Should a First Time Blogger Worry About SEO?
For me the simple answer it no and I’ll explain why. Many first time bloggers have enough to try figure out, many will have their first brush with hosting providers, DNS setting, WordPress and the host of plugins that go with it. If you are trying to figure out the basics of SEO on top of all this it’s just too much to try and take in at the same time.
Many first time bloggers start out writing about what they like and this is the best thing they could do, if you are writing about something you’re passionate about, the words will flow easier and the site will keep your interest for longer. If you can keep a steady stream of great content flowing your site can soon turn into an authority and if that happens you won’t need to rely on SEO to try and drive more traffic, you will find the site picking up links naturally and these are the best kind, a pure unadulterated vote of confidence for your site.
Another great benefit of producing a steady stream of great content is that it has the natural ability to drive long tail traffic, this again takes very little work and the success of many sites is down the traffic they get from long tail searches.
Like most sites on the internet, traffic will build gradually month on month if you are writing on a subject you enjoy then seeing the traffic grow is just an extra bonus, if however your impatient like me you want things to happen faster, then look at the social forms of marketing, they won’t send continual traffic but they are easy to master and can send huge spikes in traffic especially if you get the site into the right channels. Not only does this act as a morale booster but it clearly shows the potential of your site along with what is achievable in the long run.
It doesn’t matter how much you like writing on a subject eventually you’ll find yourself looking at a blank page trying to think of something to write, this is when you start asking your self is it really worth all this time and effort. But seeing you traffic grow and interact with your site either through comments, retweeting or stumbling your stuff can prove to be really exciting and can help you to rekindle the belief in the content you are producing.
As a webmarketer I’m always going to preach the virtues of SEO, but for me content is more important and that’s what you should try and master first, once you can do that SEO will fall into place behind it. Instead of spending your time reading countless blogs on how important a link is and how to get them. Why not try and make your blog better. Add commentluv to get more people interacting, build your twitter following, get more involved in your niche, reach out to some other sites in your niche and see if they would like you to guest post. So technically this is marketing but you can also look at it as building a relationship with other people who are active in your industry and when you do manage to master the whole world of SEO you will have built a solid foundation with the content you have written.
Neil is a web marketer who is currently working for eMobileScan, who are quickly becoming one of the UK’s leading providers of handheld computers, specializing in the Motorola MC55 range of handheld pc’s
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Twitter: esoftload
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when i started blogging i was not completely aware of SEO….. later i learned and implemented it in my blog….
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Twitter: netchunks
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Well I too was a similar case, I did not know about SEO before I started blogging and then after I came to know about it. Thanks for the comment
All a first time blogger needs to do is install a good SEO wordpress plugin like All in One SEO – that will take care of some basics in the meanwhile until time is freed up to learn more.
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Twitter: netchunks
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Yup I agree with you Barbara, One needs not to worry much about SEO when he is a first timer, the only thing he should see is that he installs some SEO plugins but well most often many people do not know much about SEO when they start not even about the plugins so probably the learn slowly about it like in my case
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I agree – if a first-time blogger can be made aware of All-In-One SEO pack and get a little instruction on how to use it, it would be a great balance between getting used to blogging and implementing a little SEO to help your blog gain some search engine momentum right away. If you are using WordPress, that is. I have found that All-In-One SEO Pack is the most effective and easiest way to include the critical on-page SEO elements. Still, in order to use this plugin, you have to know a little about SEO strategy. So, I think that just takes us back to the idea that it’s best for first-time bloggers to concentrate on the content first.
Great post to help first-timers! 
Twitter: netchunks
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I agree with you Lori, I think a first timer never really know about SEO until maybe he has experienced blogging in previous old blogs, which them makes the notion of first timer useless…
I agree with Barbara, a blogger should see to it that all necessary plugins will be install, next is to put good content and slowly move forward to yur next objective.. Nice post!
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Twitter: netchunks
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Glad you liked the post. Yup you are right the basic SEO plugins are indeed needed to be installed
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I totally agree! Writing good content is the way to go to building a solid foundation for your blog. Many successful blogs today made this their first priority.
Twitter: netchunks
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Ya, Like we all know “Content is the King”. Glad you liked the post
shivachettri recently posted..Start Your Own Business Instead Of Being An Affiliate
Yes, but only implement the basic on-page seo strategies before the initial content is created.
The beginning blogger should rather focus on content quality instead.
Hi Shiva ! It was my big worry because i didn’t have any knowlegde about SEO before i start blogging and i just learn from the internet but now i did it a little and it really bring for me traffic. Thanks for your post, its really beautiful.
I agree with you. Anyway, a first time blogger might not know what is SEO.
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I would say there is no straight answer to the question. Personally, I would say YES though. If a new blogger keeps SEO in the back of her mind while starting up a new blog it can help a ton going down the road…
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I have started a new blog on seo services and want to increase the backlinks… plz help
Twitter: rohitbatra14
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I agree that being a first time blogger you should not jump fully into SEO..it can ruin your start-ups also…
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Twitter: bligbook
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Absolutely, i think everyone should look at the effects of SEO but the content also should be a unique one…..
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yeah that’s gud idea put a beautiful girl pictures on social media, write your link and enjoy the traffic, i have tried this one and was work amazingly.
Good advice. I’d like to start a blog of my own but I don’t know where to start. Thanks for giving helpful advice in what to do.
I agree, content is more important! This I say as reader and a writer myself. SEO is like math. You can’t take in everything in one gulp.
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If we talk about a first time blogger as a person who has just made his first stepd in blog writing, I agree with most people here – SEO is not important. I would even advice doing guess blogging. First of all, a newly born blogger has to leran how to write creative and attractive content, then – SEO.
If we talk about quality blogging, it doesn’t matter whether you are a first time blogger or not – content should be a king of SEO. Thus, more attention to writing interesting, relevant and attractive articles.
Thanks for the information. i plan to start a logo design blog soon and this is very useful.
I think the answer of this question is absolutely yes. SEO need to be started as soon as possible, as SEO and internet marketing usually take long time before results appear.
upto me good on page seo and 1 week off page seo is enough for bloggers… they only want to concentrate mainly content,,,, content is king…
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Well, yes but SEO and Great content go hand in hand.
No use of Great content if search engines and people can’t find it.
there are peoples who get traffic from google without knowing what is SEO.. you can lots in blog of note from blogspot…
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Twitter: karanlabra
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Well, thats shockingly interesting.
well, I think that SEO should be the second thing that a new blogger should be concerned about after Content.
I think new bloggers should write good solid content. Some say content is the king!
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I believe that SEO should be started before the project is developed. If there is a developer, the SEO and developer need to work in unison. SEO takes a lot of time and there is no need to do double job.
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i am worried about my sites SEO. as a 3 months old blog i am getting only 30 to 40 visits a day is this because of no proper SEO.
They most certainly should. If you start from the very start it is a good practice to get into to. I can be difficult and mind numbing to have to back track.
You are correct! I had wasted a lot of time building my SEO! Just write good content and everything will come!
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A newbie blogger doesn’t have any knowledge of what SEO means for min. of a month. Atleast, this happened in my case and many of my fellow bloggers. Blogging is our passion and no doubt, SEO becomes a second choice, though not to be neglected.
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Being a newbie or an expert blog writer doesn’t matter. It is on how you make a quality article that will boost traffic on your site. A well-written and interesting article is a good foundation of a blog. Many Thanks for posting.
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Considering the SEO, fixing on the consistent field will always benefit us.
But we find many new things around the world which will redirect us to switch to another topic.
Since we are here to attract readers, So focussing on huge deal of topics will fetch to attract visitors of all variants rather than focussing on single topic
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Newbie Blogger not very familiar with SEO , But they develop a know how with the time.
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Yep I agree with you, a first time blogger wont pay attention to SEO cos he has to be aware about writing the articles, the design, the hosting…
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I think that a beginning blogger will do enough in terms of SEO just simply getting their site up and indexed by google. If they concentrate on writing good copy, SEO will be done naturally.
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Of course! you are true. By writing in the niche which we have passionate, the words will flow easier and the site will keep others’ interest for longer. Then there won’t need to rely on SEO to try and drive more traffic.
Thanks for nice sharing…………………..!
Of course! the new blogger must worry that globally all the world should aware about his/her blog. Thanks for nice sharing to point out how to get much traffic by using SEO techniques and good blogging.
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I completely understand where you are coming from. Efforts should be focused on creating new content as often as possible, and making sure that content is unique.
I will say this, though. It may helpful to keep SEO in mind without worrying too much about it. For example, if there are particularly keywords that eventually down the road you want your blog to show in the organic ranking pages for, you may want to sprinkle those keywords in to your blog title and the occasional post.
Best of luck in 2011 on all things blog and SEO related!
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I think all bloggers have gone through awkward phase where they didn’t have a clue what to do, what to write, or how to market / advertise their blog. In any venture or even in life, it’s very important to know the basic principles behind the idea first. Mastering the basics will naturally make you become an expert overtime – as you go along and acquire more complex information.