SEO Articles are designed to draw traffic to your website by giving you a higher position on Search Engine rankings. The motto of SEOs has long been ‘Content is King’, but I’m of the opinion that good content is not enough. Content needs subtly optimizing and in line with SEO strategies. Content needs to be original and regularly refreshed in order to get the most attention from Google’s spiders. I’ve put together a list of 10 top tips.
TIP 1: PLAN AHEAD: Plan your Keywords out in advance and then strategically place them throughout the article. Don’t try to stuff them in at the end; it will make the SEO article nonsensical. Never over-stuff your article with Keywords; the Search Engines are designed to avoid duplication. Try not to use your Keyword more than two or three times, but always try to use a keyword at the beginning and end of the article. The main Keyword should be in the title.
TIP 2: WRITE FOR THE READER: If you are only writing the article for a Search Engine to ‘read’ the chances are that you’ll write a dull and uninspiring article. Remember people do read these articles and they all add to your credibility. Write about what you know, show yourself to be an expert with proven skills.
TIP 3: GOOD GRAMMAR: Always double-check your SEO articles for grammar and spelling issues. Poorly spelt articles with weak grammar will badly damage your credibility.
TIP 4: KEEP IT BRIEF: Don’t use more words than you need to get the job done. You should aim for no more than 1000 words and no less than 250 words. Keep your paragraphs short too, no more than five or six lines.
TIP 5: KNOW YOUR STUFF: It’s essential that what you write is accurate. Many people will not trust writers who have not worked in the area on which they are writing. However, a good article writer can write on any subject, if they do their research. The Internet is a powerful research tool, but don’t take everything that’s written there to be fact. Check your facts before submitting the article.
TIP 6: HAVE AN OPINION: No one said that you had to write neutrally about every subject. It’s okay to have an opinion. Just remember that people may not agree with you and a grossly out of touch opinion may damage your credibility. Nonetheless, it may bring you more traffic and higher rankings. That’s not an encouragement to be outrageous though.
TIP 7: BOAST ABOUT BENEFITS: Don’t worry about features, always talk about benefits. These help sell whatever you are writing about to the reader because they want to know what’s in it for them. Features are what you offer, benefits connect to the reader’s inbuilt selfishness.
TIP 8: HYPE YOUR LINKS: If you can embed some quality hyperlinks into your work, you will benefit from drawing more general interest. Furthermore, the Search Engine’s spiders have a great chance of finding your site by linking to quality websites.
TIP 9: WRITE LOTS OF ARTICLES: Okay, this one is rather simple and obvious, but the greater number of keyword optimized, credible and well-written, hyperlinked articles that you have all pointing to the website of your choice, the better chance that the Search Engines will find it.
TIP 10: CALL TO ACTION: End your well-written article with a call for the reader to take action. The idea of most articles is to have the impressed reader click your link and go to your website. See below for an excellent example.