• DocumentCode
    1578648
  • Title

    Does SEO Matter? Increasing Classroom Blog Visibility through Search Engine Optimization

  • Author

    Zhang, Shaoting ; Cabage, N.

  • fYear
    2013
  • Firstpage
    1610
  • Lastpage
    1619
  • Abstract
    Educators today motivate learning and foster engagement through the use of Web 2.0 software such as classroom blogs. In this study, we discussed the reasons and benefits of moving classroom blogs to the public, and how Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategies from industry can help increase classroom blog visibility. We proposed an SEO approach and demonstrated how it can be applied to the design, implementation, and analysis classroom blogs in higher education through an empirical study.
  • Keywords
    Web sites; computer aided instruction; search engines; SEO; Web 2.0 software; classroom blog visibility; educators; higher education; search engine optimization; Blogs; Facebook; Google; Internet; Search engines; Software; search engine optimization; web analytics; web development; web optimization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    System Sciences (HICSS), 2013 46th Hawaii International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Wailea, Maui, HI
  • ISSN
    1530-1605
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-5933-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1530-1605
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/HICSS.2013.184
  • Filename
    6480034