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Michael, I should have clarified; I don't have a problem with SEO... I always try and choose titles well, keywords, categories and write findable copy. It's th
by rkalla 16y ago
Michael,
I should have clarified; I don't have a problem with SEO... I always try and choose titles well, keywords, categories and write findable copy. It's the SEO shenanigans that get my blood angry. The info graphics that point back to a bullshit affiliate-laden webpage like onlineeducation.net that actually serves no REAL purpose.
What you said here:
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The Internet isn't a store front that people are forced to walk by. Without a marketing strategy your site does not exist.
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Is really damn spot on... I write and treat it like it is... like Google or whoever will find the content. I just assumed it would, but I can't compete with the noise level created by other sources blasting links to their own articles on the same topics.
I do submit bigger/more detailed pieces to the social news sites. I got banned from reddit for doing it, then an admin reviewed all my links and unbanned me... that was awesome, really endeared me to that community. Digg I'm auto-buried on for doing it for no reason... again, no spam crap links, just stuff I've been writing.
Slashdot I've been fortunate with about 10 times in the last few years which I'm hugely thankful for... but at the end of the month I don't think it really changed much except for the temporary spikes in traffic.
I believe my biggest problem is I just want to write. I don't want to have to have those marketing problems that the current state of the web is forcing me to have... I'm resistant to it because I'm resentful of it.
It is the whole "get good grades in school and you will be a success!" crap all over again. Then you see the kid that kept failing do 10x better than you and you are so damn mad about focusing on your grades the whole time that your ego won't let you see 10 feet infront of you.
I think that is where I am right now. No ETA yet on when I'll be coming out the other site :)