It’s a business website and you wrote the content for it yourself (You are not a professional writer)- Your website ranks on page 75 (or even worse) for most keyword phrases connected to your business in almost all search engines
- Your kid who’s a 4th grader can spot grammatical errors in it
- You have 100 hits in a day but not even one is converting into a lead
- Your web designer wrote the content for you
- The content on your website is one huge chunk of text
- It takes you 20 minutes to read the text on one page
- You BORROWED (?????) the content from several other websites
- Visitors say that the copy on your website lacks the PUNCH
- You are serious about generating more business from your website.
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Friday, September 2nd, 2011A few tips for writing the right content
Monday, December 8th, 2008Getting loads of traffic to your website is one thing and getting traffic that converts into loads of business is another. I am sure you are looking for the later. Every web user who reaches your website via a search engine is looking for something. It might be a product or just information regarding it. Now, if you are successful in providing the user what he wanted within the first few minutes of him landing on your website, then chances are that you have got yourself a loyal visitor who will return or in some cases, a customer who will give you business. Either ways, the content on your website plays a very important role in making the user feel comfortable and like your website. Spare a moment to think about the websites that you frequently visit on the internet. What makes you visit those websites again and again? Ease of use, quality tutorials, helpful links and quality information are some of the factors. So you see, compelling content goes a long way in making or breaking your website.
Write the right content
The user should be able to find the content easily. In other words, it should be rich in keywords or keyword phrases. If you are a freelance copywriter and have a website that doesn’t use the words ‘freelance copywriter‘ anywhere, then the chances that search engines will list you are highly unlikely. Secondly, the content on your website must be evergreen. In other words it must not be outdated. I have seen many websites on the internet with content that dates back to 2003. No wonder they are languishing at the bottom of the SERPS. The mere thought of going online with such content is scary. Other than this, it is very important that the user is able to find what he wants using minimum number of clicks. You can try this out yourself. Log on to the main page of your website and then try to find your way through and keep a track of the number of clicks it takes you. Anything that takes more than 4 clicks of the mouse is placed too deep in the website. Chances are that the user will close the website and opt for another one. And remember there is no dearth of competition online.
Present it to the user
Patience is a very rare virtue on the internet and web users are the perfect example of this. They do not have the time or patience to read through every webpage on the internet. They will simply scan through the page looking for interesting lines or phrases that may prove to be helpful. So ensure that the content is split into small scanable paragraphs with interesting headings. This way, the user can easily scan through the whole page. If I have managed to get you to read this article till this point, then I have been fairly successful in writing a readable as well as a scanable article. And take a look at the words that are highlighted in bold. These are keywords or keyword phrases.
Let’s sum it all up once again.
- Quality updated content
- Short and sweet sentences
- Broken up into paragraphs
- Smart headings and titles
- Easy to find and scan through
- Keywords in the right density
So you see, I have tried to write an informative article with keywords and the keyword density is also acceptable. This is a perfect example of SEO content.
SEO Basics: Why SEO?
Monday, December 8th, 2008I have tried to explain this in extremely simple language from a layman’s perspective. Now that you know what SEO is all about, it’s time to know the importance of content in SEO. SEO techniques involve using targeted keywords in the content, restructuring the website to make it more search engine friendly, building back links, and using quality internet marketing techniques to get a steady flow of traffic to your website. Now, first and foremost comes the content. I am sure you have heard the phrase, ‘Content is king’. Here’s why it is one of the truest statements that you would have ever heard.
It’s all about keywords
Picture this. Mr. White who lives in Staten Island, New York wants to throw a party for his 8 year old son. He plans to hire an event management company for the party. A friend of his suggests to him to look up online. So he logs on to Google and searches for ‘Event Management Companies’. The search engine instantly pulls up a huge list of websites. But wait, most of these are irrelevant. Some of the companies are located in places as far as China. That’s not what he was looking for. So he refines the search and searches for ‘Event management, Staten Island’ and Bingo. He gets a list of event companies in Staten Island offering complete event management services. You see, a change in keyword brought about a huge change in the kind of search results that he got. This is what SEO content can do. The websites that Mr. White got in the second search attempt have targeted SEO keywords like ‘Event Management Staten Island’, ‘Staten Island event services’ and so on and so forth.
While using targeted keywords can bring about a huge change in the search results, the content writer has to be extremely careful while using it. There is a very thin line between using and abusing keywords. Keyword stuffing is considered to be spam and many search engines have a zero tolerance policy against keyword spamming. So the onus is on the content writer to create an informative write up for the website, which showcases the myriad services on offer. Hidden within this write-up will be the keywords that will bring traffic.
The content will be written for web users but with search engines in mind. Simple, isn’t it?
The role of content in SEO
Monday, December 8th, 2008I have tried to explain this in extremely simple language from a layman’s perspective. Now that you know what SEO is all about, it’s time to know the importance of content in SEO. SEO techniques involve using targeted keywords in the content, restructuring the website to make it more search engine friendly, building back links, and using quality internet marketing techniques to get a steady flow of traffic to your website. Now, first and foremost comes the content. I am sure you have heard the phrase, ‘Content is king’. Here’s why it is one of the truest statements that you would have ever heard.
It’s all about keywords
Picture this. Mr. White who lives in Staten Island, New York wants to throw a party for his 8 year old son. He plans to hire an event management company for the party. A friend of his suggests to him to look up online. So he logs on to Google and searches for ‘Event Management Companies’. The search engine instantly pulls up a huge list of websites. But wait, most of these are irrelevant. Some of the companies are located in places as far as China. That’s not what he was looking for. So he refines the search and searches for ‘Event management, Staten Island’ and Bingo. He gets a list of event companies in Staten Island offering complete event management services. You see, a change in keyword brought about a huge change in the kind of search results that he got. This is what SEO content can do. The websites that Mr. White got in the second search attempt have targeted SEO keywords like ‘Event Management Staten Island’, ‘Staten Island event services’ and so on and so forth.
While using targeted keywords can bring about a huge change in the search results, the content writer has to be extremely careful while using it. There is a very thin line between using and abusing keywords. Keyword stuffing is considered to be spam and many search engines have a zero tolerance policy against keyword spamming. So the onus is on the content writer to create an informative write up for the website, which showcases the myriad services on offer. Hidden within this write-up will be the keywords that will bring traffic.
The content will be written for web users but with search engines in mind. Simple, isn’t it?
