare them for the Core Web Vitals Update in May
  • first input delay
  • LCP
  • CLS
• Casey's preference for the best theme, hosts and why you should ONLY use wordress.org not wordpress.com or places like Squarespace etc. 
• Mistakes he has seen in audits from bloggers copying other bloggers

Loren
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Casey Markee
Website: https://www.mediawyse.com/