SEO: Is It Over Rated?
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We all know that in order to get noticed by the search engines we have to do SEO for our posts and pages, and overall site. However, how much SEO do you actually do?
I don't know about some of you, but when I go to write a blog post, its hard to NOT do SEO inside of the blog post. Because that's the way I learned so long ago when I started blogging. Now I try to write for the reader only. If a keyword pops up while I'm blogging then that's ok. I have learned that a blog post stuffed full of keywords is confusing and hard to read.
Another thing we all know. Google follows people. If you are signed in, then Google follows whatever people visit and buy. An article in the Washington Post confirmed this. Here is a quote from this article:
So then, if you write catchy titles and blog for the reader then that person will be more apt to come to your site or return? What do you think? If SEO is left out of the post will it bring in more readers and perhaps less ranking? Which one is better?
Ranking, for the most part, does mean traffic. However, if you leave the SEO out and focus on getting the visitors attention whether through social media or some other means, do you sacrifice optimizing your blog for the sake of the reader?
I say yes to this. The reader is the most important part of a blog or a site. You can always use Yoast to help you optimize your posts after you are done writing for the reader.
I don't know about some of you, but when I go to write a blog post, its hard to NOT do SEO inside of the blog post. Because that's the way I learned so long ago when I started blogging. Now I try to write for the reader only. If a keyword pops up while I'm blogging then that's ok. I have learned that a blog post stuffed full of keywords is confusing and hard to read.
Another thing we all know. Google follows people. If you are signed in, then Google follows whatever people visit and buy. An article in the Washington Post confirmed this. Here is a quote from this article:
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If you're signed in, we may combine information you've provided from one service with information from other services," Alma Whitten, Google's director of privacy for product and engineering, wrote in a blog post. "In short, we'll treat you as a single user across all our products, which will mean a simpler, more intuitive Google experience," she said. Google said it would notify its hundreds of millions of users of the change through an e-mail and a message on its Web sites. It will apply to all of its services except for Google Wallet, the Chrome browser and Google Books. |
Ranking, for the most part, does mean traffic. However, if you leave the SEO out and focus on getting the visitors attention whether through social media or some other means, do you sacrifice optimizing your blog for the sake of the reader?
I say yes to this. The reader is the most important part of a blog or a site. You can always use Yoast to help you optimize your posts after you are done writing for the reader.
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