{"id":2192,"date":"2007-11-08T18:34:27","date_gmt":"2007-11-09T01:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2192"},"modified":"2007-11-08T18:34:27","modified_gmt":"2007-11-09T01:34:27","slug":"the-search-friendly-blogger-oxymoron-or-perfect-weapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2192\/the-search-friendly-blogger-oxymoron-or-perfect-weapon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Search Friendly Blogger-Oxymoron or Perfect Weapon?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the beginning was the Keyword…just kidding!<\/p>\n

But that is how many SEO focused<\/strike> obsessed people look at it. After reading Kris’ post<\/a> I could empathize with her position. Why spend hours fretting over well placed keywords. It is enough time to find the right methaphor and not leave dangling participles. One cannot (without divorce and a 30 hour day) do both…right?<\/p>\n

And even if we get beyond the aspect of time. Then there are all of these pages of content to write that are stuffed with keywords…a journalistic sacrifice at the altar of the almighty Google. You feel like you are selling your soul for traffic…and at that traffic that may or may not be interested in buying or selling a home in your area. Why bother. Either we have standards or we do not as bloggers, right?<\/p>\n

I am sure that there are other concerns as well…for brevity’s sake I will confine the concerns to those..just understand that I can empathize.<\/p>\n

You are RIGHT. Taken on the whole and not individually.<\/p>\n

Frank admission #1: There is only so much time. Too often SEO focused folks DO sell their souls for traffic in my opinion. We all have to make decisions and I have made many decisions in the past that I have looked back and regretted. I hope that is honest enough and blunt enough. They focus on how many links and how many keywords that they can stuff here and there.<\/p>\n

They often lose journalistic integrity. They often do not write for the love of the industry or the love of convincing others of their value. They are writing to please an algorithm. Scratch that…they are simply writing to get over on an algorithm.
\nThat said, the reality for search engines is that they are after essentially one thing–relevance. Relevance = traffic and success for search engines. This is something that TRUE blogs (and yes, TRUE bloggers) deliver better than almost anyone else.<\/p>\n

The content is fresh and frequent. The points that are made are direct and on target. They are convincing.\u00a0 And good blog writing is a talent and gift. Geno, Russell and Kris (just Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the beginning was the Keyword…just kidding! But that is how many SEO focused obsessed people look at it. After reading Kris’ post I could empathize with her position. Why spend hours fretting over well placed keywords. It is enough time to find the right methaphor and not leave dangling participles. 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