aDios,
Mariano

Your point about frequent posts also holds true.

I am doing much of what you mention above + using a few other choice WP plugins.

I am also experimenting with Disqus – for commenting etc. There is some good link juice there.

http://www.thebitbot.com – an enhanced Google custom search engine…

Writing for people and writing for search engines is not mutually exclusive. Furthermore, who has the bigger audience, the subscribers to your blog or people searching for content on Google?

The idea of SEO is to ensure that your content is delivered to the people who are seeking it out. This means you need to be concise and focused.

A person (or a search engine) needs to understand what the content is about to find and enjoy it.

If you referred to Twitter as Twister you’re not going to connect with the people who might be searching for your content. Sure, people might spread your content and you might get links but that’s the type of thing that only happens *easily* for a small fraction of bloggers – of which you are one.

For most of us, that just doesn’t happen. And that’s where writing in a way that benefits both the reader and the search engine is critical.

Search Engines are like blind five year olds (http://www.blindfiveyearold.com/search-engines-are-like-blind-five-year-olds) they don’t care how pretty your site is, and they need to be told a number of times what something is about and where to go next. And to be honest, this helps your average reader as well.

People have limited time and they *scan* articles. Make it easy for them to understand what your writing about and they’ll a) read it b) understand it and c) pass it along.

You can think about a blog post like a book in a library. (http://www.blindfiveyearold.com/seo-holy-trinity)

There are rows upon rows of books. An average person wandering in is going to look at the title on the spine to determine what that book is about – that’s your browser title.

Then they might take it down off the shelf and read the synopsis to see if it’s really what they’re looking for – that’s the meta description.

The URL is essentially the dewy decimal system in the analogy.

But all three should be focused and informative so that anyone – at a glance – can understand that they’ve found the right item.

Shelve a horror book under technology and you’re not going to get a lot of folks reading it.

Once opening the book you need to deliver great content and it should be of the same topic as your title and meta description or you’ll chase readers off.

You *do* want to write for the search engine because it also benefits your readers. I could go on and on but I’ll stop and step off my soapbox.