Blogging

Free and Paid Ways To Promote Your Blog

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The amount of traffic a blog receives is a direct indication of its success. Blogs that receive hundreds or even thousands of unique visitors per day will rank in the search engines and generate more sales/leads than blogs with only a trickle of traffic -- it's just that simple. You can boost your blog's traffic by using free or paid promotional methods, which we're going to discuss further in this post. Free Blog Promotion Methods Blog commenting. Let me rephrase that, commenting on other blogs can be used to promote your own blog. Assuming the other blog allows commenters to include a...
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Heads Up: Google May Change Its Ranking Algorithm

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If your blog relies on organic, non-paid search engine traffic, you should take note of what I'm about tell you. A new report has emerged, suggesting that Google may alter is search ranking algorithm to focus on the truthfulness/accuracy of websites' content. Google currently uses a complex ranking algorithm consisting of hundreds of different signals. While the Mountain View company has yet to reveal the exact formula it uses to rank websites, some of the signals Google is believed to use include backlink quantity, backlinks quality, social shares, domain age, and brand name mentions. Webm...
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5 Ways To Improve Your Blog’s Readership

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#1) Social Media If you aren't publishing links to your new blog posts on social media, you're missing out on one of the easiest ways to attract new readers. Facebook alone boasts more than 1.3 billion monthly active users, making it an excellent source of traffic, and readers, for your blog. Whenever you publish a new blog post, try to get into the habit of immediately publishing a link to the URL on your social media accounts. #2) Syndicate Content Another simple way to improve your blog's readership is to syndicate your content. Syndication basically involves publishing either part...
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How To Make Your Blog Posts More Attractive

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Still struggling to generate any sizable readership following for your blog? When you're busy researching and writing new topics, it's easy to overlook the visual element of your posts. But the human brain is hard-wired to respond to visual stimulation, so overlooking this key fact could significantly hurt your blogging efforts. So, how can you make your blog posts more attractive? Avoid The 'Wall of Text' One of the most common mistakes new bloggers make is creating a wall of text. As the name suggests, this is a style of writing characterized by nothing more than a wall of text (hence ...
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WordPress Tip: Adjust Your RSS Settings

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WordPress is arguably the most powerful and versatile blogging platform on the planet. Along with its clean, easy-to-use interface, it features tens of thousands of "plugins" and "themes" to streamline the process of creating and managing a blog. But when you're busy setting WordPress, you might forget to adjust the RSS settings. What Is RSS? RSS, or Really Simple Syndication, is a universal XML format for displaying a website's content. Visitors can subscribe to a blog's RSS by submitting the blog's URL into their RSS reader. So instead of having to visit the blog every time a new post ...
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Top 3 Chrome Browser Add-Ons For SEO

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The right web browser add-ons can make a world of difference in your search engine optimization (SEO) efforts. Whether you are looking to rank an e-commerce website, content-driven site, blog, etc., the following three ad-ons are bound to help. SEO Quake SEO Quake is a highly versatile add-on that reveals a TON of helpful information about pages that you visit. Using the information provided by this completely free Chrome add-on, you can better identify high-value sources of backlinks. So, what kind of information does SEO Quake provide? Its developers are constantly working to make and ...
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Why Isn’t My Blog Showing Up In Google?

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It's disheartening when you spend countless hours building a new blog only to discover that Google has yet to index it. Without your blog showing up in Google's search results, few (if any) people will find it. Granted, you may receive some traffic via direct type-ins, social media, links, etc., but this tiny trickle of visitors isn't enough to create a successful blog. So, why isn't your blog showing up in Google? WordPress Settings One of the first things you should check is your blog's visibility settings. If you are using WordPress, log into your admin panel and select Settings > ...
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Beware of Free WordPress Themes

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One of the perks of using WordPress to blog is the ability to change your site's design on the fly. Creating a new web design template from scratch requires time, work, and a general understanding of coding. With WordPress, however, you can download and install a new "theme" to instantly change your site's design. However, you should think twice before using a free theme... There are around 10,000 or so WordPress themes available, some of which are free while others are premium (paid). When you're initially trying to build your blog, you may assume a free theme is the best option, as it all...
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5 Ways To Make Your Blog More Trustworthy

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Including the right trust signals on your blog will boost your traffic, and subsequently your conversions. Visitors often look for certain elements before purchasing a product or service online. If your blog fails to deliver these elements, the visitor may take their business elsewhere (to a competitor's site). So, how can you make your blog more trustworthy? Professional Web Design Your website's overall design plays a critical role in its trustworthiness. You can't expect visitors to trust your blog if it uses the default, untouched WordPress theme. Granted, building a custom web desig...
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