On the internet, people are seeking for information. Information on the internet is abundance, and one source of information out of the many is from articles written on the internet. And a good written article benefits both the people that seeks the information, and the writer/website/blog.
Writing for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) articles will help increasing website traffic quickly. This is because optimized SEO articles for certain keywords will get indexed by search engines faster than regular non-SEO oriented articles. To write website/blog articles for SEO needs to follow some rules to grab search engine's attentions.
Below is a list of rules for writing a search engine optimized internet articles.
Natural
The more a writer writes, the more capable he/she is to express his/her thoughts and feelings through text. Articles should be human-like, and flow naturally so the readers can read and understand the article properly.
In order to make the article flow naturally, the writer needs to write like how he/she talks. With this method, the article will have a unique voice, and people will be engaged more in the article. SEO article needs to be written in a way that will engage your readers.
If people don’t understand the first opening paragraph of the article, the probability for them to not read it increases. And search engines will not rank the article accordingly. If an article doesn't have a good flow in its sentences, bad grammar and vocabulary, it won't rank high nor dominate search engines results page (SERP).
Quality
High quality content is always in-demand. People on the internet and search engines are looking for high quality content, and search engines are constantly banishing low quality content from their search result. The quality of the article has a lot to do with the information presented. Providing interesting information in an article will make people read, learn and share. Unique
Beside being fresh, high quality article must not be re-written from other articles. It must unique, and written in its writer's voice.
Relevant Links
Links in an article is common throughout the web. Links provided in an article should be relevant to the written article. Relevancy is important for both human visitors and search engines. If an article is giving irrelevant links, then those links will be regarded as spam links.
Spam on the internet is an annoyance to both internet users and search engines. Notable search engines will detect those spam links and can regard the article as spam as well.
In-Depth Information
Articles with in-depth information are ranked high very quickly. Rather than writing a long page article with just the necessary information, the writer should aim to write a longer one to present a more in-depth information. In-depth information will help readers more to understand about what the writer is trying to say.
Long articles can be boring to read by some people. Long articles should be engaging and let the user think about their own point of view. Uniquely written and engaging long article can be both informative and entertaining.
However, on the internet where people tends to browse in and out of pages quickly, long articles shouldn't be made no longer than 750 words, or in average 500 words.
Keywords
Keywords are the words that academics use to reveal the internal of an writer''s reasoning. The attribute that was popularized by search engines such as Infoseek and AltaVista in 1995, are an essential part of any language.
Placing keywords in an article is important for SEO. Placing keywords only on a specific place in an article can be regarded as keyword stuffing. Writing a good SEO article is to make sure that the keywords are placed throughout the article.
Search engines are ranking high articles that include relevant keywords as well.
Offering Help
Beside writing for SEO, writing has the main aim to help readers.To accomplish this goal, writers must focus more on the way to help the readers. Helpful article will get good amount of traffic.
Readers that is influenced by the writing, will have a high probability to return for more informative article. They may bookmark the site, opt-in for updates, and even recognize the writer/website when it is mentioned in other places.