Comments on: Forget about Search Engines When Creating Content

By: Dave@home improvements

Dave@home improvements — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:06:32 +0000

I really love the title of this post and it is so true – sometimes you have to think like a “human” when you are writing content for search engines, and do not be afraid to put some h3 and h2 tags within your post while bolding various keyword phrases throughout the article, you will be surprised how many long tails you pick up

By: victor e john@money clubs

victor e john@money clubs — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:23:05 +0000

i think when writing useful content on a particular nitch one should have high quality visited keyword with less competision expecialy for newbies and forcus on the keyword for some time. while writing at list 2 articles every week making you a branded internet marketer in your business

By: John Morgan

John Morgan — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:36:26 +0000

As I posted a comment in another blog post here, I think google is and will be favoring websites that have a high average time spent on the site by a user. Why? Because with all the crappy sites on the internet today, a user will quickly click away and find the next site on their search for whatever they are looking for. The sites that have great content which is unique and catchy to the user finding it, are the ones where surfers stay and read the content or join the community.

Why is this comment important to this blog post? It’s just another reason why writing content for the reader will benefit you more than writing for the search engines.

By: Robert C - The Wholesale Products Guy

Robert C - The Wholesale Products Guy — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:46:45 +0000

Julia Writes..

“What I want to suggest is that you forget about search engines and SEO purposes when creating content. Focus on your readers interests. Spend more time to create a unique quality content and the results will not take long to appear. Be honest with yourself, take time and think – would you look after that cherished link if search engines don’t exist at all?”

Robert Sez..

The “write good content and they will come” mentality has been accepted wisdom by some in the Internet community for a number of years now. While I do not completely disagree with this sage advice, I do find it to be, in some cases, misleading. It also reminds me of the advice I have heard from offline business guru’s as well. One of my favorites is “find out what you love to do and the money will follow”. Ah, no, it won’t.

Your cat’s fur ball collection might be a thrilling endeavor for you and a small group of like minded individuals, but as a marketable product or service, well, not so much. My point is, If you use your website or blog as a hobbyist, or your addicted to Twitter, Facebook, or whatever the Social Media “soup de jour” of the day is, then spending time on content creation might be a worthy endeavor.

But if you are an Internet profiteer then it is nothing more then a “time sink”. The money mind ed’s website or blog needs visibility, as well as keywords that will convert customers. Doesn’t mean you can’t create compelling content, it just means that you are going to have to be “keyword creative” and incorporate them into your SEO efforts.

I don’t mean to be a “Debbie Downer” (Saturday Night Live Character Reference Alert!), about this issue, nor am I disparaging this post. I just think that sometimes the conventional wisdom about content does not apply to everyone. Developing a readership is very hard and writing good content takes “talent and time”. Not everyone has that gift, and for people who are pure product Internet marketers, it might even be a waste of time..

I just sayin (LOL!)..

Thats my rant..

Robert C – The Wholesale Products Guy

By: Sam@Milton Keynes Driving Instructor

Sam@Milton Keynes Driving Instructor — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:51:10 +0000

Content is king, especially when Google rankings are more determined by anchor text from links to your site than anything else. If you write naturally, your keywords will be there anyway. Just write for people, and think of how to keep the same person coming back to your site. Website traffic is an EXPENSE unless you compel them to do something favourable like buy something, recommend you to someone else, or REMEMBER you so your brand slowly builds up and they think about your site the next time they want something you sell. This doesn’t come from writing gibberish that you think will fool search engines – you just make yourself look foolish

By: Greg@Payday Loans

Greg@Payday Loans — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:16:47 +0000

Hi Julia, interesting article and perspective. But how about a split tactic – you put good quality information on your site that will attract link and put a bit of junk into articles that go in article directories just for the purpose of a linkback?

Gregs last blog post.. Payday Cash Loan – Get Cash Loan Till Your Payday

By: Corey@Belleville Monster Invasion

Corey@Belleville Monster Invasion — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:06:45 +0000

Pretty good article. SEO is worthless if the visitors won’t convert because there’s nothing of interest in the content. Thanks for keeping us focused on the true target.

By: Kyani

Kyani — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:39:56 +0000

Couldn’t agree more with this post. I think that content is not king, but queen (maybe even prince). Links are king. Many of the niche markets I work in – I can get pages to rank with just a handful of good links. So, that frees me up to write good content for the reader, not worrying about SEO ramifications.

The funny thing is – if you do that – you end up with better content from an LSI perspective and as the search engines move in that direction, you will be rewarded even more…

By: Julia

Julia — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:14:08 +0000

@Darrell,

>First, in the example you showed with all of the backlinks pointed to your website, are those a result of people pulling in your content using RSS feeds or directly linking to you?

Those links are the results from pulling content using RSS and from linking to our site from other articles on other websites.

>Secondly, when using FAST BLOG FINDER…is there a limit to how many links one should acquire in one day without triggering Google’s algorithms? I am wondering if at some point in your SEO adventures have you done any studies on this? If so, I think it would be a great subject to start.

I would not recommend that you get hundreds of links per day. I’m also using Fast Blog Finder to search for blogs and post comments. I post just a few (3-5) comments per day. The next day or in a few days I check those blogs and find that my comments are approved.

>Personally, I’d like to know if you have any data on it. I know there are tons of websites that offer text links by the dozens…but is it really save to get so many backlinks at one time?

Like I wrote Google didn’t like many links appearing in a short amount of time. I think it’s better to be patient and build links slower but consistently.

By: Darrell@Cash Gifting

Darrell@Cash Gifting — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:06:16 +0000

Julia, that a great post. I agree…we should all focus on writing helpful and use content that people can use. Your blog is an excellent example of that. Since discovering your site, I’ve learned some things that I never knew about SEO. (Just when you think you know it all right

Hey, I’d like to know two things:

First, in the example you showed with all of the backlinks pointed to your website, are those a result of people pulling in your content using RSS feeds or directly linking to you?

Secondly, when using FAST BLOG FINDER…is there a limit to how many links one should acquire in one day without triggering Google’s algorithms? I am wondering if at some point in your SEO adventures have you done any studies on this? If so, I think it would be a great subject to start.

Personally, I’d like to know if you have any data on it. I know there are tons of websites that offer text links by the dozens…but is it really save to get so many backlinks at one time?

Your thoughts on this will be greatly appreciated and valued.

Let me know.