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Thursday, April 9, 2009

Are news organizations using SEO?

Many industries have been adopting search engine optimization (SEO) techniques to help drive traffic to their websites, but one industry that appears to be using the method may seem strange to many people - news organizations.

Yesterday, news website The Huffington Post released its publishing standards for articles written by citizen journalists. Among the lists of dos and don'ts were typical journalism standards like using correct grammar and backing up facts.

But the site also said it reserved the right to make editorial changes to content for various reasons - one of them being search engine optimization (SEO).

For more info visit http://www.brafton.com/industry-news/are-news-organizations-using-seo--$1286569.htm