Monthly Archives: December 2011

SEO and Web Editors – the Basics III

Posted on December 29, 2011 by AlanE

SEO: Content and the Role of Relevancy by Alan Eggleston Content relevancy is as important to SEO (search engine optimization) as is meta data. Content relevancy says that what is in your page text is directly related to what is … Continue reading →

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SEO and Web Editors – the Basics II

Posted on December 27, 2011 by AlanE

SEO: Meta Data Makes the Difference by Alan Eggleston Meta data is the content hidden in the source coding (Web page programming). Go to any html, asp, or php page and right click on it, then select “view page source” … Continue reading →

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SEO and Web Editors – the Basics I

Posted on December 25, 2011 by AlanE

SEO: Web editors should know it and use it by Alan Eggleston Someone on our Web Editors LinkedIn group started a discussion asking, “How clued up on SEO are editors? What impact on writing style?” In my experience, most websites, … Continue reading →

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Writing and Some Tools of the Trade

Posted on December 7, 2011 by AlanE

Do you know the difference between a homonym, a homophone, and a homograph? How about the difference between homonyms, synonyms, antonyms, and acronyms? All are kinds of words that can aid you in writing. As a writer (or editor), you … Continue reading →

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Correcting Content While Supporting SEO

Posted on December 5, 2011 by AlanE

The online editor of a trade news website recently posted a question on the LinkedIn Web Editor group page. He needed advice on addressing SEO problems he was having running corrections. One identified problem is running newspaper-style corrections in addition … Continue reading →

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