August 26, 2008
Google’s Matt Cutts offers three tips for ‘Company Blogging’
Google’s Matt Cutts writing on his personal blog offers up three tips for company blogging.
His best tip is #2:
Don’t trash talk a competitor.Your product should be strong enough that you don’t have to diss a competing company. Back in 2002, an article in the Boston Herald showed up about another search engine. The article claimed that “The entire XXXXXXXXX Catalog is updated every 9 to 11 days.” I knew for a fact that wasn’t true and at first I wanted to rip that claim to shreds like a bulldog. But (with the advice of some wiser Googlers), I decided to take the high road instead of picking a fight. In fact, claims like that motivated Google to be fresher and faster. Now I believe Google has the freshest index of any of the major web search engines.
What advice would you give someone blogging for/about their own company or employer?
Tags: Business Blogging, Company Blogging, Google, Matt Cutts

