Do You Have a Blog Section on Your Forum?

[Nomad]

I own three forums and I have a blog section on two forums. I added a blog in order to improve search engine traffic. Since forum posts do not allow much room for SEO, I added a blog so that the forum can build organic traffic. Because of blog posts, I receive traffic from Google (it is very small though). Do you have a blog on your forum?

 

[joelr]

I don't pretend to be an SEO expert, but Google isn't going to prioritize your site just because you have a blog over forums. Google is very good at identifying information, regardless of how it is structured.

You shouldn't "add a blog" to improve search engine traffic. You should focus on building authoritative, expert solutions (whether in the forum or in the blog), which will be rewarded by additional traffic.

 

[Shortie]

On one forum that I co-own and another I help run, we have blog sections in which we add blog content to help with building up content on the forum.

One thing I do know about SEO is that high-quality and informative content is the way forward and that is what I try to add to those forums to help with that.

 

[Nomad]

I don't pretend to be an SEO expert, but Google isn't going to prioritize your site just because you have a blog over forums. Google is very good at identifying information, regardless of how it is structured.

You shouldn't "add a blog" to improve search engine traffic. You should focus on building authoritative, expert solutions (whether in the forum or in the blog), which will be rewarded by additional traffic.

I agree. However, the problem with forum is it is user generated content site and when the users are generating content, they do not always produce SEO content. However, when you add a block section, you can hire writers to publish SEO content, or if you have skills, you can do it yourself.

 

[Kane]

What's a blog has got to do in a forum? If you want a blog, you can create a separate website. Why mix a forum with a blog. Forum is good for short posts, blog is for longer articles. Do you think your users will create long articles for your forum?