Transparency in Writing

Transparency is such an overused term – and why not? It means so much and yet not everyone practices it. Merriam-Webster defines transparency as “the state of being free from pretense or deceit.” Interesting, huh? What has this got to do with writing blog entries? A lot! Think about it, when you write for your […]

Complement Your Writing With Visuals

A picture paints a thousand words – and so the cliché goes. Yet no matter how clichéd that line is, it still hold true today. Think about it, go beyond blogs even. When you attend a lecture or a seminar, which presentation keeps you awake longer – one which shows mostly text and numbers or […]

Addressing Duplicate Content: Part 2

Addressing Duplicate Content continued… 4. Be consistent when it comes to internal links – When linking to other pages un your website make sure you use the same format for indicating the links. For example, if you use the link https://www.blog-tutorials.com/category/features/seo/ next time in another page make sure you don’t link to the same article […]

Running A Reader Survey

Why run a reader survey? I could think of several reasons to support this idea but I think that we can narrow these down to two main points: -Enhance your blog -Encourage readers to join the action. How can a reader survey enhance your blog? If you remember, we talked about writing with your readers […]

Addressing Duplicate Content: Part 3

Addressing Duplicate Content continued… 7. Indicating your Preferred Domain – Choose which domain you prefer to be indexed: http://blog-tutorials.com/ or https://www.blog-tutorials.com/ Both will be fine but it is best (At least Google says so and if Google says it is, then it is. Right?) if you tell them, via the preferred domain feature of webmaster […]

Encourage your Readers to Comment

I like reading Jimmy’s Post on Hungry for Comments, I am also addicted to reading comments may it be good or bad left by my readers. It gives me a mushy feeling that I stirred up their emotions in some weird way. Tips to keep Readers Glued by encouraging them to comment… in other words […]