Marketing: The 2.0 way

SEO Articles vs. Human Articles

Web2.0

That one new buzz word will shortly change how the search engines rank websites. Web2.0 does not rely on the savvy and wit of the SEO manager. In fact, many people believe that the Internet bottomed out in 2001. It didn't - instead, it was the birth of web2.0

This was the year when big business lost control of the Internet.

Web 1.0 vs Web 2.0

DoubleClick -> Google AdSense
Ofoto -> Flickr
Akamai -> BitTorrent
mp3.com -> itunes
Britannica Online -> Wikipedia
personal websites -> blogging
evite -> upcoming.org and EVDB
domainname speculation -> search engine optimization
page views -> cost per click
screen scraping -> web services
publishing -> participation
content management systems -> wikis
directories (taxonomy) -> tagging ("folksonomy")
stickiness -> syndication
SEO articles -> Human Consumption articles

While freelance writers do not need to learn how to optimize for client's articles - but they do need to learn how to build their own sites if they want to be taken seriously and win big clients.

I just wrote a course on building a web presence. While I do not believe that CMS are out (our firms still use Joomla) we have noticed that you must change as much of the code in the templates and in the system as you can. There are so many CMS out there that Google is seeing them as duplicate content and leaving long before they reach the content. (Theory - If Google reads 200 words of duplicate content than it will not crawl the rest of the article).

I have seen many successful websites built on WordPress and b2evolution blog platforms - but the same thing applies - you need to change code. I know someone who will alter your site for $20.00.

The main difference between Web2.0 and the old system is found in the site's content. Yes, there must still be sticky content. What good is syndication to bring in new visitors if they can read the entire site in an hour and then leave - forever.

The mission of web2.0 is 'harnessing collective intelligence'

One major component that most online business owners miss is the wikipedia encyclopedia - ADD TO IT - as long as some of the links go back to your resources!

Articles

The most important thing is to remember that keyword density is out. Write for users. Use sub titles every 100 - 150 words, and put your keywords in those. Use the heading code (h1, h2, h3, = IN ORDER). Last, include links to other webpages that include the same content/keywords. This makes 'relevant' keywords more important than keyword 'density.'

These things will increase your rank much faster than any SEO program. If you want to rank high then I have two words for you - social networking.






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