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RE: Plötzlich "Steemcurator"...
You are absolutely correct. In some situations (titles and URLs for example), if the title doesn't reflect the body content, then Google's algorithm will penalise the page (and inherently, the website). It will also increase the probability that if somebody finds the page through organic search, they will leave the page quickly, also to the detriment of the page and website hosting it.
I don't know if that's true of hashtags - unless it's the 1st hashtag which appears in the URL.
I've been thinking a lot about Steemit and SEO - especially as the only articles ranked highly appear to be at least 3 years old.
In former times Steem's content was very good detected by Google. Today the rate is very poor, because of all the keyword trash.
Yes Gorilla. Title, h1-h6 headers, content and the setting of relating keywords all these tools are used very poor by bloggers. You can hardly educate disinterested laypeople. But you have to act in the right manner if you know the consequences of your actions. To ask the people to do the very wrong is the worst case.
Thanks for reading and commenting.
I agree. I had thought about blogging on specific topics with dedicated and targeted accounts - a high keyword density to attract organic search. And then having a "templated" footer to teach users how to join Steemit and join in the discussion.
One of the top articles for Steemit is one about Thomas the Tank Engine so writing about something that will have longevity would be useful too.
SEO was always in important part of web development (as you say, title, h1-h6, etc.) and I used to enjoy the challenge of getting certain keywords to the top of Google's rankings without resorting to "cheating / hidden content". I was pretty good at it.
If we got enough of the good authors together to do this, we could make a significant difference to steemit.com's SEO rank. But it's a monumental effort and I'm not sure I have the appetite for it.