On another forum, we were discussing Bounce Rate and  @kristi-hines  pointed out the importance of internal links. So I have set to task going through my blog and trying to link it to itself using key words and phrases. 

My question is that when I have lots of posts, how do I simplify this process other than just searching my site and finding things to link to. Are there any tools to help me do this? What is your technique?

 Do you know of a specific plugin you would recommend? @erikdeckers

yeah @glengorham I have been working with Zemata, and it is incredibly invasive. I guess I need to figure out the settings. I does a great job of finding the posts, but it also adds all this unwanted text to the post that i cant get rid of no matter how many times i delete the html and refresh. Obviously because it is browser add on driven. But, i have just started, and will step back, take a deep breath, and try again. 

I’m thinking PushButtonSEO does this, too, Jason. The curation part is really cool and the basic seo enhancements make it fun to use. And the basic version is free, at least right now. Pay more to unlock other enhancements, etc.

I’ve been trying out so many curation tools lately, it’s hard to separate them sometimes, but I do think PBseo let’t you target a keyword to link automatically to certain sites if you set it up that way, just as Kristi said.

@kristi-hines @jasonwiser

@jasonwiser not that I am against Most Recent or other plugins, I find that the best is to use links in your articles to previous posts. You can be pretty sure to see at least one internal link in each SME post. That also helps with the bounce rate. 

@jasonwiser my bad, I thought you wanted something in the sidebar. 

use Mr. Google “site:socialmediaexaminer.com oatmeal” searches SME for the word oatmeal (and Oatmeal was used Jul 7, 2010 & Sep 15, 2010 – whooda thunk?).Choose a keyword phrase and ask Mr. Google to find a match. If are used to doing this it only takes a moment to find a good link for any keyword. AND you get to decided if the link is right.

@glengorham

I’ve been heavily using Zemanta on a pretty new site, Glen, and since I was using original video, I didn’t stop to see if it could pull and place video. But just from looking around, I didn’t notice any specific tool for that. Am I missing something or can it handle video, too?

@richardmclaughlin And thanks for the site search reminder, Richard. I was thumbing through my notes for that very thing yesterday, but your suggested use for that is just perfect for a current need and will be such a time saver. (Exactly what I was trying to remember and find yesterday, lol). Thanks.

You can try SEO Smart Links. It works pretty well for interlinking purpose..   And another one is Insights plugin… http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/wordpress-plugins/insights

@atlantarobin I don’t use video all that much; I should start thinking about it. So I have not investigated that. I will have to look into it.

@charlene-kingston yeah finding the right posts can take time,which is why I posted this. Glad I’m not the only one challenged by this.