Google’s advice that we should be creating web content for our readers, not for Google, is wise – at least in theory. The problem is, that Google is now penalizing those very activities that we should be doing to make great websites for our readers. Here are a few examples that I have noticed.
Do as Google says and get penalized
Posted by amabaie under Public RelationsFrom http://www.seo-writer.com 4014 days ago
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I need to rant here, so please bear with me. lol
A very small sub-set of website owners can afford to think like that. Bloggers. Most websites are not blogs and don't have an "audience". They have "customers" (or they go out of business for not having customers). Reaching customers is not always that easy, with or without Google.
Even among bloggers, very few can afford to think like that. Those whose audience is "other bloggers". But most blogs are not about blogging, marketing or writing like yours and mine and many people on BizSugar. Most are about "everything else" - grooming, gossip, sports, fashion, pets, etc. Their audience is not other bloggers. Their audience is very hard to reach without without Google. Sure, they can all comment on each others blogs, but that just redistributes the small segment of their market that reads blogs; that does nothing to reach new markets, the vast majority of people who do not read blogs and often don't even have a clue what a blog is.
OK. Rant over. I'm smiling now. :-)
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Thanks for sharing!
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You know what, after my sites were hit by Panda last year, all I am trying to do is to removing short content and write longer post. Yes, I feel like I am writing for the sake of word count.
You are right - this creates more problem to solve; and no matter how hard Google tries, people will always find loopholes.
And for the guys who are doing it whitehat like me, it's tempting to go blackhat (or at least greyhat) because there's no reward doing the right things.
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