There are as many “factors” that can contribute to your SEO success and one should work on as many of them as possible and consistently but there are a number of factors that are simply uncontrollable.
The interesting thing (and perhaps the best thing) about these uncontrollable factors is that they are the most trustworthy indicators of authority and value in the space.
People do all they can to manipulate Google and the other major search engines so it’s no wonder that the algorithms take into account values that are truly un-manipulateable.
And one of these manipulation-proof factors is time.
The longer you blog the better your SEO result will be, almost guaranteed. Time is simply something one can’t manipulate or change.
So start blogging. Get on it, learn a little patience while you’re at it too, and thank God (and Google) for factors like “time” that can’t be manipulated.
What other manipulation-proof factors do you really like and leverage?
Church Marketing Guy says
I couldn't agree with you more about the need for perseverance when it comes to blogging or any other website for that matter. It takes time to be successful, especially with SEO.
I would add that it isn't just time that helps, but what can come with time, and that's links and traffic. So, blogs (and other sites) need to make the best of the time by promoting the blog to others, building up awareness of their blog, and engaging others. I've seen relatively young sites fly past older sites because they were more engaged and got more attention (and links) than the older blogs. So, be patient, persevere, and use the time to build your blog up.
Interestingly enough even time can be manipulated in the search engines. One of the strategies people employ to manipulate time is to purchase an existing URL. Essentially, they are buying the time that URL has been around…as well as all it's inbound links.
Mikes says
I'd say the content! I know it can be tweaked so as to repeat keywords for SEOs but readers don't stick as the blogger blogs for SEOs and not for the readers. With good content then readers, traffic, backlinks will be added unto you as well.;)