Comments on: Blogging and the Problem of the Echo Chamber http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/11/blogging-and-the-problem-of-the-echo-chamber News, commentary, tools and tips about business blogging and the world of corporate blogs Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:09:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Doc Searls http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/11/blogging-and-the-problem-of-the-echo-chamber#comment-71776 Doc Searls Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:44:49 +0000 http://www.businessblogconsulting.com/2006/11/blogging-and-the-problem-of-the-echo-chamber.html#comment-71776 First, I don't get that much traffic. Never have. Check here: http://doc.weblogs.com/discuss/ Shows 466 visits so far today. Not a small number, but far from what many *real* "A-listers" get. Second, while echo chambers exist, that's not what drives the Google juice. It's saying quotable and interesting stuff, and doing it over a long period of time. That's the real SEO secret. For whatever it's worth, I've never tried to optimize search results for my blog. I just do what I do. If you look at my referers log... http://doc.weblogs.com/stats/referers ... you'll see relatively little from any "echo chamber". Instead you'll mostly find searches for topics that my blog has been associated with, one way or another, over the last seven years. First, I don’t get that much traffic. Never have. Check here:

http://doc.weblogs.com/discuss/

Shows 466 visits so far today. Not a small number, but far from what many *real* “A-listers” get.

Second, while echo chambers exist, that’s not what drives the Google juice. It’s saying quotable and interesting stuff, and doing it over a long period of time. That’s the real SEO secret.

For whatever it’s worth, I’ve never tried to optimize search results for my blog. I just do what I do. If you look at my referers log…

http://doc.weblogs.com/stats/referers

… you’ll see relatively little from any “echo chamber”. Instead you’ll mostly find searches for topics that my blog has been associated with, one way or another, over the last seven years.

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