Comments on: When Content Meets Search Engine Optimization http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2008/05/when-content-meets-search-engine-optimization/ SEO and Internet Marketing Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:23:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Heather Angus-Lee http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2008/05/when-content-meets-search-engine-optimization/#comment-17506 Heather Angus-Lee Thu, 22 May 2008 06:22:55 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2008/05/when-content-meets-search-engine-optimization/#comment-17506 <p>Did you just quote model Tyra Banks?!! ;) No, I get your point and as a professional writer well versed in SEO, I agree, actually with both your 'official' and 'unofficial' stances here. From a purely selfish point of view, I prefer to write from scratch. Trained as a journalist, I adore researching, interviews, crafting an article. But that's going to cost my client substantially more money than editing, and I also don't believe in "reinventing the wheel." If my client knows the best sources of information for their products/services, and even has current stuff tucked into their filing cabinet, then I might be reinventing the research wheel. Editing is a critical craft in and of itself. I've edited national magazines and daily big-city newspapers, and I know what my reporters submitted isn't what readers saw! Thanks for the dialogue! wwww.writingseo.com</p> <p></p> Did you just quote model Tyra Banks?!! ;) No, I get your point and as a professional writer well versed in SEO, I agree, actually with both your ‘official’ and ‘unofficial’ stances here. From a purely selfish point of view, I prefer to write from scratch. Trained as a journalist, I adore researching, interviews, crafting an article. But that’s going to cost my client substantially more money than editing, and I also don’t believe in “reinventing the wheel.” If my client knows the best sources of information for their products/services, and even has current stuff tucked into their filing cabinet, then I might be reinventing the research wheel.
Editing is a critical craft in and of itself. I’ve edited national magazines and daily big-city newspapers, and I know what my reporters submitted isn’t what readers saw!
Thanks for the dialogue!
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