Do You Write for Users or For Search Engines

Do You Write for Users or For Search Engines Make Money Online Queries? Struggling To Get Traffic To Your Blog? Sign Up On (HBB) Forum Now!Do You Write For Users Or For Search Engines?Updated On 09/01/2016Author : shankerbakshiTopic : BloggingShort URL : http://hbb.me/1OaW1JD CONNECT WITH HBB ON SOCIAL MEDIA Follow @HellBoundBlogWe all know how important it is to optimize our content for search engines, but if you look at latest search engine trend, Google is focusing on ranking honest content more than content written for search engines.A good Rule of thumb is Would you write this if search engines didnt exist?Beside ranking and indexing you also need to gain popularity and authority among your community and readers. So you must write articles that help them and provide solution to their problem. It  shouldnt  be only aim to appear in search engine result.What happens when you search for a particular keyword, and as a results X site appears and when you clink and land on X site, you find there is not much information that yo u have been looking for on the subject. The simple reason is article was just design to get the traffic from search engine for that particular keyword. Itll  definitely  makes you frustrated and probably within a second youll click the back button to check the next indexed site.Why you should write for readers first?#1 Users Google their problem, giveem the solution.  Rule of thumb is Dont deceive your users, give them the solution if you are an expert on that subject. Dont write if youre not proficient with that  niche or subject.  Dont write an article filled with keywords and search phrases related to the problem but have no real solution for it.#2 Read the article after finishing it and ask yourself Does this help my users?Whenever the answer is no, you should know you need to change something. As a blogger I think your job is not to just spread and share the popular news on the blog actually your articles should have your  essence  and must dwell  your unparalleled  style of writing.#3 What makes your website unique, valuable, or engaging.Rule of thumb is Whether your website stand out from others in your field. Site design is one parameter, but most importantly the quality content is which  counts. You can be prominent  in your niche if your writing is unique, content is expectant  and articles are helpful. If you still think design matters, have a look at this blog, you cant get more neat and clean design than  this guy have here. It is almost  design-less, still regarded as one of the best blog in  blog-sphere. (obviously  for its unique and impressive content)  #4 Search engines hate when you use these techniques.  Rule of thumb is being a nice guy  doesnt  mean you cant succeed in a difficult  game.  You can be on the top without using improper  tricks intended to improve search engine rankings. search engines ( or should I say Google) hate following ideas;Automatically generated contentScraped contentLink schemesCloakingHidden text or linksDoorw ay pagesAutomated queriesREADEffectively Leverage Social Media During A Natural Disaster#5 Keep it Simple straight and to the point.  Rule of thumb is Your readers are only interested in them. Dont make it  unnecessarily  lengthy. Cut the crap and come to the point without polluting screen with excessive examples, ramblings and stories.If you follow above points while writing articles, it will  definitely  help build a strong community around your blog niche at the same time help you do better with search engines.How writing for Users can Benefit you?#1 Social ShareThey comes, They read and if they like it theyll share.If users get their problems resolved through the tricks, tips and solution explained in an article on your blog, I dont think there a reason why they would not be sharing your article in their social community. If the article is worth reading Itll be share further in many other communities and groups instantly.#2 Users can make your content go ViralIf your content is great, futile, funny or  resolving,  couple of things can happen;It can ranked and indexed at #1 position in SERP for that particular keyword or phraseCan get viral on social sites like YouTube, Facebook, Twitter or Linkedin GroupCompetition is hard for former, as there are experts who game the system with SEO tools, although the quality of content may be not as good as in article. You can still make it viral in Social Media. Tell me what exactly you do when you see something useful on your social timeline? The answer is  obvious,  you share it with your  fans and followers.  The same way its  shared by their fans and  follower and the content go viral  among  various social media  communities  and group in no time.#3 Social Authority or Author Rank  Last year Google introduced Google Authorship. It  is an  algorithm  which associates individual   authors with their published content.  This gives individual writers an  opportunity  to build credibility. It is realistic and v ery much accepted and  appreciated  by publishers.It has changed altogether the  game of search engine Indexing and ranking. Google now value the social share and authority of publishers  among  their users or readers.Hence the time now has come to start building social community around your blog niche and write articles that matters more to its user than to search engines.I would like to know what goes in your mind when you write articles on your blog How well itll rank in  search engines OR How much  appreciation  Itll get from content user or readers.Please share your thought in comment below.