Sunday, April 17, 2016

Going for Google Gold

1. My general approach or strategy to search engine optimization was targeting the basic structure and method that search engines utilize. Search engines use keywords and the number of hits, then listing the results in order of hits. Using this knowledge, I figured two things; using uncommon words would boost my chances of appearing, and the more common idea that having a sought after page would also increase my chances. I would use uncommon words, and try to keep my blog as good as material as I could write, in order to draw in more viewers.

2. My keywords were "2 in 1" "washer-dryer" and "DON Enterprises." I researched Google for the commonality of these various words and found that they were not often used and had a low amount of hits. I began using some words, like "washer" and "dryer" separately and "all in one," instead of "2 in 1." Over the year, I have changed and altered my words to be less common. The one thing that remained unchanged was my effort to make a grabbing and amazing business plan to draw hits.

3. Social media is crucial in creating a more popular blog. I turned to a large Facebook group I am apart of to check out my blog and give me tips and support. Not only did the page in turn get more views and hits, but social media is a great platform to improve an idea and blog like this.

4. My most viral post was the Elevator Pitch No. 1. I believe this was because this was my first video posted on the blog, and videos receive more traffic than simply text in today's world. The video was also linked through YouTube, and the dual media form of the post I think added to the traffic.

5. None of my keywords made it to the first page of Google, and it took me to about until page 20 based on DON Enterprises.


2 comments:

  1. Hey Donovan,
    Making it to page 20 is pretty impressive. I had to give up on looking for my keyword because it wasn’t on so many pages. I think it’s interesting that with a unique name like ‘DON Enterprises’ you still end up all the way at page 20. I thought the keywords you used were unique and smart for this SEO exercise. My keywords on my ‘Going for Google Gold’ blog post was very different from your keyword idea. You can check it out at http://entrepreneurshipblogs.blogspot.com/2016/04/google-gold.html

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  2. Hey Donovan,
    Great post its interesting how you purposely used certain works and phases to increase traffic, social media is also a great tool to increase exposure. I used keywords like sustainability and organics but I never thought I should dumb down my writing to increase views, simplifying some complex concepts yes but not lowering vocabulary like newspapers, I'm not sure which meatod you used though. Check out my blog at http://mrdreaces.blogspot.com/2016/04/google-gold.html

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