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2012: The Year We Flip!
Time to reinvent, remap, and redress my approach to writing & life...before it's too late!
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Linking Writing.Com articles on GoogleEntry #669616
subtitle: toiling in anonymity

This has been slow going. I've been trying to increase my traffic here by linking my items on Google using my Google account. You can boost your items, add comments to draw attention, but it all may be for naught.

The problem with linking is the articles don't have titles when they are listed. Because Writing.Com identifies items by number, there is nothing in the title or tag line to grab someone's attention. The underlying subtext hasn't shown much to draw reader's either.

For instance, my Favre blog. I link entries but they don't show anything but the item number and the same blog intro blurb. So, if someone does a keyword search for Favre's latest last minute comeback, googlers won't be able to see what my entry is about or have any reason to be teased into clicking the link.

This is one of the reasons Writing.Com seems insulated from the rest of the internet community. I would advocate a change in the item labeling system. I know this might be a headache or nightmare overhaul, or maybe not. What do I know?

What I do know is that a lot more traffic could be generated if item numbers were replaced with the keywords describing the articles written at this website. Then, exposure to the outside world and many new members may arrive. Or, maybe that's a bad thing since this website has a big fish in a small pond mentality that keeps it's current membership happy rather than attracting more skilled writers.

I see the benefits of keeping my focus on blogging for sites that pay you for the visitors you draw. Using Ad Sense could derive some income. It just takes some internet savvy and finagaling to make it happen. Something I don't have time for, unless I thought I was a big deal and could make a lot of money for my words.

I'll keep it simple until or unless that day comes when I feel I could break out and actually make a name for myself on the internet. For now, I'll mire amid the toilers of anonymity.

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