BLOG: Promote your evergreen content.
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You see a header menu at the top of this blog page. The same menu appears at the top of every page in this blog. These menu items name topics I report about a lot. The menu buttons lead to summary pages that carry a breakdown of subtopics and links to specific articles about those subtopics.
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Blogger (the host of this blog) makes it easy to set up this kind of menu. I just posted the summary pages as normal, then used the page option to treat the blog posts as pages to go into the top menu.
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Search
This blog carries a search bar in the right-hand column (scroll down). Blogger offers a convenient gadget for that. Other blog hosts probably have similar features
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Keywords (traditional style)
You can generally put key words on a web page. These can help you in finding things. I don't use them because I don't think they are of much use to readers.
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Keywords in the title
I put specially formatted keywords in titles. You can see the keyword for this article in the title above: WRITE:
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The special format is all caps with a colon at the end. You can search this blog for that keyword in that format and get only the articles marked that way. A list of the keywords I am using is given here:
Themes on this blog and how to find the relevant articles
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Searchable terms
Try to use common terms that people are likely to search for. Use technical terms if the article is for a technical audience. Use generally familiar terms if the article is for a general audience.
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Put important words in the title or early in the article. Readers (and probably search engines) are more likely to find them there.
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Summary articles
When I have enough content on a topic to support a summary, I write one. As I get more items on that topic, I update it. That way I can link to the summary in my table of contents and elsewhere. The link stays the same as the content grows.
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Use social media buttons.
Social media buttons are those clickable buttons you see on blog posts (look near the bottom of this page). People can click those buttons and put a link to your post on their social media streams (Facebook, Google+, Twitter, etc.). Since evergreen content retains it interest over time, it may be especially effective in those links.
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On blogger, you install these buttons with a gadget. Other blog hosts may have different methods.
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Video-Machinima
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- Evergreen=content of lasting interest
- Continues to draw people to you blog
- If they can find it.
- Here are ways to help people find it
You see a header menu at the top of this blog page. The same menu appears at the top of every page in this blog. These menu items name topics I report about a lot. The menu buttons lead to summary pages that carry a breakdown of subtopics and links to specific articles about those subtopics.
-
Blogger (the host of this blog) makes it easy to set up this kind of menu. I just posted the summary pages as normal, then used the page option to treat the blog posts as pages to go into the top menu.
-
Search
This blog carries a search bar in the right-hand column (scroll down). Blogger offers a convenient gadget for that. Other blog hosts probably have similar features
-
Keywords (traditional style)
You can generally put key words on a web page. These can help you in finding things. I don't use them because I don't think they are of much use to readers.
-
Keywords in the title
I put specially formatted keywords in titles. You can see the keyword for this article in the title above: WRITE:
-
The special format is all caps with a colon at the end. You can search this blog for that keyword in that format and get only the articles marked that way. A list of the keywords I am using is given here:
Themes on this blog and how to find the relevant articles
-
Searchable terms
Try to use common terms that people are likely to search for. Use technical terms if the article is for a technical audience. Use generally familiar terms if the article is for a general audience.
-
Put important words in the title or early in the article. Readers (and probably search engines) are more likely to find them there.
-
Summary articles
When I have enough content on a topic to support a summary, I write one. As I get more items on that topic, I update it. That way I can link to the summary in my table of contents and elsewhere. The link stays the same as the content grows.
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Use social media buttons.
Social media buttons are those clickable buttons you see on blog posts (look near the bottom of this page). People can click those buttons and put a link to your post on their social media streams (Facebook, Google+, Twitter, etc.). Since evergreen content retains it interest over time, it may be especially effective in those links.
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On blogger, you install these buttons with a gadget. Other blog hosts may have different methods.
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Video-Machinima
- Videos from virtual worlds Summary
- Hobbies: Doing video/machinima in virtual worlds
- Music Videos from virtual worlds Summary
- Art videos from the virtual world
- Comedy videos from the Virtual World
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- What do we do in Virtual Worlds?
- Search on page with Google Chrome: Ctrl+f, search bar upper right
- Google search this blog, column on right
- or put site:virtualoutworlding.blogspot.com at the end of the search terms
- Annotated screen shots made with Jing
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- Thinkerer Melville/Selby Evans
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