Keywords in technology

In technology, keywords are our signals used so others can find us in the vast universe of the internet. When, where, and how we use keywords will be a big factor on who will find our blogs, websites and social media inputs.

We surely want traffic to our blog. We blog thinking that we have something useful to share, and the use of keywords will help our blog to be found more easily in the search engions, such as Google, MSN, Yahoo, and others. A blog platform such as WordPress, will often list categories of topics, and narrow that list down to another list of specific keywords. Keywords are usually listed at the beginning or ending of a blog post, and when a word is clicked on, other related posts can be viewed and read. I use WordPress and like the system of order wwith the categories and keywords. Think of the category as the folder, and the keyword as a document within the folder.

A good strategy for getting higher on the search engion page, and getting more traffic to your blog, website, social media page, is to dedicate one page (or document) to one keyword. Write everything you can about that one keyword, but don’t make it too long, and provide useful content around the keyword to interest readers.

In our internet avtivities, we often are focussed on certain keywords. In our offline communications we use keywords, and in fact, we use very little language out of the entire language universe. We are keyword focussed off and online. I sometime catch myself using words or phrases over and over that I wish I would not use, or that sound dull or ridiculous, but can’t easily reject them. They are my keywords by nature or habit.In blogging technology, keywords are our constantly used tools.

What I have recently done, was to make lists of keywords around more general categories. When I am ready to blog about something, I can go to my keyword lists and pull the word out that I want to use. My only task would then be to use the keyword throughout my blog post in a useful, interested manner that will attract readers and search engion crawlers.

If you have more tips or thought to share about keywords please don’t hesitate to respond with your comments.

Twitter tip of the day

Twitter, and micro-blogging in general, is turning people into good, proficient writers. Since we are allowed up to 140 characters in our Twitter post, we have to get our message across using a minimal amount of words, yet say it in an attractive, convincing, and using good syntax.

Feel free to abbreviate when micro-blogging. People do this on Twitter, expect this, and accept this. Why? Because of the limited amount of writing space. 140 characters is not much, a sentence or two. I am surprised how much I can say in that brief amount of space. It has made me a better writer, and makes me work, and rework my posts getting as much into each post as I can, yet, expressing it attractively. Yes, our writing improves when there are space limitations, and we want to say what we want to say. We still can, but we have to get it across with fewer words. We filter out what is not necessary, and use language that will empower our ideas, our requests, our answers, our messages.

Now, one way you can learn what abbreviations are most common, useful, and easy to remember, is by taking time each day, and reading others’ posts, noting what abbreviations are used in them.

As readers of micro-blogging posts, we also become better readers, critical readers, and notice syntac and semantics in a way we did not before. I studied how to be a critical reader in my language and literature studies at Florida State University. I am trained how to interpret the context, message and symbols, which fill messages. We all become critical readers on the internet. We even have the option of commenting on others’ writings online. With Twitter, you can click reply beside someone’s post and then write you remarks, ideas, or suggestions. This is similar to the comment ability that readers of blogs have, if the blog creator allows for open commentary. I know I do.

Good day, and good evening blogging on Twitter, Pownce, Plurk, Jaiku, or any other micro-blogging platform.

You can follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/KenFach.

This thing called Twitter

Twitter is more than a cool social networking application. Twitter is about sharing, meeting, connecting, networking, brainstorming, all in less than 141 characters. 140 characters is the maximum amount of space you usually have for twittering. You can always post more tweets. It is a communication lifestyle. These are short, micro-blogs, that are quickly prepared, on the spot, and posted for the general public to view, or a private group. Each twitterer makes that decision. Twitter asks the simple question, “What are you doing now?” The answers are formed in innumerable ways.  You can tweet from your phone anywhere you have service, or from your laptop or PC. 

If you can’t say what you want to say in 140 characters, than it probably is not worth saying, or you need to work on reducing fluff. Twitter gives us all the opportunity to make our point, briefly, and just that: to the point. As a result of this structure, the blogger is compelled  to perfect his writing skills. 

I use Twitter to get information to the consumers, network with other professionals in my field of labor, and other professionals, to express thoughts that come to me, to provide useful tips and ideas that I think could benefit others, and to make new friends.

Twitter has a powerful search engion to help us look up people we may want to connect with, and follow. We use this search tool to find groups, companies, associations, to see who the members are, and then, we can connect with who we want to. This connecting, in Twitter terms, is called “following.” When you click the follow button, beside someone’s profile, you have just added a new contact to your ever growing network. That individual in turn, has the option of following you. Now, you two can share. You can even see who someone is following, read profiles, and click the follow button to follow someone that interest you, socially, or professionally. 

The key to success with Twitter, is to make your brief points, comments, suggestions, and ideas, interesing, fun, a pleasure to read, unique, and useful to the Twitterverse. You may get responses back to your comments, either directly, or for all to read as a post. You will even gain followers. This is good for most businesses. Followers can become customers.

Sometimes Twitterers ask questions, tell micro-stories, share recipes, discuss gardening, politics, school assignments, community events, personal recollections. Twitter is for everyone, but to be successful with Twitter, you need to feed your blog. Keep tweeting, and don’t stop. Let Twitterverse know you are out there. It really is fun, because Twitterers are fun and interesting people, that know how to use a micro-blogging platform to fit their needs in life. It is a lifestyle using a micro-blogging tool. 

I am kenfach on Twitter. Follow me. Hope to follow you.

http://twitter.com/kenfach  

Happy tweeting!!!!!

One Way to Begin My Tallahassee Day

The word “day” is one of the first words in the holy bible. The word is throughout the bible, starting with “day” as newness, a beginning of something great. Later, “day” has a tone of inspiration to prophets, and a symbol of hope. Now, I am looking out the window at a new day, a new beginning, further hope, here in Tallahassee, Florida.

First of all, I have been reading so many mini blogs at http://twitter.com. This is a blogging service that goes on day and night, 24/7, just like there is always, day, somewhere on earth.

 On Twitter, I can read what my friends and others are doing at the moment, what they are thinking, what they are wanting, what they are cooking, what they are making, where they are traveling, how they are doing what they are doing. It is a real life storyline of events and thoughts. I jump into the mass of writers, and express myself as well. I tell the world who I am, where I am, what I am doing, how I am doing it. I discuss in the limited amount of space offered, about 140 words

Such is one way that I can start my day. Not the only way, I begin my Tallahassee day, welcoming all that the day brings.