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1:26 pm
April 25, 2013
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Edward Antrobus
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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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1:57 pm
April 25, 2013
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2:27 pm
April 25, 2013
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maria@moneyprinciple
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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
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3:27 pm
April 25, 2013
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The College Investor
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Well, remember it's ranking so well because other people liked it and linked to it. As such, you're popular for your rant!
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6:48 am
April 26, 2013
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MoneyBeagle
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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.
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9:12 am
April 26, 2013
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krantcents
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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.
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5:59 pm
April 26, 2013
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Edward Antrobus
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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!
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I'm looking for editors, beta-readers, and some demographic research for my upcoming novel, Once Upon a Saturn Moon. If you like reading soft sci-fi thrillers, maybe with a touch of romance thrown in, you can find more information at http://seampublishing.com/once…..aturn-moon
If You Can Read, You Can Cook – http://www.ifyoucanread.com | Think you can't cook? If you can read this sentence, then you can.
SEAM Publishing – http://www.seampublishing.com | eBook formatting and publishing service
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7:22 pm
April 26, 2013
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Jenny @ FrugalGuruGuide
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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.
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