July 29, 2010

Article flow over keyword density: how do you write?

It’s not just about content; it’s about quality content. If you’re looking to publish a written work online, do yourself a favor: make it for the end user.

There’s been so much debate about whether you should write to appease search engines or the readers. Think about this for a minute. What good will keyword rich content do you if your readers can’t follow your writing? It’s pointless to try and appeal to search engines with your writing only to turn off the very people you’re trying to attract to your website or content in the first place. A good article or writing is not determined by how many times you can repeat a keyword phrase within its parameters and still make it look non-spammy; a good article is a logically flowing work that benefits the one who reads it.

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