My biggest folly regarding my posting is the fact that i don't provide a short description, nor do i tag my posts.
Yesterday, after posting my post called "More on AI, Globanomics and the Difference Between the Two", i went in and re-edited the post by tagging the post with the term "globanomics".
And guess what, when i googled the term "globanomics", the post popped right up.
This is probably not a super big deal because i am probably the only person on the planet who would ever google the term "globanomics", but just the same, i am going to go back through my posts and pick out what i think are the critical ones in terms of "globanomics" and start tagging them. It will be a pain in the ass exercise, but it will at least make up for my earlier laziness.
ps. I am not going to tag this particular post. I just thought i would let people know that down the line googling "globanomics" might afford you a view of many of the better posts (at least in my opinion) regarding "globanomics". Of course, i doubt if that would be an exercise that anyone would want to do.
ps1. If you heard what our ambassador to China said yesterday then you can see that "globanomics" is on the move.
That's a good idea - good keywords are very important for organic search results. But you are right that people who don't know globanomics won't be googling. So use some more keywords, like "global economics," "the global economy" and other key words that people might search on, but which make up the essence of what globanomics is.
Thanks, i thought about doing that, but didn't. I think i will try on the next batch that i work on. I am afraid the trouble that i will find with the "broader views" is that my "lack of followers" or "views" will put me somewhere down around the 10,000th item that will show up. Just the same, it is worth a try.
One thing i will say. It is nice to have your own little nitch, even if it only starts small. I think i will do the same with some of my Talkmarkets' published articles (which they don't let me write anymore). They used to get 1000 views in lieu of the 20 or so that i get on my blog--those might put me up the ladder.
It's kind of funny, really. Talkmarkets banned me from writing articles right at the same time i published Globanomics. All because i was trying to market the book, looking for their support. Go figure.
Again, thanks for your thoughts.