A Practical Guide to Creating SEO-Friendly Articles with AI Assistance: Tips and Tricks for Beginners

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Introduction

The Importance of SEO-Friendly Articles

SEO-friendly articles are crucial for the success of your website. By creating articles optimized for search engines, you can boost traffic, rankings, brand awareness, credibility, and conversions. (By Gemini Chat AI)

This is the answer from AI, in this case, Gemini, when I asked about the importance of SEO-friendly articles.

The Role of AI in Creating Original SEO-Friendly Articles

With AI as an information source, we can now easily create SEO-friendly articles quickly, effectively, and efficiently, guiding us to produce original content. The key point to remember is to use AI as a tool and guide for your articles, not as the writer of your articles.

Overview

There are three stages in building your original article: first, utilize AI in the article writing process; don't use AI as the writer or source of your article but as a guideline and reference source for your article. The second stage is optimizing your article with SEO techniques. The final stage is maximizing your article's reach through promotion, search engine submission, and other methods. These three phases will be discussed in this guide.

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Creating Original Articles with AI Assistance for Beginners

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Here are the step-by-step instructions for creating original SEO-friendly articles using AI capabilities for beginners:

1. Using Google Trends to Find Keywords

   Visit Google Trends and search for trending keywords or keywords you want to use. For example, on Google Trends, "Soccer" is a top trend. Save the keyword "Soccer."

2. Create a Theme and Relate It to Your Website

   Develop a theme that fits your website or channel. For instance, if your website or channel isn't about sports but about food, create a connection between food and soccer.

   Example: "Food for Soccer Players."

3. Ask AI for Article Titles

   Ask Gemini for a good title. Also, request that Chat Gemini include the keyword in the title.

   Example question: "Give me an interesting article title about Food for Soccer Players that includes 'Soccer' and 'Food.'" You might get a title like "Bananas: A Healthy Snack for Soccer Players."

4. Creating Effective Subheadings

   Create 5 or more subheadings from your main title. Each subheading should include relevant trending keywords from Google Trends.

   Example: If you received the title "Bananas: A Healthy Snack for Soccer Players" and the keyword "Benefits of Bananas," make subheadings such as "Benefits of Bananas for Soccer Players."

5. Consult AI for Article Content

   Use Chat Gemini to provide input on what should be covered in your article based on your chosen title and request references for your article.

   Example: "Hi Gemini, please provide input for my article titled 'Bananas: A Healthy Snack for Soccer Players.' What points should I cover, and can you provide some best sources to support my article?"

6. Drafting the Article Outline

   Once you have the outline from Gemini, start drafting your article by combining subheadings with Gemini's suggestions. Integrate key points from Gemini into the relevant subheadings. If something doesn’t fit, adjust your subheadings while ensuring the keyword remains.

7. Using AI for Content Information

   Don't use AI-generated articles as your final piece. Instead, use AI to gather information related to your content. Explore all AI-provided information for your article.

   Example: If writing about potassium benefits for soccer players, ask AI detailed questions about potassium and its relevance to athletes.

8. Finding and Using Credible References

   Revisit the answers and references from the AI chat. Use these responses as guidance, not as sources. Seek additional references beyond what AI provides, and include credible sources like Wikipedia, government websites, or official organizations.

9. Writing and Developing the Article

   Write and develop your article as you see fit, ensuring a unique perspective that differs from existing references. Use all the AI-provided information and additional references to enrich your article. This is crucial to maintain the originality of your article.

If this feels overwhelming, you can instruct AI to draft an article that meets your requirements. However, don’t copy and paste directly from the AI chat. Instead, rewrite or use paraphrasing tools to avoid plagiarism and duplicate content issues with search engines.

Optimizing Articles for SEO

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Once you have finished writing your article, optimize it for search engines (SEO). Here are a few key points to consider.

1. Check Keywords

   Review your keywords. Ensure they are included in each subheading as initially planned. Use keywords appropriately; do not force keywords in a way that makes your writing ambiguous or unclear. Avoid keyword stuffing, as excessive keyword density can be flagged as spam by search engines, negatively impacting your blog or website’s ranking and possibly causing it to be removed from Google's index.

2. Check Grammar and Language Level

   Use simple, everyday language to broaden your readership and make your content easier to understand for a general audience. Utilize grammar tools available online to identify writing errors and assess the readability level of your article. If there are scientific or uncommon terms, provide a simpler alternative or example in parentheses, or reverse it by placing the common term outside and the scientific term in parentheses. 

   

   Example:

   - "Conjunction (connecting word)"

   - "Conjunctions (and, if, or, but)"

   - Or, alternatively, "Connecting word (conjunction)"

   If the scientific or uncommon term doesn’t require a lengthy description, just include the term to educate the reader.

3. Duplication and Plagiarism

   Use online services to check for duplication and plagiarism in your article. Ensure your article has a good score. There is no exact threshold for acceptable scores, as percentages vary between tools. However, if you wrote the article yourself, this concern can be less critical.

4. Fill in the Description

   Provide an accurate description of your article’s content. Avoid overly short descriptions or filling the description with keywords, as this can be perceived as spam by search engines. Use important words that describe or reinforce your article’s content comprehensively, including calls to action, addresses, profiles, prices, or summaries.

   Example:

   - Bad description: Benefits, nutrition, bananas, soccer, fruit, health, recipes.

   - Good description: "Here are various easy and healthy banana recipes for high-intensity athletes."

   Descriptions are more for search engines than for visitors. If the description doesn’t match the content, it won’t appear in the search snippet. Google displays snippets that match the content of your article. Blog and website descriptions typically hold around 150 characters, so make the most of them.

5. Add Images

   Include images relevant to the topic discussed. Provide at least one image per topic; if each subheading covers a distinct topic, add an image to each subheading. Use images with a resolution suitable for viewing without being too large, and save them in web-friendly formats like PNG or JPG. Ensure the images don’t slow down loading times, especially for mobile users. Use copyright-free images or create your own using online tools like Microsoft Designer.

6. Add Videos

   Incorporate videos related to your article, such as a nutritionist explaining the benefits of bananas. Creating your own video for the article is best. This can expand your content’s reach; for example, show clips of a soccer player eating a banana, post it on YouTube, and embed it in your article. Ensure your video does not infringe on copyrights. You can find videos with Creative Commons licenses on YouTube.

7. Comfortable Blog and Website Visual Theme

   Design a visually appealing and comfortable layout for your articles. Ensure your blog’s theme is user-friendly, especially for mobile visitors. If your website has ads, place them reasonably without overshadowing your content.

8. Improve Blog or Website Performance

   Enhance your website’s performance. Choose or create a mobile-friendly theme, as over 70% of internet users today access the web via smartphones. Use online testing tools to check your blog or website's performance. Visit https://pagespeed.web.dev or similar services for this purpose.

   Follow search engine guidelines. Ensure your article complies with search engine rules. Study SEO for blogs and websites, both Off-Page and On-Page SEO. After completing all these steps, read your article 3 to 5 times. If satisfied, go ahead and publish it.

By following these steps, you can create high-quality, original SEO-friendly articles using AI assistance.

Maximizing Your Article's Reach

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To maximize your article's reach, follow these steps:

1. Promote Your Article

   Promote your article on social media platforms. Learn internet promotion techniques.

   Example promotion: 

   - "Instead of wasting time watching aimless content, listen to music and read this article. You'll head to the store to buy this fruit right away."

2. Build Your Web or Blog Reputation

   The key to building your blog's reputation is to provide quality content that educates and doesn’t mislead. Regularly publish and update your content and interact with readers. Provide credible and updated references in your articles to enhance your blog or website’s reputation. 

   Additionally, include a detailed profile on your blog, covering your job, position, expertise, and other capabilities. Provide contact information such as an email address. Also, explain your connection to the content on your blog and your accountability as a content publisher.

3. Submit Your Web or Blog Sitemap

   Submit your blog or website's sitemap to all search engines, such as Google Search (Google Console), Bing (Webmaster Tools), DuckDuckGo, Ask, and others. Look for each search engine’s guide on submitting a sitemap. If you're not familiar with sitemaps, search for information online. I may provide a guide on this in the future.

4. Create Backlinks

   According to Wikipedia, a backlink (also known as an inbound link) is a link on a website that leads to another website or webpage. Be cautious when creating backlinks, as search engines consider several factors:

   - The authority of the website.

   - The relevance of your article to the site where your link is placed.

   - The position of your link (main page or footer).

   - Your anchor text must be relevant.

   - Your backlink profile should appear natural.

   Use reputable backlink tools available online. If you're not familiar with backlinks, take the time to learn about them.

Conclusion

Creating original article content can be time-consuming, but AI can make the process easier and faster. Use AI as an aid to write your article more efficiently and keep it on the right track. Don’t rely on AI as your article's source. Place your valuable content on the best possible page—one that is easily accessible and visually appealing.

That's all I have to share. In closing, write valuable articles for everyone. Consider your writing a valuable asset that can change the world, more precious than gold.

Reference : 

AI Chat Gemini and ChatGPT

Write with AI in Google Docs (Workspace Labs)

Control your snippets in search results (Google Docs)

neindiaresearch.org : 10 tips to help You write an original Article 

pubrica.com : How to write an original article an overview for beginners

cmlabs.co: 7 Tips for Writing SEO Friendly Articles to Rank on Google

backlinko.com : Image SEO: 15 Tips for Image Optimization

cloudinary.com : How to Optimize Images for SEO

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Write By : Dede Suryono