How to write quality articles or blogs

As soon as you publish an article or a blog online, on C# Corner for example, it's not your property anymore. Yes that is true. You don't own it anymore. It becomes a public property. It becomes Web's property. Even though, you are the rightful owner of this content (article, blog, forum or image), but trust me. It's not yours anymore. Period! Various search engines and other companies can copy your entire content and store it in their databases.

But good thing is your name as an author will always be attached to it. That's what your goal is anyway. Now here comes the good part. You do not represent that article or blog but actually that article or blog represents you. It becomes an art and at that point, you my friend become an artist.

So you may want to be careful about what you write online. You may want to choose your words very carefully before it goes live online. Think of it as your public statement that you are about to make to half of the population of the world.

That said, don't let this worry you. Just be honest to yourself. Just be yourself. Do not copy somebody else.

Here are some tips that may help you along the way to build your own personal brand.

Proper Title

The title of your article is the biggest marketing of your work. All search engines look for a matching title before than anything else. You want to make sure your title makes sense in regard to the contents. A title should also not be too short or too long. For example, if I am writing on how to create a mobile application using C# language, my title can be, "Build Mobile Applications using C#". It does not have to be "C# Mobile" or "How to Build a Mobile Application using C# Language in Visual Studio 2010". Read more: Authoring Tip #2: How to pick a topic

Selecting a Proper Category

Each article belongs to a category. If you do not post your article in a proper category, you may be missing the boat. Read more: Authoring Tip #1: Selecting an Appropriate Category

Original Content

The most important aspect of your article is the content quality and originality. When you write, do not copy ideas or contents from other authors. It should be your original content.

Personal Flavor

Not only you want to have your original contents but also add your personal flavor to it. Do not write in style what everybody else is writing. Write what you think fits you well and represent you. Try to add your personal touch to it.

Keywords

Keywords are another aspect of search engine optimization. All search engines look for keywords to match the user searches. However, you do not want to put too many keywords in your article. I have seen people putting 20 keywords in an article. I would recommend having maximum 5 keywords in your article.

Quality

You also need to make sure when you write, have a good quality contents with property grammar and spell checked. Also do not need to write complex grammar. You also don't have to be a professional writer. These are technical articles, not an English composition contest. Keep it simple. As I said before, you want to be yourself.

Content Size

When you publish an article or a blog, it represents you. It represents your expertise on a topic. It represents your style. And above all, it creates your brand as an author. If people like it, they will follow you. So you do not what to publish something that may disappoint your readers. You want to make sure if somebody comes to your article or blog, they get enough out of it. You do not want to publish 10 lines where your readers may be disappointed. If your readers do not like it, they may not come back again to your article or blog.

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