Blogging is a great way to increase search enging rankings; those tags will send you right to the top. That is, if you use them. That is, if you blog. That is, if you post frequently. That is, if you read other blogs and link to them so you, a) know what's going on and, b) mix (link) with the right people, i.e. bloggers who have something to say. The question is: Who has time? Or maybe the question--the million dollar question-- is: Is the time invested worthwhile?
Take my Charleston photographer posting. Still the same rankings--not Page One. But I didn't post anything on my blog other than that first mention, much less post frequently about it, and haven't had/taken time to read and link to others. My bad.
So how do you get anywhere without this wonderful, fun time-sucking project of blogging-done-right? While I'm mulling it over, I'm trying Internet Billboards (splash pages, one-page web sites, whatever). What this would necessarily mean is that if you're individual enough, say Susan Lucas Photography rather than random search terms like Susan Lucas, or Charleston photography, or Maine photography, you could be at the top of the Google list, revered Page One, with your name. And you'd have enough url's with your could-be name redirected at your real name so that the weakest efforts to find you would, well, find you.
tecchia, more to come.
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