Google Gold

1. To pursue SEO, I created titles and labels to allow my blogs to extend their possibilities of being noticed in the average google search.  These were the main tools.  Also, in many of my blogs, I included pictures from google that could help increase the posts presence in google searches as well.

2. As the semester went on, the titles and labels were the main sources of key words.  The titles got more specific as the semester went on which helped the presence of my blog. Also,  I began to add pictures and videos to the blog, and I connected my log to my YouTube channel.

3. Unfortunately for the most part, I dd not utilize my social media platforms to their full potential to gain exposure.  I have many firends, however, who have used primarily Facebook and Twitter to creat posts about their blogs and link the blog to their about me section of their profile.  For me, I did link the blog to my YouTube channel which created more views in my  posts.  However, I have learned that in the future, Facebook and Twitter have seemed to be the top two social media platforms for advertising this kind of blog.

4. The most activity I saw was on my "Interviewing Customers No 1."  The main reason this was the most trafficked in my opinion was the link from my YouTube Channel combined with the number of videos, specific title and as always the label.

5. When I searched for keywords for my blog, I not only didn't show up on page 1, but I also dd not show up on the first few pages  checked on Google search.  With my last name Smiley, I thought it would be clever to use Smiley in my blog name.  However, the main part of my name "Smile" is widely used in many different names of blogs.  This created too much competition and not a unique google known name that would land me on the first page.