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?
At first in the semester I would just make sure to share my posts with all of my email contacts. That seemed to generate some web traffic.
2) What were your keywords. How did you select those keywords? Did you change or refine your keywords through the semester?
I did not put in specific key words to increase traffic or refine them in anyway shape or form.
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 used Google Plus which is recommended by the blogger site, but after a few weeks I decided to not pursue this option any longer. I did not want to bombard my friends and family with my school work topics. If I had a product I would simply use Google AD-WORDS to get the front page I want.
4) What was your most "viral" post? In other words, which post obtained the most traffic? Why do you think?
My Venture Concept Idea number 1 gained the most traffic, and I think it can be contributed to two factors. Number one This was the longest assignment and I really tried my best to do this assignment to the best of my ability, and I think people noticed. This assignment also required 4 comments, so most of my views came from comments.
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?
YES I made it to the first page of google results, for two of my blog posts. My Key words are my name Stephen Clegg. I am also the first LinkedIn Profile that appears. Never knew I would be first page google material, but here I am!
Hi there Stephen!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing this blog post with me I really enjoyed reading it. I had a similar starting off point as far as promoting my blog, where I just made sure to share my posts to those who are in the class. I think it's really interesting that the blog post that garnered the most traffic for you was you first venture concept post. Congratulations on making it the first page! I made it to the first page as well and it was a really fun and interesting feeling considering I did not expect it at all. Overall, great work! Here is the link to my blog post in case you want to check it out: http://lbritthoff.blogspot.com/2016/04/google-gold.html