‘Another MMO Blog dot Com’

We all know that most of our fellow bloggers don’t click on advertisements placed on your blog, especially pay-per-click ads like Google Adsense.  When it comes to people who actually click on ads, the majority of them are people who find your site via search engines.  So, should we be blogging for search engines?

This is a tough decision, but I wouldn’t dedicate your blogging for search engines, but think about it like you’re blogging for a wider audience that is looking for you. 

Say you know that there will be a topic that is highly searched for, maybe American Idol winners which happens every year or if people cared enough about Eli Manning, the New York Giants Quarterback who took his team to win the Superbowl, and his marriage to his sweetheart Abby McGrew, then I can almost guarantee you’ll get tons of visitors from search engines.  And when you get tons of search engine visitors, your chances increase when it comes to pay-per-clicking on your ads. 

Now, I’m not saying to dedicate your entire blog to random things that become hot topics but it’s something to think about when you’re blogging.  Matter of fact, I remember having this conversation with a fellow blogger and how he told me he got tons of traffic from Technorati when he blogged about American Idol around the time when the show was on last year.  He mentioned how he got thousands of visitors from Technorati alone and that’s not even including major search engines like Google or Yahoo.

Of course, American Idol only lasts for a couple months at a time throughout the year so he hit a incredible spike in traffic but it eventually died off.  

All and all, what I’m trying to say is if you blog for search engines, you’ll probably see a drastic increase in traffic and pay-per-clicks but I can’t guarantee your readership will increase.  

But hey, just as long as it’s making you money, right? :P