A Complete Study in Writing Good Articles for SEO - Part II

Try to use a really strong article description
When you write your article description make sure you use your main keyword in the description and to use supporting keywords (LSI) so that the search engines will index your article correctly. By doing this it will help with your search engine rankings.
What on earth does LSI mean?
Latent Semantic Indexing. Right, what exactly does that mean? LSI can also be referred to as Latent Semantic Analysis and it is basically a method to identify relationships or patterns between words. Most search engines use this method to help categorize your articles but more importantly the engines expect other associated keywords that are related to the main subject or topic.
I have mentioned in Part 1 about the Google AdWords Keyword Tool. It's a great tool for finding keyword combinations and associated keywords (LSI). There's a free tool for finding these word sets at Google Sets all you need to do is type in a few keywords and it will output relevant keywords to the one you typed. You can then use these keywords in your article. By doing this you will not only enrich your article but also provide relevant keywords that the search engines expect to find within it.
For example. Go to Google Sets and type in article, writing and SEO. Here is what the helpful tool gives you. A list of great keywords that you can use in your article.
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How cool is that? Now you can insert a few of those keywords within your article. You don't need to use keyword stuffing, just use this tool and you can add natural enriched sentences to your article that will appeal to your readers but also the search engines.
What about my article Title?
The article title is absolutely KEY; it's the most important part. You need to spend quite a bit of time making sure you get this right. Most readers will take a few seconds to make up their mind either to read your article or not so the title needs to GRAB their attention. If you don't get their attention then they will leave your article for good.

Rotating Kitchen: Artist Turns an Entire Room Upside Down

Call it arsty, pretentious or pointless if you will … but like the scene of a multi-car crash there is something morbidly fascinating about watching an entire room turned upside down, spilling its contents slowly (at first – then quickly) all over the place.

A steady spin cycle takes this rather drab and cluttered kitchen-in-a-box from right-side up to upside down (then even further around) over the space of ten minutes. Some things fall quickly while others (like the ceiling light) twist and turn before finally breaking.

Not to oversimplify, Zeger Reyers works at the intersection of natural processes and man-made forms – allowing erosion and time to reclaim objects in some cases while simulating environmental objects or forces of nature in others.

Perfect Raised Circle Bed for Floating ‘Round the Bedroom

A circular bed actually sounds rather convenient for those of us who do not always sleep right-side-up anyway … though it might be tricky to find round bedding to match this clever contemporarydesign.

In addition to the completely circle-shaped bedroom furniture idea from Lago, this bed seems to hover without supports – suspended on invisible threads from above (though in reality supported by a leather base below). Under-bed lighting is added to the already omni-directional shape and flush-tucked sheets to reinforce and enhance the visual effect of floating.

The nearly-perfect circle is interrupted only for a small flat area for a curved headboard or triangular corner piece depending on the location and orientation of the bed. And for those less inclined to seek out round linens, Lago also has a selection of square and rectangular (semi-)floating beds.

Tiny Vintage Trabi: the World’s Smallest Mobile Mini-Home?

Like the lemon sibling of the classic VW Beetle in the West, the East has its own strange little claim to retro vehicular fame – the Trabant (or ‘Trabi’ for short)Â in question is a car that looks too small to fit one person, let alone the four for which it was built. But perhaps the oddest aspect of all: it also came equipped with an optional rooftop tent with a footprint as tiny as that of the vehicle itself.

Over three decades of production, the construction of the car remained largely unchanged – hence the extra value accorded to any additions, such as the rare roof tents. Also, used Trabants were more expensive than new ones – and were kept in immaculate shape by most owners – due to a waiting period that could last as long as ten to fifteen years.

Communist propaganda encouraged car vacations by the sea using these miniature mobile camping homes. Since the collapse of the wall and reunification of East and West Germany, Trabants are still popular (much like old VW Bugs) as vintage pieces of the Iron Curtain past. To this day, many people with fond memories of their youth spent traveling in the tiny cars continue to create a high demand for what may be the smallest portable home-on-a-car ever made.

Wall-Hung ‘Hover Oven’ Cooks & Looks Like a Dumbwaiter

No, the aforementioned ‘dumb waiter’ does not refer to a service professional of sub-average intelligence – it is nifty vintage space-saving, elevator-style invention (attributed to Thomas Jefferson). The originals were made for manually hauling things (often fully-prepared meals in fancy homes) from one floor up to another within a home – this one is designed to lower your food right down in front of you.

This oven pays indirect retro-tribute to this classic food-service creation with a pull-down-to-open and lift-up-to-close cooking surface that slides along a track and stays out of your way while you cook. Produced by Siemens and others in various styles and models, some have additional cooking racks and trays for higher capacity and versatility.

Unlike a traditional front-opening oven, these hang up high on the wall and are thus safer for houses with small children. The units also displace less usable cooking and preparation space (counter and floor area) for home cooks with smaller condo or apartment-size kitchens.

Erotic Human Furniture: Sexy, Sensual or Sublime Design

Sensual or sexist? Simplistic or sublime? It is said of the best and most controversial artists in history that they were masters of their craft before they broke away from mainstream techniques, materials or approaches. Likewise, Peter Rolfe did not simply start by making suggestive and erotic pieces of furniture – he began by becoming a master of fine wood furniture design and construction.

These forms may come as a shock to moral sensibilities – or might not, depending upon the cultural context of the viewer. Either way, however, the layered, carved and polished wooden forms are incredibly well-made despite the complexities involved with having opening and closing doors, drawers and other moving elements.

Whether sublime, sexy or something else entirely, each part is carved with incredible delicacy and precision – from the human forms themselves to the props with which they interact – such as the supporting object above designed to look the part of an remarkably life-like cloth draped over a dresser.

Before you begin to wonder whether this work is more sexist than sexual, it is worth noting that he has crafted male forms as well as female ones.

Still, some of the women are modeled with arguably unrealistically ‘perfect’ curves by societal standards – and the locations of some of the drawer openingsand storage spaces do leave open questions about just how erotic these pieces truly are. But perhaps that is their purpose, or at least part of the point: to create conversations, spark controversy and question our avoidance of sexually suggestive forms in contemporary furniture design.

These Spy-vs-Spy-Style Black & White Vases are The Bomb

OK, the pun … it just could not be avoided. Apologies. Still, the vase concept by Mike Boylan is simply clever – if a bit cartoonish, like something straight out of a vintage animated Road Runner and Wiley Coyote sketch …

… or a pacifist variant on the classic Spy vs. Spy comic strips, in which the Black and White agents warred it out with weapons matching their color(less)-themed outfits. Except instead of white fuses and orange flames there are red-and-orange flowers sitting atop thin green stalks.

Not so sure about the black ‘bomb vase’ and its potentially violent connotations? A bit further down the design spectrum is the less-lifelike ‘Peaceful Bomb‘ variant – bright white and somewhat absurdly shaped like a undetonated missile just upon impact, with the flower becoming the visually analogous alternative to the flaming rocket exhaust.

DIY Grown-Up Toys: 12 Life-Sized ‘Punch-Out’ Project Kits

Remember those tiny toys and miniature models that required you to ‘punch out’ little pieces and put them together? These are like that – but huge beyond belief, letting you make your own … well, just about anything. Warning: batteries not included – and objects in these photos may be much much larger than they appear.

‘Some assembly required’ takes on an entirely new meaning with these extra-large punch-outs. Unfortunately, though, like their smaller counterparts these are made for display only. While the boat does actually (somewhat amazingly) float, the full-scale cars, scooters, bikes, engines and other household objects both large and small do not actually function like their real-life equivalents.

Some have been hung like works of high art on bare white walls. Others appear temporarily in public spaces and relate to a larger built environment, like the boat floating on the water or the scooter also pictured above. This latter project, for example, is not only situated in an apt structure (an indoor parking lot) but it also draws on the color palette of the painted columns, floors and walls around it.

Still, there is something sublime about seeing artist Michael Johannson transform even-more-ordinary everyday objects  into a world of strange and surreal (but still somehow life-like) ‘toy model’ versions of themselves. His subjects range from large vehicles and mid-sized push-carts, Christmas-tree stands and beds all the way down to hair dryers, blenders and other small home appliances.

That daily familiarity – like pieces and parts of our own bodies – combined with our childhood associations with do-it-yourself model kits makes you want to reach out and make these things come alive by punching them out and putting them together. In the end, they are simply metal sculptures … unless we have the imagination to make them become much much more.

Pick a Corner: Cool & Creative Prefab Home ‘Office Pod’

Corner-office envy has become a staple stereotype for corporate climbers – so why not skip a few rungs in the company ladder and select your very own corner to work in? This prefab office design is a fully-outfitted cube that comes complete with a chair, desk, cabinets and more, all contained within a modest-but-classy modern metal, wood and glass shell.

Living and working in the same place sounds great in theory, but in practice many of us wish we could create more substantial barriers between work and home life. Designed to be placed on your back patio or sit in any spot within your yard, this pod office provides a cozy-but-contemporary zone apart from the rest of your interior spaces.

The decor is also compelling: simple white and black walls and accents, textured wood cabinet and door surfaces as well as clean glass-to-metal joinery make it feel both comfortable and functional. Sure, it is somewhat small, but at least this way you can plan and set up your own personal executive OfficePOD wherever you want. Who knows, maybe employers will eventually catch on and start subsidizing them as well.

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