Sorry, you got two trailer posts from me today. It’s my turn at Authors Electric, where I’m wondering how relevant SEO is for fiction writers and readers.
It all started when I saw a link to a post on Problogger which advised bloggers to stop running guest posts with a lot of links because of new Google algorithms. Undercover Soundtrack host, please note. This led to a fun, fulminating conversation with Facebook friends Cyd Madsen, Vivienne Tuffnell and Beth Rudetsky about tails wagging dogs. But getting our work discovered is a real issue for writers, and at Authors Electric I’m wondering how that’s done. Come over and join the debate.
(Thanks for the pic Daveynin)
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Sorry, you got two trailer posts from me today. It’s my turn at Authors Electric, where I’m wondering how relevant SEO is for fiction writers and readers.
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#1 by acflory on February 21, 2013 - 12:47 pm
I enjoyed your post on SEO. I know search engines are important but I wonder if we really need to worry about them all that much? Word of mouth seems to work better in the long run, at least for writing. On my blog I seem to get random visitors coming for my recipes and odd non-fiction posts but very little traffic for the ‘important’ stuff. Writing related visitors arrive through other connections. -shrug-
#2 by rozmorris @dirtywhitecandy on February 21, 2013 - 1:11 pm
That’s my feeling too. And Problogger is a different kind of world from the blogging we do. It’s as if writers – and other creatives – need to follow a different set of blogging guidelines from the more commercially orientated sites. Although we’re all aiming for exposure and sales, we reach out in different ways.
#3 by acflory on February 22, 2013 - 12:18 am
Aaah, I see. I’m not familiar with Problogger so I didn’t realise the Pro really does stand for ‘professional’. Then again, I don’t think we’re hobbyists either…