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Beware the Silent Blog Killer! – 3 Things to Avoid When Writing Your Blog
Three Things to Avoid When Writing Your BlogFor the past few weeks I have been reading many of your blogs through the wonder of Google Reader. 325 to be exact. I have been trying to soak up as much information as I could so I could learn to be a better blogger, be a better writer, and eventually give some value to my readers. Out of these 325 blogs I subscribed to, I find myself only reading posts from about 70 or 80 depending on the headline. Here are some of the reasons I’ve stopped reading some of your blogs Keyword Stuffing – Oh my God! Seriously! Some of the blog posts I’ve read would have the same long tail keywords repeating 20 or 30 times in one post. Are you writing for me or the search engines? If I don’t feel a flow when I’m reading, there is no way I am coming back for more torture! If all I am going to be is cattle so your stats go up – Unsubscribe! Affiliate Reviews – I don’t read John Chow’s reviews, I’m not going to read yours. Especially if they’re called “Review of [insert your product here]“. I might forgive you once in a while, but if you aren’t creative enough to sell your products in a more productive way – Unsubscribe! I am NOT a college professor you are trying to impress – A blog is a blog. I want to read your personal experiences. I don’t want to read Ezine Articles retread. If after a few of your posts I feel like your taking copy from article directories and spinning them – Unsubscribe ! What are some of the things that make you unsubscribe from blogs?
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I agree that our content should be for human eyes not for SE robots.
How do we write for both human and robots?
First write the content for human, then research the keywords that will help you rank well in the search engine, then rewrite the content where you position the keywords in the blog post.
So its very important to understand some basic On Page Optimization.
Such an important topic here, Carl. The keywords might get that new reader there once, but if you don’t deliver with informative, engaging and, yes, even entertaining content, they won’t be back.
I teach a Savvy Bloggers: Getting Started workshop though biznik.com and this question comes up all the time. I do not write for the search engines. I write for my readers. But I pay particular attention to the title, and sometimes keep rewriting it until it has something for both the search engines and the reader. I absolutely despise keyword stuffing.
I agree with JohuaElliot. For instance my most recent post was “Get Off the Hamster Wheel: 5 Ways to Avoid Social Media Overload.” “Hamster wheel” to provide a visual and provoke curiosity in my readers and “social media overload” for google.
Another one: “Swedish Cowboys and Scuba Diving Brides: 8 Reasons You Should have a Niche.” Part “Huh, Swedish cowboys? What’s this post about?” and part what will people be searching for on Google.
Wow. You read 70-80 blogs? I’m impressed. : )
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great post – a blog is a blog – i don’t know why people don’t understand that either
A lot of readers are really complaining about John Chow’s paid reviews, and yet, it doesn’t stop him. Well, a $500 per review certainly would make you decide quickly. Still, that’s his style and I sort of got used to it. Didn’t unsubscribe. But I sure don’t read his review anymore.
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Does this mean that your not going to read my pink blog?
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My content is for humans & dogs.
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Rose, I need to subscribe to that right now
I didn’t realize you had another. sorry.
I totally agree with the keyword stuffing thing. Using your keywords a lot in your article only shows that your priority is the SE’s robots and not the people.
Should balance it because what’s the use of high SERPS but you don’t have good content.
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