Adding “Google yourself” proof to the ongoing and contentious SEO v. blogs debate, Mike Davidson posts on Lessons From The Roundabout SEO Test. Mike answers the questions about the factors that “most affect search results in the real world?” Good reading for anyone considering hiring an SEO optimizer or just not clear at all why Google loves blogs.
We’ve posted on this topic several times and anyone that’s seen my lectures has probably heard my 0.37 second SEO case study (your speed may vary) where I show the Google results on my name and compare traffic to the other DL Byron, an 80s rockstar who wrote hits for Pat Benatar. (I also note that I’m sure in the battle of Byron v. Byron, the rockstar wins on recording contract royalties v. blogging for business).
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steven edward streight aka vaspers the grate 01.31.06 at 1:44 pm
Before I click on those links and read your other articles on SEO, I have to say that I don’t give a single thought to SEO.
I have a blog that’s updated very, almost too, frequently (when I’ve had too much coffee and I’m avoiding raking leaves)…and almost every post is full of blogological terms naturally.
I assume SEO is more relevant to (relatively static content) web sites.
I once re-wrote a web site for a webmaster/host company, and they rejected my work, because they wanted to stick to their SEO copy.
Too bad, because their web text was really horrible, unclear, poorly written, poorly formatted, etc.
The company was sold recently, the owner said he was burned out. I think his business was failing.
If you have passion and expertise, and post frequently to a blog, I think you’ll automatically have plenty of SEO copy in it. But you could probably use SEO principles to guide things like post titles, flow of static fixture text (archive categories, etc.)
Now I shut up and go read.
:^)
-b- 02.01.06 at 8:17 am
Zero SEO is my mantra. And, hardly anyone believes me when I say in my lectures, until I show them how it works. Yes, as the SEO optimizing optimizers will say, “being number one for Byron doesn’t mean anything to anyone other than Byron!” Right, so if you’re trying to break into the ink cartridget business, you should have a plan that includes blogs, Ads, adding keywords to titles, etc. But the voodoo ain’t nothing a business should do.