Oh, the highs and lows of deciding to self-publish a
children’s book. Each day is filled with
them.
High—the immensely positive feedback I receive from everyone
who hears about my project
High—discovering the wonders of print-on-demand technology
and realizing there was a way to make the books happen
High—Catching that perfect camera shot or figuring out just
the way to phrase an idea
Low—Realizing Lightning Source puts a white strip in between
color page spreads eliminating the possibility of two-page photographs
Low—Getting a quote from the web company I wanted to use
with a base price way beyond my means
Low—Having my older brother tell me I’d be a fool to try to
do the website myself and that the quoted base price was “way cheap”
High—Discovering easy web templates and hosting from
GoDaddy—where I already had an account from buying the domain name!
High—Quickly figuring the web building process out and
getting a basic site together
High—Watching the site go live instantly even though it said
it would be a 48-hour wait
Low—Googling “Juno Knows” just after the site went
live. Realizing a blog post that is inappropriate
for children is the first search result.
Reading through the post and finding no reason it needs to be titled “Juno
Knows”, except perhaps that it was written in the month of June almost a year
ago. Recalling having searched “Juno Knows”
on Google prior to beginning the entire project and knowing that this was not
the top hit at that time, or even amongst the top hits.
So now I’m in a conundrum.
Do I pay GoDaddy extra fees for SEO, gambling that this will put my site
at the top? Didn’t I hear that SEO is
dead due to Google’s new search protocol?
Do I contact the blogger and see if he’d mind changing the title of his
post? Do I completely change the title
of my project?
Insert cliffhanger!
What will she do? What will she
do? More on this when I find out.
