Comments on: Do You Have a Seasonal Search Engine Optimization Strategy?

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[...] Learned that I need a Seasonal Search Engine Optimization Strategy. [...]

By: Gaida

Gaida — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 11:24:09 +0000

Thanks for a great & informative post on taking advantage of seasonal changes. You can also make huge profits on eBay by following the seasons. Another good news source is Google News to help find popular topics for topics on your websites. It’s also definitely worth trying to decipher your traffic stats.

By: Dennis BjÃ¸rn Petersen

Dennis BjÃ¸rn Petersen — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 06:15:05 +0000

LOL yes. Top Ten Hottest Moms in SEM sounds like a headline a certain Hugh Hefner magazin, not that I’d ever seen one of those of course.

I guess all that could happen is a few disappointed visitors

By: Wendy Piersall

Wendy Piersall — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:30:38 +0000

Oh, Dennis, you crack me up! I shouldn’t even be working today (Labor Day here in the states, but I just had to answer back on this one!

I thought long and hard about that headline, and in the end, I decided to use it, but I plan on adding a noindex tag for that url in my Robots.txt file.

Not so surprisingly, there are a million other sites who have actually optimized for the term, so I’m not ranking for it – but you should see some of the keywords that are used to find my old post “The Top Ten Hottest Moms in Search Engine Marketing”.

OMG. They are terrible!

By: Dennis BjÃ¸rn Petersen

Dennis BjÃ¸rn Petersen — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:05:15 +0000

I’ve never really thought of seasonal keywords.

You mention having keywords in the headline, I guess the previous post with MILF in the headline will attract a ehmm.. mixed crowd

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By: This Week In SEO - 8/31/07 - TheVanBlog

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By: Miranda

Miranda — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:10:10 +0000

What a great idea! It seems so obvious, but few of us think about it. I decided to share your post with my readers on WorkShak: http://www.workshak.com/2007/08/sprucing-up-you.html

By: Pat B. Doyle

Pat B. Doyle — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:34:34 +0000

Great post! I have found the same thing. An article I wrote on Halloween costumes gets traffic every year around Halloween.

By: Tiffany @ naturemoms.com

Tiffany @ naturemoms.com — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:36:45 +0000

Excellent article Wendy. My niche is green living and I do seasonal pieces on eco-freindly holidays every year and for most major holidays. They always bring in alot of traffic and they are wonderful for affiliate sales. I just did a post on eco-friendly school supplies and that post has been brought a windfall for me…and hopefully every year it will be the same.

By: randaclay

randaclay — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:27:55 +0000

I have a kids site, and it’s crazy how seasonal the traffic is. I had huge spikes leading up to Easter for example. You definitely have to catch it early- I’m planning on posting a month before Halloween.

By: lucia

lucia — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:02:36 +0000

I remember being astonished at a traffic spike in October– it happened after I posted a knit pumpkin pattern! The number of searches for “pumpkin pattern” was amazing. (Unfortunately, I suspect most were looking for costumes, not knit table decorations.)

By: Mother Earth

Mother Earth — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:47:48 +0000

amazing the timing of this post — I took on a writing gig for some additional part time casb. The title for his newsletter is going to be
“Season-ings – happenings with a bit of spice” The guy is a chef. I personally thought that was very clever!!

Mother Earth
http://www.bestwellnessconsultant.com

By: Webomatica

Webomatica — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:37:03 +0000

Good tips. Another one that might apply to your readers is television season premieres and finales.

By: CHESSNOID

CHESSNOID — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:15:16 +0000

Excellent post, Wendy. I never took into account the seasonal effect. I am still a new blogger and am looking to learn from more experienced bloggers like yourself. I do appreciate it.

By: Wendy Piersall

Wendy Piersall — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:24:42 +0000

Hey Lia – I wrote a 2 part series on the basics of analytics a while back:

http://www.emomsathome.com/blog/2007/02/15/increase-your-blog-revenue-with-analytics-part-i/
http://www.emomsathome.com/blog/2007/02/16/increase-your-blog-revenue-with-analytics-part-ii/

Hopefully they will help decipher it a bit – once you get in there, the data is really fascinating!

By: swirlingnotions

swirlingnotions — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:10:11 +0000

Great tip Wendy. I always get overwhelmed by stats . . . I feel like they hold secrets that I can’t decipher. So now I’ll have a leg up on seasonal stats at least!

Thanks!
Lia

By: Easton Ellsworth

Easton Ellsworth — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:29:01 +0000

Wendy, that “94 Ways” post will surely pick up steam again whenever holidays arrive – this December-January and next May-June in particular. You might consider updating it to like 1,000 ways (split up into a bunch of posts?) using reader participation or something … so that it remains a blockbuster for that season.

Great tips as always.

By: Suzie Cheel

Suzie Cheel — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:12:41 +0000

Thank you for this Wendy, and very timely. i have just discovered i have been ranked in the top 100 Aussies bloggers, which is very encouraging after a huge technorati drop , I can see i have to look at my stats more closely and do more work behind my blog.
Amazing how you and Darren are in sync so often