Hey everyone, I’m a content writer for a book publishing company, and I’ve recently started learning SEO on my own. My current job mainly involves writing school manuals and travel or museum guides, so SEO hasn’t really been necessary for that.
I recently applied for a fact-checking role at a digital media company—similar to Buzzfeed. I thought my skills would be useful since I focus on writing concise, informative content. I completed their assessment, but I didn’t get an interview or any feedback.
I wasn’t really expecting to get the job, but I do wish I knew what I could have done better. Looking back, I think I focused too much on verifying facts and not enough on making the text SEO-friendly. But in my mind, fact-checking and SEO are separate things. I figured ensuring accuracy already contributed to SEO in some way.
Are these two disciplines more connected than I thought? If anyone has insights on how fact-checking plays a role in SEO, I’d really appreciate it. For context, the articles I was asked to fact-check were things like ‘10 Reasons Why Coffee Is Good for You.’ Thanks!
But in my mind, fact-checking and SEO are separate things. I figured ensuring accuracy already contributed to SEO in some way.
They aren’t the same thing.
SEO isn’t just about posting ‘facts’—that’s a narrow way to look at it.
How do you fact-check advice, opinions, strategies, or best practices? If someone writes an article on ‘How to install a lightbulb’ and suggests an alternative method, does fact-checking apply?
People assume Google ‘knows’ everything, but if it did, why would it need content at all?
@Rafael
I see what you mean! What I meant was that I wasn’t focusing on making the fact-checking article SEO-friendly since I viewed them as separate tasks. But since the company wanted SEO-friendly fact-checking, I was wondering if there’s a specific way to fact-check while also optimizing for search engines.