It was on August 23, 2010 when an incident happened in Quirino Grandstand in Luneta Park. Eight Hong Kong tourists were killed in a tragic hostage crisis. The hostage taker, Rolando Mendoza, a dismissed Police Inspector was also killed during the incident.
After the bloody hostage-taking incident, the Hong Kong government has released a travel advisory informing their citizens to refrain from going to the Philippines.
Like other nationalities, the Filipinos also felt bad with what happened. It was the day were all Filipinos mourned and President Aquino has declared Aug. 25 as day of national mourning for the victims of Monday's bloody hostage-taking incident.
The incident has caused a huge trouble especially for all Filipino workers who are employed in Hong Kong. As I was talking to my friend, who works in Hong Kong, yesterday, she said, although nothing has changed with the way her employer treats her, however, she can feel that somehow there seems to be a tension between Filipinos and Hong Kong nationals.
On that same day, August 23, the social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and other social network sites were flooded with discussions about the hostage drama. If you search the internet, the most popular keyword was "Quirino Grandstand." Even on blog sites, bloggers were talking the same topic and have used the same keywords for that same topic.
I know it is really important for bloggers to post the most recent event which has made an impact globally. It is the best time for them to have more readers to visit on their website. Well, mine is a bit late. That's fine, though. But for a person who makes money on blogs or writing articles online, it is important for him to have the freshest information before everyone else could post it online.
But then, not all newly posted articles about an event could attract visitors. You have to remember, it is not only you who is into blogging. So, the traffic that your will post will create all depend on the keywords that you will use on your article; keywords that people would mostly type on the search bar. More often than not, it is best to use other keywords that are unique for your article or blog post.
Unique keywords also help build traffic for your website. However, these unique keywords should not replace the mostly used keywords that other writers would use for their blog post or article. One thing that I like about using this unique keyword thing is that my articles or blog posts sometimes appear on a search result which is not related to the topic that a person is looking for. There is nothing wrong with that. You don't have any control over that. But it adds traffic on my site if they will click on it and I find it interesting. Don't get me wrong. I don't do it on purpose.
So, therefore, keywords are important as the content of the article. They help build traffic for your website or blog. They also help other people to locate useful and informative articles on the internet.
Before I forget, congratulations to Ms. Philippines Venus Raj, 4th runner-up, for a job well done in the recently concluded Miss Universe 2010 in Las Vegas.