Showing posts with label Blogging Tips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blogging Tips. Show all posts

Blog Advertising

Monday, October 12, 2009

Are you building a website or blog? Now, BuyBlogReviews.com invites you to take the advantage of their best service to drive more traffic to your website. In this case, if you are an advertiser, you should sign up for a free account so you can promote your business and website there. If you are a blogger, then you will create a review about the advertiser’s website or business to be published on your blog. That’s Blog Advertising. Blog Advertising has been so popular among advertisers now and BuyBlogReviews.com is a website to bridge the advertisers and bloggers to connect each other. Both advertisers and bloggers will get advantages from this way.

For bloggers, it is the best way to earn more money. The advertisers will pay bloggers for what they have reviewed on their blogs. For advertisers, this is the fastest way to drive more traffic to their business websites because they will use many bloggers who have great blogs to get best quality backlinks. Therefore, whether you are a blogger or an advertiser, please go to BuyBlogReviews.com to sign up for a free account to get started.

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250 search engines for free

Friday, October 2, 2009

I have found this website when searching in the internet.Zubmit.org.uk is a FREE Search Engine Submission website aimed at helping you get your site off the ground and onto the web.

Zubmit.org.uk is aimed at helping new starters to the web development or hosting industry getting there site listed on the web.

You have a great web site, but no one knows it even exists? You have come to the right place. This service lets you do a web site submission to over 250 search engines for free. All we ask is that you join our forum and help promote this site by word of mouth or on your website, we do not enforce this thought.

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115 Social News and Bookmark Sites Ranked and Rated | Social Media Trader

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Here’s a collection of 115 social bookmark and news sites ranked by PageRank, number of links and value of each site.

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Learning How to Make Money Blogging

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

There are two major types of business models that entrepreneurs use to make money blogging. The first and most common way to turn a blog into a profit making machine is to sell advertising to different companies and brands who want to reach that blog's readers. The second kind of money making blog is one that helps a single brand improve its image by creating positive associations between the blog and the product in the mind of consumers. Both kinds of blogs can make a lot of money, especially if the creator has a keen mind for marketing.

If you are blogging with the goal of selling advertising, there are two basic ways that you can go about recruiting sponsors who want to put ads on your site; you can let someone else do all of the legwork, or you can do the work yourself and keep all of the revenue. Within the first group, many people make money blogging by selling space through Google's AdSense program. The advantages of this program are numerous, as it requires very little effort on the part of the blogger or webmaster to begin raking in profits. However, most people discover that they make less money through this method than they had hoped that their blog would earn.

Selling advertising directly to companies who want to put banner ads or sponsored links on your blog can take quite a bit of time, but it is often fairly lucrative. If you have a lot of contacts in industries that are related to the topic of your blog, you may want to try to go this route. People who have a strong background in sales and are experienced at pitching proposals can make quite a bit of money by renting blog space to interested companies.

The most serious problem with this model is that you often have to build quite a sizable readership before you can attract advertisers, which can mean that you have to do several months of work before you start to make money blogging.

As blogging becomes a more and more lucrative business, a lot of established companies are considering how they can get into the action. One way that companies are capitalizing on the blog movement is by having blogs that provide a kind of friendly face for their corporation. Often, a company will employ an established blogger to create a weblog designed specifically to appeal to that company's customers and to create positive associations with the brand in consumers' minds. More than one writer who never even dreamed that he or she could make money blogging has been approached by a company and offered quite a pretty penny for this kind of gig.

How To Generate Traffic Using Only Free Methods

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Putting up a company would of course require a lot of things, to get straight to the point, you need a capital. To make money requires money as well. But of course, with the versatility the internet offers, there are many ways you could find that could help optimize the potential of your site or business in generating traffic.

While there are ways to jump start your traffic flows, many sites don’t have the resources that others have to generate more traffic for your site. Well, you don’t have to spend a cent; all you need is the proper mindset and a lot of eagerness. You also must have the drive and perseverance to do hard work and research to generate more traffic for your site.

How sweet it is to have more traffic for your site without spending a single cent. Now it’s a sure thing that many sites have articles that offer tips and guidelines in how to generate traffic using only free methods. Because it is possible, you don’t need to speed a single cent, it may take time, to say honestly, I’m not going to beat around the bush with you. You get better chances by paying for your advertisements, but at least you get a fighting chance with some of these free methods I’m about to tell you.

Take advantage of online forums and online communities. The great thing about forums and online communities is that you can target a certain group that fits the certain demographic that you are looking for. You can discuss about lots of things about the niche that you represent or offer. Another great advantage is that you know what you are getting into and you will be prepared.

With online communities and forums you can build a reputation for your company. Show them what you are made of and wow them with your range of expertise about the subject, with that you can build a reputation and build trust with the people in your expertise and knowledge.

You can also make use of newsletters. Provide people with a catalog of your products and interesting and entertaining articles. If you make it really interesting and entertaining, more people will sign up for your newsletter and recommend it to other people. The more people who signs up for your newsletter, the more people there will be that will go to your site increasing your traffic.

Another great idea is trading links with other sites. You don’t have to spend a cent. All you have to do is reach an agreement with another webmaster. With exchanging links, the efforts both sites do will benefit both sites. Every traffic that goes to the site could potentially click on the link of your site and visit your site as well. This works well especially when both sites feature the same niche.

Write articles that could pique the attention of people that have interest in your product. Try writing articles that will provide tips and guides to other aficionados. Writing articles that provide good service and knowledge to other people would provide the necessary mileage your traffic flow needs.

Many sites offer free submission and posting of your articles. When people find interest in your articles they have a good chance of following the track by finding out where the article originated. Include a link or a brief description of your company with the article and there’s a great probability that they will go to your site.

Write good content for your site. Many search engines track down the keywords and keyword phrases your site uses and how they are used. It is not a requirement that a content should be done by a professional content writer. You could do your on but you have to make content for your site that is entertaining as well as informational. It should provide certain requirements as well as great quality.

Generally, internet users use search engines to find what they are looking for. Search engines in return use keyword searching in aiding their search results. With the right keywords, you could get high rankings in search engine results without the costs.

All of these methods and more will drive more traffic to your site for free. All it takes is a bit of effort and extended man hours. Learn all you can about the methods depicted here and you will soon have a site with a great traffic flow without the usual costs that come with it.

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Blogging Tips

Monday, July 20, 2009

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Comment on Related Blogs

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Blogging is becoming more and more popular. At first, people used blogs for online journaling, now they have emerged into money-making machines just like regular websites.

Most blogs allow you to leave comments, and with your comment, you are usually allowed to leave your website address.

The point is not to comment on any and every blog. It's more effective to find blogs that relate to the theme of your site because their audience is similar to yours.

And when you comment, make it useful. Don't just spam the blog and say "Hey, visit my site." Not only will that prevent your comment from getting approved, but there's no value in that comment.

Your goal is to build credibility to make people want to visit your site. So make your comment relevant to the blog post and add some useful information that will catch the eye of other commentors and even the blog owner.

Let's say you have a site about iPods and you find an iPod blog that allows comments. The author has just written about the iPod Touch product, but left out some key information you felt would have added to the piece.

You could comment on how great the article was and briefly mention some key points you felt the author left out.

Other commentors will see your comment, respect the fact you offered some useful information they might not have known, and it increases the chances that they'll visit your site.

Many webmasters generate a ton of traffic from blog commenting, but it's important you do it right or it's a waste of time.

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Submit to the Main Search Engines

There are hundreds or perhaps even thousands of search engines out there on the web, but the reality is 90 to 95% of web surfers only use a handful of them.

Google, Live, Yahoo, AOL and Ask (formerly Ask Jeeves) are the most popular right now, and they are all you really need to be concerned with at the moment.

Once you get listed with the main ones, you'll eventually show up in some of the other "less important" engines since many of them are just
portals of the more popular ones.

For example, Netscape.com has a search engine, but they pull their results in from Google. So if you're ranked #1 in Google for "blue widgets" then you'll have the same ranking in Netscape for that keyword phrase.

There are many engines that feed from the popular ones so there is no need to go and submit to these portal engines since you're covered under the main ones.

Where to Submit

Once your site has at least 15 pages, submit your URL to the big three:

Google:
http://www.google.com/addurl/?continue=/addurl

Yahoo:
http://submit.search.yahoo.com/free/request

Live (Formerly MSN):
http://search.msn.co.in/docs/submit.aspx

Please be patient. It may take weeks, or even months for your site to appear, especially with Google.

Live usually adds your site pretty quickly.

To check to see if your site has been indexed, simply type your full URL into the search box.

Don't Keep Submitting

Many people get anxious while waiting for the search engines to add their site, and they keep submitting.

You run the risk of getting your site banned if you do this.I know it's tempting, but rest assured that your site was received the first time.

The Engines Love Content

If you find that your site is not showing up in the major engines, it may be time to take a look at your content.

How many pages are on your site, for example? You should have at least 15 to 20 pages, as the engines love meaty sites -- especially Google. The more content, the better.

What About The Other Engines?

You may be wondering about Ask, AOL, etc. As, I mentioned earlier, a lot of those other engines are just portals. So once you show up in the big three, you'll eventually begin seeing traffic from the other engines. Just be patient.

Keep Building Content...Forever!

Friday, April 17, 2009

This may be the last tip in this book, but it's certainly not the least important. In fact, if I had to rank these 20 tips in order of importance, this would be number one without a doubt. So you could say I'm saving the best for last.

Let's examine the power of content for a minute...Why do search engines rank certain sites at the top of the results?...because of their relevant content.

Why do people subscribe to newsletters? ...because the content is unique and informative
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Why do people bookmark websites? ...because of the invaluable content that is updated regularly.

So what have we learned is important?... Relevant, unique, informative content that is updated regularly keeps visitors happy!

Bingo!

That really is the formula for success with any website. So if you're not getting the traffic you desire, maybe it's time to reevaluate your content.

Search engines love large sites that are frequently updated, and most successful sites get the majority of their traffic from Google, Yahoo and MSN.

Search engine traffic is probably one of the most valuable sources because they bring in free, targeted visitors to your site day after day after day.

So what can you do to improve your search engine traffic? Check Out Your Competition and Do It Better!

There's nothing wrong with getting ideas from your competitors. As long as you don't plagiarize their content, it's good to get inspiration from them.

Instead of taking the lazy way out and copying their work, take it a step further. Improve and expand their concepts until your site has evolved into the "Content King" of your niche.

Ask Yourself These Questions?

What is your competition doing that you could do better?

What information are they leaving out that you could add to your site?

What free services, products, or offers can you provide that they don't?

Don't worry if there are many other websites with the same kind of topic as yours. Just strive to be the best in your niche! You can achieve this by continuously building unique content that your competitors don't offer.

Other Webmasters Will Reward You

Here's the beauty of building good, quality content. Over time you'll discover that people will begin linking to your site voluntarily. Again, this benefits your search engine traffic because the engines check to see how many different sites are linking back to you.

I would say that 20% of the traffic to my asana site comes from people voluntarily linking to me from their sites, message boards, social networking sites, etc. This is all free traffic just because they liked my content and found it useful.

Never Stop Building Your site should never be complete.... ever! You should always be seeking ways to improve and grow. As I said above, people bookmark sites because they offer good content that is updated on a regular basis.

Don't let your content get stale. Continue building and striving to come up with fresh, innovative ideas to keep those visitors coming. I promise, you'll be rewarded in the long run. Soon you'll see that out of all the tips in this book, this one is the most valuable.

Perfect Your Writing

Sounds very basic but most people don't know how to write to effectively communicate to their audience. They talk at their visitors instead of connecting with them.

How you write can make a tremendous difference in how well you sell products and make money from your site. You need to develop a voice and personality throughout your site and that's done through your writing style. Unfortunately too many webmasters ignore that aspect of marketing.

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Links

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Traffic Tips

Link popularity is probably the most important criteria engines use for ranking your site (especially Google). They want to see how many different websites are pointing back to you. However, it's not just about the number of links anymore. What's more important is the quality of links. The search engines don't care if you have 10,000 different websites linking to you if 9900 of them are irrelevant to your site's theme.

Here's an example...

Let's say your site is about investing stocks. You scour the net looking for anyone that will exchange links with you, no matter the topic of their site.

After about 2 months you have successfully found 60 link partners that agree to put a link back to your site in exchange for a link to theirs. There's one problem though. Fifty of those 60 partners' sites have nothing to do with stocks.

The search engines see this when they go and spider the net and they check your backlinks (sites that link to you). So they discount many of those links pointing to your site that are not related to your theme. In a nutshell, they are viewed as irrelevant from a search engine's point of view.

That's why it's very important for you to seek out link partnerships with sites that are related to your website's theme. If your site is about stocks, you want to find websites related to investing and other money related topics. It will help your search engine presence in the long run.

Not to mention, it's pretty worthless for your site's traffic when you partner with sites not related to your theme. A gardening website, for example, probably wouldn't generate much interest for a stock related site anyway.

Contextual Links are Best

Contextual links are links that appear within the context of an article. So let's say you have a site on plants and you're writing an article about plant food.

You know of an excellent site that gives great advice about feeding plants so you decide to mention that site within the article.

This does the website owner a huge favor because that link is surrounding by content that relates to their site. The engines pick up on this and will give them "points" for having a link amidst relevant information.

So when you exchange links with someone, don't just slap their link on a "Links" or "Partners" page. Not only do search engines ignore these pages, but so do Web surfers.

Review their site and suggest a place for your link and allow them to do the same. Explain to them you'll both receive greater benefits if you engage in a contextual exchange, where the link appears within a relevant body of content.

Join Value Exchange

Value Exchange is a free program that puts you in contact with people in your niche that are willing to exchange links. It's great because it takes the hassle out of going out and searching for potential partners

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Make it easy for users to bookmark and share your website or blog

As you probably know, many users use bookmarking to save websites that they want to visit again. Users also use Social Bookmarking servcies so that they can share their bookmarks with friends and peers. Users also use social bookmarking sites to browse sites that others have bookmarked as well.

It is clearly important to make it easy for your users to bookmark your site. The more your users bookmark your site, that more likely it is that the user will come back to your site. And, if users bookmark your site using social bookmark services, new users may start to trickle into your site for free.

Addthis.com offers an extremely easy to use tool which webmasters can implement into their website for free. The tool will make is easy for your website or blog vistors to bookmark the page they are on within thier browser or at the makor social bookmarking websites.

This tool is extremely easy for you to sign up with an implement onto your website. The Addthis.com tool is also extremely easy for your website visitors to use. So they will easily be able to bookmark your site at the place of their choosing. There is also an easy for users to send an email to anyone promoting the website that they are on. You can try out this tool at the end of this article, it is titled bookmark.

Not only is this tool free - but there are no adds or over promotion by Addthis.com. So, you can easily implement this tool, without affecting your website's look, feel, or usability.

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Blogging Providers

There are tons of sites out there that will assit you in publishing your blog on the web. Here, we have reviewed some of the more popular offerings:

1.Blogger:

Although Blogger was initially introduced as early as 1999, it was acquired by Google only in 2002. Currently, this blogging site is one of the most popular and widely used all over the globe. One of the biggest advantages to this free blogging service is their Adsense sign-up feature. This means that you can place ads on your blog site, and you get paid whenever a visitor clicks on your site. Moreover, since Blogger immediately submits your blog to the Google directory, it will be easier for your blog to be found all over the web. Flexibility, ease of use, and design tools are other outstanding features.

2.Wordpress.com:

Numerous excellent templates, flexibility and ease of use, plus reliable promotion and tracking tools all make Wordpress an extremely reliable and professional blogging site. Although not ideal for coders, the 45 different templates can be customized as far as the header image and side bar widgets are concerned. This free hosting service also submits your blog to Google and Technorati, and with its outstanding tracking solutions, you get to view your blog stats as well as the visitors checking out your site. All these make Wordpress a perfect blogging site for both beginners and pros. Here is a great blog tutoirial on how to get started with Wordpress.

3.MSN Spaces:

This free blogging service was introduced in the year 2004 and continues to grow with millions of users or bloggers worldwide. The best thing about MSN Spaces is that this site features a no-fuss, simple to follow non-HTML means of blogging. This makes it ideal for blogging novices or HTML non-experts to have their own personalized space over the web. Moreover, the photo uploading and display features of the site are impressive. You can post slideshows as well, and even integrate your favorite tunes through MSN Music.

4.LiveJournal:

Since LiveJournal does not only make available a good number of template varieties but also allows you to add a modified CSS style sheet, this blogging site is ideal for those who want to have a more personalized and distinctive blog space or site. You can also edit the HTML code per template, if you want to add or modify something in your blog. You can moreover, submit posts using the email service of your cell phone, as well as upload pictures and video files.

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