One of the roots of a successful search engine optimization strategy is new content, filled with keywords that aren’t forced, links that fit keywords and most of all, original content that people are interested in reading. It may seem weird to say this after a bit of a hiatus (sorry - I’ve been very busy!) but consistency is the key. Nothing turns people off your site like a blog that hasn’t been updated in ages. People often start blogging with gusto but lose interest before they have a chance to build traffic. Given that Google has first hand experience with dead blogs in the form of thousands of moribund Blogspot accounts, you should bank on their algorithm being smart enough to penalize blogs that look abandoned.

Thanks to Rosalind Gardner, we’ve had the opportunity to post a guest article that explains GILL Media’s blogging philosophy. Check it out!