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Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by THT, Nov 12, 2004.

  1. #1
    Im writing a site which is kind of a diary - for arguments sake, say that this is a diary of my world tour.

    The reason for doing this is not to make money but to keep a record of what ive done and for all the people ive met to see this.

    But... it seems silly not to optimise (UK spelling;)) this in some way.

    What do you recommend?
     
    THT, Nov 12, 2004 IP
  2. dejaone

    dejaone Well-Known Member

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    don't SEO at all,just keep writing. If you spot (look at log file) some of your pages rank well for some keyworks, SEO those pages (rank between 6 and 20) to top 5 to increase traffic.
     
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    Disagree with dejaone on this one, figure out in advance what you think will likely be your target keywords (world travel, hiking spain etc...) then optimize. While writing your journey take into account the SE's and your viewers. Make them both happy and in the end you will be happy...
     
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    melfan Peon

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    for general sites you can divide it to channels (by topic). so if your writing a diary about your visit in singapore then optimize the page on "singapore travel" or "singapore vacation"
     
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  5. THT

    THT Peon

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    thing is, its not really a world tour.
    to be a bit closer its a tour of institutions around the UK.

    for a closer example - say im visiting all the hospital in britain

    how the heck would i optiise for that?

    "norwich hospital", "exeter hospital" etc etc?
     
    THT, Nov 13, 2004 IP
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    NewComputer Well-Known Member

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    You are already on your way. If it is a blog, that will right away. Just name it for the most general keywords you want to post for. Then use norwich hospital in your meta tags, content, links internal and external (assuming you have other websites you will be linking to it). If you spend some time reading other posts about optimizing, it will come to you...
     
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  7. THT

    THT Peon

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    Thanks NC - im having a little bit of trouble writing text for the home page

    Ive written what im doing - visiting "hospitals"
    im written why im doing it


    but im stuck!?

    help?
     
    THT, Nov 13, 2004 IP
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    NewComputer Well-Known Member

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    Good start,

    but try to think of what you want your viewers to know about or what they would be interested. I would start point form and build out from there.
     
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  9. THT

    THT Peon

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    thats kinda the point - im not sure why people would want to visit my site as its simply a diary.

    It doesnt "provide" any information - it simply states what ive done - really only of interest to people ive been to see and friends and firends of friends etc.

    Im sure this must fit somewhere and people would seacrh for something, but i dont know what.

    This makes it hard to write for and target
     
    THT, Nov 13, 2004 IP
  10. Cyclops

    Cyclops sensei

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    My daughter did something similar, not sure of the details but she included photos which gave it more relevance and made it interesting.
    You would be surprised at the things that interest people and they especially like to be taken on a journey, a dairy with photos fits the bill no matter what the subject.

    Don't give up on it yet, once it gets rolling the ideas will turn into a flood.

    Michael.
     
    Cyclops, Nov 14, 2004 IP
  11. THT

    THT Peon

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    yep i have pictures etc and videos

    is the site still up?
    Do you know the URL?

    HAs anyone read "Are you Dave Gorman?"?
    Im not replicating that - just thats a diary i enjoyed reading
     
    THT, Nov 14, 2004 IP