Google Gold

1) A discussion of your general approach and strategy to search engine optimiation (SEO). What were some of the activities you did for each blog post to pursue SEO?  

To obtain search engine optimization, I made sure to copy my link to my blog in every blog post, even if I didn't complete an assignment. I think the way to maximize SEO is to ensure your link is posted in little crevices of the web, so google and pick up on how many times it was searched, clicked on, and opened. I tried to comment in the class directory when I didn't complete an assignment on blog posts, and though I didn't have a specific link to comment, I just commented my blog to get the most views as possible.  

2) What were your keywords. How did you select those keywords? Did you change or refine your keywords through the semester?

I honestly didn't think about key words throughout the semester as I wrote my blog posts. If I knew at the beginning of the semester what this assignment entails and how to get my blog on Google, I think that could have influenced my tenacity to input key words in each of my blog posts. I see the impact key words have on search results in Google, but I didn't post in my blog with this in mind. I just spoke with whatever came to me to complete the assignment honestly. 

3) How did you use social media to enhance your SEO efforts? What your your surprises or general impression of using social media to improve your blog's profile? Was social media generally receptive of your blog, or did it get ignored?

I also didn't post my blog on social media for the users of Facebook to see. I kept this blog to myself while I complete this class, occasionally showing my family or immediate roommates what I was working on. My parents thumbed through my blog when I was home as I showed them my assignments, or my roommates have asked what I was working on, and I would send them the link so they could check it out, but I never thought about broadcasting my blog for social media purposes. I think this answer would be very different if I were not just posting for class assignments, but actually trying to get the word out of a real life business. 

4) What was your most "viral" post? In other words, which post obtained the most traffic? Why do you think?

I think the posts that obtained the most traffic were my Idea Napkin No.1 and my Elevator Pitch No.1. These were both posts that required 3 comments each which also helped me obtain feedback, as well as forced my fellow students to look at my blog. Unfortunately, I don't know how to check the views on this platform, but if I were to guess, I think our earlier assignments in this class got the most action because people were trying to figure out how to post, what to post, and the format for posting.

5) Finally, did you make it to the first page of Google results for your keywords? If not, what page of results did you make it to?

My blog did make it to the first page of Google, as the fifth result from the top. I searched "Wendy Leung's Blog" and there it popped up. I actually smiled a little bit when it did because I have never created anything like this on the internet before and to see it on the first page of Google results was a sense of accomplishment :)