Sunday, April 17, 2016

Google Gold

During the course, I did not even really think about Search Engine Optimization because it did not ever cross my mind that someone would be searching for my blog I should have thought about it a lot sooner in the course. That being said, some of the activities I did for each blog post that could contribute to SEO were talking about solar energy and keeping it at the forefront of each post, since it is what my product was based around.

I didn't really use keywords, but there were phrases that I said multiple times in a lot of my posts, which included battery powered solar charging stations and sustainability.

YouTube was the only social media platform that I used to promote my blog through elevator pitches and customer interviews, but they really don't have more than 20 or so views so it wasn't very effective. For the most part social media was ignored.

My most viral post was "The Twenty Percent." I think it obtained the most traffic because I did a good job with my interviews and also because one student told Dr. Pryor how good of a job I did! 

I was on the first page of google results when I typed in "Jennie Carmody blog." So I guess using my full name really helped with SEO!



2 comments:

  1. Hi,

    It is good to see that you made the front page of Google, unfortunately I made my blog name too generic and couldn't reach that distinction. Anyhow, I am surprised at how well you did at SEO without even realizing it. The twenty percent post must have been something to behold and I will probably look at it after this post. Anyway check out my blog at: http://entspring16.blogspot.com/2016/04/google-gold.html

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  2. Hello Jennie. We both had very similar experiences with Search Engine Optimization. I also didn’t think too much about it or used any key words. It’s very great that your blog pops up when you search for your name. I don’t pop up with a search that general. I have to search my name plus ENT3003 before my blog pops up.

    Check out my post:
    http://jenniecarmody.blogspot.com/2016/04/google-gold.html

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