Content Can Affect Blog Traffic

Posted: April 18, 2014

Getting traffic to a blog has become more challenging due to SEO rules. While keywords have a little to do with getting traffic, content can actually play a more important role. Tweaking content can equal better search engine results, which equals more traffic.

Julia McCoy, manager/CEO of Express Writers, shares how a few simple changes to content can make all the difference when it comes to blog traffic.

Why Your Website Isn't Getting Traffic: 7 Ways Content Could Fix It

Back in the day, all you had to do was stuff a few keywords onto a page and you were set with the search engines. Heck, you could put nothing but your keywords on a page and be golden. Today, Google has changed the way content and traffic play with one another – and let’s just say if your content isn’t playing by the rules, traffic won’t come hang out. If you aren’t getting traffic to your website, it’s probably a multitude of reasons. Although, there are some sites that just need a quick tweak to get the job done. Regardless, you should take a look at your site and see what you’re doing to drive away readers or worse, turn away Google.

Reasons You Aren’t Getting Traffic

We won’t go too crazy here, because the list could be hundreds of things long. But often websites that aren’t getting traffic are offenders of four common things:

They Don’t Give a Crap About Their Content

When you don’t care or put the effort into your content, it shows. When you’re passionate about a topic, it will show to your readers and people will share, send and come back for more.

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