Yakezie.com - Topic: The internet is forever https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/the-internet-is-forever/ Simple:Press Version 4.5.1 Jenny @ FrugalGuruGuide on The internet is forever https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/the-internet-is-forever/#p92681 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/the-internet-is-forever/#p92681 I don't think the post is too negative.  I think you should make it more about the searchers and less about you to get more engagement, though--about how OTHER people can reduce expenses and concentrate on putting a high degree of their discretionary income toward their debt, whatever their debt and whatever their income is.  And then add something upbeat about how what REALLY matters is that you reach your goal, not so much how you do it.

]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:22:43 +0000 Edward Antrobus on The internet is forever https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/the-internet-is-forever/#p92677 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/the-internet-is-forever/#p92677 I don't know that I could really edit it in any way that would work. It's pretty unredeemable. :)

 

I certainly agree with the "you never know" sentiment. Of my 330 posts on my personal finance blog, the one that gets almost a third of my total traffic and 6% of all searches for it's keyword is a DIY tutorial about moving satellite tv service!

]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:59:37 +0000 krantcents on The internet is forever https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/the-internet-is-forever/#p92667 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/the-internet-is-forever/#p92667 I agree, you never really know what resonates with readers.  I sometimes pick controversial subjects just to attract more attention. I think you just never really know what will click with readers.

]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:12:52 +0000 MoneyBeagle on The internet is forever https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/the-internet-is-forever/#p92664 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/the-internet-is-forever/#p92664 It always seems that the articles I write thinking 'Man, that's going to rank high' go nowhere, and something I just fire off on a whim ends up getting ranked.  Murphy's law, I suppose.

]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2013 06:48:24 +0000 The College Investor on The internet is forever https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/the-internet-is-forever/#p92641 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/the-internet-is-forever/#p92641 Well, remember it's ranking so well because other people liked it and linked to it.  As such, you're popular for your rant!

]]> Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:27:10 +0000 maria@moneyprinciple on The internet is forever https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/the-internet-is-forever/#p92638 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/the-internet-is-forever/#p92638 Oh, I remember this one.

 

My post from the begining of February (about paying off $160,000 in three years) gets visited quite a bit as well - but I don't feel bad about it; in fact, I make it a point to answer personal messages about paying off debt agressively. I know it can be done!

 

Severocity is right; if you really feel bad about it edit it. A cynical view is: it is trafic.

 

Maria

]]> Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:27:53 +0000 saverocity on The internet is forever https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/the-internet-is-forever/#p92637 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/the-internet-is-forever/#p92637 Edit it?

]]> Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:57:54 +0000 Edward Antrobus on The internet is forever https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/the-internet-is-forever/#p92634 Bloggers Lair https://yakezie.com/forums/bloggers-lair/the-internet-is-forever/#p92634 Just a friendly reminder that anything you say online can haunt you for a long time. Back in February, I fired off a snarky rant about extreme debt payoff stories titled "How to Pay off $50,000 of Debt in a Year." It is now the 3rd most visited page on my site with search terms about struggling with debt loads and it makes me feel bad. Because people are searching for help with debt and they are getting me complaining!

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