'First Page of Google Results: Your New Home Page'
By Jeff DavisI read a comment via Twitter yesterday that really nailed the concept of why paying attention to your Google rankings is so important. It also helped to show the value of Twitter, as I might not have heard this anywhere else.
Todd Defren of SHIFT Communications was one of many “liveblogging” at the NewComm Forum 2008 in Santa Rosa, Calif., and he shared the following, based on a comment from presenter Kami Huyse. Here’s what we saw from Todd’s Twitter post:
@kamichat: “1st page of GOOG results – your new homepage.” #sncr
This point is simple and it really hits home for me. So many companies consider their site’s main page (or those fancy “skip intro” pages) their home page. But what good is it if no one visits it? Their real home page – at least for those who don’t yet know they exist – is what appears on Google after someone types in the right keyword. That’s the real home page for your product or service, and that’s why SEO is so important. Good point, and thanks for sharing.
It’s great that you could be there without being there and that Todd shared it on Twitter, showing the true speed of communication.
Absolutely – Its why sites like Modernista’s are starting to crop up. http://www.orange-blog.com/?p=68
[...] – The concept of live-blogging at conferences. The SXSW Conference took place during my early Twitter days and having Twitterkin there and sending live Tweets about conference highlights (with links) was an eye-opener. At another conference, @TDefren tweeted a comment about Google by presenter @kamichat that led to this PR Buzzsaw post. [...]