Mar | 31 | 2008

Making Money Through Consumer Generated Ads

Posted by Guru as Monetization Features As I mentioned in my previous post today I will be suggesting some ways you can still profit by joining programs such as Pay Per Post and yet ensure that your readers don't get turned off. In my opinion the only way to really do this is by making sure that your blog entries stay the same quality (or improve in quality). This wouldn't be possible if you start spamming your own blog by churning out consumer-generated ads post after post. So the first thing to remember is to post ads in moderation. The truth is that while many bloggers ...

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Mar | 30 | 2008

Introduction to User-Generated Ads

Posted by Guru as Monetization Features One of the surest ways to earn money through your blog is by joining a program that allows you to blog about a products and/or services and be paid for doing so. This kind of blog advertising is called user-generated ads or consumer generated ads. They were popularized by Pay Per Post but now there are lots of other programs out there that you can join. The good thing about consumer generated ads is that is many programs you will be paid simply for writing a review about the product or for merely mentioning the product and linking to the ...

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Mar | 24 | 2008

The Blogger’s Guide to SEO

Posted by Guru as Marketing and Search Optimization, SEO Features One of the best holistic guide to optimising a blog is Aaron Wall's Blogger's Guide to SEO. It is not the most in-depth guide but it covers all the basics (and a bit more) and is written in a such a way that even newbies in SEO will definitely understand. The guide also links out to lots and lots of tools and references that will be are very useful and helpful. Not convinced that you should read it in full? Here's the outline just so you'll see how much you can learn from it. Background What Google Knows About Your Blog Why ...

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Mar | 20 | 2008

Blog SEO: Keyword Tools (WordTracker)

Posted by Guru as Marketing and Search Optimization, Software and Widgets, SEO Features One of my all time favourite keyword tool to use is WordTracker. I used it before I even discovered Google Keyword Tool and continue to use it whenever I need a good analysis of keywords. Note though that when I talk about Wordtracker I am not referring to their Free Keyword Suggestion Toolbecause quite frankly that one sucks. It is good for giving you a list of alternative keywords but beyond that you will almost get nothing from it. Here's an example of what you'll get from the free keyword suggestion tool....

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Mar | 19 | 2008

Blog SEO: Keyword Tools (Google Keyword Tool)

Posted by Guru as Marketing and Search Optimization, SEO Features On my last post I discussed the importance of choosing the keywords with which you want to optimise your blog for. It IS however, pretty hard to choose which keywords you should use without any help. Thankfully there's plenty of keyword tools available on the internet. When using keyword tools though remember that you should use one that not only allows you to come up with a good list of relevant keywords and phrases but that would also help you determine which of those relevant keywords are likely to bring you more traffic. Here are a few of the best ...

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Mar | 18 | 2008

Own Domain = Serious Blogger?

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Opinion, SEO Features As I was going about my daily business of browsing blogs, I realized that a lot of bloggers are actually proponents of the “get you own domain” movement. Though the tag may not be existent, the movement may very well be real. I have come across a lot of posts encouraging people to get serious and ditch the free blogging sites. Is there any merit in doing this? Does getting one’s own domain really equate to being a serious blogger? Perhaps the answer lies in the rationale behind getting one’s own domain and the definition of ...

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Mar | 13 | 2008

Wordpress Plug-ins

Posted by Guru as Plugins, Marketing and Search Optimization, Software and Widgets, Software Features If you blog using Wordpress and can't do something that you want done like adding Sphere-related content at the end of your blog posts you might be surprised to find out that there are already plug-ins available that make it happen. To find good Wordpress plug-ins all you need to do is search for “wordpress plug-ins” in Google and you'll find more than enough results to choose from. If you don't feel like having to click through pages and pages of sites that actually offer just a handful of plug-ins but a whole lot of ads go directly to ...

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Feb | 26 | 2008

A Friend In Need

Posted by Jaren as Blogging News, Blog Reviews I'm helping out my friends from the UA&P - IShareHappiness Blog Team. Whenever you feel pessimistic, angry, troubled, frustrated, and depressed – what have you – you need someone to talk to. Someone who could help you be more optimistic and help make you feel that there is hope. Sometimes it’s hard to talk to someone you know. We know of a trustworthy and empathetic person who can help you readers out there. IShareHappiness is there to help you. So come Visit the Site... And Share the Happiness. IShareHappiness is having a contest and will be giving away an IPOD TOUCH... WIN ...

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Jan | 23 | 2008

Exhanging Links with Similarly Themed Blogs

Posted by Guru as Linking, Marketing and Search Optimization, SEO Features Last time I mentioned how automated blogrolls are not useful for SEO purposes. Blogrolls using plain HTML is still useful but those that use external javascripts do neither you nor the one you link to much good (except that it can of course drive traffic to the site). If you want to get more inbound links though to help your page rank better you can exchange links with similarly themed blogs as part of your link building strategy. There are several advantages to link exchanges: 1. Relevance - The most obvious advantage of exchanging links with similarly themed blogs is that ...

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Jan | 22 | 2008

Blogrolls and SEO

Posted by Guru as Linking, Blogging Tools, Marketing and Search Optimization, SEO Features When it comes to updating the blogroll, whether to add new blogs or delete old ones, many bloggers actually never come around to doing it often enough. The reason for this is simple, if you have lots of blogs you like managing your linklist can be a headache. It's one thing to subscribe through an RSS aggregator just to skim through blogs and never have to worry how many blogs you subscribe to (although you should also manage the feeds so that reading through subscriptions will be more efficient) and a completely different thing choosing how many and which blogs ...

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