{"id":253,"date":"2015-10-08T21:25:52","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T21:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whoisuserx.com\/blog\/?p=253"},"modified":"2017-12-09T20:39:18","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T20:39:18","slug":"writing-great-content-for-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whoisuserx.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/writing-great-content-for-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Great Content for SEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; inner_shadow=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_width_px=&#8221;1080px&#8221; custom_width_percent=&#8221;80%&#8221; make_equal=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;off&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; disabled=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_row make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_width_px=&#8221;1080px&#8221; custom_width_percent=&#8221;80%&#8221; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;off&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;3&#8243; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221; make_equal=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_1=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_1=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax_2=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_2=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax_3=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_3=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax_4=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_4=&#8221;on&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; disabled=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; disabled=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_text background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; disabled=&#8221;off&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s face it. 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