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Traffic Generators 2008-10-09 19:28:33 There are quite a few decent traffic generators out there focused on, you guessed it, generating additional traffic to your blogs. Two of my favorite traffic generators are BlogExplosion and BlogMad. These two programs can generate a lot of traffic in not a lot of time. You can find a lot of great blogs in their listings and also make a lot of great contacts on their sites. Personally, I only use Read more:Generators
Blog Directories; Why? 2008-10-09 19:20:59 There are thousands of great blog directories out there on the Blogosphere and oftentimes it is difficult to figure out which will work for your blog and how they will work. Oftentimes, blog directories will place your blog into a database and allow others to search for your blog and others; utilizing keywords in order to filter through. Regardless of which blog directories you choose, you need t Read more:Directories
Free Blog Templates; Blogger 2008-10-09 19:10:18 Chances are, if you're reading this post you probably already have created a blog and are either surfing to earn credits via BlogExplosion or BlogMad or you've been plugging in keywords trying to learn about free blogging services and applications. Well, today I'd like to spend a bit of time explaining the advantages of creating a blog using Blogger
templates.Blogger templates are free and can be Read more:Free Blog
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Search Engine Optimization Simplified; Keyword Targeting 2008-10-09 18:56:12 Search EngineOptimization
(SEO) is an integral part of becoming a successful blogger. Whether you are trying to build sites in order to generate revenue, discussion or share information, increasing your visibility in the Blogosphere can be difficult especially when starting out. The best thing you can do as a Noob is to surf some blogs in the vein of one you would like to create and take some not Read more:Keyword
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Increasing My Blogs Traffic 2008-10-09 18:41:53 Increasing My Blogs
Traffic is a new blog dedicated to assisting bloggers in creating and implementing strategies to increase their blog or websites visibility and notoriety in the Blogosphere. Having been building blogs through Blogger for quite a while, I have learned some strategies that work well, others that should work well and a solid handful that are a complete waste of time.I hope to cove Read more:Increasing
BlogExplosion; Technical Issues 2008-10-31 04:57:01 If you have recently signed up with BlogExplosion you may be aware of a few technical issues that oftentimes discourage new and older members alike. Many of these issues can be quite frustrating and I suspect they may be systemic problems based upon changes in management. The problems I am addressing are the lack of response on the topic of support tickets as well as site features and accessibilit Read more:Issues
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Google PR; Requesting Reconsideration 2008-10-30 05:05:02 If you have been blogging for some time then you are familiar with Google
Page Rank and all of its levity and pitfalls. If for some reason either known or unknown to you, you may have at some point suffered a Page Rank swipe. If you have, there are a couple of different options available to you. The first couple are simple and are definitely viable options. First, you can build up your site again
LoudLaunch; Earn Some Dough 2008-10-29 05:49:01 On Sunday afternoon I mentioned some tips to protect your page rank (if it still matters to you after my post yesterday) on some advertising sites, but neglected to delve into some advertisers who love page rank and can offer you some great revenue opportunities if you can maintain your page rank. One of my favorite advertisers is LoudLaunch. Their advertising campaigns are very simple to complete Read more:Dough
Page Rank; Does It Matter Anymore, My Thoughts? 2008-10-27 05:01:01 I had mentioned yesterday that working with some advertisers can actually reduce your page rank or actually completely wipe it out. I also mentioned that page rank will likely be obsolete (in regards to advertisers rankings and revenue potential) by this time next year, but wanted to explain that in greater detail or at least my thoughts on the topic. So here are my thoughts, brace yourself; diff Read more:Page Rank
Social Spark; A Warning About Your PR 2008-10-26 05:30:00 We've been talking about ways to increase your blogs traffic as well as various platforms that can help your blog in many ways, but today I want to drop some knowledge in regards to some systems that will eliminate your page ranking and cached pages with Google. I'm not going to get into the ins and outs of SEO in regards to Google Page Rank in this post, but I am going to explain how one revenue Read more:Social
BlogMad; Credit Allocation 2008-10-25 05:57:01 Yesterday we discussed how the BlogRank and VarbRank features work as well as the benefits they will provide any BlogMad user in regards to traffic. At this pint you should be well aware of both of these tools as well as have your BlogRank raised a couple of notches, your VarbRank Image or Text installed and have about 200 credits available for allocation.If you haven't achieved the aforementioned
BlogMad; Understanding BlogRank and VarbRank and Their Effect on Traffic 2008-10-24 05:43:00 Alright, credit allocation via BlogMad's new system is quite elaborate, so I'm going to cover it at length over a couple of posts. Knowing the vast majority of folks who join BlogMad are somewhat confused, intimidated or just perplexed in regards to the new credit allocation system, I hope that this blog post will alleviate those concerns and provide a saner blogging experience for users. Before Read more:Understanding
BlogMad; Get Some Referrals 2008-10-23 05:27:01 Recently, I've been getting a few questions from folks at my blogs as well as over at the BlogMad shout box and wanted to touch on referral banners and where you can find them in your BlogMad UCP (User control panel). If you are a BlogMad member and are unfamiliar with the referral banner and would like to offer referrals and earn a whole mess of free credits (guaranteed traffic for your site) k
Embed Images; Make Readers Scroll 2008-10-22 05:01:00 When you are utilizing traffic generating tools like auto surfs and such, it is important to embed interesting and related images in regards to your posts. If you have great content and interesting images then your viewers might even turn into readers. We all know that oftentimes people who use auto surfs very rarely hang around longer than the required 25-30 seconds, but if you can catch their ey Read more:Images
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Skype; Keep In Touch 2008-10-21 05:34:01 When attempting to increase your blog traffic, it is important to utilize every tool in your arsenal. Oftentimes, social networking can really work in you and your blogs benefit and Skype
can be integrated into these networks to add a personal touch. If you haven't heard of Skype, check out their website and learn a bit more. Basically, the system breaks down like this. Skype is a completely free
Revenue; Friend or Foe 2008-10-20 05:08:00 We've been talking about traffic generation for quite some time now, but we haven't talked about your motives for generating extra traffic. Different people have different goals blogging, but everyone wants traffic. Whether you are looking for comments, higher page rank or are looking to earn some extra income by posting advertising campaigns for various companies, it is important to understand wh Read more:Revenue
Gather; Drive Smarter Traffic 2008-10-19 06:43:01 We've been talking about driving traffic a bit recently by utilizing blog directories, I wanted to take a second to talk about a cool social networking site called Gather. Gather is a pretty cool concept and can funnel traffic to your blog if you are willing to get creative. Basically, Gather allows you to submit articles and pictures to their website in exchange for points. When you submit an art
Google Pages; Alternatives For A Doomed Service 2008-10-18 05:27:00 We are all familiar with the end of GooglePages
for new users as of August 08 as well as Googles advice suggesting that users switch over to Google Sites. Unfortunately it appears that Google Sites is more business and group oriented which means that bloggers may be out of luck. Currently, I am searching for additional options for Google Page users and I hope to have some solid alternatives. I am Read more:Alternatives
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Blog Directories; My Preferred Directories 2008-10-17 06:24:01 As I mentioned yesterday, I prefer to use a small handful of blog directories in order to promote my blog. Below is a listing of my preferred directories, but before we delve into them, I want to share a few tips in streamlining the submission process.If you haven't done so already, you will need a feed url. You can set one up via this link to FeedBurner. The process is free and takes about one mi Read more:Directories
Blog Directories; Quick Traffic and Index Pages 2008-10-16 06:58:01 There are a lot of great blog directories out there that you would be wise to join if you want to increase your visibility as well as our SEO via indexing of pages. If you are familiar with my blogs, you know that I tend to join the same 12 or 13 blog directories, but you probably don't know why. Unless I have told you, but I don't think I have because I don't remember.Anyway, if you are intereste Read more:Directories
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Site Update and Information 2008-10-13 06:40:01 Having recently created this blog in order to offer some tips and information to new bloggers or those interested in increasing blog traffic, I wanted to let you know that this blogs focus will remain solely on the topic of creating traffic and social networking for organic traffic whereas my other tech tip blog Full Nerd will continue to review free services and tech gadgets and slowly ween off s Read more:Update
Blog Catalog; Great Link Exchange Potential 2008-10-12 06:25:01 Yesterday I had mentioned a great social networking site that I use to expand my "sphere of blogger type activities" called MyBlogLog, today I introduce Blog Catalog. Blog Catalog is quite similar to MyBlogLog in almost every way, but offers a really cool feature that allows you to exchange personal messages in real time with other members and potentially create some really great blogroll and lin Read more:Exchange
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MyBlogLog; Make Great Contacts 2008-10-11 15:39:08 I've been spending a bit of time lately discussing various traffic boosting sites as well as directories, but haven't really touched on one of my favorite social networking site; MyBlogLog. MyBlogLog is a really excellent networking tool for a variety of reasons. One of the best reasons is their great widget you can place in your blogs margin so you can view members of that network who have surfed Read more:Contacts
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Blog Carnivals; Create Traffic Spikes 2008-10-10 17:13:52 If you are new to the Blogosphere then you may have never heard of the concept of Carnivals
.htm">Blog Carnivals
. Basically, a Blog Carnival is similar to a directory in almost every aspect except one; instead of submitting a website to the program you submit a single article. You might be saying, "How does submitting a single article help generate traffic to my site?" Well, it is simple. On the strength of that
Adsense; My Thoughts 2008-11-20 05:16:00 Having spoken in the past about different advertising ideas and websites, I wanted to take a moment and discuss Adsense
(my thoughts). Although I like Adsense and use it on my blogs, I find that it is a system that you really have to work to get anything in return. A lot of people get discouraged and give up on the system in a few days. If you take your time and install the correct banners and opt
Comedy Soapbox; Creative Blogging/Networking 2008-11-19 04:28:00 We've been discussing various networking tools the last couple of weeks so I wanted to take a daily post to mention one of my favorite blogging sites The ComedySoapbox
. The Comedy Soapbox is a site dedicated to comics, fans and other industry professionals who would like a platform to write creatively, drop some links as well as comment on some pretty interesting blogs. I would definitely recomm Read more:Blogging
BlogExplosion; Ride The Blog Rocket 2008-11-18 04:55:01 I wanted to take a moment this morning to discuss a really cool feature on BlogExplosion that will help you develop a readership, comments and quite a following (if you have decent content). The feature I'm talking about is called "Blog Rocket". You can find this feature under the games section of your first log in page. To use Blog Rocket all you have to do is have a registerd blog, one free cred
BlogExplosion; RoadRunner Issues 2008-11-17 12:55:10 I've been stymied again by my RoadRunner internet service. Unfortunately from time to time my service out and out refuses to open up the BlogExplosion page, which leaves me with a bit of a dilemma. Having devised an organic traffic campaign to counter this inevitability, I guess I'll be able to see how well it works over the next couple of days until I inevitably am able to open up the website aga Read more:Issues
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