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How to Write for Search Engines

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By Paul Edmondson

Understand How People will Search for Your Topic

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

Focus on the Writing Topic

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:)

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NightFlower profile image

NightFlower  says:
3 years ago

Very useful. I will keep this in mind and be more conscious about the subjects I write about. Thanks Paul

rappinhood profile image

rappinhood  says:
3 years ago

Great hub, Paul. And the advice works for good writing for people, as well

spiderfood911 profile image

spiderfood911  says:
2 years ago

Great Advice and right on.

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pplive  says:
2 years ago

Paul your writing is great!

wajay_47  says:
2 years ago

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.

Encourager profile image

Encourager  says:
2 years ago

Thank you Paul. Very useful. What you have written will help me to improve my hubs. Blessings.

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naturesencore  says:
13 months ago

Thank you, Paul. I am completely clueless when it comes to SEO, so this advice is a tremendous help.

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Paul Edmondson  says:
13 months ago

I'm glad it's helpful. I probably need to freshen this up. People seem to be finding it more lately.

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Rudra  says:
13 months ago

wicked tips

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Deidre Logan  says:
12 months ago

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.

Peggy W profile image

Peggy W  says:
12 months ago

Thanks again, Paul. I am finding your articles very helpful.

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apachi  says:
12 months ago

Thanks paul .you are doing a great job.

Niche Blueprint 0  says:
11 months ago

This is a solid post. Understanding how peoples minds, and googles for that matter, work is so important when writing for online efforts.

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houseplus  says:
8 months ago

This is a wonderful resource, thankyou so much

Lisa

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gr8archer45  says:
7 months ago

I am gaining extensive knowledge about hubbing & generating income thanx to you paul. thank you!

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Deborah-Lynn  says:
3 months ago

Thank you Paul, is there a Keyword access place in HubPages?

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