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You might at first expect that its best to write articles on the general topic of books. While there is some benefit to that my experience is that its best to diversify your topics.

The public's interest in the topic of the day varies widely. For example just before Thanksgiving Americans search the web for "turkey stuffing recipe". I expect Canadians do so as well but in early October.

In inlink from a book-related site will be the most relevant, but some other topic may produce more inlinks.



This is a good idea for a little bit later. First you need to understand what to write about. What are the keywords, what are they looking for, etc.


While I mostly agree it is hard to determine what to write about until you have written something and it has been posted long enough that it yields some search engine referrals.

To take a wild guess is better than not posting anything at all.




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