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Why blogging is the new Internet marketing tool

by Zachary Katkin

Created on: July 06, 2008

Why blogging is the new Internet marketing tool

Get past it. Robots are taking over the earth. One day they may enslave people and turn us into biological batteries, but for now, we remain in control. If you are able to put aside your differences towards robots and understand them, you may be able to harness the most powerful internet marketing tool available blogging!

Blogging IS the new internet marketing tool. This often over looked, simple device, is probably the single most powerful online marketing tool. Don't worry; we'll get back to the robots.

If you're looking for ways to market your business or website online, you've probably heard a lot about "blogging." Blogging, short for "web log" is simply a journal where you post stuff text, pictures, events, news, commentary, articles practically anything. A well crafted and up-to-date blog is one of the most powerful tools your business can use to promote itself.

Why Is Blogging Important?

Why is blogging important? A great question, but before we can fully dive into the answer you must understand a little bit about search engines.

A search engine is currently the biggest way people find things on the Internet. It is not ONLY the way people find information, do research, and shop, it is all of these things and much more. It is the Yellow pages taken to an ultimate level.

It is the way people find EVERYTHING!

Not just on the web. Search engines are being used to find local business phone numbers, do research on major purchases everything.

To this effect search engines are driving a tremendous amount of traffic throughout the web. Search engines are the means by which someone searching for "fish patterned t-shirts" is connected with a quality website that will sell them a "fish patterned t-shirt." Search engines are the means by which someone looking to do research on "stage IV pancreatic cancer" is able to find and read up on information related to that topic, connecting them with informational websites that will educate and inform them.

Search engines, are very complicated beasts, amazing in scale and technology, but at their core, and for your purpose of trying to effectively market your business online, the fundamentals are simple to learn and understand.

How a Search Engine Works

And this is the part where you have to put your hatred of robots aside. We agree, one day they may indeed take over either physically, or digitally but for now, they are our friends. A search engine works by utilizing robots that scan websites.

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