Comments on: Newspapers need to learn SEO for headlines

By: Newspapers and SEO | Geekdom Blog

Newspapers and SEO | Geekdom Blog — Mon, 04 May 2009 04:42:09 +0000

[...] the Journalism Iconoclast points [...]

By: Webhead

Webhead — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:11:35 +0000

Newspaper headlines are designed to eye catching and not bot catching. Many journalist use a little link bait techniques to grab attention to their article. These types of titles can be very misleading and not be indexed properly but the search engines.

By: FINISHING DISTRIBUTION, SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION, JEJU, SOUTH KOREA : Jeju Life Blog

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:02:26 +0000

[...] I also read a great blog post today regarding Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and how print headlines should differ from web headlines. [...]

By: Newspaper SEO: some content issues to think about | Searchwritten

Newspaper SEO: some content issues to think about | Searchwritten — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:27:48 +0000

[...] concise headlines that actually summarize the story’. Thesame viewpoint is expressed here. Journalists reply that headlines are all that visitors read, so they MUST be clever and [...]

By: The important difference between online headlines and print headlines. « Info:node

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:51:42 +0000

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By: The Journalism Iconoclast » SEO in headlines drives serious traffic

The Journalism Iconoclast » SEO in headlines drives serious traffic — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:22:56 +0000

[...] that post was about how “Newspapers need to learn SEO for headlines.” Yes, I would say it’s one of the strongest posts of this month, but that’s not [...]

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:09:56 +0000

This is an excellent point, far too often overlooked. But the article you refer to is a year old, and the seminal article on the subject is almost two years old:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/09/weekinreview/09lohr.html

By: Getting the Job Done & Search Engine Optimisation « The Jeju Life Blog

Getting the Job Done & Search Engine Optimisation « The Jeju Life Blog — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:08:02 +0000

[...] I also read a great blog post today regarding Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and how print headlines should differ from web headlines. [...]

By: Titels in print, titels op het web « Short Stories

Titels in print, titels op het web « Short Stories — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:15:55 +0000

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By: links for 2008-02-12 « David Black

links for 2008-02-12 « David Black — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:26:22 +0000

[...] Newspapers need to learn SEO for headlines – The Journalism Iconoclast “Being cute won’t get you anywhere on the Web. Headlines with keywords, people and places matter. Headlines have to have substance on the Web; style isn’t very important.” (tags: internet newspapers newspapersites journalism training search seo) [...]

By: shawn smith

shawn smith — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:46:52 +0000

Nice post Pat, I’ve been meaning to write the same type of post for bloggers in the new media circle. Not only should headlines make sense for search engines, but they should also be interesting, or else they don;t stick out in my feed reader and i dont read them. sad

By: Patrick Beeson

Patrick Beeson — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:37:57 +0000

Word.