In looking over my website analysis tools, I am able to see what people are searching for in the search engines when they arrive at the FM website. Keywords are a wonderful tool to use in writing content because you know that you are providing what people are really looking for. With FM/CFS this can be complicated because of the very nature of these diseases...they are symptomatic. People often search for information to give them relief of a particular symptom rather than just search for fibromyalgia in general. Providing content for every symptom that an FM sufferer may have is practically an unachieveable goal. so today I am kicking myself because I had a visitor who was searching for "aluminum poisoning relief", something that I just happen to know a great deal about because I had it, yet haven't put anything about it on the website because it is very rare. I missed out on helping this person because they were brought to the FM site because Google bot listed it because I mentioned in one sentence that I had been diagnosed with Al. Poisoning. I chose not to ellaborate further on the topic and that person came to my FM site searching for help and I offered none. (Have you seen the KitKat commercial -"Wanna get away?") Man, I could walk under a dime right now. I'll have to do better.
In an effort to better serve my site visitors I am going to add a questionaire to the site asking EXACTLY what my visitors are looking for help with. That way, I can provide them with the help they need and hopefully avoid the situation from happening again. So, if you are a regular visitor to the site, please check for this addition soon and let me know what you need help with.
There are tons of FM related sites on the internet. What makes my site different and why should people visit my site or refer it to others when there are so many sites, most maintained by doctors who are specialists in their field? I'll tell you. Because I am just like them. Because I want to help and because I care. Sure, I have monetized the site as much as is possible, but the truth is, I haven't made a dime off of it and it cost me money to keep it up. The only reason it is there is because I care. Hopefully, that will make a difference along the way and my visitors will see that. When they come to The Ultimate Fibromyalgia Resource Center, noone is trying to sell them a "miracle cure" or a treatment protocol. They can browse the site, hopefully gaining some information that will help them feel just a little better, do a little shopping if they want to, whether it's a Fibromyalgia Awareness Bracelet or a NASCAR T-shirt. They can watch videos about FM, read articles, check out news stories, all kinds of information is available to them and someone just like them made it all available FREE. THAT is why visitors should come to my site and I will try, (even though I get discouraged alot!) to continue to make that available to my visitors. If some along the way choose to support the site -HEY, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL AND HELP ME OUT ALOT! But, it's not what the site is all about. It's about preventing anyone else from having to go through what I did with Fibromyalgia! Not one more person should have to lose their life to this disease! It's abhorable that I or anyone else for that matter has already and there are thousands of us who suffer every day!
The readers of this blog, the visitors to my site, my friends and my family have watched me suffer through the past seven months. If you have read this blog, especially the archives from Yahoo 360*, then you know how hard it has been for me. I have cried my heart out on the pages of this blog now for months. Fibromyalgia is a terrible disease! When you have FM combined with CFS it is even worse. Aprox. 4-11% of the US population is afflicted with these diseases, yet 46% of Americans, when polled, did not even know what Fibromyalgia was when asked. It is no surprise that there is no cure and no effective treatment! I talk to people everyday who cannot work, cannot get approved for disability, are being evicted from their homes and have lost everything, yet, our society ignores their cries for help. Apathetic voters refuse to demand attention from their elected officials for SSDI Reform. I wonder how many will become "disposable" before anyone pays attention. How many of the "homeless people" you see littering your town's streets do you think might be victims of Fibromyalgia, CFS or other autoimmune related illnesses? When the average family is only two paychecks away from homelessness and bankruptcy, what do you think would happen to your family if you suddenly couldn't work, the SSA wrapped you up in a three year fight to get assistance and NOONE answered your call for help? Maybe more people should think about that.
I suppose I should get off of my soapbox and do some of that work I talked about on the website but I really wanted to touch base on the need for Awareness and research funding because so many are suffering and noone is helping. Something really needs to be done.
If you or anyone you know is touched by Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, please refer them to my website, this blog, the squidoo lens, or the site forum for help and support. If I cannot help them, I will make every effort to help them get whatever it is that they need.
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