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SEO versus Word of Mouth for Blogs?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Submerged, Jul 16, 2009.

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    In your experience, do blogs (I put this in this forum for the SEO aspect of it) gain steady, long-term traffic increase through Google search results or through word of mouth the fastest? Obviously, both would be best, but I'm wondering which one is most effective by itself :). Thanks for the help!
     
    Submerged, Jul 16, 2009 IP
  2. BILZ

    BILZ Peon

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    I'd say word of mouth is harder to measure. Although i know that a recommendation from a friend or colleague carries alot more weight than a listing in the SERPs.
     
    BILZ, Jul 16, 2009 IP
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    sachin410 Illustrious Member

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    there are thousands and thousands of blogs on the net.

    "word of mouth" works only if you have something exceptionally good to offer to your readers.

    less than 1% of blogs have such exceptional content.

    if you think, you have such a blog, stop worrying about traffic and concentrate on your content.

    for the rest 99% of blogs, SEO is the only hope.
     
    sachin410, Jul 16, 2009 IP
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    I believe SEO's better, because through it, your site has the higher chance of making it to the top. Word-of-mouth may work but most of the time, it won't.
     
    ionatoufleming, Jul 17, 2009 IP