May | 13 | 2008

Tags for Traffic

Posted by Guru as Tips, Promotion, Syndication Want to increase traffic to your blog? I suggest you start tagging your entries. So what are tags exactly? In the blogging sense tags are simply word(s) you use to help classify/categorize your blog entry. For example since this post is about blogs promotion I can tag this as "blog promotion." Since I'll also mention a Technorati tags later I can also tag this as "Technorati." Since in the end this is all a blogging tip I can also include the tag "blog tips." So how can tags increase traffic to your blog? Tags can help increase your blog traffic by ...

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Apr | 18 | 2008

Are You A Blogging Addict?

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Tips, Writing, Opinion, Marketing and Search Optimization I didn’t really want to use the word “addict” as it may have some negative connotation to it. However, I couldn’t really find a more appropriate word for the idea that I want to convey – which is a strong desire to continuously work on one’s blog (and everything else that goes with it). There are concrete signs that one is addicted to blogging – they are not necessarily bad, mind you. Let’s take a look at some of them and see if we are addicted to blogging. Do you obsess over the number of your subscribers? The fact is ...

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Apr | 18 | 2008

Books Every Online Marketer Should Read

Posted by Guru as Marketing and Search Optimization Plan on profiting from your blog? If you do you first need to realise that what you are doing is actually a form of online marketing. No matter what kind of blog marketing strategy you employ you will actually be marketing something through your blog in order to make a substantial revenue. That being said make sure you arm yourself with the knowledge needed in order to thrive as an online marketer and one of the best resource, though we love everything digital nowadays are still books. According to a 'micro survey' conducted by Joost de Valk (it's actually just ...

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Mar | 25 | 2008

SEO for Blogs: Content, Content, Content

Posted by Guru as Marketing and Search Optimization SEO is commonly done for websites but what if a client approaches you to optimise their blogs? Is there a difference? Will your knowledge for optimising websites come in handy? SEO for blogs uses the same concepts as ordinary SEO. This means that you should apply all that you know about SEO for the client. However, there are some key differences that you should be aware of so that you can do the best job possible. Blogs are of a different nature to websites. Blogs are different because they primarily exist not just to give information but also to solicit the attention ...

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Mar | 24 | 2008

No Blog is an Island

Posted by Jaren as Linking, Tips, Writing Yes it's true, No blog is an island link,link,link people it's the best way. But when Linking you have to do it the right way. Just like what Guru taught us on Smart Link Practices. Now, that's a start also we can start expanding our blog empire or our blog circle of friends by Making a linkable content, Being linkable has it perks, as this will improve your incoming links and link popularity by writing “hot” topics, controversial topics, great news. also apart from making linkable content is Looking for Relevant articles and linking to them. Linking is ...

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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 | 16 | 2008

Blog SEO: Choosing Your Keywords

Posted by Guru as Marketing and Search Optimization If you have a blog you and you wish to get more traffic you should know by now that even though content is still king there are other things you also need to pay attention to in order to get the amount of traffic you want. The other things I am talking about is of course SEO. One of the most basic things you need to know about search engine optimisation is that it all revolves around the search terms that users enter when looking for information using both generic search engines and blog search engines. In order to be ...

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Mar | 14 | 2008

Give Your Blog A Haircut

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Linking, Tips, Design We all need one from time to time – how often depends on you. I have this friend who keeps his head almost totally shave so he has to have one every week. Personally, I prefer to get a hair cut every month or so. Same thing with blogs – take a look at your blog. Try to see it from the eyes of an outsider. This could be hard but try it nonetheless. If you can’t be objective, have someone else look at it and give you their honest opinion. Does your ...

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