Phanuel Mverengwi new blog
Please note that I am now blogging at
http://phanuelmuverengwi.blogspot.com
Thanks.
Quick SEO tips for online writers
The rapidly changing online environment is putting new challenges on writers of online content, with writers expected to pay attention to strategies of marketing and to increasing online visibility with keywords for purposes of search engine optimization (SEO).
For online writers and publishers, SEO is increasingly becoming a key priority to enhance Web site rankings. SEO refers to techniques used to improve a Web page’s results in a search. To be successful online, publishers need to be able to position themselves in a way that delivers what users are looking for at the click of a button.
Research shows that nearly 91 percent of all Internet users resort to a search engine to find information, making it an imperative to position your copy in a manner that helps users to easily find you. Used properly, keywords are a simple tool that can help to attract targeted online users to a Web site.
If you want to succeed as a writer online, it is necessary to keep up with the SEO buzz and establish ways to incorporate the strategies into your writing. Read more
The Waterman cometh
More excerpts from In Search of rain & Harvest (a novel, unpublished)
From the Deathwatch Journal
Entry: 31/12/99
10:30 p.m.
Here we stand at the gates of the new millennium. I don’t see what it is exactly that we, as humanity, have done to deserve this renewal. Perhaps the prophets of doom are right to predict Armageddon. Nothing like a bit of fire and brimstone for thorough and effective cleansing. Read more
FWords: Creative Freedom- USA Tour
‘FWords’ is a creative project to commemorate the Parliamentary Act of 1807 to abolish the British Slave Trade. Eight individuals were selected from some of Yorkshire’s most talented literary and visual artists, acclaimed through publication, performance, exhibitions and prizes, nationally, and in some cases, internationally. Read more
Chimamanda Adichie now a MacArthur Fellow
Chimamanda Adichie is one of the recipients of the 2008 MacArthur Fellowship, which comes with a generous stipend of USD 500 000.00. The fellowship “ awards unrestricted fellowships to talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction. There are three criteria for selection of Fellows: exceptional creativity, promise for important future advances based on a track record of significant accomplishment, and potential for the fellowship to facilitate subsequent creative work.”
Another great day for African literature. Congratulations, Chimamanda!
