Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)

Keep Ahead Of The News

Posted in Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) by Dan Taylor on 22nd of March, 2010
Tags: seo, search engine optimisation (seo), seo campaign, search engine optimisation campaign, blogging and seo, google news and seo, news items and search engne optimisation

There are certain ways you can make sure that your blog will attract the type of traffic that you want and be an asset to your search engine optimisation.  One of which is to consider what people will be searching for at particular times.  To do this you need to keep one step ahead of the news, keeping your blog up-to-date.

Keep your scope broad

You may think that blogging is simply another means to flood your website with relevant keywords.  However, you also want to entice traffic from other areas that are not as competitive or specific.  Your site will already feature the important keywords on each page as part of initial SEO, so take the chance to broaden the scope on your blog.

Relevant news items

Each day you should search the web for news items that are relevant in some way to your site.  These stories will already have been covered by someone else, but by giving your take on them and adding them to your website you can capitalise upon the interest of the target audience as it happens in real-time.  By doing this you are providing the news they want, when they demand it.

By adding articles like these to your site you are also picking up new traffic through the subtle changes they give to the top keywords you use on the site.  These are referred to as long tail searches and the can provide a significant resource that is inaccessible without providing high quality, up-to-date and relevant news.

At Click Consult we can help you to develop great SEO campaigns using news.