Kembel
Yes, why does html matter to a copywriter?
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Roger
Yes. More qualified than the average SEO because there is no such thing as a dofollow link. A dofollow link attribute literally does not exist. It's simply called a link.
There is only a nofollow link because nofollow is a link attribute.

John
Yea because he didn't try and BS you with an answer and said they didn't know. This is so f*cking rare these days. Big plus in my mind.
Jenny
It's not a writer's job to know the technical details. You're not hiring an SEO specialist.
Any monkey can throw keywords on a page in a reasonably coherent manner, but most technical SEO pros don't know the first thing about how to craft engaging content that humans (not bots) want to read. You need both – don't get your portfolios confused. 🙄🙄
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Christo
In my opinion most often times it is best to take someone, that can write good copy and knows nothing about SEO and teach him to write SEO content.
A content writer that knows something about SEO might just stuff up articles.
I would say, he is the best candidate to take, teach how you want your articles and about Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
I worked for a one-man SEO business a few years back and the owner asked me to work for him as he taught me graphic and web design, when we worked together at the same company (he resigned and started an internet marketing company) and although I knew nothing about SEO, he taught me and with the new and old knowledge combined, he got exactly what he wanted.
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Brooks
I asked my mechanic today what a dofollow link was. He said it was a trailer hitch. Is he eligible for the position?
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Chris Edwards ^🎓
Why should a content writer know about Nofollow? In fact there is no such thing as a 'dofollow' link as the protocol is nofollow 😃
Seriously though if the person has worked for 2 years then I have to assume they are good.
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Fowler
Content writer ≠ SEO Writer. (For that matter, SEO Writer ≠ full-on tech SEO expert).
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Junaid
Focus on Content.. If its good.. u ll get backlinks.
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Horia
I asked my content writer who Neil Patel was. He had no idea. So I gave him a raise.
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Karr
Did you ask the same question to your graphic designer?
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Kevin
A writer's level of knowledge on a topic doesn't matter nearly as much as their ability to write a good article. It takes less than 30 seconds to Google "what is a dofollow link" and implement that knowledge. Regardless of the topic, readers only care about 3 things: Emotion, benefits, and delivery. Yes, a writer with more knowledge on a topic can write a better article than one with less ceterus paribus, but what really matters is their ability to write. That's something that's much harder to teach. For example, I had a client in the golf niche who'd been playing for 20 years and writing his own content. Guess who wrote better golf articles? The SEO industry has a fatal flaw: Thinking that content should approached in the same way as SEO. It shouldn't. In fact, it's possible for you to template out articles and create language swipe files that you train a writer to use, and let them work from there. They don't necesarily need knowledge on a topic nearly as much as they need writing skill and understanding how to write engaging content for readers. TL;DR – Yes, he's eligible assuming he's a good writer.
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