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Old 07-31-2006, 02:42 PM   #1
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Default search engine copywriting SEO

What is SEO Copywriting?
SEO Copywriting, or to give it its full name, search engine
optimization copywriting or search engine copywriting, is the technique
of writing the viewable text on a web page in such a way that it reads
well for the surfer, and also targets specific search terms. Its
purpose is to rank highly in the search engines for the targeted search
terms.
As well as the viewable text, SEO Copywriting usually optimizes other
on-page elements for the targeted search terms. These include the
Title, Description and Keywords tags, headings and alt text.
The idea behind SEO Copywriting is that search engines want genuine
content pages and not additional pages (often called "doorway pages")
that are created for the sole purpose of achieving high rankings.
Therefore, the engines cannot possibly view SEO copywritten pages as
undesirable, and the rankings they achieve tend to be as stable as
those that are achieved by other search engine optimization techniques.
SEO Copywriting, also known as Writing for Search Engines, is a new
kind of writing! There is another very similar discipline which is
popularly called Writing for the Web. But, SEO copywriting has search
engines as the primary target, instead of the actual reader.

It is safe to say that any action you take to enhance your search
engine ranking at the detriment of the user is unethical SEO. So, if
you write in a way that enhances your appeal to search engines, but
makes your content less valuable but this is possible to have both!
Good SEo Copywriting and voluble marketing content.
So, what is SEO copywriting again? Well, to begin with, learn that
writing for the web is different from writing in print. On the web, you
must use short content, bullet points, getting to the main theme right
away... Additionally, SEO copywriting brings in the need to target
keywords. Depending upon the content generation plans, you could target
one or more keywords per page. Things are getting so competitive, that
I prefer to target one keyword per page. But, there are many SEOs who
are unable to justify the high cost of content generation and will
prefer to optimize a page for more than one keyword.

Writing copy optimized for search engines can be tricky so let us do
it. You want a website with enough of the right keywords to attract the
search engines. But you don't want copy with so many keywords that it
then sounds silly to the people who read it. Effective search engine
copywriting is a delicate balance between satisfying your website's
human visitors and the search engine spiders.
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