{"id":97,"date":"2007-07-10T07:50:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-10T12:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/?p=97"},"modified":"2007-07-10T07:50:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-10T12:50:00","slug":"blogging-for-search-engines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2007\/07\/10\/blogging-for-search-engines\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogging for Search Engines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many of the same techniques that you routinely use for good search engine optimization on your website should be used on your blog.  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