SEO Content Writing
Now that you have your keywords, it's time to create the contents. This section guides you on how to write/edit a content towards SEO compatible.
Writing Practices
Here are some important aspects to write a good content.
Avoid Thin Content
You should avoid multiple short and thin contents and group them under a single index-able category. One example would be:
- Dress --> bridal gown, bridal dress, wedding dress, and wedding gowns
you should build the "dress" with the list of items, instead of multiple pages for each category where you can only speak for 1 word.
Duplicated Content
Avoid duplicated contents. If needed, you can state the link relationship as "rel=canonical
" instead.
Use Content Cloaking Strategically
Hidden text or user interface (e.g. CSS and Javascript post rendering) is a double-edge sword. One example is the crawler is being presented with full contents but the CSS and Javascript erased 75% of them, forcing user to pay to read or buy. Google for now allows cloaking to pass as it creates positive user experience.
Avoid Overwhelming Keywords Stuffing
This is frequent use of keywords to the point where the readings are no longer making any sense pretty much sounds like written by robots. One must incorporate the keywords in a natural phrasing to human.
Don't Do Auto-Generated Content
As if any human will read a robot composed article. Do not do auto-generated contents for SEO. Google has a strict guidelines for this matter: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/2721306?hl=en&ref_topic=6001971.
Do Have Single Website Working on Multiple Sites
Great UI + UX on any devices is a MUST. That means a single website works with multiple devices like mobile, tablet, desktop, and widescreen.
Combination of High Quality, Usefulness, Interesting, and Remarkable
The contents creation direction should be a combination of them. It is not necessary to be all of them.
Create Emotional Responses
Basically, visitor should have "I want to feel ....".
Uniqueness in Medium and Style
The contents should be considerably different in scope and in detail. Style of presentation is included as well.
Comprehensive, Accurate, and Exceptional Information and Resources
Pinpoint concise and precise to ensure readers are always satisfied.
Refurbish Existing Contents and Don't Reinvent the Wheel
Should the new contents are similar to the existing, you should upgrade/refurbish the existing one instead.
Name, Address, Phone, Email for Business
Since you're doing business, be sure to leave a clear, and reachable business contacts so that visitors can contact you.
Localized or Internationalized
Optimize specifically for the audience (e.g. languages, cultural slang, etc.).
Writing 10x Contents
Now to create a 10x content, there are some recommended process.
Step 1 - Learn and Experience the Context (Gain Insight)
The first thing is to learn about the context of the contents first hands. Only then, one can know how visitor appreciates the contents. The goal here is to gain the insight necessary to create a unique, highly comprehension-able, and emotional content.
Step 2 - Drill In Uniqueness
The second thing is to drill in the uniqueness of the content. Since we want exceptional contents, you must research the competing articles and seek out the uniqueness from the inside.
Step 3 - Uncover Powerful Methods to Provide An Answer
The focus in this step is to create a powerful and hard to replicate, high quality method to present the answer to the topic. Things like data-driven statistical data, insightful writing, referencing, one-liner. Things like large dataset, referencing, respecting copyrights are among the great attributes.
Step 4 - Uncover Powerful Way to Present
With all the contents structure ready, now it's time to find a concise, and simple way to present the answer, both graphically and text. You must think from the reader's perspective that, upon seeing your presentation, the reader immediately captures the point without going through the details.
Step 5 - Repeat Step 1 to Step 5 for About 5-10 Times to Get Things Right
There is no "one time" success. Those are luck. Therefore, you need to repeat Step 1 to Step 5 until you hit it right. Each iteration allows you to gain higher insights and possibly predict what will happen next.
That's all for SEO content writing.