How to Write for Search Engines
Understand How People will Search for Your Topic
Before you write an article online its important to understand how writing for search engines can influence your traffic. Search engines are capable of delivering traffic for long periods of time if the content and technical aspects are handled
The Title is Very Important
The Title is Very Important
Putting keywords and phrases in the title can have a dramatic effect on our placement in search engines. Technical Reasons Titles should be placed in <H1> tags that indicate an emphasis on words in the title. Title meta tag, which is the...
Focus on the Topic, The more specific the better
There are a few reasons to really focus on the topic when writing for search engines. The job of the search engine is to provide results that answer a specific question. The better job your piece of content does providing a great and detailed answer...
Formatting your Text and Key Phrases
Writing for Search Engines: Formatting your Text and Key Phrases
When you're writing for search engines formatting can make small differences that will raise your rank from page two to page one. Here are some tips. Place your main keyword or phrase in bold once in the article. Only do it for up to three...
You're Always Safe with High Quality Writing Designed for People
Writing for Search Engines: Write for People
Writing for search engines is half art and half science. The good news is, if you are writing on HubPages, we take care of the technical aspects. We are constantly working to improve the platform to achieve the best possible rankings in search...
What if Your Article Gets Too Long
Long articles aren't a great idea when writing for search engines. The ideal length is 400 to 600 words. So, if your article gets to long, create one page that summarizes them and then individual pages for each sub-section:)
Great hub, Paul. And the advice works for good writing for people, as well
Great Advice and right on.
Paul your writing is great!
Thanks for the great advice, Paul. All too often I find that the articles I've written are a bit lengthy. To appease the SEO gods, I guess I'd better start breaking them down into additional, smaller pages. Thanks, again. Great hub.
Thank you Paul. Very useful. What you have written will help me to improve my hubs. Blessings.
Thank you, Paul. I am completely clueless when it comes to SEO, so this advice is a tremendous help.
I'm glad it's helpful. I probably need to freshen this up. People seem to be finding it more lately.
wicked tips
Thanks for pointing this out for us. The best wisdom is often the simplest, but simple doesn't make it easy. I will definitely pay much more attention to how and what I write.
Thanks again, Paul. I am finding your articles very helpful.
Thanks paul .you are doing a great job.
This is a solid post. Understanding how peoples minds, and googles for that matter, work is so important when writing for online efforts.
This is a wonderful resource, thankyou so much
Lisa
I am gaining extensive knowledge about hubbing & generating income thanx to you paul. thank you!
Thank you Paul, is there a Keyword access place in HubPages?
Paul, I do have a question in regard to length as I have heard that it's fine to have up to 1000 words for an article if the content is all relevant to the title.
In terms of length, I think it's as many words to cover the topic. I probably error on too few words. 1000 words sounds like a fair amount.
GREAT Help
I am new to hubs, this is great advice and information
I never knew that articles for Search Engine pickups should be between 400-600 words. Thanks a million Sir.
The 400-600 word count is interesting, since many people recommend around 1500 words for a quality hub. My hub lengths vary - I refuse to add more words to simply lengthen a hub (especially if it will make the article boring or 'stuffed' with useless blabber).
NightFlower 5 years ago
Very useful. I will keep this in mind and be more conscious about the subjects I write about. Thanks Paul