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Writing in the 3rd Person

27th August 2007

Writing in the 3rd Person

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Why would anyone write their posts in the 3rd person? I know one blogger who does this and I’ve always wondered why, until today. Snoksred explains that you will see improved google search results if you include your own authors name in your writing instead of using pronouns. This makes sense when you think about it, how many times do you do a google search on the word “I” or “my”? My guess would be NEVER! So, from now on, you may be reading more about Sewingmom on my site instead of “me”!

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  1. 1 On August 28th, 2007, the frogster said:

    the frogster agrees with you about writing in the third person. it reminds the frogster of people saying things like, “Mike Tyson knows how to handle Mike Tyson, but no one else does, so when someone steps into the ring with Mike Tyson they’re gonna learn what Mike Tyson is all about,” which sounds, well, silly. But the frogster is not opposed to the frogster improving his google results, so Sewingmom has given the frogster food for thought.

    posted on August 28th, 2007 at 12:48 pm

  2. 2 On August 28th, 2007, lynne said:

    Thanks frogster, glad the Sewingmom could be of service! Thanks for bringing a smile to the Sewingmom’s face. :-D

    posted on August 28th, 2007 at 2:10 pm

  3. 3 On August 28th, 2007, ONwebCHECK said:

    Hi! It sounds interesting what you wrote about “Writing in the 3rd Person” and maybe it is not only a thing of get better PR. I like it as an own styl.
    Sometimes I used while speaking – you get always attention.

    posted on August 28th, 2007 at 5:21 pm

  4. 4 On August 28th, 2007, lynne said:

    Writing in 3rd person can definitely make your writing sound unique, it’s not easy to do though!

    posted on August 28th, 2007 at 8:32 pm

  5. 5 On August 29th, 2007, Hoto said:

    my nick is a part of my name so, i write i and sign hoto. think this is ok.

    posted on August 29th, 2007 at 11:03 am

  6. 6 On August 29th, 2007, lynne said:

    the Sewingmom thinks Hoto is perfectly fine :-D

    posted on August 29th, 2007 at 1:09 pm

  7. 7 On August 30th, 2007, Karen said:

    What a great idea! I will try it!

    posted on August 30th, 2007 at 10:09 pm

  8. 8 On August 31st, 2007, Kat said:

    Wow! It’s really a good idea! I also have to try this. It is astonishing but I never was thinking about this!

    posted on August 31st, 2007 at 4:15 am

  9. 9 On August 31st, 2007, lynne said:

    Sewingmom is trying to do this without sounding like an idiot! Writing in 3rd person is more difficult than it would seem! :-)

    posted on August 31st, 2007 at 10:17 am