Posts Tagged ‘search marketing’

Will Google Algorithms Save the Day (Again) for Content Creators?

Friday, October 4th, 2024

Random, middle of the night thought…

Those of you who have been in the content marketing industry for a while (at least back to 2008) probably remember the “content mills” and how tough the market was for writers back then until Google switched up its algorithms to reward sites for original, higher-quality content.

I’m wondering if (more…)

Thanks Google! Content Really is King Once Again.

Wednesday, August 12th, 2015

 

The world suddenly seems to have a voracious appetite for content as online marketers compete with each other in an attempt to capture the eyeballs and eardrums of current and potential customers. Not just any content, but high-quality, unique and relevant content.

It wasn’t always this way. The bottom kind of fell out of the writing industry back in 2008 as the recession hit full force. Media outlets were laying people off in droves, or closing entirely, and the demand for freelancers was rapidly diminishing. I know because I had been a freelancer for a number of years. Even while employed full-time, I made a very nice “extra income” from writing for a variety of trade and professional publications.

It was this extra income that I felt would help provide me with a cushion when I launched Strategic Communications in 2008. But I was wrong.

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