Comments on: Don’t Want a Business Blog? Let’s Call It a News Page for SEO

By: Ian Rhodes

Ian Rhodes — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:18:42 +0000

Absolutely right Kevin – I've had the same conversations – the term 'blogging' is synonymous with social-networking and not necessarily a term many business minded individuals relate to business.

To term Wordpress as simply blogging software is like calling Firefox bookmarking software… there's just so much more too it.

I wouldn't say 'blogging' is deemed a 'bad word' amongst the B2B community but it still receives the same headscratching and chin stroking as 'twittering' does.

By: Kati Davis

Kati Davis — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:48:20 +0000

I've been suggesting to University's for a while that they use a blog format for their news section of the site. The ability for tagging, comments, sharing just makes it so much more engaging than your old school press release.

Thanks for the to-the-point post!

By: Kevin Hood

Kevin Hood — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:18:14 +0000

Thanks Bill and Derek. There are so many uses for a blog, with SEO being my main pitch for return on investment, that we should be able to call it whatever we / they want. I love it when I setup a user name for a client's Wordpress WEBSITE, and then they receive a confirmation email containing the word "blog". They get all freaked out until you explain it's really a website.

By: derekmcclain

derekmcclain — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:28:59 +0000

I think you are on to something here…remove the word that some people fear

By: billbean

billbean — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:51:30 +0000

Good idea. Most of the people I talk to have a very simplistic understanding of a blog, just as you have pointed out. I like your way of repositioning it.