Let's Talk About Writing For A Blog

[T Pat]

Originally Posted by faxxaff

Personally, I refrain to link from images.

[faxxaff]

Originally Posted by T Pat

Let me explain my logic:

- links from images = Banner farm ===> less SE traffic.
- no links on images = images are considered content ===> more image search results.

So if you use text as link anchors you will have more SE and image search traffic (of course you need to use ALT tags and corresponding file names) = higher income.

I am very pleased with the income my handwritten blogs generate and I am convinced that this linking strategy is part of the success. Believe it or not, but quality of traffic is much more important than quantity of clicks.

[walrus]

Originally Posted by faxxaff

Yes. It does not matter how often you repeat a certain keyword in a blog. It all depends how smartly you use those and similar terms in inbound anchor texts, your H tags and how well they correspond with your general content and outbound links.

If what you mean is that the keyword density of a single post doesn't matter in regards to the optimization of a blogs "main page", I might consider the point that other on page factors may have a greater influence. My biggest concern, before even getting into any deep though on the idea, is that a few years down the road with so many pages on the blog, all tied together with the exact same on page factors that the domain would look like spam.

Keep in mind a blog is much more than an index page and to optimize your return it is important to make the most of all those pages.

Originally Posted by faxxaff

Let me explain my logic:

- links from images = Banner farm ===> less SE traffic.
- no links on images = images are considered content ===> more image search results.

So if you use text as link anchors you will have more SE and image search traffic (of course you need to use ALT tags and corresponding file names) = higher income.

The search engine folks have been around awhile and I'm sure that they realize that a certain amount of linking from images is normal. I doubt the average blogger could ever reach the point of needing to worry about being a banner farm.

That being said, it's not like linking the way you are is a bad thing either. From a surfers standpoint, I think they are more in-tune with clicking on an image to get to a gallery than the text underneath.

Originally Posted by faxxaff

I am very pleased with the income my handwritten blogs generate and I am convinced that this linking strategy is part of the success.

I'm happy for you and hope you continued success

Originally Posted by faxxaff

Believe it or not, but quality of traffic is much more important than quantity of clicks.

Anyone who is a true blogger / splogger realizes this. If your looking to generate truly astronomic traffic numbers blogging is not the way to accomplish it.

[Beaver Bob]

Originally Posted by faxxaff

Let me explain my logic:

- links from images = Banner farm ===> less SE traffic.
- no links on images = images are considered content ===> more image search results.
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maybe its just me, but I've found when I have blogs that show up in Google Image searches, the quality of traffic isn't nearly as good.

[faxxaff]

Originally Posted by Beaver Bob

maybe its just me, but I've found when I have blogs that show up in Google Image searches, the quality of traffic isn't nearly as good.

The results can be mixed and image search is certainly less productive than direct traffic searches. I see image search results as supplementary traffic. When you can't find what you are looking for with an ordinary search you resort to image search next. Depending on the search term you could get excellent traffic out of this. If your target 'free porn pic' you will have a hard time to monetize it, if you resort to sponsor site titles you will attract freeloaders, but if you concentrate on 2 or 3 word terms inside your niche, I am sure there is a chance of generating a few signups.

Let me give you one example. Let's say you run a Latina porn blog. I would think the terms like 'horny latina', free latina porn', etc. will give you nothing, but freeloader traffic. But if you list 'hairy mexican granny' or 'petite latina blonde' chances are much better to achieve good rankings and generate interest among your visitors.

Basically, I would divide image searchers into 2 categories: First the freeloaders and second the people who are desperate to find what they are looking for.