It's only week two, but some content on the blog is already generating a good deal of page views, but the blog is virtually non existent in Google results. This has generated some surprising search outcomes. For example, team Minty Moose's opening post got some immediate attention, making its way (with some proactive help) onto other sites. However, a search for "serious business at UNBC" results in a link to the post appearing on the JDC West Facebook page, and the original post on the blog is nowhere to be found.
The idea behind writing the blog is that we can look at stats and SEO and have a toy to play with. Blogger provides a fairly pain free route to having a class do that, except with an extra challenge: Blogger is not Google search friendly. As counter-intuitive as that sounds: here is an article explaining why Blogger is SEO unfriendly.
So what should we do? Perhaps some manner of syndicated Wordpress blog is in order ...
Serious Business at UNBC:
ReplyDeleteI applaud the efforts put forth by the writers of this blog. I feel that people sometimes forget that universities are often the vehicle for debate and critique. The fact that there are minds willing to challenge the way things are is refreshing and a positive reflection of an active student body.