1) A discussion of your general approach and strategy to search engine optimization (SEO). What were some of the activities you did for each blog post to pursue SEO?
I did find it hard to complete assignments and also try to incorporate a strategy that was the same into each post, since a lot of the assignments were different. So at the end of each post I incorporated my first and last name as you will find below.
2) What were your keywords. How did you select those keywords? Did you change or refine your keywords through the semester?
Like I said above I incorporated my name at the end of each post, which is also the name of my title. Other then that, I really didn't focus on key words, besides the entrepreneurial terms used in each assignment. If I were to add keywords, they would be in hashtag form and include popular references.
3) How did you use social media to enhance your SEO efforts? What your your surprises or general impression of using social media to improve your blog's profile? Was social media generally receptive of your blog, or did it get ignored?
I actually do not use social media anymore, so I didn't feel comfortable posting my blog out of nowhere and reactivating my accounts. I'm sure if I did use social media to promote my blog, it would definitely enhance my SEO as it would create more view and promote more comments.
4) What was your most "viral" post? In other words, which post obtained the most traffic? Why do you think?
My most "viral" post was my first elevator pitch. Combined it had the most comments (6) and views (16). I would think it had the most, because it was the first elevator pitch and other fellow classmates might have searched around and viewed pitches to get ideas before they started theirs.
5) Finally, did you make it to the first page of Google results for your keywords? If not, what page of results did you make it to?
I made it to the first page of google by searching "ENTWILL3003", which is part of my URL and is not very common. So, I'm not surprised it's on the first page. Since it's part of my URL, it also brought up results of comments on other classmates blogs.
I made it to the first page of google by searching "ENTWILL3003", which is part of my URL and is not very common. So, I'm not surprised it's on the first page. Since it's part of my URL, it also brought up results of comments on other classmates blogs.
- William Garlock
In real life, I am sure that if your goal was to optimize search engine results to lure more people to your page, you would use more generic keywords as opposed to something as specific as "ENTWILL3003"; however, if you used things that are more general, more than likely, you would have to pay to get onto the first page because there are other businesses and organizations that do that who would, unfortunately, take priority over you. Normally, I would say feel free to check my blog post out, but unfortunately, I did not complete the assignment.
ReplyDeleteHey William, I can see how you would come up on the first page using ENTWILL3003 since it is uncommon. I come up as well when I use the name of my blog, but not when I use any of the generic words I threw in. My most popular post was my entrepreneur story, my guess is because it was so early in the semester. You can check out my post here: http://nicholeent3003.blogspot.com/2016/04/google-gold.html
ReplyDeleteHey Will,
ReplyDeleteI didn't do any of the SEO either. I like your picture on your banner. I used to have an S14 too.