Archive for May, 2008

Google Pagerank - What’s Yours?

I’ve read quite a bit about Google Pagerank on different blogs and websites recently, and it’s clear that a lot of people place a high emphasis on it. Personally, I think sometimes people place too much importance on their Google Pagerank, and that if you have a valuable blog or website then your Pagerank will [...]

Article Directories - Quality Over Quantity?

In one of my previous posts on article marketing, I provided a list of article directories where you could submit your articles. Over the last few weeks, I have refined the list of article directories which I use. I now use the following article directories (each link opens in a new window):
Article Nexus
Article Dashboard
Article Cube
Ezine [...]

Google Adsense On Your Blog - How Many Ads Should I Use?

Using Google Adsense on your blog can be a great way to make a little money from your blog. Here’s how Google Adsense works in a nutshell:
- Sign up with Google Adsense;
- Place the code generated by Google into your blog;
- Someone clicks on an ad within your blog;
- You make money!
You may only make [...]

Improve Your Blog Navigation In 3 Simple Steps

It’s important that your blog is set up so that your readers can easily navigate their way around your blog. Blog navigation can be a crucial factor in determining how long someone stays on your blog, as if they can’t find what they want quickly and easily, then they will simply leave your blog.
Here are [...]

Commenting On Other Blogs

Commenting on other blogs and websites can bring enormous benefits to your blog if done in the correct manner. Benefits of blog commenting include:
- Increasing your blog presence;
- Raising your awareness of different subjects, and;
- Creating valuable backlinks to your blog.
By commenting on other blogs, you are making both the blog owner and his / [...]

Build Your Blog Traffic With Blogging Rules

So far, I have created blog posts around the many different areas in which you can improve and build your blog traffic. There is, however, a big question that looms large over these blog posts, and that question is:
“How do you incorporate all of these different blog traffic building techniques? How do they work in [...]

Adding An RSS Feed To Your Blog

Once your blog is up and running, and has a good number of posts, it’s a good idea to add an RSS feed to your blog. If your readers have enjoyed your previous blog posts, and you have an RSS feed, then there’s a good chance that they may subscribe to your blog. If your [...]

Google Alerts - Stay Tuned To Your Niche

In my previous post on creating a blog network, one of my readers left a comment about how he stays in tune with his niche by using Google Alerts. I hadn’t heard of using Google Alerts before this, but I have looked into it and it seems to be a great way to keep up [...]

Blog Theme - A Change For The Better?

If you’ve visited my blog before, you’ll notice that I’ve changed the overall blog theme.
While the basic structure of my blog remains the same (i.e. 3 columns) I’ve updated the blog theme in terms of colouring. To add the extra column, I went to Tips For New Bloggers and found the section on adding columns. [...]

Related Blog Posts - Feed Your Audience

When publishing blog posts on your blog, you expect someone to come and read them, right? That’s great, but once people have read your blog post, where do they go from there?
It may be the case that a few of your blog posts are related, and fall under the same category. Or maybe one of [...]