Comments on: SEO for ministry http://genesys11.com/lessonsfrombabel/2009/03/05/seo-for-ministry/ ...thinking strategically about Internet ministry Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:58:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Church Marketing Online http://genesys11.com/lessonsfrombabel/2009/03/05/seo-for-ministry/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Church Marketing Online Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:21:40 +0000 http://genesys11.com/lessonsfrombabel/?p=301#comment-145 Dave thanks for your reply. I look forward to reading your research report. - Paul Dave thanks for your reply. I look forward to reading your research report.

- Paul

]]> By: dbinbrea http://genesys11.com/lessonsfrombabel/2009/03/05/seo-for-ministry/comment-page-1/#comment-144 dbinbrea Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:55:23 +0000 http://genesys11.com/lessonsfrombabel/?p=301#comment-144 Paul - Thanks for the comment. This survey was done over the past two years as part of a larger research project on successful internet ministry. You may want to look at my full research report, available in the sidebar of the blog. I am making no claim that any of the commenters search ranking increased! But thanks for helping clarify and agreeing that this is the right thing to do. Dave Paul –

Thanks for the comment. This survey was done over the past two years as part of a larger research project on successful internet ministry. You may want to look at my full research report, available in the sidebar of the blog. I am making no claim that any of the commenters search ranking increased! But thanks for helping clarify and agreeing that this is the right thing to do.

Dave

]]> By: Church Marketing Online http://genesys11.com/lessonsfrombabel/2009/03/05/seo-for-ministry/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Church Marketing Online Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:32:56 +0000 http://genesys11.com/lessonsfrombabel/?p=301#comment-143 Hi Dave, A couple of questions about the survey... How did you go about getting participants in your survey? If the survey was completed by ministry leaders who found it online, then there is going to be quite a bit of bias in the results. You would end up with participants who were much more Internet savvy than average. I've talked with a lot of church and ministry leaders and I'd be surprised if 10% of church/ministry sites had any SEO done on them. Second, when you asked people if they had done some kind of SEO for their site, did you define what meant? The reason I ask that is because of the comment that one person left saying they did SEO by “Ask[ing] the congregation to search for the site.” I think we both know that is not SEO and is not going to improve a ministry's search rankings. SEO is extremely important for ministry websites. I think most people are starting to understand that now, but there are lots of myths and misunderstandings about how to do it. It's good to see you pointing people in the right direction. Paul Steinbrueck OurChurch.Com ChurchMarketingOnline.com Hi Dave,

A couple of questions about the survey…

How did you go about getting participants in your survey?

If the survey was completed by ministry leaders who found it online, then there is going to be quite a bit of bias in the results. You would end up with participants who were much more Internet savvy than average. I’ve talked with a lot of church and ministry leaders and I’d be surprised if 10% of church/ministry sites had any SEO done on them.

Second, when you asked people if they had done some kind of SEO for their site, did you define what meant?

The reason I ask that is because of the comment that one person left saying they did SEO by “Ask[ing] the congregation to search for the site.” I think we both know that is not SEO and is not going to improve a ministry’s search rankings.

SEO is extremely important for ministry websites. I think most people are starting to understand that now, but there are lots of myths and misunderstandings about how to do it. It’s good to see you pointing people in the right direction.

Paul Steinbrueck
OurChurch.Com
ChurchMarketingOnline.com

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