tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49150054509006314742024-03-22T11:51:51.305+08:00Blogger Blogging TipsGet a Blog Earn Money Now Blogger Tips and Tricks Free Templates.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915005450900631474.post-31777502425024649332007-10-24T18:11:00.000+08:002008-12-09T05:46:16.823+08:00Who are the Major Search Engine?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BKs_OjAKQO8/RxmG2WpuzWI/AAAAAAAAAG4/mhIbxDhman4/s1600-h/piechart.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BKs_OjAKQO8/RxmG2WpuzWI/AAAAAAAAAG4/mhIbxDhman4/s200/piechart.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123274319462321506" /></a><br /><br />No surprise, Google currently holds the #1 spot. We remember when Yahoo was king and Google had yet to be born. In the early days there were a dozen or more search engines considered to be major players. Today, Google, Yahoo and MSN collectively dominate over 95% of all search engine traffic (keep in mind that AOL pulls their results from Google as well). Thus, when it comes to <a href="http://www.customermagnetism.com/optimization-services.htm">search engine optimization</a> and <a href="http://www.customermagnetism.com/pay-per-click-advertising.htm">search engine marketing services</a>, our main focus is generating top positions within the big three - Google, Yahoo & MSN.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/">Google</a> also supplies results to Earthlink, AT&T and dozens of other partners. <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/">Yahoo</a> has since purchased Overture, AltaVista, FAST and Inktomi, making them Google's #1 competitor. <br /><br />(Other smaller search engines include Ask, Dogpile, Excite, Netscape, MetaCrawler, Search.com, AllTheWeb, Lycos and HotBot)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915005450900631474.post-42056287920536030682007-10-29T16:06:00.000+08:002008-12-09T05:46:16.604+08:00Free Blogger Templates<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWN-DmMke76Kk1GEBhMG5EPY3WHpxClOErW8OcKxte3_dsv6F6ripR-JOTK9mUTSa_yQSt5gBrYNP6xezw8YvCGoWZLrMdK-VzTqJFfR1FbDSMcWKSQe1XmhwDB2V766iqiCGBBBECwTw/s1600-h/2+Column.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWN-DmMke76Kk1GEBhMG5EPY3WHpxClOErW8OcKxte3_dsv6F6ripR-JOTK9mUTSa_yQSt5gBrYNP6xezw8YvCGoWZLrMdK-VzTqJFfR1FbDSMcWKSQe1XmhwDB2V766iqiCGBBBECwTw/s200/2+Column.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126672944291545890" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJCsNM6-2SSv9LRW7J-wocUTgXzPR-DjR4prO_RZMvUmUCsbNOdEVxbX80BipMTmZOHe1UXdqEh9e0jp2RfbwgIadlOBxYlriDqLxiOCzZ6ftpRQiKUHtDONJ9uO4ExcuC_8KY66yUfd0/s1600-h/03+column.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJCsNM6-2SSv9LRW7J-wocUTgXzPR-DjR4prO_RZMvUmUCsbNOdEVxbX80BipMTmZOHe1UXdqEh9e0jp2RfbwgIadlOBxYlriDqLxiOCzZ6ftpRQiKUHtDONJ9uO4ExcuC_8KY66yUfd0/s200/03+column.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126672652233769746" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Blogger Templates from Blogcrowds</span><br />Here i show some sample blogger templates from Blogcrowds. Get your free templates from Blogcrowds with many other different template: 3 column, 2 column, light, dark, blue, pink, green, red, orange, yellow, brown, gray, minimalistic, artistic, monochromatic, web2.0, niche<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogcrowds.com/resources/blogger_template.php">Get It Now!</a><br /><br />Blogcrowds offering an opportunity to get a FREE PR5 link at blogcrowds template pages to increase your PageRank and significant amount of traffic.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogcrowds.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3321">Read More...</a><br /><br />You may join Blogcrowds community as well to start discussion about blogging, share your knowledge and experience or other related online matters with each other at Blogcrowds forum.<br /><a href="http://www.blogcrowds.com/forum/profile.php?mode=register"><br />Join Now!</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915005450900631474.post-57361115411124125682008-04-03T14:20:00.000+08:002008-04-03T14:22:01.267+08:00Blogging, Can It Make Money For You?Blogging is a good way to meet people. Blogging isn't dead but it has sure narrowed down to those who update their blogs regularly. Blogging is bringing new voices to the online world. Most bloggers focus on personal experiences, not politics 7/19/2006 | Release. It is more about speaking out and meeting other people that agree with your narrow point of view. Blogging is easy, almost instant, publishing of content to a website, where every entry is preserved in a database and is therefore categorizeable and searchable.<br /><br />Blogging<br /><br />Blogging combined the personal web page with tools to make linking to other pages easier - specifically permalinks, blogrolls and trackbacks. Blogging was used to draw attention to obscure news sources. It can sometimes have unforeseen consequences in politically sensitive areas. Blogging by established politicians and political candidates, to express opinions on war and other issues, cemented blogs' role as a news source.<br /><br />Bloggers<br /><br />Bloggers began to provide nearly-instant commentary on televised events, creating a secondary meaning of the word "blogging": to simultaneously transcribe and editorialize speeches and events shown on television. Bloggers think that good argument and strong opinion cause people to seek information, an equally logical sequence. They post about their day or their opinions on different matters. Bloggers consume and extend the shelf life of our reporting, and they scrutinize it at a new level of intensity. They can critique, fact-check or applaud journalists on their own platform, as well as offer their own analysis of world events.<br /><br />Journalism<br /><br />Journalism is defined in the Penguin English Dictionary as "a profession managing editing or writing for newspapers or perodicals'. Journalism is always up for grabs, because it only exists in a free society, which is free to redefine itself and always does. Journalism, for many who blog, is one thing they are blogging against. Established schools of journalism began researching blogging and noting the differences between journalism and blogging. It's about how blogs and participatory journalism are changing the business of persuasion.<br /><br />Google<br /><br />Google should realize that controversy and selling ad space does not go hand in hand and make sure it doesn't happen again, otherwise people will stop seeing Google in terms of 'not being evil' and see it just as another service provider which would massively decimate not only the good will but also the value of the brand name. Google already crossed a line by setting up a blog specifically to cater to the health care industry. Google can't tell the difference, and customers googling may not care that an opinion they find distasteful is "only being done in off hours. But Google is shamelessly using structural information and photos culled from blogs in its own products (like restaurant search in Google maps).<br /><br />Personal<br /><br />Personal bloggers take pride in their blog posts, even if their blog is never read by anyone but them. Personal blogs may not be important to readers, but for the people who write them, they are works of art. Personally don't feel what I'm putting would be that interesting to most people. Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. The modern blog evolved from the online diary, where people would keep a running account of their personal lives. Blogging combined the personal web page with tools to make linking to other pages easier - specifically permalinks, blogrolls and TrackBacks.<br /><br />Money<br /><br />There's a good chance that if you are reading this you make money online or want to. I think that making money while blogging is like watching grass grow. The reality for most chasing a quick buck from blogging is that few except those at the top of the blogosphere succeed in raking in a lot of money. The vast number of people looking to make a second income from blogging already own and write their own blogs and don't make much money; simply a low paid network blogging job is often more than what they are making from their own blogs. Blogs don't generate that much money so there's no reason to have minimum wages and benefits for bloggers.<br /><br />Blogging is changing, and for the better. It is a good way to meet people. Blogging isn't dead but it has sure narrowed down to those who update their blogs regularly.<br /><br />For more information about blogging and other marketing methods, go to Jim Swanks website at: <a href="http://www.multiaffiliateincomes.com/">http://www.MultiAffiliateIncomes.com</a><br /><br />Jim Swank has been in the internet marketing field for a number of years. His particular area of expertise is showing others how to make a second income on the internet.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915005450900631474.post-26792601141085333062008-03-19T21:52:00.000+08:002008-03-19T21:55:24.656+08:00Get Backlinks To Your Blog - Try These 4 TipsOnce you start your own Internet marketing business you will quickly learn that traffic is king. You have to let people know that you are open for business. People can only find your blog when you have a link pointing back to it.<br /><br />In this article we will talk about the five best ways to get back links pointing back to your blog.<br /><br />1. Start a pay per click advertising campaign. Google Adwords is still the strongest pay per click advertising search engine in the world today. You can advertise with many others as well. Payperclicksearchengines.com is one website that contains hundreds of companies where you can advertise your website by bidding on keywords.<br /><br />There are many things that go into creating a good ppc campaign. It will be important that you do not jump in with both feet until you have taken the time to learn the basics. Because it is still the fastest way to drive targeted traffic to any blog or website we list it number one.<br /><br />2. Submit your blog post articles to social directories. One quick way to do that is to join Onlywire.com. They conveniently contained over 20 social directories that you can bookmark your posts too. You will also want to consider joining others such as Stumbleupon, Digg, Propeller and any relevant ones that relate to the theme of your blog.<br /><br />Every time you post in your blog you should bookmark that post to all of the social directories. This creates links back to each individual post giving you potential traffic.<br /><br />3. Article marketing is still a fantastic way to create traffic and back links to your website. You should learn everything you can about this excellent marketing strategy. The bottom line is crafting a well-written resource box that contains a link back to your website is one way to get people who read your articles to visit your site.<br /><br />Also when you hyperlink a keyword in your resource box search engines find it and come to your website as well. You begin to develop keyword relevancy over time by writing and submitting this with the resource box as many times as possible.<br /><br />4. One great way to create back links is Posting comments in other people's blogs. Every time you post you are able to include your name and your website address in some comments. Try to include your primary keyword in the name if you can.<br /><br />This is four of the best ways to get back links to your blog. There are countless other ways and you may be comfortable with some of them. Regardless of how you do it the key is to get thousands of back links to your blog creating potential traffic for you and your business.<br /><br />Joel Nickerson invites you to visit his <a href="http://www.instant-home-biz.com/">online home business idea</a> website for you information you can trust. If you are a home business opportunity seeker he can help you. Find ideas and opportunities to make money that really work here now: ===> <a href="http://www.instant-home-biz.com/">http://www.instant-home-biz.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915005450900631474.post-52851441885818880332008-03-08T01:21:00.000+08:002008-03-08T01:22:53.903+08:00Blogging Essential - Three Mistakes That Can Spell the End of Your BlogWho would have thunk it? Blogging, started out in 1994 as random musings by a handful of internet users who considered them nothing more than online diaries. Not anymore. Blogging is not only commonplace but it can also be a key component in online business success.<br /><br />Why has it become such a phenomenon? No doubt convenience plays a major role. Blogs are easy to set up and use. Also unlike traditional website building, blogs require no technical expertise which means no fooling around with HTML code and the like.<br /><br />But more than anything blogging gives people a voice to be heard. You can post some thoughts on any topic you wish and instantly have a worldwide audience to read it. If they agree or disagree they can let you know it by providing comments on your blog. Not only is this more interactive that the traditional website but search engines look at comments on your blog as fresh content.<br /><br />However like everything else in life, there is a flip side. To make blogging work for you there are some things you need to keep in mind.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1. Respect for Your Audience</span><br /><br />You want as many people in your targeted niche (and beyond) to check out your blog so do your best to avoid offending them. For instance you may have a blog about politics. This is a good way to attract an audience and have spirited discussions and debates. The key is to make sure that you don't cross the line. It's easy in a politically charged atmosphere to let your emotions get the better of you. As the person who runs the blog you must keep a check on what's happening. Don't let a first-class debate collapse into name-calling and verbal abuse. By losing control of their emotions and or their comment board, a number of bloggers have wound up losing a potential loyal audience.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2. The Over Design</span><br /><br />There are many blog layouts to choose from but do not overdo it. Your priority should always be to provide good unique content to your audience. The blog design should complement your writing not compete with it. Your text should also be clearly readable. Don't put your content on a background that's going to strain the eyes of your blog visitors. If you want to experiment fine but you can never go wrong by starting out with a basic design.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">3. Where Have You Been?</span><br /><br />Blogging is easy but one thing that separates a good blog from the rest of the pack is how often you post information on your blog. You may have been on a couple of discussion forums and heard people say they do not post to their blog if they have nothing to say. That's all well and good but what predictably happens is the amount of time between having something to say gets longer and longer. They start out with great enthusiasm and post daily, than every few days, followed by once a week which then turns into a couple times a month.<br /><br />This is not going to work. People want information. You should post at least three times a week. Write the content yourself or borrow it from others (just make sure to give them credit). You can write a short blurb about an article you saw online and then give the link to your readers so they can check it out. The point is to not let your blog sit idle for long periods of time. That's a good way to lose an audience hungry for information. It also doesn't help you with the search engines which love blogs that update frequently. Since the majority of your internet traffic will come from places like the Google, Yahoo and MSN it's best to give them what they want.<br /><br />Blogging is a phenomenon that will continue to grow. While it's effortless to set up and operate never lose sight of the fact that you must respect your audience first while giving them quality frequently updated content in an easy to read format. Welcome to the world of blogging. Enjoy the ride.<br /><br />Article written by Daryl Campbell. After your blog is up and running it is time to start making money. Find out how to blog monetize at <a href="http://winthemarket.com/how-to-monetize-your-blog/">The Internet Marketing Guide</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915005450900631474.post-51482347501551482072007-10-25T03:54:00.000+08:002008-02-23T00:57:48.226+08:00SEO Tips: Link BuildingThis article is a follow-up to an article I wrote about On-Page Optimization <a href="http://www.internet-search-engines-faq.com/seo-articles/seo-tips-on-page-optimization.shtml">(SEO tips on page optimization)</a>. On-Page optimization enables each of your web pages to make the most out of the mojo that they have -- but you need inbound links <a href="http://www.internet-search-engines-faq.com/ibl-obl.shtml">(Search Engine FAQ)</a> to create that mojo in the first place.<br /><br />I use the term "mojo" as a generic descriptor for the importance given to a web page or a web site based upon inbound links. Similar terms include page rank, site rank, trust rank, and authority. Those terms tend to carry too much linguistic baggage, so I use the term "mojo" for simplicity unless another term is specifically required.<br /><br />Mojo is created by getting inbound links to your web site and to your web pages.<br /><br />Getting inbound links is one of the most important, and time consuming, tasks involved in SEO.<br /><br />Here are a few tips to generate inbound links. Each of these tips are appropriate for some web sites, but none are appropriate for all web sites. Select the link building strategies which are most appropriate for your specific web site.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Submit to Web Directories</span><br />Start with big slow directories like the Yahoo Directory and the DMOZ Open Directory Project, but don't stop there.<br /><br />Search out the small directories which are dedicated to topics relevant to your web site.<br /><br />For more suggestions on finding directories to submit to, read How can I find web directories? <a href="http://www.internet-search-engines-faq.com/find-web-directories.shtml">(Find Web Directories)</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Reciprocal Linking</span><br />Write individual e-mails to specific webmasters whose web pages compliment your own and tell them that you would like to trade links with them.<br /><br />Make sure to personalize each e-mail, or your e-mails will be quickly deleted as spam.<br /><br />To achieve the best results from your e-mail, include the following in your initial e-mail:<br /><br />* Mention two positive items about their web site, so that they know that your e-mail is not a generic spam.<br /><br />* Include directions to the specific web page where you have added the link to their web site.<br /><br />* Mention the Page Rank (http://www.internet-search-engines-faq.com/pr-page-rank.shtml) of the page where you have added a link to their web site.<br /><br />These web sites exist to help you search for reciprocal link partners in the same market niche' as your web site:<br /><br />* Find Link Partners<br />* Link Partner Finder<br />* Themes Reciprocal Link Finder<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Write Articles for Other Web Sites</span><br />One method for getting inbound links is to write quality articles and submit them to other web sites for publication.<br /><br />Each article should include a link back to your web site.<br /><br />These links are better than links from link pages, because there tend to be very few outbound links on the article page.<br /><br />Write a brief article on some topic related to the topic of your web site. Do not write an article about your web site, but write an article that would be interesting to people who would also be interested in your web site.<br /><br />Send this article to webmasters who maintain web sites on topics similar to the topic of your article. Explain to them that they can post your article for free on their web sites, in return for a link to your web site.<br /><br />To find web sites to submit articles for publication, visit Where can I submit an article for publication? <a href="http://www.internet-search-engines-faq.com/submit-article.shtml">(Submit Articles)</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Create and Submit Press Releases</span><br />Write press releases about your web site and submit them to press release distribution services.<br /><br />To find places to submit press releases for publication, visit Where can I submit my press release?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Join a Reciprocal Link Program</span><br />Reciprocal linking programs exist to help webmasters share links with similar web sites.<br /><br />Some of the reciprocal link programs are:<br /><br />* Link Market<br />* Info Wizards<br />* LinkExchanged<br />* Link Partners<br />* Links-Pal<br />* Linkateer<br />* Webmaster Link Exchange<br />* LinkLeads<br />* Link Traders<br />* LinkExchangeIt<br />* SiteSell<br />* 123ExchangeLinks<br />* Ads4Links<br />* Spocka<br />* Links For You<br /><br />If you have a blog, try blogLinker, the automatic link swapper for blogs.<br /><br />These link networks can generate a lot of e-mail. You will probably want to create a new e-mail account just for these networks.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Join the DigitalPoint Ad Network</span><br />The DigitalPoint Coop Advertising Network enables you to automatically trade links with thousands of web sites across the Internet.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Join a Reciprocal Linking Forum</span><br />Several web forums exist for the purpose of sharing and trading reciprocal links. These linking forums include:<br /><br />LinkRequests<br />Link Trade Forum<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Start a Reciprocal Linking Program on Your Web Site</span><br />You can also setup a reciprocal linking program on your own web site.<br /><br />For more information on setting up a reciprocal linking program on your site, read How can I add a reciprocal link manager to my web site?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Start or Join a Web Ring</span><br />You can use an existing web ring service such as WebRing, or you can create your own web ring using the PHP-Ring webring script.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Join or Create a Top Site List</span><br />Search for top site lists which are relevant to your web site.<br /><br />Add yourself to the existing lists. If no relevant top site lists exist, create one.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Provide a Useful Service</span><br />Create dynamic content on your web site which other web masters can include on their web sites by linking to it.<br /><br />Every webmaster who uses your content automatically adds a link to your site.<br /><br />Firearm News http://www.firearmnews.com/news/ is an excellent example of this. If you add a small bit of JavaScript to your web page, your users will receive up-to-date news on firearms.<br /><br />Of course, you will also have to contact other webmasters to let them know about your service -- perhaps even with a press release.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Buy Links</span><br />If all else fails, you can always buy links to your web site.<br /><br />Author<br />Will Spencer is the webmaster of The Internet Search Engines FAQ <a href="http://www.internet-search-engines-faq.com/">(Internet Search Engine FAQ)</a>, SAN Security <a href="http://www.sansecurity.com/">(San Security)</a>, and Enterprise Storage Management <a href="http://www.enterprisestoragemanagement.com/">(Enterprise Storage Management)</a>.<br /><a href="http://free-marketing-ebooks.blogspot.com">More Revelant Topic...</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915005450900631474.post-7460374781532889162007-10-24T08:53:00.000+08:002008-02-23T00:57:33.737+08:00Important Of Link PopularityLink popularity is a measure of the quantity and quality of other web sites that link to a specific site on the World Wide Web . It is an example of the move by search engines towards off-the-page-criteria to determine quality content. In theory, off-the-page-criteria adds the aspect of impartiality to search engine rankings. <br /><br />Link popularity plays an important role in the visibility of a web site among the top of the search results. Indeed, some search engines require at least one or more links coming to a web site, otherwise they will drop it from their index. <br /><br />Search engines such as Google use a special link analysis system to rank web pages . Citations from other WWW authors help to define a site's reputation. The philosophy of link popularity is that important sites will attract many links. Content-poor sites will have difficulty attracting any links. Link popularity assumes that not all incoming links are equal, as an inbound link from a major directory carries more weight than an inbound link from an obscure personal home page . In other words, the quality of incoming links counts more than sheer numbers of them.<br /><a href="http://free-marketing-ebooks.blogspot.com">More Revelant Topic...</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915005450900631474.post-31536618719675256162008-02-23T00:54:00.000+08:002008-02-23T00:56:47.650+08:00Exactly Which Is The Best SEO Guide?SEO is important to every individual who owns a website. However, if you do not fully understand the technical aspects and do not have the funds to ask for professional help, you must find the information elsewhere. One of the best ways of doing this is to source some of the excellent information found in some of the best SEO guides available on the internet.<br /><br />Even though you can download many SEO guides for free, many of them are misleading and contain out of date information. Therefore purchasing a current guide; and one that gets updated on a regular basis is by far the most sensible thing to do. The best way to find a top-notch SEO guide is either to ask other internet marketers for their choices, to do an online search or pose the question in a relevant forum.<br /><br />In my opinion, the best SEO guides is the one published by Aaron Wall as it offers all of the professional advice you will need to become proficient in SEO. The ebook can be instantly downloaded and provides easy instructions that anyone can follow to effectively use the latest and most effective SEO techniques. By following his advice by building links and publishing information the right way, you will ensure your website climbs in the search engine rankings in record breaking time.<br /><br />Ask any internet marketer about this book and he is almost guaranteed to say that it is without doubt one of the best SEO guides, if not the best internet marketing guide ever published. Perhaps the best part of SeoBook is the fact it reveals that money doesn't necessarily need be spent. In other words, it doesn't recommend investing thousands of dollars in optimization companies.<br /><br />On a side note, when picking the best SEO guide, you must ensure that you get your money's worth. As I've said, a top guide will encourage you to take control of the process yourself. What really matters with the that it should teach you how to achieve good search engine rankings without paying consultants exorbitant amounts of money.<br /><br />To conclude, if you are not sure how to choose a guide on SEO, you can do several things:<br /><br /> 1. Ask respected internet marketers for advice on the best SEO guides.<br /><br /> 1. Go onto a SEO forum, and start talking with other marketers. Ask for their opinions.<br /><br /> 1. Do an online search for SEO guides then research those guides you're considering purchasing or downloading for free.<br /><br />Invest the time to find the best SEO guide before you shell out any money. Remember, the time you spend now will help you make money in the future.<br /><br />Ultimately, it is a much smarter idea to buy a SEO guide than to seek help from a professional because the process is easier, faster, and much cheaper. Such guides will also help you understand SEO, thus allowing you to ensure your Web sites rank higher in the search engines without spending too much money.<br /><br />Tim Godfrey is the founder of the exclusive <a href="http://www.rockettheprofit.com/">internet marketing tips</a> resource, RocketTheProfit.com<br /><br />To learn more ways to quickly achieve top ten Google rankings grab our <a href="http://www.rockettheprofit.com/seo2.htm">free 5 day SEO masters course</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915005450900631474.post-6713770718871293762008-02-13T01:07:00.000+08:002008-02-13T01:09:24.309+08:00Effective Ways to Start BloggingPeople have all sorts of different thoughts that they wish to express. For many reasons, most people just keep their thoughts to themselves and never reveal them to others.<br /><br />Another form of self-expression is the written word. For many people, it is easier for them to express their thoughts or emotions in writing, instead of verbally. It is an especially popular outlet for expression among shy or otherwise highly self-conscious people.<br /><br />People's thoughts are written down and then published so that others can read and enjoy them. There are many reasons why newspapers and publishers actually publish people's thoughts, but the prime reason is to inform.<br /><br />With the introduction of newer technologies, new ways now exist to share people's thoughts. Blogs are just one way that high-tech, and faster communications have enabled a way to share ideas more quickly.<br /><br />Individuals can now let the world know their hopes, dreams and day to day activities via a web log. Tools exist to make starting such a page quite simple. Better than that, many advertiser driven sites allow customers to create their own web log for free!<br /><br />The word blog comes from a truncation of the words web and log, or web and blog to some. Blogging is the term that is used to identify activities relating to a blog, such as authoring it, updating and maintaining, and adding content. Individuals articles in a blog are known as either entries or posts, and the blogger is the person who puts that content on the blog.<br /><br />The fastest growing method of communication today is the blog. Blogs can be extremely powerful. They can bring down countries, affect elections and can affect corporate policy. Blogs can change the world by changing the opinions and mentality of large numbers of people around the world.<br /><br />The following steps outline the suggested way to start up a blog. This is a useful avenue for anyone wanting share their thoughts, ideas or opinions in a fast, efficient way.<br /><br />Initially, you should look for blog sites. Some make you pay and some do not. Most will come with features but it depends whether they are free of charge or not.<br /><br />2. Attempt to browse through many blog sites. Learn about the ones which have the features you like.<br /><br />3. A blog can be private or personal. You should decide on whether the blog you are going to post is to be either of the two. You should decide if you want any internet visitors or users are able to read your blog or if you just want, your friends and family be the one to read it. There are many blog sites that offer the ability to password- protect the published posts so that only those who are approve of can view the blog posted.<br /><br />4. You can create the look of your blog. Decide on how you want it to appear. You can choose color scheme and layout that will satisfy you. Most sites come with sets of predefined layouts and scheme where you can choose from or you can edit your own.<br /><br />5. When you are done setting up your blog, test it out by writing a few posts. Adjust the layout or style that you see fit.<br /><br />There are many sites available with features designed to make your blog look better if you wish to make your blog look more attractive.<br /><br />7. After creating and making your blog attractive, you can now publish your blog by sending the URL to people whom you want to be able to read your blog. You can also publish the URL on your website. Add the URL to posts you make on the other blogs.<br /><br />Before posting your blog, spell- checks your writing. Always keep the posts interesting. Try to avoid focusing on things that most readers will not find worthwhile.<br /><br />If you want people to return on a regular basis on your site to read it, update your blog more frequently. Try to establish a reader base that will motivate you to write more and in return, more people will read your posts.<br /><br />Do not get discouraged if your site doesn't get a lot of traffic in the first few months. Because we are a diverse society, it may take time for your blog to be noticed in the various different communities.<br /><br />If you want to reach and retain a wide audience, refrain from using too many abbreviations and jargons as this often insults readers. Instead, utilize words that can be understood by most people.<br /><br />Writing a blog takes sincerity as well as some dedication. The desire to share one's ideas, opinions, and thoughts should come across in every posting. Every time you post, express your true feelings and have the passion behind your words.<br /><br />Alex Perez-Prat is the webmaster and owner of Resale Rights Kingdom Dot Com. To find out more e-marketing tips, resources and tools go to <a href="http://resalerightskingdom.com/">Resale Rights Kingdom</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915005450900631474.post-6481706054130011982008-02-04T23:02:00.000+08:002008-02-04T23:05:44.180+08:00Top 10 Reasons Why YOU Should Start a BlogBlogging is here to stay. One is hard-pressed in this day and age to find anyone under the age of 30 who doesn't know what a blog is. Anyone can maintain a blog. There aren't any rules when it comes to blogging really other than to have the ability to produce original content. It's not necessary to be witty or satirical although it is helpful.<br /><br />If you have been thinking about starting a blog of your own, or wondering what the blog buzz is all about, then this article is for you. Outlined below are 10 reasons why YOU should start a blog.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1. Blogging is fun.</span><br /><br />There a hundreds of sites dedicated to hosting blogs. Most, if not all, have templates and add-ons that allow you to customize your blog. You will have you own personalized corner of the web in no time.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2. Blogging is therapeutic.</span><br /><br />...especially if you use your blog for venting your frustrations about anything. After a long, hard day at work or play, a blog is a wonderful place to unwind and regain your focus. Most blogging platforms allow commenting, you can often gain useful insight from commentators offering constructive thoughts. Your blog is an unconditional listener.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">3. Blogging is a great way to share your voice.<br /></span><br />If you are an individual who is opinionated by nature or passionate about a certain topic, your blog is an open forum waiting for your views. You can share your thoughts with the world no matter what they are. Blogging will offer you the chance to meet like-minded people and host friendly debates with opposing views.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">4. Blogging is the easiest and cheapest way to self-publish.</span><br /><br />There are a myriad of self-publishers who will charge an arm and a leg to put your name in print. Then you are still left to market your work yourself. If you are going to promote yourself, you might as well do it via blogging and save yourself a small fortune in printing costs. Not to mention there is huge potential to reach a wider audience because you have the Wide World Web at your fingertips.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">5. Blogging is an excellent networking resource.</span><br /><br />Once you have created your blog and begun to post regularly, it's time to network and reach a larger audience. The internet has dozens of places dedicated solely to bloggers for URL submission, RSS feed distribution, and blogging communities to join. You will never want for new sites and ways to promote your blog.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">6. Blogging allows you to focus on a targeted audience.</span><br /><br />When you are considering blogging for the first time, you should think about who you want your audience to be. Are you simply writing a running record of your life? Are you trying to make a point? Perhaps you are writing to help and inspire others. It's a good idea to pick a particular niche and stick to it. This will help with networking and also promoting.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">7. Blogging provides a platform for self-education.</span><br /><br />A blog is a great place to document experience. Whether you are trying out a new kind of skin cream or testing a new affiliate marketing client, blogging gives you the opportunity to learn from you experiences as well as share those experiences with others. Allowing others to gain from your experiences can earn a great reputation in the Blogosphere.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />8. Blogging can make you money.</span><br /><br />It's not a secret that maintaining a blog can make you money. There are thousands of resources online that will give you the necessary tools you need to start earning from your writing. You can monetize your blog using one or more of several methods such as: pay-per-click advertising, affiliate programs, pay-per-post, paid reviews, etc. It is a lot easier and more possible than it may sound, and anyone can do it.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />9. Blogging can used to communicate with friends and family.</span><br /><br />If you have a lot friends and family members who all want to know what's going on in your life, there is no better way to reach an audience than by blogging about your days. You can keep family and friends abreast of events, life changes, and anything else worthy of note. It's the absolute perfect way to keep an informed and supportive group close even when miles may separate you.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">10. Blogging makes for an entertaining hobby.</span><br /><br />Whether you are blogging for your hobby or blogging about a hobby, writing for yourself and others is entertaining. You can be yourself and write about anything you desire. The more your blog fulfills the purpose you have in mind when you start it, the more entertaining it will be for you.<br /><br />To study any of the above topics in further detail, one need only to conduct a simple Google search. Don't neglect the information available to you all over the web via blogging sites, online forums, and other blogs. Best of luck to you, now get started on that new blog!!!<br /><br />For more information about getting paid to blog, see: <a href="http://www.blogandgetpaid.info/">http://www.blogandgetpaid.info</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915005450900631474.post-62040354654657518422008-01-26T02:09:00.000+08:002008-01-26T02:13:27.598+08:00Unlock The Hidden Secrets To The Usage Of Blogging In Businesses TodayBlogging is one of the most powerful ways that you can use to promote your web site. By definition it is a personal journal that gets updated frequently of your thoughts. If you are running a very big business like an ecommerce store it also allows you to show your personal side and build a human relationship with your customers.<br /><br />Setting up your blog is really easy. You need to use software like Blogger or Wordpress. I recommend that you register your own domain name and hosting. The main reason for this is that if you use a hosted domain then later on when your web site grows and you need to migrate to your own hosting you will lose all your search engine rankings. Rather do this the right way from day 1. Also ensure that you get a professional design for your blog. If you are not good at this you can hire a professional. This represents your business identity and you need to make sure that it represents a professional identity accurately.<br /><br />The big advantage of using a personal journal on a site that is a ecommerce store is that you will be able to attract a lot of free search engine listings that you otherwise would not be able to attract without one. The main reason for this is that each entry has a title and consists of unique content. Also the software keeps up to date the publishing of content and the navigation of links so it really becomes very simple to have content that the search engines love.<br /><br />Some additional tips that will help you even be more successful are the following. Make sure that your blog focuses on a niche market. Submit it to the popular directories and carnivals for additional exposure. You can also add a plug in to submit posts to web 2 sites like Digg. This will allow users to submit your posts directly to these sites increasing your link popularity and search engine rankings.<br /><br />Would you like to know more about the magical marketing techniques that have helped me to quit my day job? I have just completed my new ebook.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.secretaffiliatetips.com/">Secrets To Make Money Online</a> - Download your free ebook now.<br />Mark Abrahams is a full time internet marketer who has helped others to earn a living online.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915005450900631474.post-86923298228736217282008-01-23T00:58:00.000+08:002008-01-23T01:07:47.779+08:00When to Monetize a New BlogOne of the most difficult decisions a new blogger must face is when to start monetizing their blog. Several opinions exist on this topic with all arguments raising valid points. Some abhor the monetization of blogs. At the other end of the spectrum, some start blogs only for the hope of money. So, as a new blogger, what route is best to take? Let's take a look at the pros and cons of a few options so you will be better informed when faced with this decision.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">No monetization</span><br /><br />The idea of blogs and the evolution (or revolution) of the internet in recent years has led to more free sharing of information. In a way, bloggers have allowed the online community to take back the internet from huge corporations that would prefer to charge for every work or informational bit found in cyberspace. However, as blogs have become increasingly more popular and prevalent, the shift in information sharing has started to move back in the direction of monetization rather than freely sharing without thought of monetary gain. In the purist's eyes, a blog with ads is an abomination.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Early monetization</span><br /><br />As stated before, many bloggers have read the stories and promises of wealth and started to blog simply for the money. These blogs are new (less than 3 months old) and already show lots of ads. The problem is that the content suffers or is nonexistent. The ads clutter the page and look unsightly. Most visitors click the back button very quickly on these sites. A problem arises, however, when the content is good but the ads and layout are so poor that visitors again leave quickly.<br /><br />Early monetization can be added on a small scale without being obtrusive. A single block of text link advertising such as AdSense can be placed above the fold and still be attractive.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Late monetization</span><br /><br />This method refers to waiting and allowing a blog to grow before placing ads on the site. Many experts agree that this is the best way to make money from a blog. This category typically includes blogs that are three months or older and have at least 30 posts. A downside to this monetization technique involves your prospective community having become accustomed to an ad free blog. When the ads appear, some regular readers will be upset and leave. Most will understand and all will be well.<br /><br />Deciding if and when to monetize a blog can seem like a daunting task. It is important to note that a blogger cannot please every visitor every day. However, with a little planning and good ad placement and layout, there is money to be made from blogging especially if you are passionate about your topic - but that's another article altogether.<br /><br />Thomas Smith is a blogger and the owner of two successful blogs - <a href="http://www.onlineincomeproject.com/">Online Income Project</a> and <a href="http://www.websitevisitors.blogspot.com/">Generating Inexpensive Website and Blog Traffic</a>. He lives on a small ranch in Idaho with his family.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915005450900631474.post-56922121990190856412008-01-21T19:08:00.000+08:002008-01-21T19:12:35.375+08:00Making Money By Blogging With A Long Term PlanQuite a few people dream of making money by blogging and this goal is not too far-fetched. The important thing is that you need in order to success in this is willingness to work hard and a basic idea of blogging and how it works. However, very few people actually successfully achieve this goal. The most common reason for failing are that they have unrealistic expectations of how much money they will make. When the goal is not met, this often causes them to feel heavily disappointed and they lose the motivation to continue working toward their goal.<br /><br />To become successful at making money blogging, the main thing that you will need is a surplus of traffic. The higher your traffic is the more advertisers will agree to pay you and the more you are exposed the more people you have. As more and more blogs come about each day, attaining regular visitors isn't easy as it used to be. Nowadays, having a terrific writing style or a new idea is not enough; you also need to market your blog effectively<br /><br />Too many bloggers spend their time not marketing their blog, but writing content instead. While content is king, you will fail at making money by blogging if you do not market your blog and let others know that you exists. A great way to market your blog is add it to blog search engines. Once your readers know that you have new content to add regularly they will return to your site on a regular basis. However, it doesn't matter how many times you update your blog if no one is reading it, so don't just focus on the content, marketing your blog is also a very crucial step to make money by blogging.<br /><br />Success is not going to happen overnight, even if you are a marketing genius. Building a readership takes months. Even if you are not making a profit in the beginning you have to stay committed. It is the long term in blogging that will make the wait more than worth it. To stay motivated, you should set goals for how much content you have or how many readers you want to acquire. If you take follow your plan and take affirmative action you will succeed in making money by blogging.<br /><br />Max Whitson began involved in learning about Internet marketing at the youthful age of 14. Now, Whitson is an internet marketing guru and has lead hundreds of people to success by making money from home.<br /><br />For more information, visit <a href="http://www.makegreenfromhome.com/">http://www.makegreenfromhome.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915005450900631474.post-26985862237424906042008-01-05T09:36:00.000+08:002008-01-05T09:38:59.555+08:00How to Make Money BloggingIf you know how to make money blogging, then it is possible to make a living from your blog. There is a lot of money in blogging if you know how to go about it, although not all of them are suited to all people.<br /><br />To most bloggers, their blog is a means of communication, and something that they love doing just for the fun of blogging. They do not feel the need to money from their blogs, or at least not initially. However, the longer many people are involved in blogging, the more they tend to add monetization to their page. They can do this in a number of ways, although if you are new to blogs, you should probably get your blog known before trying to find ways of making money from your visitors.<br /><br />Blogging is not so much a skill as an art, and there are many excellent bloggers that wouldn't know where to begin to make money with internet marketing. So, if you are used to making money on your websites, then make sure that you understand how to blog before you try to make money from that as well. The reason for that is that blog readers are not like search engine users. They are not necessarily seeking information or the answer to a problem. They likely want to be entertained, or to find out what their favourite blogger has to say next.<br /><br />When you are considering how to make money blogging, therefore, you have to consider what type of blog you need in order not to scare away those in it for the fun. Any 'how to' blog would be a good candidate, although it depends on the subject that you offering information on how to do it! 'How to Avoid Spending Money Online' would be a very popular blog, but not conducive to attracting people just dying to open their wallets for you!<br /><br />'How to Avoid Spending Money Online - only $97 Buy it here'. Ha-Ha! Some chance. So consider the topic of your blog. If you are offering information, for example info on training dogs, then you can add some Adsense blocks o your blog and make some money that way. If your readers want to, they can click on one of the links for more information.<br /><br />You could also add an affiliate product that is relevant to your topic. Don't overdo it, just add the one and see how it goes. To do this, you have to be able to control your blog content and formatting. To have total control you should run your blog from your own website, rather than from blogger.com or Wordpress.com. Download your own blogging software, and Wordpress offer a free download from wordpress.org - that is probably your best bet if you need total control.<br /><br />There are other ways in which you can use your blog to make money, one of them being to advertise your websites on your sidebar. You can modify your sidebar using html from your Dashboard, though will have to be using the downloaded version. You can also include a good affiliate offer in your sidebar. Any product will do that is related to the topic of your blog. Don't have a blog about carp fishing and offer dog training courses. I know it seems obvious, but you would be surprised!<br /><br />Another thing you can do to make money indirectly from blogging is to include an opt-in form somewhere on your blog. You could add one to each blog, but the easiest is simply to put it on your sidebar. This works best with a three column blog, but you could add it to the top or bottom of your sidebar for maximum effect.<br /><br />These are just one or two ways how to make money blogging, and it just takes a bit of imagination for you to think of many more that you can use to make money while enjoying your blogging. People don't mind paying for stuff they want to buy, and those that are not interested don't have to click on your links. Many people make their living from blogs and if you know to do it properly, you can do the same. All it takes is a bit of thought and the knowledge of what can be done and must be done to achieve it.<br /><br />For more ways in which you can make money blogging, click below where you find a whole number of possibilities for you to use your blog for profit: CLICK HERE: <a href="http://www.create-a-blog.net/BlogProfits">Blog Profits</a> If you want to be a financial success, your blog can help you to achieve your ambitions.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915005450900631474.post-85795898430468783202007-12-23T02:57:00.000+08:002007-12-28T03:11:42.217+08:00How Many Ways Can You Make Money?How to Get On Your Way to Financial Freedom<br /><br />The average person has the ability to become a success by owning their own business. Many people think that to make money in this way, you have to have lots of money in order to begin. Nothing could be further from the truth. The first thing you need to do is to write down the things you expect to accomplish with your new business. This will help to raise the chances that you will actually achieve the goals you have set for yourself.<br /><br />Some Ideas You Might Use to Make Money<br /><br />You might have a way with kids, so why not start your own daycare business. This is a great way for moms to make money and still be at home with their own children. You can advertise your services in the local newspaper or you can create your own website that lets potential clients know why they should feel secure leaving their children with you. You can make money doing something you are already doing for no money at all.<br /><br />Start Your Own Handyman Business as a Way to Make Money<br /><br />If you are someone who is talented at fixing things, landscaping, plumbing or any other ability that a homeowner may be willing to pay for, why not start your own business. You can create flyers and distribute them around your neighborhood or you can do your advertising on the internet. There are many ways that a person with valuable capabilities can make money in this way.<br /><br />Use the Internet to Make Money<br /><br />If you find yourself spending lots of time surfing on the web, why not find out how you can make money while you are doing it. There are many ways that a regular Joe can make a good living without a lot of cost to start. Anyone with the ambition to make money with their computer can find plenty of ways to line their pockets with cash. Use common sense when you are looking for opportunities. If an offer seems too good to be true you can almost guarantee that it is. Don't expect to make any money without putting some work and effort into it either. So if you are a computer buff, look into ways to make your living doing what you do best.<br /><br />Become an Online Book Seller<br /><br />For the avid reader, you may find that you have way too many books in your home that are collecting dust. You can actually make money by selling them on the internet. You can use such websites as EBay and Amazon as well as a host of others to sell books to readers looking to make a purchase. You will be surprised at how much money you can make. Your best bet is to research where those who purchase books browse in order to make the most money you can.<br /><br />There are so many ways you can make the money you deserve if you just take the time and effort to do the research. With all the information that is available absolutely free on the web, you have no excuse to stay in the same old rut.<br /><br />Come and visit our <a href="http://www.goodinternetmoney.com/">Make Money</a> website where you will find plenty of ideas and inspiration to get you started making money at something you enjoy. Come on and take a risk right now.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85680/simonbiz/811db7b210553c1feb3b58333e9cc1e5.png"/></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915005450900631474.post-12452249358625780072007-12-18T02:58:00.000+08:002007-12-28T03:10:02.721+08:00Mind Tricks For A Home Based BusinessCould your way of thinking prevent you from creating a successful online home based business?<br /><br />Do you wonder how your mind operates when it comes to money, being rich and creating wealth online? If you haven't thought about it before, you may have some negative programming in your subconscious.<br /><br />A few questions to see how your subconscious is programmed:<br /><br />When you have decided that you want to make money online, do you believe you can be successful?<br /><br />Do you believe that there is "abundance" when it comes to money, and that you can make money, get rich and then create wealth online depending on your needs? Why or Why not?<br /><br />What are your beliefs when it comes to internet marketing? Is there just too much competition? You could never tap into that market?<br /><br />Where have the beliefs about making money online come from? The opinions of others?<br /><br />If you're like me, you might have some negative programming in your subconscious regarding making money online. With all the scams out there, it's easy to label everything as such.<br /><br />You could spend years learning as much as you can about online internet marketing and making money. And deep in your mind that negative subconscious programming can still exist.<br /><br />But there's something you can do about it.<br /><br />There's an important concept to keep in mind when we are dealing with the 'inevitables' of any online home business. Something is not going to work out as we had planned it. Sooner or later we will encounter that familiar emotion called frustration. Some days you will think that you're about to go crazy. At times, you may even get upset.<br /><br />An important ingredient for home based business greatness is the ability to see that there is no failure, only feedback.<br /><br />The reason why most people fail with an online business is because they mistake negative feedback as failure. You perform an action and you get a result. That positive result is making money online with your home based business. That's positive feedback and let's you know to continue with what your doing.<br /><br />The negative result requires us to change what we are currently doing. The negative feedback let's us know that it is time to discontinue with what we're currently doing, and adjust it. That's all it is.<br /><br />That negative feedback has taken out many people who otherwise could have been very successful internet marketers. They didn't lack the commitment or motivation; they just didn't change what they were doing when the negative feedback made its presence.<br /><br />Great reward = great risk or temporary setbacks.<br /><br />Realize that there is massive success just around the corner. You must believe that. So long as you are learning from your mistakes, bringing out you best traits and subduing your negative traits. You will eventually internalize a new, success-drawing belief system. You need to constantly work that muscle and it can be hard with all the things that can happen with your online business.<br /><br />Those meant for greatness will be tested and have to deal with constant obstacles, whereas those who are destined for mediocrity will have it easy. Their results will be mediocre while entrepreneurs like us are destined to lead grand, magnificent lifestyles.<br /><br />Consider this; there is absolutely nothing wrong with mediocrity. But we have chosen to take control of our lives and start working from home with an online business. We are meant for more than mediocrity. We are meant for greatness.<br /><br />This is a great thought process to have and an important step.<br /><br />Model the internet marketers who are making money online. One of the best things that you can do.<br /><br />Nothing can replace being shown step by step how to build wealth online by a group of like minded people that will help support you. Re-enforce that positive mind set programming.<br /><br />Stop looking for the get rich quick.<br /><br />Realize that you're going to have to constantly learn and improve to have a successful business. Research and decision making are important for all businesses.<br /><br />Now put your mind to it!<br /><br />Don Downes is a top internet marketer who works with other industry leading internet marketers from around the world. He works with successful business coaches who specialize in helping individuals create 6-figure incomes working from home. To learn more, visit Don's website at <a href="http://www.automatewealthonline.com/">http://AutomateWealthOnline.com</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85680/simonbiz/811db7b210553c1feb3b58333e9cc1e5.png"/></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915005450900631474.post-36041518254114219352007-12-20T02:19:00.000+08:002007-12-20T19:03:17.265+08:00What does CPC indicate?When we think of high paying keywords, the first thing that pops up in our mind is CPC. CPC (Cost Per Click) is the maximum amount of money an advertiser is willing to pay you for a click. Higher the CPC of a particular keywod, more will be the payouts you can expect by targeting that keyword in your AdSense websites. You can get the most accurate CPC from the source itself - Google. <br /><br />However, CPC is not the only factor that tells the profitability of a keyword. There are many other factors that you should consider.<br /><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="468" height="60" id="banner_2" align="middle"><br /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.keywordcountry.com/affiliate/banner_2.swf?myUrl=http://affiliatetracking.com/keywordcountry/a/simonbiz/e/7" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /><embed src="http://www.keywordcountry.com/affiliate/banner_2.swf?myUrl=http://affiliatetracking.com/keywordcountry/a/simonbiz/e/7" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="468" height="60" name="banner_2" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /><br /></object><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Choosing Niche Keywords</span><br />Niche keywords are the keywords that are highly searched by the web surfers, and are rarely used by your competitors. Less competition means more traffic to your website. Targeting ten niche keywords is easier and more fruitful that targeting a highly competitive keyword. Traffic from niche keywords when directed to a relevant page increases your CTR and conversion ratio.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Determining Traffic</span><br />Determining traffic for a keyword is quite important before targeting it. Along with the competition stats, it lets you make out the niches present in any industry. Besides, it lets you predict (to some extent) how much traffic you can expect if you promote a website around a particular keyword. There are two known sources for determining traffic. Overture Keyword Suggestion Tool (now a part of Yahoo Search Engine) and WordTracker. When talking about accuracy, Wordtracker monitors the queries on some meta search engines that actually render it inaccurate . Reason? There is no known stat about how much of the community you are targeting is searching on those meta search engines. However, it's a good tool to make out the niches. <br /><br />In my opinion, Yahoo owned Overture gives you more accurate stats than Wordtracker. This is for the reason that Overture is a PPC engine. It can show you how many people are searching for a particular term on its vast network. A network which is bigger than any Meta Search Engine. Still, it is not that accurate, but at least better than Wordtracker. The tools that are predicting Google Searches for you are just doing guess work. No one knows the algorithm they use.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">+Maximize your AdSense Revenue</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">What are High Paying Keywords?</span><br />No! High paying keywords are not the keywords that have high CPC. There are many keywords in Google Adwords system, which have a high CPC, but no Advertisers bidding on them. Relying too much on the CPC can lead you to many Fake high paying keywords. High Paying Keywords refer to those keywords on which the advertisers bid madly, and are ready to pay (more than average) per click to anybody who fetches them the target traffic. Keywords are the search phrases that belong to a specific industry. For example, "Student loan" belongs to Finance or Loan industry. Some industries are highly populated with Advertisers and competitors while others are not. And those keywords are called High Paying Keywords.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">CPC (Cost Per Click)</span><br />What it is: CPC or Cost Per Click refers to the maximum amount of money that an advertiser is willing to pay per click on their ads.<br />Importance: Higher CPC means higher EPC (Earnings Per Click) for you.<br />Source: Google Adwords<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Clicks per month</span><br />What it is: These are the number of clicks the highest ad gets in a month in Google Adwords System.<br />Importance: There are many industries that exist online that don't get much clicks on their ads. Targeting such keywords might be harmful for your Adsense income. It shows you which keywords have a larger commercial traffic. More are the number of clicks, more effective a keyword is for adsense. Also, More clicks a keyword attracts, higher CTR you can expect for that keyword.<br />Source: Google Adwords<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Advertisers</span><br />What it is: These are the number of Advertisers bidding on the keyword. This is the most important figure that you need while choosing keywords for Adsense. <br />Importance: There are many keywords in Google Adwords system that have high CPC like $50+ but no advertisers bidding on them. Obviously, no one is going to pay you like $15 or $50 if there are no advertisers bidding on a keyword. Also, more are the number of advertisers, more Affiliate programs you can find in that industry too.<br />Source: Google Adwords<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Average CPC</span><br />What it is: Average CPC is the average of what all the advertisers bidding for the given keyword.<br />Importance: Average CPC adds to your power of judging high paying keywords. Where other tools end up giving you average of only top 3-8 bidders, KeywordCountry gives you average of what all the advertisers are paying on a keyword. This gives you the much more and astonishing picture of high paying keywords. <br />Source: Google Adwords and tedious calculations. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Competition</span><br />What it is: The actual number of pages that will be competing against you on a keyword. Inanchor Intitle formula used to determine this figure is regarded as the most precise formula ever devised to measure competition.<br />Importance: This column lets you find many more niche keywords. Generally the number of search results returned by Search Engines are taken as the number of pages competing on a keyword. But those pages who have used or just dumped your keyword in the corner of their page are not competing against you but SE will still list them. A true competitor targeting a webpage with a certain keyword, tends to include that keyword in the title and the anchor text that links to that webpage. And these are exact number of pages that are using these keywords in their Title text and Anchor Text.<br />Source: Google<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Google Traffic Estimates</span><br />What it is: This is the estimated traffic that a given keyword is getting on Google Search Engine.<br />Importance: This data is far more accurate than Overture Search Estimates or WordTracker Search Estimates. More are the number of searches, more profitable a keyword is.<br />Source: Google and other sources (Estimated)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Overture Traffic Estimates</span><br />What it is: This refers to the number of searches done in a month for a particular keyword, according to the Overture PPC Engine. This helps you determine the keywords that attract more traffic. <br />Importance: More traffic means more profits. This column prevents you from wasting your time on keywords that are rarely searched in Search Engines.<br />Source: Overture<br /><a href="http://affiliatetracking.com/keywordcountry/a/simonbiz/e/7">http://www.keywordcountry.com/learn-more/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85680/simonbiz/811db7b210553c1feb3b58333e9cc1e5.png" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915005450900631474.post-27074521718158060092007-12-13T01:56:00.000+08:002007-12-18T23:41:14.811+08:003 Tips On How To Make A Name For YourselfWhat is your reputation online? Do you know?<br /><br />If you're just starting out or having been online long, chances are you don't really have a reputation. Not yet. This is good, because you want to be sure the reputation you do develop is a good one. But how do you develop a good reputation online?<br /><br />Here are three tips to help you.<br /><br />1. Copy what the experts are doing.<br /><br />Do a search online for "internet marketing experts" and see what names come up on the first page. Click some of them and have a look at their sites. Where possible, check out their biography. You can find these by taking a name and adding "bio" or "biography" to your search. Notice how long they've been online, how many web sites they own, how many products they have produced, and any other information that indicates they've been around awhile.<br /><br />Run a search for the top names you come across and see what you get. Pay attention to how they are promoting and, especially, look for any feedback or comments from people who have done business with them. These are the experts you want to copy because they know how to establish a good reputation online.<br /><br />2. Participate in forums related to your business specialty<br /><br />Visit related forums and see how you can contribute. Find posts where you can offer your expertise to help them. Over time, you will become recognized as an expert in your field.<br /><br />3. Offer quality products and over-deliver<br /><br />Make certain that anything you produce, whether it's a small e-book or a full web design service, is of the absolute best quality. Be receptive to your customer's feedback, both good and bad. Respond to their concerns respectfully and do whatever it takes to please them. Become known as a business person who is easy to work with, reliable and consistent. Over-deliver on your promises. Don't just sell the service or e-book. Load your offer with a lot of other helpful and relevant products.<br /><br />Do these three things and you will boost your online reputation and your sales.<br /><br />Jonathan Budd Is An Expert Internet Marketer Who Shows People How To Make Far More Money Then They Are Now With Highly Profitable Cutting Edge Systems At: http://www.TheProfitMasterminds.com<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85680/simonbiz/811db7b210553c1feb3b58333e9cc1e5.png"/></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915005450900631474.post-71851344220610701622007-12-16T02:59:00.001+08:002007-12-18T23:37:28.108+08:00Home Business Tips7 Home Business Tips to Help You Choose The Perfect Home Based Business<br /><br />We live in the age of the Internet. No where has the Internet made a larger impact than with the work at home entrepreneur. You want to start your own home based business, but, there are so many options. Some are legitimate, some aren't.<br /><br />The purpose of starting a business is to make money and be happy doing it. You certainly don't want to waste your time and money on a scam. So what do you look for when starting your own work at home business?<br /><br />The following home business tips are a few things to look for in a home based business opportunity.<br /><br />Stability- With so many scams out there, one thing to look for is a stable opportunity. Are they listed with the BBB (Better Business Bureau)? If so, you will be able to see when they listed. Look for a business that has been around for a while. There are some new opportunities that are worthwhile but I always like to know the business has been successful. Also, a stable company will usually let you join for free so that you can take a more detailed look at it before you invest your time and money.<br /><br />Product- What product(s) will you be offering? Is it something that most people need, use, or would want? More importantly, is it something you need, would use, or want? It is impossible to market a product that you don't use, because if you don't use it, how can you convince anybody else to use it? Also, keep in mind that most times, you will be selling the opportunity as well, so you need to be convinced that it works before you can convince others.<br /><br />Investment- What are the start up costs? What about the marketing costs? How does the compensation plan work? How long does it take before you will break even? Compare what you will be spending to the money making potential.<br /><br />Training- Does the company you have found provide thorough training with a strong support system or are you virtually on your own? Nothing is more discouraging than having something to sell and a business to promote and not know where to begin. Make sure your business gives you ideas on how to market your product. It's even better if they show you how to do it.<br /><br />Look for ways to get people to join you while your business is growing, like Guaranteed Sign-ups, or an advertising co-op.<br /><br />Forums- This goes along with the training you will get from your business. Can you get in contact with others in the business that have been successful? It's nice to know the path others have taken to become successful in your business. They can give you helpful ideas and help you avoid some of the pitfalls they have encountered.<br /><br />What I have found most helpful is forums and message boards. They go a long way in giving you self confidence, encouragement, and ultimately, success.<br /><br />Potential- What is the monetary potential for the business? After all, that is the bottom line, isn't it, to make money and the freedom it allows?<br /><br />Your Gut Feeling- If something doesn't feel right, you need to back away until you get all your questions answered. First and foremost, you have to believe in the opportunity. Don't jump into anything. Take it slow and be patient.<br /><br />I hope these home business tips give you a head start in in becoming a successful work-at-home entrepreneur.<br /><br />The rest is up to you!<br /><br />Lisa Willard is a life-time learner and online marketer. Are you interested in learning the secrets of building a business online. Contact me at lwillard@omega1w.net or visit my personal website at <a href="http://www.onlinecandleteam.com/">http://www.OnlineCandleTeam.com</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85680/simonbiz/811db7b210553c1feb3b58333e9cc1e5.png"/></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915005450900631474.post-91067108096277180382007-12-13T01:55:00.000+08:002007-12-13T01:57:38.291+08:00Learn From A Newbie?Finally, a Newbie is an Expert!<br /><br />Yep, you heard it right, folks, this here internet marketing newbie is an expert-I mean my situation was probably not much different than yours, when I made the decision, taking the bold plunge into this mysterious, hugely profitable business. Yes I am an expert at investing large sums of money in product and making sure that my account alone will continue to fund payroll for Google Adwords staff, with out making me one penny. Yes, my experience thus far on my best 5 days was a conversion rate of, hold on let me calculate that-oh, what is there to calculate-0!! What exactly does this expert status mean? (Well read on-it may sound a bit familiar to some of you.)<br /><br />Well for starters, I think I own just about every e-Book and am on every sucker list because of it, on the subjects of: affiliate marketing, pay per click strategy, SEO, CSS, Blogging for bucks, wealth and income stream generation, how to pick up girls and get my golf score below 80. ( I had to get those last two so I could tell people I wasted my money on some of the information. Seriously, I think I became obsessed with the search for the holy grail, or perhaps some might even say that I became a bit, well, Quixotic-you know chasing that proverbial windmill of the internet gods.<br /><br />I mean, after all, the internet population is huge. You know, it is kinda like opening a hot dog stand in NYC-how can you fail-sell a couple hundred hot dogs out of a population of 10,000,000, how hard is that. Well I really don't know-but I gotta tell ya I bet a bunch of the money that I have already spent on all that crap I already mentioned that as hard as that may be-it ain't any harder than breaking into this business with a population base several times larger than NYC's population base.<br /><br />OK, I should not be so hard on all of the info and e-books out there-after all, most have anywhere from minimal value to exceptional value. Some are darn near copies of others-neat thing is, no one cares because you mess with me and I mess with you-"sharing" seems pretty rampant in this business. More importantly, they are the products that I am attempting to sell, and soon, when I graduate from a four star Newbie status and get my Internet Marketing Guru Wings status, or please god, Affiliate Rockstar Status, making millions of dollars, I too, will become a publisher of a most incredible e-book, that enjoys a record breaking launch of all time, albeit I will limit it to only as many copies as folks are willing to buy!<br /><br />OK, so let's get to the heart of the matter. In every product there is a bit, a kernel of information missing. Some times it is a "how to", other times it is a "oh, and don't forget to..."-there is always something missing. Then once you actually discover it, at the cost of going broke, you get that "aha" and it makes all of the somewhat unpleasant experiences worthwhile. Well, I at long last after about 3 months now have one profitable PPC campaign running, making me a couple thousand a month after ad spend. I see the light, and it is not a train coming towards me! And I have started, yes, sit down, building my double opt in list--every real marketer does need a group of people that look forward to receiving his newsletter and or other information.<br /><br />While my full IM Guru wings have not come completely out, I now know a bunch more than 3-4 months ago. I want to share a few things with you briefly, which, because of my experiences, may greatly reduce your learning curve time and save you a lot of money. So Here ya go:<br /><br />Stop buying all of those ebooks and other products--you have enough!!<br /><br />Find the one or two you want to focus on and develop a successful marketing/sales campaign that turns you a profit<br /><br />Get a quality Autoresponder, (they are not expensive--about $20.00 a month) and start building a list<br /><br />Build a List<br /><br />Build a List, oh yes this is very important--and treat those list members with love and respect, do not spam them, send them only quality info and they will reward you with many, many sales.<br /><br />Get your own domain and host, they too are not expensive, early on do shared hosting. Your domain will cost you about $8 per year and your hosted shared server will run about $9-$20 per month.<br /><br />Learn how to set up and start using videos to help your products convert better and get more opt in leads to your list.<br /><br />Oh, if I forgot to mention it--start building a list, offer free product for exchange of name and email address, along with other information like address, phone etc. If what you offer is of value, you will get opt-ins to your list.<br /><br />Good Luck!<br /><br />Oliver has spent nearly 20 years l corporate marketing and sales for three NYSE companies.He publishes three newsletters for Internet Marketers. visit him at: http://www.larryoliver.net/5Tools or email larry@larryoliver.netUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915005450900631474.post-57752276031791679222007-12-05T16:40:00.000+08:002007-12-05T16:55:46.453+08:00Strategy for internal linkage structureInternal links are the links that point to the contents that are distributed in different pages of your websites. Thus the internal links all possess the same domain name. The number of internal links increases as the number of pages of the website increases. There are certain strategies to be followed in order to make your website effective in creating internal links, without affecting the optimization of the website.<br /><br />Search engines use specific algorithm to segregate the websites on the basis of the relevance of the contents in each page. According to the Pagerank specifications, your website should not contain more than 100 links in the home page. This is the maximum number, and obviously you need not include 100 links. It is ideal from the search engine’s point of view to include a maximum of 20 links in the home page of a website. If you supply more links in your home page, you would be sacrificing the search engine index of your website. The website may be ignored for having ‘too many internal links’ in it.<br /><br />There is certain order for giving internal links in the websites. According to the search engine, each page of the website is considered as a stand-alone website, and each page is indexed separately based on the content value in it. Therefore it is very important to include the contents as well as the links that is very much relevant to a particular page. Thus the home page should contain the most important contents and the primary level links. The primary level links lead the user to the secondary page, where the secondary information is contained, and this page contain the secondary links that directs the user to the tertiary information, and so on. In addition to these forward linking, each page in your website should contain at least one backward link or a link to the home page.<br /><br />This structured design of your website will enable it to become more friendly to the user as well as the search engines. Another important attribute to be focused is its content. In effect, every page of your website should reflect different content, but related to the main theme in some manner. This will help you to get more inbound links from various other websites that share different contents. Thus, the systematic arrangement of the internal links itself will help to improve the performance of the website as well as the scope for procuring valuable inbound links.<br /><br />According to the latest search engine strategies, all links of a website may not be listed under the root directory. It is because the current search engine methods start indexing a page with a zero rank when it is freshly added to a search engine, and later on its ranking improves according to the quality of the contents and the internal links in it. Thus the directory in which the links are located does not anyway affect the performance of the website.<br /><br />Appropriate internal links, thus, are inevitable components of an effective functioning of a website.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915005450900631474.post-87562079563076677092007-11-30T23:18:00.000+08:002007-11-30T23:26:51.622+08:00Things I wish I knew BEFORE I started my blog....Jumping into blogging is something that really should require a license. There are many ways to get started, some better than others, and all have implications that stretch far beyond what a newbie blogger expects.<br /><br />I started a blog in late September and, frankly, have been learning as I go. I did do a LITTLE research first and had a concept that I thought would interest at least a few people. I knew I wanted to use my own URL for branding purposes, but beyond that I was stumped.<br /><br />Mistake Number 1: Using the Quick Blogging Software my URL registrar had available.<br />In its favor, the software works well. And it is screamingly cheap. The problem is that there are some serious limitations to what it can do. For example:<br /><br />• The software won't let me reorder even unpublished posts.<br />• The software won't let me schedule an item to appear later. I have to click a button to publish an entry.<br />• There are a few different templates but not a lot. I can customize them to an extent, but primarily elements of the look and feel.<br />• There are limitations on my ability to embed a piece of code into all pages. There are even MORE limitations on my ability to put certain types of code into the post.<br />• Half the time my sidebar items don't show up.<br /><br />Mistake Number 2: Not learning enough about monetizing strategies before I started.<br /><br />I'm not trying to make a fortune but covering my costs would be nice. I've been fumbling through the process of adding things after the fact, trying not to offend anyone and yet trying to provide useful links. But there are people who know a lot about that already and from whom I could have learned.<br /><br />Mistake Number 3: Not looking into design strategies before I started.<br />I am embarrassed to say that my first template was a black background with white lettering. I liked the image at the top, so I didn't think about it. And since my template choices are limited it took me a while to find one that fit my topic, appealed to me AND wasn't blinding white on black. Getting that bit right in advance would have ALSO saved me work in revamping sidebar items later to make them look right.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915005450900631474.post-35934001319395865542007-11-28T03:47:00.000+08:002007-11-28T03:50:47.248+08:00Keyword Analysis: Relevant keywordsAlmost all the potential hits and transactions in the Internet originate from a keyword search. Therefore, keyword analysis finds much relevance in the context of getting a good indexing in the Search Engine Result Page (SERP).<br /><br />Proper use of keywords will improve the traffic of your website in the search engines. The web crawlers will identify the potential customers for you with the help of these keywords. If the keywords are wrong or irrelevant with respect to the information given in your website, the search engine will discard your website or may cause the visit of unsolicited customers to your page.<br /><br />There are various aspects involved in researching the relevant keywords. The most common among them are the following.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Seasonal relevance of the keywords</span><br />You may find that the relevance of a particular keyword varies from time to time. For example, the word ‘Ester’ will find a lot of relevance in the month of April whereas ‘Christmas’ will find less relevance in the same period. It is therefore important to identify the keywords that are appropriate for each occasion. For example, if you own an online shop that sells gifts/bouquets, you may use the phrase ‘Christmas gifts’ during the month of November and December and the phrase ‘Easter gifts’ in the month of March and April. Revise your web marketing strategies according to the occasion.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Location-specific keywords</span><br />Keywords sometimes are location specific. A keyword that is used to describe particular information in a particular place may not find the same relevance in certain other places. For example, the word ’states’ may refer to the states as well as the entire government of the USA, whereas the same word is used to refer only the individual states in other countries.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Keywords with different spellings</span><br />Though some spellings have slight variations in British and American English, the impact of this difference in the website page indexing is not negligible. For example, a user who wishes to enter the website of US defense may type the word ‘US defence’ by mistake. If the particular website did not choose the option ‘defence’ as one of its possible keyword options, there are less chances that this page is indexed properly. Also there are possible manual typing errors that can happen from the user’s side. Therefore, most of the websites include a group of ‘wrongly spelt’ keywords in their list of keywords. For example, the word ‘New Zealand’ may be wrongly typed as ‘New Zeland’ or Newzealand’ by a user, and so he may not identify the sites that are provided with the keyword ‘New Zealand’ alone. It is therefore important to analyze the possible mistakes and come out with appropriate options.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Keywords with similar meanings</span><br />Most of the keywords will have more than one optional word that conveys the same idea. For example, the word ‘painter’ can also be used to refer the word ‘artist’. Prepare a list of synonyms that suit the main keyword of your website.<br /><br />There are various methods available in the Internet to check the effectiveness of a keyword in the search engine indexes. You may find out the popularity of a particular keyword, the user habits of searching a particular information, etc. from these sources.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915005450900631474.post-43943471533237473062007-11-25T22:33:00.000+08:002007-11-25T22:38:52.468+08:00Link PartnersSubscribing to the famous and reliable directories like Yahoo, DMOZ, LookSmart and so on, is something any Webmaster can do to achieve links of repute. The trick lies in looking beyond what is easily available and linking with winners who do not really know you yet. Your website must reflect substance and that is what you must work at to begin with, literally speaking.<br /><br />Stylish and/ or out of the box graphics are not imperative to success. Nice and pleasing ones will do. Emphasize on factual, authentic, informative and articulate content optimized to give maximum but meaningful and useful web pages. All web pages must be well connected to the each other and in each case to the home page – the site should be highly navigable and menus well organized. In gist, visitors to your website should be able to travel across your website quite intuitively and find it useful – that is left impressed by the website in short!<br /><br />Once your website is optimized in itself to please the visitor, it is time to find the “winners” who can be linked with without harming the business. Relevancy is the keyword while linking. But of course, not everybody related to your business is worth linking with. Sporting an outbound link from your competitor website, though related, will filter your visitors onto him, thereby draining all your efforts to vain. So, the strategy is to approach relevant but non-competing webmasters – the tip is to search Google etc. for regionally filtered vertically-related websites, preferably with added text “add link” or “submit link” or “suggest link”.<br /><br />Once you have the list of sites of interest, it’s for you to decide which ones deserve your proposal for link exchange. Shortlist 10-15 sites at a time and look for respective suggest link form. If not found, send a concise link request email. On similar lines, you can also publish a suggest link form at your website, though it may bear fruits only once you gather a good track record.<br /><br />After the request, it is time to slow down and await response patiently. Upon a decent interval of days, you may start sending a new batch of requests to another fifteen links of relevance. Keeping the sites to be approached numbered thus, clears you out of the ’suspicious websites’ bracket from the point of view of the search engine, as otherwise links in hordes may attach to you in a rather short span of time. There is no reason to be discouraged by a rather lukewarm response to your requests. It only indicates need of improvements in the content of your request email. <br /><br />Apart from seeking, it is important to use bait for link-exchange. In simpler words, circulate compelling well-written articles, blogs and press releases across web containing a link to your website. As these link-baits will be extensively read or discussed on the web, your website will develop advantageous one-way links automatically. To be emphasized is good content and intelligent use of keywords within the articles and blog entries for desired results.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915005450900631474.post-79026220014464529052007-11-22T22:11:00.000+08:002007-11-22T22:21:12.537+08:00Why Blogger is the Best Blogging Platform for BeginnersIf you're just considering starting your own blog, you may be wondering which of the many blog services will offer the best blogging platform for your needs. If you're new to blogging, are on a budget and/or are not tech-savvy, I recommend <a href="http://blogger.com/">Blogger</a> as the best blog platform for beginners. Here's why:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">It's free, with no strings attached.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://www.typepad.com/">TypePad</a> has some great features, but you'll pay for them. Their most basic level starts at $4.95 per month (after a 14 day free trial). <a href="http://wordpress.com/">WordPress.com</a> is free, until you want to do things like include Adsense ads or display your blog on your own domain name. Blogger is completely free.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />It's easy to use, even if you're a tech-dummy.</span><br /><br />Blogger, in my experience, has always been the best blog platform for the tech-challenged. However, their new version makes customizing templates and rearranging widgets easier than ever before. Their XML templates allow for dragging and dropping of widgets, which means you don't have to know HTML (even a little bit) to make your blog look the way you want it.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">You can show up in search results faster.</span><br /><br />Because Blogger is now owned by Google, you'll have a powerful spider on your side. In general, when you start a new website or blog it can take weeks for the search engines to crawl the site, which means you won't appear in search engine results for a while. My Blogger-powered blogs have all shown up in search results the same day I post my first post. I have one client whose Blogger-powered blog ranks higher than his own website. I have another client whose newly created Blogger-powered blog out-ranked her already popular <a href="http://www.myspace.com/">MySpace</a> blog in less than a week. There is power in having Google on your side.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">There are plenty of free templates available.</span><br /><br />If you don't like the classic templates offered by Blogger, you can choose a more attractive template fairly easily. There are many tech-savvy folks online who spend a lot of time creating new Blogger templates and/or converting free templates from other platforms to work for Blogger. If you want to browse your choices for more attractive Blogger-compatible templates, I recommend the layouts at <a href="http://www.finalsense.com/services/blog_templates/">FinalSense</a>, <a href="http://www.isnaini.com/blogger-templates/">Isnaini</a> and <a href="http://www.geckoandfly.com/blogspot-templates/">GeckoFly</a>. For more recommendations, check out the <a href="http://weblogs.about.com/od/bloggingtools/tp/freebloggertemp.htm">Top 5 Free Blogger Templates</a> listing at <a href="http://weblogs.about.com/">About Weblogs</a>. You can also<a href="http://www.google.com/"> Google </a>"free blogger templates" and browse the results.<br /><br />Of course, there are also some disadvantages of using Blogger, like not being able to file your posts in traditional categories and the inability to "drip" your posts to show up on future dates. For a new blogger on a budget, though, I wholeheartedly believe the advantages of Blogger outweigh the drawbacks. Especially if you're as tech-challenged as I am, I don't think you'll regret giving Blogger a try. If you're really worried about the decision, you might want to open free accounts both with Blogger.com and WordPress.com. Play around a little bit on both and decide for yourself which is the best blogging platform for you.<br /><br />Whether you're a new or seasoned blogger, I'd love to know your experience. Which platform did you use for your first blog? Any advantages or disadvantages? Which do you feel is the best blog platform for new bloggers?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0