Archive for April 2009
How to Write Well and a Lot
Writing well and writing a lot are closely linked. Take a look around you. Usually, people who write well write a lot too. And those who cannot write well cannot write anything at all. There does not seem to be a middle ground. There is a reason why that is so. A very good reason.…
Read MoreArticle Marketing – How to Maximize SEO by Using Correct Image Titles and Tag
© 2009 Ugur Akinci IMAGE Name and <Alt> Tag The images you use in your articles (if any allowed) need to be optimized for the search engines as well since some people will bump into your article while doing an image search. Images are captured by the search engines through their names and ALT tags.…
Read MoreBook Review – Descartes's Secret Notebook
By Amir D. Aczel Amir D. Aczel is the kind of writer I love to read; a “science popularizer”, that is, a scientist who can write about science in terms that someone like me, a person who is not a professional scientist yet loves to learn more about science, can understand. But that’s not all.…
Read MoreArticle Marketing – How to Maximize SEO by Using Correct First Sentence and Density
FIRST Sentence and Paragraph Various SEO books and experts all agree on the importance of including keywords in the first sentence and paragraph of your article. I concur with that advice. For example, if your key phrase is “global warming” here is a suggested first paragraph: “Global warming is more than a speculation right now.…
Read MoreArticle Marketing – How to Maximize SEO by Using Meta Keywords
META KEYWORDS Most of the time you will not have any control over what the HTML “meta keywords” would be since you will be posting on other people’s servers. However, if you are designing your own web pages and posting your articles on your own server, then you’d be recommended to include your keywords in…
Read MoreArticle Marketing – How to Maximize SEO by Using Correct Title
PRINCIPLE #2 – Maximize Your SEO Whether you write targeting certain “hot” keywords or not, you still have to optimize your articles for the search engines so that they can be found by your readers. These are the components of your article that you must pay special attention to in order to maximize your Search…
Read MoreArticle Marketing – Focusing on Your Interests
© Ugur Akinci Interest Focus method of Article Writing This method does not care which keywords are hot today. You write your articles on what you know best; about what gets your blood boiling, and you just simply don’t care if your keyword is hot today for the world or not. You put all your…
Read More3 Words in Technical Writing that Kill Objectivity
Objectivity in writing is a frail bird. It can get killed by a single word. “All,” “any” and “every” are the three words that kill objectivity in most (if not “all”) situations in technical and copy writing alike. A long time ago I learned to guard myself against using “very” in my writing. “Very” is…
Read MoreReview: Adobe Technical Communication Suite
A learned review from a practicing tech communicator out there in the field. You can tell he works for a software company. I concur both with his observations and reservations. (Excerpts:) It is fair to say I am not always at the front of the queue when it comes to PC or software upgrades. Even…
Read MoreArticle Marketing – Should You Use Keywords? Drawback #2
Article Writing DRAWBACK #2 Keyword Focus Method of Article Writing In article writing, what’s popular and hot today may not be so tomorrow. Actually you can bet your money that it will NOT be so. So what happens to all those flavor-of-the-day articles that you’ve written yesterday that no one has any interest today? Luxury…
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