Why A Business Blog is a “Must-Have” For SEO

Written by Nick Stamoulis

It’s true that businesses must have a blog. Of course, you don’t need to actually refer to it as a blog because frankly, some industries don’t respond well to the term. The main point is to have a section on your website where you regularly add new content, and you can call this anything you want, whether you refer to it as a blog, article section, or even a resources section.

However, be careful of referring to it as “news” because if you are doing this tactic properly for SEO, most of your content will be evergreen and never get obsolete. If the content is called “news” it indicates that it will eventually become outdated.

It’s true that all businesses should include a section for articles on their websites, and the benefits are numerous. Here’s a look at some of the main reasons why  you should really implement one if you haven’t already:

Articles Tend to Rank Well in Search

When someone is searching specifically for a product or a service, a company’s homepage and/or product/service pages are most likely to rank. But think about all of the other types of searches. What about people that are looking for information instead of looking to buy right away? Maybe they’re new to the topic and are conducting initial research.

Articles that are housed on your “blog” tend to rank well for these types of informational searches. And if you think a visitor only looking for information (and not to buy) isn’t worth it, think again. These people in their initial research phase will eventually enter the transactional phase of the sales cycle and if your blog post resonated with them, your company will be top of mind in their consideration set.

This Content Can Help You Generate Inbound Links


Inbound links pointing to your website remain a top SEO ranking factor. It’s not a secret. Google has confirmed this, which is why link building remains an important part of SEO. When you write high quality, thought leadership blog posts, other website owners may choose to link over to them. These “earned” inbound links occur naturally over time and help establish search engine trust for the whole website. And in addition to helping SEO, these links can also help drive traffic from target audience members.

Posting Regular Content Keeps the Website Fresh

A website is considered “fresh” when it is updated often. Yes, the age of a domain plays a role in the search engine ranking algorithms, but that doesn’t mean that an old website should just sit idle without adding any new, relevant content over time. Every time a new blog post is added to the website, it’s another link added to the website, and it gives the search engine spiders a reason to come back and crawl and index the page and the website overall.

Committing to blogging is a big piece of the SEO puzzle. Optimizing existing content and finding local/industry directory links is certainly a good start, but operating an SEO friendly blog over the long term is what continues to give an SEO program the boost it needs over time.

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