How to Optimize your Podcast Transcripts for Search Engines

by Carey on July 7, 2010
in Podcast Transcription

The reason behind providing transcript of a podcast or a video on one’s blog is two fold – providing your readers an alternative means to consume your content while optimizing your blog for search engines.

Readers who want to skim through your content are given the choice to do so; instead of subjecting them to listen to the whole of your podcast.

Search engines index your transcript (or blog post) and rank your page in order of what it believes is most relevant.

Hence, it is very important to optimize your podcast transcript for search engines to drive more traffic to your blog. This can be achieved with little or no effort.

Below are a few suggestions:

My First Time: 3 Lessons Learned

by Carey on April 29, 2010
in Freelance

Share Your Thoughts

Do you remember your first time? (No, not what you are thinking. Much, much better than that. I’m talking about your first job as a freelance!)

I’ll never forget mine! It was the 19th April 2010.

That day I sent through my first batch of work to my client. I was elated and on cloud nine. I was enveloped in the most amazing feelings of freedom, independence, immense hope and fulfilment – all at the same time. I was filled with immense pride and self-worth.

Those feelings lasted more than 2 weeks as I completed the whole project. (See? It lasted more than 2 weeks. Not 2 minutes. It’s way better than that.)

As a freelance translation editor, this was my first work at home gig! I’m over the moon!

Although money hasn’t changed hands, I’ll forever be grateful for this job.

Lately, I’ve been thinking over the experience and reliving it to reflect on the important lessons from that first freelance job. And, also because I’ve had two more queries since then! And, here, are the 3 vital lessons learned from my first time.