Let's Talk About Writing For A Blog

[papagmp]

First let me say that I'm no expert blog writer, nor am I an English major, but I do enjoy writing and I managed to get through all of my college English classes with at least a passing grade. This post is not an English class, you should already have a basic understanding of sentence structure.

What I do know, is that my hand-written blogs are getting listed for the keywords that I'm targeting. And I feel much of this is due to my growing ability to use these keywords effectively in a blog.

This thread is not an "I know everything so listen to me" thread. It's more of a "this has worked for me, what works for you?" post. With any luck, we'll get a few different opinions so that we all can learn something. I'll give my 2 cents, the rest of you should feel free to add to it or tear it apart.

First, when writing for a blog, and more specifically, writing for a niche blog, you need to always keep the purpose the of the blog in mind. While doing this, you should already have at least a handful of keywords in mind that you want to target. For the purposes of this post, when I say keyword(s) I also mean keyword phrases(s).

My 2 cents on keywords and phrases:
1. Don't underestimate the value of having the targeted keywords in the domain name.
2. Use your keywords in the h1, h2 and h3 tags (post titles on a blog)
3. Properly but liberally use adverbs and adjectives to optimize your keyword density.

Second, forget about writer's block. Look at the pics or vids you are writing about and start writing.

So, if I was planning on writing a blog post on this gallery, to be posted on this blog, with the keywords being; Colorado, nasty, teen/teenager, and for variety (and because I do real well on "cunt" on this blog, little and cunt (hot cunt and little cunt).

My first draft:






Title: Nasty Colorado Teen Cools Her Hot Little Cunt

This nasty Colorado teen lives near Denver, Colorado and spends most of her free time hiking in the mountains of Colorado After a long afternoon in the mountains, this nasty Colorado teenager likes to cool her hot little cunt down and she knows no better way to cool her hot cunt than to get naked and spread her little cunt wide open and let in a little fresh Colorado air.

Picture 1

It's too bad that all Colorado teens are not as nasty as Jayda, because, from my point of view, having more hot Colorado teens flashing their little cunts in the mountain air would be a good thing. In fact, we could have this nasty little cunt show nasty teenagers everywhere how to properly cool their overheated little cunts, quickly and safely. Maybe we could even make an instructional video titled "How To Safely Cool You Hot Little Cunt".

Picture 2

But for now, you can check out all of the hot pictures of this nasty Colorado teenager's hot little cunt at www.glassmannequin.com





Personally, I would put a picture between each post and link to the gallery from each pic. The link to the tour at the end of the post is to a BYOT featuring Jayda and limited to two pages.

OK guys - rip it up!

[walrus]

First, thanks for putting yourself on the chopping blog err block.

Personally, I feel you over use your keywords a bit. By the time I got to the second paragraph, it seemed like I was reading something I had already read. The whole thing felt spammy.

I put a lot of stock in the readability of a post. Words and pictures combining to create a mental fantasy for the reader. Truth is I've let myself get so out of practice with this that I probably only am able to do it satisfactorily on rare occasions and usually I don't take enough time to force myself to do it properly

I've always wondered why you felt Colorado was such a valid keyword. You must be really targeting all the perverts there as you used that specific keyword 9 times.

Talk about readability problems, I've been all over the place so far.

Anyway, here is how I would improve on your post.

Title: Nasty Teen Cools Her Hot Little Cunt

This nasty teen lives just outside Denver, Colorado and spends most of her free time hiking in the mountains. After a long afternoon in the mountains, this nasty teenager loves to cool her hot little pussy down and she knows no better way of doing that than to get naked and spread her cunt wide open and let in some cool fresh air.

Picture 1

It's really too bad that all Colorado teens are not as nasty as Jayda, because, from my point of view, having more hot teens flashing their little pussies in the cool mountain air would be a very good thing. In fact, we could have this nasty little teen show nasty teenagers everywhere how to properly cool their overheated little cunts, quickly and safely. Maybe we could even make an instructional video titled "How To Safely Cool You Cunt".

Picture 2

But for now, you can check out all of the hot pictures of this nasty Colorado teenager's hot little cunt at www.glassmannequin.com

Since I write a bit more in the text area I'll leave a link to one of my posts so that you can feel free to rip it apart. Just take note now that I do realize I overuse the word fuck / fucking way to much.

My Post

[papagmp]

Originally Posted by walrus

First, thanks for putting yourself on the chopping blog err block.

Personally, I feel you over use your keywords a bit. By the time I got to the second paragraph, it seemed like I was reading something I had already read. The whole thing felt spammy.

I put a lot of stock in the readability of a post. Words and pictures combining to create a mental fantasy for the reader. Truth is I've let myself get so out of practice with this that I probably only am able to do it satisfactorily on rare occasions and usually I don't take enough time to force myself to do it properly

I've always wondered why you felt Colorado was such a valid keyword. You must be really targeting all the perverts there as you used that specific keyword 9 times.

Talk about readability problems, I've been all over the place so far.

Anyway, here is how I would improve on your post.


Since I write a bit more in the text area I'll leave a link to one of my posts so that you can feel free to rip it apart. Just take note now that I do realize I overuse the word fuck / fucking way to much.

My Post

Walrus,

Thanks for the feedback

I just woke up and re-reading my first post, I'll agree that Colorado was/is a bit spammy. I do get a lot of local traffic on that particular splog and not every post makes mention of Colorado.

Phrases like Colorado girls, Colorado porn, sexy Colorado girls, etc. send me a lot of traffic. I just checked my stats and I got three sales form that splog so far this month with 2 of the three being to Colorado residents.

I'll make another stab at it after a cup of coffee and something to eat.

[HowlingWulf]

I'm new to blogging as well so here's my thoughts.

Sure the 1st paragraph read a little spammy but 1. does google care? and 2. does the surfer even read this? I'm uncertain about either. I've also been using each keyphrase once but using as many like it as i can, i.e. big tits, big naturals, big titties, 36dds, etc. Should I just concentrate on one per post? I don't want it to be spammy.

Also, what is the point of linking the sequence of words like 'get naked and spread her little cunt wide open' to the sponsor site? What does that do?

My last question is you have tons of categories, many similar like
hardcore
Hardcore Fucking
hardcore porn
Hardcore Sex
Do you feel more categories is a good thing? I'm coming from the opposite direction.

I'd love any advice as well http://www.free-big-titties.com/

[Useless]

I had started a much nicer post earlier, but I was dragged out of the house to go school supply shopping.

papa-
At first, I was going to get on you about using too much bold text, but looking at your actual blog, it appears that you don't employ your bold button at all. Though it should be used sparingly, I personally like to bold a couple of keyword phrases per post. I do so for two reasons: it draws the reader's eye to subject of the post and it's basic SEO; telling the search engines that those words are important to that page. For example, if the following sentence was buried somewhere within a blog post, and I was emphasizing the phrases nasty teen and bald pussy, it would read as such:

When I came upon this nasty teen, Jayda, naked in the woods, I saw her rubbing her beautiful bald pussy while sitting on a boulder.

Though it is often important to repeat targeted keywords, I wouldn't want to push it to the point of redundancy in the manner which you did in the sample post. The words 'nasty' and 'cunt' are repeated so often that all meaning and storyline are lost. The use of synonyms will not only soften that unhealthy repetition, but it will also gain you traffic for other, similar, terms. As Walrus stated, readability is important.

Originally Posted by HowlingWulf

Sure the 1st paragraph read a little spammy but 1. does google care?

It depends. We know that keyword density is important to Google and that they can identify a spammy page by the over-use of words/phrases. Who can say at what point does Google deem a page as spam? Not I. But I tend to believe that a more naturally written block of text will win in the long term over a spammy block of text.

Originally Posted by HowlingWulf

2. does the surfer even read this?

My belief is that most blog traffic is the result of decent SEO bringing in normal porn surfers who are searching for pics and vids and have zero intention of reading. There are, however, those who will read a blog and return to read more because it is written well and based on their particular kink.

Originally Posted by HowlingWulf

I'd love any advice as well http://www.free-big-titties.com/

That's really a gorgeous template and I love the footer image. You use a lot of big boob images that'll pull in the surfer, even if he could care less about the words on your page. You know, I used to think that blogs shouldn't have too many images and should be 99% text, but I think a solid mixture of images and text is what makes a blog most appealing to both blog readers and pic hunters.

[digifan]

I hate the word cunt... not that I am good at writing text, I do hope that a good pic is worth 1,000 words.

[faxxaff]

Originally Posted by papagmp

Personally, I would put a picture between each post and link to the gallery from each pic. The link to the tour at the end of the post is to a BYOT featuring Jayda and limited to two pages.

OK guys - rip it up!

Personally, I refrain to link from images. A blog full of images that are linked to galleries could be considered a bannerfarm by a SE. I prefer using a text link inside the article. It get's me lesser clicks, but the traffic is of much better quality.

The keyword density on a blog is really not that important, but the inbound and outbound links that correspond with your keywords in H tags will make the difference.

Just my 2 cents worth. Thanks for the solid post

[Useless]

Originally Posted by faxxaff

The keyword density on a blog is really not that important

What?

What?

What?

[T Pat]

Originally Posted by faxxaff

Personally, I refrain to link from images.

[faxxaff]

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

What?

What?

What?

Yes. It does not matter how often you repeat a certain keyword in a blog. It all depends how smartly you use those and similar terms in inbound anchor texts, your H tags and how well they correspond with your general content and outbound links.

I will give you one example. I am constantly rated among the top 3 for the term Asian Nudes on Google for this blog: http://www.asianamateurs4you.com/ The term is used 5 times on the blog with far more than 100 entries of 200 words each. SEO quake retrurns a density of 0.12. That's nothing, but I still rate very high for this competitive term.

I could give you a lot of other examples.

[faxxaff]

Originally Posted by T Pat

Let me explain my logic:

- links from images = Banner farm ===> less SE traffic.
- no links on images = images are considered content ===> more image search results.

So if you use text as link anchors you will have more SE and image search traffic (of course you need to use ALT tags and corresponding file names) = higher income.

I am very pleased with the income my handwritten blogs generate and I am convinced that this linking strategy is part of the success. Believe it or not, but quality of traffic is much more important than quantity of clicks.

[walrus]

Originally Posted by faxxaff

Yes. It does not matter how often you repeat a certain keyword in a blog. It all depends how smartly you use those and similar terms in inbound anchor texts, your H tags and how well they correspond with your general content and outbound links.

If what you mean is that the keyword density of a single post doesn't matter in regards to the optimization of a blogs "main page", I might consider the point that other on page factors may have a greater influence. My biggest concern, before even getting into any deep though on the idea, is that a few years down the road with so many pages on the blog, all tied together with the exact same on page factors that the domain would look like spam.

Keep in mind a blog is much more than an index page and to optimize your return it is important to make the most of all those pages.

Originally Posted by faxxaff

Let me explain my logic:

- links from images = Banner farm ===> less SE traffic.
- no links on images = images are considered content ===> more image search results.

So if you use text as link anchors you will have more SE and image search traffic (of course you need to use ALT tags and corresponding file names) = higher income.

The search engine folks have been around awhile and I'm sure that they realize that a certain amount of linking from images is normal. I doubt the average blogger could ever reach the point of needing to worry about being a banner farm.

That being said, it's not like linking the way you are is a bad thing either. From a surfers standpoint, I think they are more in-tune with clicking on an image to get to a gallery than the text underneath.

Originally Posted by faxxaff

I am very pleased with the income my handwritten blogs generate and I am convinced that this linking strategy is part of the success.

I'm happy for you and hope you continued success

Originally Posted by faxxaff

Believe it or not, but quality of traffic is much more important than quantity of clicks.

Anyone who is a true blogger / splogger realizes this. If your looking to generate truly astronomic traffic numbers blogging is not the way to accomplish it.

[Beaver Bob]

Originally Posted by faxxaff

Let me explain my logic:

- links from images = Banner farm ===> less SE traffic.
- no links on images = images are considered content ===> more image search results.
.

maybe its just me, but I've found when I have blogs that show up in Google Image searches, the quality of traffic isn't nearly as good.

[Useless]

Originally Posted by faxxaff

Yes. It does not matter how often you repeat a certain keyword in a blog.

Keyword density involves much more than merely repeating a given keyword. Also, if you think that clever link trading is more important than on-page content, then I don't even see a point in discussing this with you.

[faxxaff]

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

Keyword density involves much more than merely repeating a given keyword. Also, if you think that clever link trading is more important than on-page content, then I don't even see a point in discussing this with you.

I think content is the most basic must on a blog or any other site. We don't need to discuss that at all, you are right. Blogs without content are chanceless imho. My point was that Keyword density is not important at all as long as you do have quality content and as long as you do follow basic SEO guidelines by using common sense. That's what I ment with the expression 'smartly'. I never mentioned link trading at all.

[faxxaff]

Originally Posted by Beaver Bob

maybe its just me, but I've found when I have blogs that show up in Google Image searches, the quality of traffic isn't nearly as good.

The results can be mixed and image search is certainly less productive than direct traffic searches. I see image search results as supplementary traffic. When you can't find what you are looking for with an ordinary search you resort to image search next. Depending on the search term you could get excellent traffic out of this. If your target 'free porn pic' you will have a hard time to monetize it, if you resort to sponsor site titles you will attract freeloaders, but if you concentrate on 2 or 3 word terms inside your niche, I am sure there is a chance of generating a few signups.

Let me give you one example. Let's say you run a Latina porn blog. I would think the terms like 'horny latina', free latina porn', etc. will give you nothing, but freeloader traffic. But if you list 'hairy mexican granny' or 'petite latina blonde' chances are much better to achieve good rankings and generate interest among your visitors.

Basically, I would divide image searchers into 2 categories: First the freeloaders and second the people who are desperate to find what they are looking for.

[webpimp]

I cram keywords in anyplace I can get away with it. Header tags, blog posts, alt tags, title tags, you name it. And like papagmp said, use lots of adjectives.

example:
Sexy Italian pornstar Eva Angelina gets busy with a rough blowjob in this deep throat banger. This is about the hottest Eva Angelina has ever looked in a porno, and she gets that dick all slobbery wet from sucking dick and gagging on his cock. She also puts those glorious big tits to good use with some titfucking in between sucking.

A post like this will get me some decent SE traffic for terms like:
rough blowjob
gagging
Eva Angelina blowjob
Eva Angelina sucking dick
deep throat gagging

[tigermom]

Sorry to upset anyone, but in my experience, incoming links, gradually built, with the right anchor text is indeed the key component of good placement for good terms. I'm not talking about obscure terms which someone is looking for once in a blue moon and these happen to be only on your blog, but on big phrases of 1-2 words with lots of searches. For me, it's words in the domain name + good incoming links with the right anchor text. What's on the page is often secondary. It's hard to tell for sure, since obviously the text on the page is relevant to the search term, but without strong on-topic links, it's hard to score top position in the search results.

[papagmp]

I think the best combination is both the domain name, anchor text, and the content on the page.

Case in point: www.realhomemadesexmovies.com - the domain name has my key phrase - I also us use the key phrase in the anchor text on incoming links and a few outgoing links and I use the key phrase in the text as often as I can without making it sound stupid. The blog is doing real well - both in traffic and in conversions.

Sure, I've been able to get decent traffic with crappy domain names but never with crappy content.

Case in point: www.glassmannequinproductions.com - very little of my se traffic comes from words in the domain name but I do get decent se traffic on a few key phrases that I've targeted in the text.

Just my 2 cents........

[Conran]

Why did this thread die?

The OP is absolutely spot on.

As a published author, one of the most important things I have found is that the dreaded Block is easy to defeat. You just start writing.
It's a psychological thing.

Some of my best work was done after feeling lost for inspiration and just deciding to go ahead and start writing anyway. You don't really loose anything. You'd be writing anyway, and you just go back through it and you'll find that if you haven't written something worthwhile there is a nugget in there to get you started properly.

On the Blog side of things, another vital aspect that even some major names forget is niche and language to suit it.

Perfect example is adult sites featuring uncut men. The primary audience for this niche is American (it goes without saying that this is the largest market anyway), yet British writers still spell "arse" and not "ass" for example.

It might just be one word, but consider how language changes from region to region, and how much of an audience you could be missing out on by sticking to your natural terminology and it grows into a considerable chunk of your potential audience.