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		<title>Why is Content King?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Content is King. Isn&#8217;t everyone aware of that?&#160;Anyone who has been around the Internet is bored with hearing such statements. However, until companies start taking notice and paying more attention to their web content, it is worth repeating. &#160;There are three main reasons why well written web copy is so important:

Captures the reader&#8217;s attention
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vincentsparreboom.com%2Fwhy-is-content-king%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vincentsparreboom.com%2Fwhy-is-content-king%2F" height="61" width="51" title="Why is Content King?" alt=" Why is Content King?" /></a></div><p class="first-child "><span title="C" class="cap"><span>C</span></span>ontent is King. Isn&rsquo;t everyone aware of that?&nbsp;Anyone who has been around the Internet is bored with hearing such statements. However, until companies start taking notice and paying more attention to their web content, it is worth repeating. &nbsp;There are three main reasons why well written web copy is so important:</p>
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<li>Captures the reader&rsquo;s attention</li>
<li>Improves search engine rankings and traffic</li>
<li>Increases the probability of quality links from other sites</li>
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<div>Too many companies sit on their laurels and rely on their brand to attract site traffic. It is admirable that the <img hspace="5" alt="content is king Why is Content King?" vspace="5" align="right" width="126" height="128" src="http://www.vincentsparreboom.com/wp-content/uploads/content-is-king.jpg" title="Why is Content King?" />general public recognizes their name or product. But site visitors are very fickle and can easily be enticed to another site if it offers better content on the pages of its website. It&rsquo;s shortsighted to lose traffic in this way.If prospective customers are to read your product pages in preference to your customers&rsquo;, each page must contain detailed, useful information, which a buyer would seek whilst making a purchasing decision. It is not sufficient just to post quality photos, a small blurb, and the pricing. &nbsp;Many well established companies make this error.</div>
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<div>Below, we go over three of the main benefits of well written content. I&rsquo;ve chosen these three because at the very least, your Website must attract visitors via search engines, let them know of the wonderful things you offer and make webmasters and site content managers believe that your site is an authority on a given subject. By combining these factors, you have the start of a successful web presence.</div>
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<div><strong>Engage the visitor</strong></div>
<div><a href="http://www.vincentsparreboom.com/category/search-engine-optimization/"target="_parent"title="Search Engine Optimization" >Search engine optimization</a> companies are often criticized by traditional marketers and copywriters for concentrating so deeply on keyword research and placement within site text that they forget the importance of high quality content.&nbsp;Don&rsquo;t forget that even if the keywords were ideally placed and got good page ranking, staying in that position would be impossible without many people visiting your site and accessing the information. Although the keyword placing is very important in search engine marketing, the ultimate goal for any website is to hold clients and prospective visitors on their website for a particular time and rich content would help a website engage the visitor.Even if you have placed the keywords properly and got good page ranking in the first place, it would be impossible to stay at that position without many people visiting your website and accessing the information. There are many copy writing courses available and these are the best places to get a tip or two as to how you can engage the reader. <a href="http://www.copyblogger.com/">CopyBlogger</a> is a good resource on the web where you can get good tips about copy writing.</div>
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<div><strong>Promote and Encourage Quality Links to Your Website</strong></div>
<div>Did you know that quality links to your website are one of the most influential factors in deciding search engine ranking? It is a factor that is often ignored. The quality of the links is more important than the quantity. Search engines will recognize your site as important if it has authorative links.The number of quality inbound links is also important. The increasing importance of social media websites like Digg, De.licio.us and Ma.gnolia mean that site content is even more important. Site visitors are able to submit extracts from your site content to these social media sites with links back to your site.Social media sites are very effective, especially for companies with the insight to regularly produce articles and press releases. This new content not only helps the optimization of your site, but also provides sources of fresh traffic. Some companies plan complete campaigns around these surges of traffic from social media links.There are many companies that solely depend upon social media traffic bursts. The fresh content optimizes your site and keeps the people who visit your site engaged and interested. Millions of readers use many of the social media mentioned above, and you can easily capitalize on this traffic if you can have good content on your website.</div>
<div>Keyword research is the most important thing to do before starting copy writing. Chose words and phrases that your readers will use to search and create high quality text for each page. If you have the right mix of good keywords and interesting content, then you have mastered the skill of organic search engine optimization and marketing.</div>
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<div><strong>Increasing Search Engine Rankings and Traffic</strong></div>
<div>There are plenty of search terms that people still do not actively search for, the possibility of getting organic search traffic rises in line with the quality of your copy. Some companies can be very resistant to improving their copy or make additions to their site. I cannot stress enough&nbsp;that quality content is critical to achieving top rankings for competitive phrases. Pictures and graphics only translate into words if you have added the correct HTML tags and even then they are an inferior substitute for real text in the body of the site.Every search engine is programmed to crawl sites like a human; comparing the content with the META tags that you have provided before assigning your site&rsquo;s page rank.</div>
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