Breaking the habit...

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Or maybe starting a new habit.

I've never been a blogger. I never wrote down my thoughts in a journal, or diary, when I was young. It's just not something I've ever felt the need to do. So now I'm trying to break the habit of not blogging.

About five years ago I managed to lose 40 pounds. Every place I went to get information to help lose that weight they suggested making your goals and progress public to. "They" claimed it promoted accountability and I would be more likely to follow through if I let me goals be known.

Well "they" were right. The problem was always that sharing my goals in an open forum is not a natural thing for an introverted person like me to do.

So my goals:

My first goals to help me not only be a success here at WA, but help my websites be more successful are:

1) Post a blog on WA at least once a week

2) Post my first article on Street Articles by the end of this weekend

3) Put at least 4 posts on my websites before the end of this coming weekend.

Now my goals are public! Better make them happen.

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LOL I'm trying to think about this the same way I would if I was picking up any new habit. I've got to get into the habit of writing regularly, and along the way I will hopefully be improving it so that I can get more rankings for my website.

And I agree with street articles. What I was planning on doing, so that I didn't have to do more work than necessary, was altering one of my pages/posts to make it an SA article. I think the reason people are poo-pooing SA now is because of changes with google and backlinks that involve sites like SA. Since I was planning on using it more like a social media tool I shouldn't have an issue.

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do tell us why what you are posting about is important to you- what are your "reasons why"? You might want to drop number 2 on the list as SA is no longer recommended, BTW...your candour is compelling and I wish you well...Andy

Why is it that SA is no longer recommended? Can you explain?

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I would also like to know why it is no longer recommended.

For beginners this can get very frustrating. We go through the starting certification training courses and learn one thing just to be told something different from others. I understand things change with time, but I still get conflicting opinions (and in this case it definitely seems to be an opinion) on whether it is necessary to fill in Meta SEO information on pages and posts. With the SEO information I'm starting to think it might depend on which WP plugin you are using as to whether it is necessary or not.

Yes, you better do it. Otherwise we will give you a hard time. Lol.

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Go For It! You can do it!!! :)

This is great. Best wishes to you. Keep up the great work. Robin

Excellent!

Well blogs are easy to write. Just like writing content on a website, just blog on something your passionate about and the words will just flow. Don't force yourself to blog or you will just make it in fun for you.

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