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Why content is more important than SEO

Posted Sep 24th, 2009 at 9:25 PM and seen
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Check out this post by Dawn Foster as she explains what's more important: content or SEO. Here take on it is, "...writing compelling, interesting blog content that people will want to talk about and link to will get you around 95 percent of the way to good search engine rankings." 

I agree. Google's in the business of finding good shiitake. You should be in the business of writing good shiitake. Read Dawn's tips for writing good shiitake here. 

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Comments (9)

Sep 25, 2009
Judy Shasek said...
I find something useful here every day
Sep 25, 2009
Philippa Kennealy MD MPH CPCC PCC said...
It's true. Without any SEO, merely blogging, I have first page on Google for many of my key phrases. I'm about to embark on some SEO for another website - will be keen to see the difference.
Sep 25, 2009
Ms. Liz said...
We sometimes tend to make interesting, compelling content harder than it needs to be. As Dawn mentions, simple things like personal anecdotes help keep it not only interesting but original as well.
Sep 25, 2009
Joe Hackman said...
Very good information, I've always wondered about this. It seems like social media is a great equalizer in the search engine preference. An active popular blog is a stellar example.
Sep 25, 2009
said...
I have been preaching this to my clients! Content is king! ie: Posterous blog seriously outperforms other paid SEO blogs and SEO in general hands down.
Sep 26, 2009
Helena said...
I don't think there is such thing as Great Blog Content vs. Search Engine Optimization. SEO is about increasing traffic to your website through search engine results and that's exactly what great blog content does. So how can be content more important that SEO? It can't, because it's part of SEO.
Sep 26, 2009
tony bordonaro said...
Guy...youmake the obvious sound like such wisdom....thanks I couldnt agree with the article more...
Sep 28, 2009
Keith Childs said...
I agree. We lose sight of what's the most important part of SEO. Focus on delivering content that your audience finds of value. Then you can apply all the other tips and tweaks to optimize it further. There's no substitute for great content. Unfortunately this SEO basic is often skipped over because it's easier to tweak keywords.
Oct 08, 2009
sexy boy said...
that is an interesting useful article.

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