Almost 40
blog posts ago, you started ENT 3003 and created a web log for this class.
Since then, you've crafted a blog around a business concept, honing your
keyword use, linking to other blogs, and perhaps even using your broader social
media network to enhance your blog's exposure.
Showing up in that first page of Google
results is make-or-break for many an entrepreneur, especially in this day and
age. For this exercise, please reflect back on your efforts to promote your
blog. Please include the following:
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?
When
writing my blog post, I was keeping in lines with the rules of the assignment,
but also utilizing some key words to try give my blog a boost in the results of
searches.
2) What were your keywords. How did you
select those keywords? Did you change or refine your keywords through the
semester?
My idea
is to cook shrimp at festivals, so I used things like “Shrimp boil” and “Shrimp
Tent” to try and boost my status. I did
not change nor refine as these undoubtedly describe the business.
3) How did you use social media to enhance
your SEO efforts? What were 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 would
share some of my blog posts on google, and on Facebook to try to get more
exposure. I would get some feedback from
my Facebook posts, and everyone thought my idea is a great one and want to know
when I will start.
4) What was your most "viral"
post? In other words, which post obtained the most traffic? Why do you think?
I have to
say I did not have a viral post. That would be nice if it was in a positive
light.
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 did not
come close to making it to the first page of google and do not know where I
ended up.
I was the exact same. I kept my posts within the parameters, but I tried to have the same keywords in all of my posts. Honestly, I would be surprised if any of us made it to the first page of google. An entrepreneurship blog seems a little weird to me. What are the entrepreneurs supposed to blog about? We had set out assignments but other entrepreneurs will not.
ReplyDeleteCheck out my blog:
http://stent3003.blogspot.com/2016/04/google-gold.html
Hey Patrick,
ReplyDeleteGreat post! It sounds like you really put in a lot of thought over the semester to try and make your blog stand out and go viral! I'm so sad it did not make the first page of Google, I was really rooting for you! That is a really hard goal to reach, though. I did not have much luck either until I specified my search results more. Take a look at my post here: http://ffavorule.blogspot.com/2016/04/google-gold.html