I think it makes sense to stay in middle/advanced (I do that too), because it is easy to stay in those topics. It doesn’t require extensive research and weeks of writing and isn’t too boring to write altogether.

Btw, when I started, I covered the basics first, such as website structure, keyword research, etc and then, as my blog grew, I already had a base of posts to link to, to clarify the new posts.

I am sure you can cover easy topics with medium and advanced scents, such as writing about something very simple as titles and then going deep into human psychology and such. Those, who need simple stuff, will get what they want and go on with the rest of the site, hopefully.

I’d like a SEO blog to contain lots of case studies, with discussions on their edge: what was good, what was not so good, what mistakes were made… Now I feel SEO like being a black box: on one side you input on page optimisation, and links, and on the other side there comes out your Google ranking. I want to know what happens in the back box, I want to have a certain amount of control on those processes.

I think there are enough good SEO4noobs and IM blogs out there. That’s why I stick to the technical side. I don’t plan to change that.

I like to think I relate to not only the more advanced people online (as an upcoming post will show) but to people who are making the content that us marketers want to share i.e. youtube video creators

Great post and interesting topic…nice to see you back

There are still so many ways that a newbie could find basics of SEO. He just needs to Google them. For a motivation to blog, I would like to share an incident with you, which happened to me a few months ago.

One of the top marketing guys in India emailed me about how much he liked my blogging and praised it. I was like…wow…thats amazing! He has now reached out to me for help with his new online venture. I don’t know what motivates you to blog, but when people appreciate you, this is what motivates and pushes me to sleepless nights, just to find good stuffs online, so that I could share it.

People say there is a lot which is not spoken in public, but there is too much which is available online. If you learn the things available you will get to know things over time, with your experiences. I’ve failed many a times, but I have learned a lot of things, and when I see success I feel satisfied.

I understand what you probably be feeling when there are so many blogs out there, it is very difficult to cope with the big ones, single handedly! This is the reason, you should consider to expand. Start a multiple blogging system and you might get motivated once again.

You’ve a brilliant future, you’re among the best! Then why do you worry about anything else. I know it, and people know it too!

Happy Blogging!

I think there’s a couple reasons there aren’t more blogs out there geared towards beginners: 1)As you stated, it’s more fun writing on the more advanced stuff. 2)I think you probably are more likely to develop a long term audience writing about the more advanced aspect. Seems as if you write a blog for beginners, you’ll get people starting out and you’ll probably get a good deal of search traffic, but your readers will move on once they move past the beginner’s stage.

Good to see you back ’round here.

I’d like to think that the more seasoned ones also find it appealing in a way that will make them want to pass my info in someones direction if the reader needs a little less technical jargon and a little more back-to-the basics kind of address. Which means that I like to include posts that I can also share with my mentors and social SEO family circle.

I send my readers to the doorsteps of my SEO expert family as a way to introduce them to trustworthy sources as they need more than what I have to offer. So,hopefully, I’m optimizing for the SERP’s but mostly for the users.

The reasons for this are twofold: 1. I run a niche directory that drives referrals to hundreds of therapists around the county, and they are always asking me how to get their sites to show up better in the search engines. 2. I do consulting work for an internet marketing firm, and it wouldn’t be wise to give out our trade secrets on a blog.

It has turned into a great tool for me. When I get the age-old question, “How do I get my site to show up for these keywords?” I direct them to my blog.

great article and just hits on something on my mind since quite some time.
Time to think about what you want to achieve and who you want to reach is very well spent.

I guess in my case I would say that the reasoning changes over time and so does the audience. For me my Blog is sort of a playground where I try things and share thoughts and ideas sometimes even news.

There might be too many blogs in the world – but I rather have too many than too little I guess.

Regarding the IDEAL seo blog – its obvious that there is no such thing. When you start off you read other blogs and forums compared to what you will read after years of following the scene.

The most important adjectives for the ideal SEO blog IMHO should be something along the lines of – open – sharing – smart – specific – helpful.

Cheers
frank