Why SEO Matters Writing for eHow

SEO Matters for eHow Earnings

One thing that it doesn't take online freelance writers long to figure out is that SEO isn't just for Internet Marketing. If you are trying to make a living by promoting your website, or writing for sites like HubPages or for AdSense funded blogs, you know you must understand search engine optimization. It can be easy to assume that because many good writers on eHow make a good side income just from writing. But the best writers do their keyword research. I guarantee it.

Not every writer might get into SEO (Search Engine Optimization) the same way, but in some shape or form the best writers know how to study their results and figure out what articles are making them money and which ones fizzle out. Writing for eHow gives a writer a lot of lee way because the sheer authority that Google gives to eHow gets you a lot of traffic because eHow articles tend to rank very highly in the search engine rankings very quickly.

So why does SEO still matter when writing for eHow? Because if you can do really good keyword research to locate very profitable keywords that also have little competition, then you can write good "how to" articles around those words that will be very easy to get to the top ratings on Google. This means by targeting your articles, your earnings per article will be much higher and require less supporting work to get them there. It's much easier to get to a solid income if you make $5 an article per month on average than if you make 30-50 cents per article per month on average.

If you're an online writer, don't let a lack of SEO knowledge keep you from writing. It's better to write an article a day without any SEO considerations than to write nothing all. Just read this post about writers taking action now if you need a little kick in the pants. If you're going to be a freelance writer, you need to write. If you're going to make money as a freelance writer online, you need to learn SEO.

And if you're really a newbie and somehow you haven't heard of Courtney Tuttle and the Keyword Academy, I strongly recommend them. There's plenty of great information for free on that site, and the Membership section you can get into for $1 for the first month, and then it's $37 a month after that if you decide to stay. It's worth every penny. If nothing else, spend the $1 just to learn how they do keyword research. In my opinion that formula alone is worth several thousand dollars.

Then if you don't want to stay subscribed, fine, but that $1 would be the best you ever spend. Not only as a writer, but also the understanding of Internet Marketing and SEO they give you can really open your eyes to what is possible with making money online with your writing.