Comments on: Blogging With Purpose and Including Keywords http://derekmcclain.com/2009/03/22/blogging-with-purpose-importance-of-keyword/ Interactive Multimedia Expressions Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:50:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: derekmcclain http://derekmcclain.com/2009/03/22/blogging-with-purpose-importance-of-keyword/#comment-151 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:57:56 +0000 http://derekmcclain.com/?p=393#comment-151 Robby,

I appreciate the comments. I definitely have enjoyed getting to meet you and your view point on things. Always opens up a new way of thinking. I agree with this – have your plan and audience in mind BEFORE you begin writing. Very well stated.

Thanks Robby!

]]> By: Robby Slaughter http://derekmcclain.com/2009/03/22/blogging-with-purpose-importance-of-keyword/#comment-150 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:36:44 +0000 http://derekmcclain.com/?p=393#comment-150 I’ll restate what I said on Kyle’s site: forget the 21st century world of blogging, linkjacking, search-engine optimization and keywords. This is a struggle shared with Sophocles and Virgil: shall we write for ourselves or temper our words for the glory of an audience?

My advice: do what you want, but pick before you start writing. On my personal blog (Turning Left Against Traffic), I write for my own amusement and accept that many readers will wander away. On our corporate blog (The Methodology Blog), we write in compelling, yet plain English to draw readers and win business. In both cases, the market—not the writer—decides whether the words have merit.

In the meantime, the technology is hilariously immature. Google doesn’t understand anything about what it is reading, it merely matches keyword searches against keywords in pages (with a hefty dose of algorithm to filter out the fakers). You can get traffic through keyword stuffing and only draw in customers with a grade school reading level. You can also make a lot of money selling commodity junk via email spam. The question is not what works, but who you want to be.

All writing, from quill pens to twittering, can range from banal to articulate. Eventually, you will be judged by your audience. You just have to decide who you want your audience to be.

]]> By: derekmcclain http://derekmcclain.com/2009/03/22/blogging-with-purpose-importance-of-keyword/#comment-149 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:43:33 +0000 http://derekmcclain.com/?p=393#comment-149 Derinda,

you are very welcome! thanks for all you have done for me. Your blog is coming along great and you are doing an awesome job.

Happy Monday!

]]> By: derekmcclain http://derekmcclain.com/2009/03/22/blogging-with-purpose-importance-of-keyword/#comment-148 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:42:14 +0000 http://derekmcclain.com/?p=393#comment-148 Thanks for the comments and the insight. Great job to you on the original post – I think we have all thought about it but never really put it in open forum. It definitely generated some buzz and good interaction.

Have a good week Kyle!

]]> By: Derinda Kempa http://derekmcclain.com/2009/03/22/blogging-with-purpose-importance-of-keyword/#comment-147 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:20:12 +0000 http://derekmcclain.com/?p=393#comment-147 Derek, Thank you for your continuing thoughts on blogging. With being new to the blogging arena, I appreciate all of the insight that you have provided and continue to provide. Your ideas are thought provoking and help me to create a better blog.

]]> By: Kyle Lacy http://derekmcclain.com/2009/03/22/blogging-with-purpose-importance-of-keyword/#comment-146 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:23:26 +0000 http://derekmcclain.com/?p=393#comment-146 First off.. Thanks for linking!
Secondly: As long as you don’t get bogged down with keywords and become self-conscious about writing the right content… You will be fine.

Great post!

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