Category Archives: SEO

Pleasure is the Business

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Meakin Armstrong

I love this comment “strober” wrote on the Delta piece I did for the The Atlantic’s website: great feature here – only way to do business is to mix in a bit of pleasure. Thank you for the tips! That’s … Continue reading →

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Is SEO D.O.A.?

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Meakin Armstrong

In a posting for PaidContent, Ben Elowitz writes that SEO is dead–killed by by “SMO,” or Social Media Optimization. He says readers are now going to content sites, not because of a search, but because of a link provided by … Continue reading →

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Stupid Tricks Don’t Bring the Clicks

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Meakin Armstrong

Using data from the most popular newspapers out there, a group called Perfect Market is saying that while stupid articles about trash personalities such as Lindsay Lohan generate traffic, they don’t bring in the money for the websites involved. Perhaps … Continue reading →

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New Fiction on Guernica

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Meakin Armstrong

I’m not sure how many fiction pieces I’ve edited at Guernica–maybe about 100 (an exhausting thing to contemplate). This week, we have Leora Skolkin-Smith’s short story, “The Fragile Mistress,” which is an excerpt from the novel of the same name. … Continue reading →

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Writing: Should You Outline First?

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Meakin Armstrong

I just ran across this piece by Nancy Rawlinson (who is a contributing editor at Guernica ) on the outlining debate. She says that yes, you should. You should outline your fiction. I have to admit that I sometimes do, … Continue reading →

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Advice: 10 Tips for Writers

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Meakin Armstrong

Janet Fitch author of the novels White Oleander and Paint it Black has some advice for writers, whether they write fiction or nonfiction (although the advice is directed at fiction writers).  Many of these tips were already given to me … Continue reading →

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Will Bad Newsgathering Outlast Good Papers?

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Meakin Armstrong

Newsonomics has a piece on its blog comparing Patch.com news report with one in the Contra Costa Times. Contra Costa has better reporting. But Patch had more interaction with its readers. It also had better SEO and was listed higher … Continue reading →

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Still Working on This Site

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Meakin Armstrong

It’s a slow process, but I’m putting PDFs of my clips onto this site. Click on “Editorial Clips” for my freelance writing/journalism and “Copywriter” for my ad-driven writing. Eventually, I’ll also have my all of my fiction up, and information … Continue reading →

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