What is the advantage of using a blog?
September 28th, 2008
Many of our clients ask us for search engine optimisation for their websites. We do include a basic search engine optimisation strategy free of charge with every site we construct but many of our clients want more.
Search engine optimisation can be an expensive process and usually comes with no guarantee of results. Depending on the amount of competition there is for your chosen keywords a SEO campaign can take months to begin delivering bankable results. What then can a business just starting out do to compete? How can you get your site found faster and ranking higher in as short a time as possible and with the minimum cost?
The answer lies in blogging. A blog, when used properly, can be a great shortcut to the ranking process. When updated properly with relevant content a blog can drive additional traffic to you site; reduce the time it takes to show up in search results and give your potential customers a valiuable resource to help them choose you over your competitors.
Blogs have this impact due to the way they are structured and the way search engines see them. Unlike a static website a blog pushes itself out into the internet via a multitude of websites that track blogs. Called pinging a blog sends a message to the blog tracking websites letting them know the blog has just been updated.
The search engines index the blog tracking sites as its an easy way for them to find a lot of valuable content for their search results. Usually blogs are topic specific and updated frequently. To a search engine determined to deliver the freshest, most relevant results on any given topic blogs make an ideal resource.
NetroDesign can integrate a blog into your website for just £100.00 added on to the cost of your website. The blog will be fully integrated into your site and we will provide you with a list of topics and ideas relevant to your business to help you get started. Click here to find out how you can get started with a blog of your own.