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HTML - How long should a title be? 2008-07-08 15:23:19 Navigating through the search results of a search engine, you soon realize the importance of the title tag of an HTML document.
What is the title tag meant for? Essentially, the title tag should identify the content of the document in a fairly wide context.
Why is the title tag so important?
Search engines, especially Google, emphasize the [...]
Introductory Series: What tools does a blogger require? 2008-07-03 15:45:27 One truth that is evident in blogging is that it does not require vasts amount of money. Everybody is provided with the opportunity to start their own blog.
Outline of Required Tools
Before venturing into an analysis of the tools required to get you moving right along, let us briefly list the mandatory tools required for [...]
Twitter - URL link to a gateway page 2008-06-30 16:49:02 Roaming around on Twitter
, I found a gentleman who goes under the alias of “AlanzEyes “. Initially, he appeared to be your average Twitter user, but on closer inspection I determined otherwise.
One of the greatest aspects of Twitter is that it allows users to share a URL/link to their favorite web page. It’s a [...]
Twitter without looking desperate 2008-06-22 17:32:16 I must admit that my recent use of Twitter
has moved from intrigue to complete infatuation. Nonetheless, the actions of fellow users have brought several bad habits to my attention. While I am an advocate of using Twitter to publicize your blog, there is, however, a wrong way to go about it.
A common strategy as [...]
How to get listed in Google? 2008-06-08 17:18:06 So you’ve rolled out the red carpet and are trying to wrangle visitors to your site, but you’re not helped by the fact that your site is not listed
in Google
’s search engine. What are you to do?
From experience, the key to getting your site cached is by organizing several one-way links to your newly [...]
Utilizing Twitter to leverage your blog 2008-06-05 16:20:33 A Twitter
account provides a great opportunity to leverage the number of visitors to your site.
Twitter is unique in comparison to other online social media. It’s not the site itself that is unique rather its the visitors that Twitter brings.
Unlike “other” social media which tends to bring one-time visitors, Twitter forwards those individuals who [...] Read more:Utilizing
Technorati - exchanging favorites 2008-06-01 09:49:02 Technorati has been a popular tool ever since its inception. It ranks as the 504th most popular site in the entire world [at the time of publication] according to alexa.com. There is of course no wonder, that many bloggers use the site in an attempt to garner a reputation.
A few crafty individuals have discovered [...] Read more:Technorati
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Introductory Series: What is blogging? 2008-05-30 17:50:09 Welcome to the wonderful world of blogging. Ready to jump into the deep-end, are you? Not just yet. If you’re new to the “blogosphere”, there are a few things you ought to know about…
We’ve written 4 posts on how you can start your blogging career. The content is geared towards those [...]
RSS - Promote your feed leaving comments 2008-07-25 17:21:27 Leaving comments on other blogs is a great way of promoting your own site. Did you know that you can use comments to promote your RSS feed?
The next time you leave a comment on a blog, substitute your website address with your RSS Feed address.
The ‘Feeding Frenzy’
At any given instant, there are hundreds of robots [...] Read more:Promote
BlogaPro’s Goals: Show and tell. 2008-07-23 17:50:23 After a recent post on “setting your blog’s goals“, I received numerous emails from readers asking all the same question: “What are your blog’s goals?”
Since you all appear to be more concerned with my own goals instead of your own, I figured that I would share them with you.
If you have never run your own [...] Read more:Goals
RSS Subscriber Milestone - 2 weeks & 50 subscribers 2008-07-22 17:05:41 Yup, it might only be a mere two weeks since I properly started promoting BlogaPro; nonetheless, I am proud to announce that we have been able to attract 50 RSS subscribers to the feed. Please, please, no need to laugh. In fact, I’m quite proud of my success.
I failed to initially consider my achievement, but [...] Read more:Subscriber
Setting goals. What do you want out of your blog? 2008-07-21 02:13:32 Unlike an ordinary blogger, a professional blogger’s motivation is to make money blogging. The path you take to reach your ultimate goal will differ from person to person.
What are Goals?
Before we continue, it’s important to define a goal and the types of goals. The Oxford Dictionary defines a goal as “Point marking end of race; [...] Read more:Setting
ProBlogger, the book 2008-07-18 16:49:47 I was slightly surprised when I arrived back from work this evening. Waiting for me was a parcel that had arrived earlier in the morning. It was not supposed to arrive for another couple of days.
Enough of the suspense already. The parcel contained an order of Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett’s co-authored book titled “Problogger”.
As [...]
Why doesn’t my new blog get visitors? 2008-07-16 17:08:01 So you’ve published your first blog post, but you have noticed that you aren’t getting any visitors? Think links!
In order to receive visitors to your new blog, you are going to require links, and lots of them. For blogs which have only recently been established, this proves rather difficult.
Why is it difficult to acquire visitors?
New [...]
Experiment: BlogaPro releases a Press Release 2008-07-15 17:29:32 In a previous article, I mentioned that the most effective way of quickly getting listed/cached by Google’s bot was to publish a press release through a third party.
Last night, I took the time to write an official press release. The short article was published last night (at midnight pacific-time) through prweb.com.
I decided to release the [...] Read more:Experiment
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Quickly increase the number of RSS Subscribers 2008-07-14 16:21:50 After having a quick look at Roger Johansson’s 456 Berea Street, I felt slightly despondent once my eyes gazed over towards the number of RSS subscribers to his site. Wouldn’t it be nice having 26,000 RSS readers? I presume that the number of subscribers has in fact decreased slightly because Roger has been on “parental [...] Read more:Subscribers
Getting noticed. Add video to your About page 2008-07-13 12:52:48 There are two key tips you ought to follow if you anticipate being a successful blogger.
Separate yourself (along with your blog, of course) from the rest of the pack.
Publish quality content that is unique and well-written.
Addressing recommendation number one is often difficult - it’s not always that clear on just how far you should try [...] Read more:video
Multiple Blogs and more Money 2008-08-07 17:25:55 Ever considered benefiting from running multiple blogs?
Who said that you’re limited to running a single blog? There is no reason why you cannot take advantage of multiple income streams.
If you’re the author of a single blog, you probably find that your blog isn’t exactly the latest “rage”. Running multiple blogs all within a different niche [...] Read more:Multiple
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Blogger Interview - Marcel Pohl of Duckeldanny 2008-08-04 04:56:47 Marcel Pohl is a professional blogger and author behind Duckeldanny, the site that “teaches you how to make money with your money blog.”
Although Marcel’s stint in the blogging world has been a short one, his progress has been rather remarkable. Although his blogging career spans only a couple of months, Duckeldanny is already pulling in [...] Read more:Blogger
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New BlogaPro feature - Blogger Interviews 2008-08-02 05:19:48 Compliments of inorden.org
I’ve taken the time to consider a new feature
that will be added to BlogaPro - BloggerInterviews
.
As a professional blogger, you soon learn that every individual’s path-to-success is unique - blogging experiences are unique. Another words, my own blogging experience(s) are not reflective of the next Joe standing in line.
Let’s be honest, [...]
Second most useful WP plugin - HeadSpace2 2008-08-01 17:11:43 Before we start I have to share the fact that I absolutely love the ‘plugins’ feature that is built in to the WordPress platform.
My second favorite plugin (situated behind Askimet, of course) at the moment is HeadSpace2, a plugin developed by John Godley of Urban Giraffe.
John describes his plugin as,
…a powerful all-in-one plugin to manage [...] Read more:Second
Explaining RSS to potential subscribers 2008-07-31 16:00:19 Looking to increase the number of RSS subscribers to your blog?
Have you ever considered the percentage of visitors to your blog that don’t understand the RSS (Really Simple Syndication) technology? While this figure will be dependent on the type of audience you attract, a good portion will probably lack a solid understanding of web technologies.
Now [...]
Content is King! Or is it? 2008-07-28 17:22:42 Remember sitting in English class and learning about all the ‘exceptions to the rule’? Sorry to burst your bubble, I’m here to teach you at least one more…
In the blogging world, there are “exceptions to the rule” too.
Carl Ocab, author of carlocab.com
Searching the web I came across a young, professional blogger named Carl Ocab, [...] Read more:Content
Google PR Update (July) - On the ground running 2008-07-26 18:31:05 As most of you are aware, Google
has begun its much anticipated PageRank (PR) update, an update that occurs quarterly.
Considering that I have only been promoting the site actively for around 3 weeks, I haven’t exactly been too anxious over the PR update commencing.
It appears that the press release that I published a couple of [...] Read more:Update
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BlogaPro announces Wiki 2008-08-25 17:17:36 BlogaPro has officially announced the launch of its latest wiki - the Make-Money-Blogging Wiki
. The new wiki is the first information source of its kind.
Open for public editing, the wiki will exclusively feature sites which teach individuals how to make money blogging.
The wiki, sponsored by BlogaPro, has been developed in hopes of acting as an [...]
Launch of new wiki, make money blogging 2008-08-21 17:59:54 In the never-ending quest to drive more traffic to my blog, I’ve recently been studying the effects that wikis (such as Wikipedia) can have in promoting blogs.
In a previous article, we have that wikis offer a great source of search engine promotion.
Unfortunately, main-stream adoption of wikis is yet to catch on. Sure Wikipedia is [...] Read more:Launch
BlogaPro incorporates it’s first Advertisement 2008-08-19 17:54:34 It might have only been a mere 3 months since BlogaPro started pushing out content on a consistent basis; nonetheless, this once small-site has emerged from underneath the growth rearing its head as something potentially more powerful.
As has been mentioned on a previous post, the RSS feed has now comfortably surpassed the 50 RSS subscribers [...]
Wiki Blog Directory - Free Links! 2008-08-17 18:30:29 Recently, I’ve been trying to build a collection of respected links to my blog. Unfortunately, it is easier said than done.
My few attempts to initiate a few link exchanges have proven futile at best. Sometimes I feel like I’m trying to force-feed a baby - it’s just not happening. I shouldn’t feel too disheartened. After [...] Read more:Wiki
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FeedBurner goes Insane 2008-08-15 15:57:02 Upon logging into FeedBurner
, I was slightly surprised after I noticed that the number of RSS subscribers to BlogaPro had suddenly decreased by a whopping 50%. After all, my latest article discussing press release results has been the most popular thus far (according to Google Analytics).
After finding similar results for another corporate blog that I [...]
BlogaPro press release - results 2008-08-13 17:14:37 Although BlogaPro has only been running since early June, its progress has been quite remarkable. I would take all the recognition, but I didn’t do anything too amazing. My secret? Press releases.
After discussing my secret on how to get listed in Google, I decided to conduct an experiment. My goal was to deduce the amount [...] Read more:results
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