Don’t get me wrong here I know the value of quality unique content. The problem is a blogger comes along, puts a blog together with really amazing content but think that is all they need to do, if no one sees it no one will link to it, if no one links to it, Google will not likely index it, no Google no search traffic, 6 months down the line they give up because no one visits their blog.

You have to have a channel of promotion, SEO is one of them. I agree content is king, as long as you use your unique content in other places rather than your blog, this helps to build links, then traffic, readership, links and then higher rankings.

I am going to post on this soon, so watch this space

It is so funny those who think they can experience success without implementing SEO. Obviously you can rank high with a totally natural site but you must first get recognition througha marketing campaign of some sort, then your site has to be link worthy. How many people do you think are going to link to a price comparison site? Yet they still get the links, the fact is, in my opinion every online business needs to implement SEO.

Don’t worry about the link, its all good if its relevant.

Thanks

It’s the number one reason many bloggers quit, they spend massive amounts of time creating great content but only a few people visit therefore only a few link back. You can always indulge heavily in social media in order to create a reader base but still the links are going to be slow coming in. I believe firmly in a healthy balance in all things, a few hours a week to social media, a few more to link building and the rest of the time I like to put some good posts forward, not all posts are riverting but they are all optimised, just about. For me this is the best way to build an online presence.

Not quite reality. Of course it is very important to create quality content that people will find worthwhile and will want to read. However, there is still a Lot of work that needs to be done over an extended period of time to get people to even know that your blog exists.

I think you are right on the money with your point, “Yes, if you concentrate on creating rock solid content and you’re really good at it, sure you might see high rankings in 3 years or so…” Content is an important Key but building links and traffic is what is going to get your content Read by a growing audience.

It is kind of humourus. The habit has to be kicked for any serious webmaster, it is such a time drain and not exactly productive. I have a mini check through my stats once a fortnight and dig a little deeper once a month, I find this works well for me. Google insight and Google trends are great for finding some low competition keywords, to pick some quick traffic off of.

Great post Tim.

LOL, Ye tell me about it. Still I do admit to having analytics on my iPhone still

I’ll email you back sometime tonight regarding your question.

I’ve been clean for over 6 months now.