Posted on May 18, 2008
Have you ever wanted to just be able to talk to one of the “A-List” bloggers about your blog/site and ask them to tell you how you can improve it? You have probably already tried emailing them and saying things like “how can I get more traffic to my site?” or “how come I am only getting 10-20 hits a day to my site?”. Then all you got was a short response that didn’t answer your question. Or maybe they didn’t even reply back at all. I know this because I was in this position when I first started blogging and making money online…
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Posted on February 14, 2008
By now, you should probably already have some sort of spam filter for your blog like Askimet for Wordpress. Sure, it automatically removes spam comments from your blog without having to manually mark them as spam. But that actually adds another problem: not ALL comments marked spam are spam.
Just to give a quick tip to bloggers, make sure you check your spam filters often. Not all comments marked spam is spam! Trust me, I have to recover 3-5 comments everyday that are actually meaningful comments that have quality and not spammy at all. They can just get marked as spam for any reason, whether it’s because they dropped too many links or because they have keywords in their comments that look spammy. That means that if you have Askimet for Wordpress, for example, check the “Askimet spam” page on your admin panel and look over all the comments marked spam. Don’t just delete all of them with the “delete all” button. There could/should be at least one innocent comment sitting there when it’s not suppose to. De-spam it, and both you and your reader who left that comment are happy.
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Posted on January 12, 2008
Didn’t I just tell you not to read this? Why are you still reading? Well, maybe it just proves that reverse psychology does really work. Or it could have been because of the title itself? Anyway before I get more on that, I just want to let you know that this information is not important so do not read on.
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Posted on January 05, 2008
Just face it. Your blog sucks and you know it. If any of these reasons below reflect you and your blog, then you might as well stop blogging. Oh, and if you do suck at blogging because of any of the reasons below, well, do something about it!
Your Blog Sucks When…
- You have more ads, banners, and/or widgets than you have words that you have written.
- Your blog’s color scheme hurts the eyes. Literally.
- Your last post was written 3 weeks ago.
- Your blog only has one reader everyday: yourself.
- Your blog does not offer RSS or email subscriptions.
- You blog about making money online, but you have never made a cent.
- You waste hours putting random ads everywhere instead of writing content.
- Your content is poorly written with bad grammar and spelling.
- Your blog has no visuals that appeals to the readers.
- Your blog is not usable at all.
- Your blog does not link out to any other.
- Your blog and its content is not search engine optimized.
- Your blog has no information about how to contact you (or who you even are).
- You do not have a statistic/analysis meter.
- You don’t network with other bloggers.
- Your blog is not using permalinks.
- Your blog has no focal point whatsoever.
- Your blog’s home page has no comments in any of the posts.
- You don’t do anything to promote you and your blog.
- You put no effort into blogging.
From the Readers:
Maki from Dosh Dosh says -
A blog sucks when its content is simply boring.
Jake from Jatecblog says -
Your blog sucks if you write sponsored content regularly.
Glenn A from Write for Blogs says -
Your blog hasn’t evolved/changed in the past year.
Did I miss anything? I know 20 reasons is not much, but I’ve basically summed it all up in there. Anyway, go ahead and leave your own tip in the comments below. If I like it, I might add yours to the From the Readers list above. I’ve already got one from Maki to start you off.
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Posted on December 10, 2007
To most bloggers and webmasters, stat counters are tools that count your site’s visitors, page views, and other information regarding traffic. But there really is something more to those stats than just numbers: analysis and optimization. I can be going on and on about this simple topic, but I’m going to get right to the point.
Numbers Are For Analysis and Optimization
By now, you should already have some sort of stat counter for your site. Whether it’s Google Analytics or any other site meter, you know that the main reason for using it is to keep track of the traffic statistics for your site. But why do you think Google Analytics was called Google Analytics? Notice the word “analytics” within it? If you use Google Analytics just to see the number of visitors you get every minute/hour/day, then you are using it for the wrong reason. Yes, it is also useful when it comes to showing the traffic stats to your advertisers, but it’s really meant to be for an analysis of your site.
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Posted on December 06, 2007
While watching TV today, something occurred to me: if companies are paying millions of dollars to expose their products in commercials, then that must mean they’re making lots of money in return. That’s when this simple idea popped up in my head. What if you can do that with your blog or any type of website? I know that it already is possible and (some) bloggers already do it, but its effect is something that they haven’t really experienced.
This trick can really make you a famous blogger in no time. But there’s a catch: you will need some money to get started. This is something for bloggers and other webmasters with money that they are willing to invest. So how does it work? Simple: purchase blog reviews from top-bloggers…
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Posted on November 10, 2007
Something that most bloggers always forget are the power of trackbacks (or otherwise commonly known as pingbacks) and comments. Yes, both can help with blog traffic, but they actually do more for you than just that. In fact, commenting on other blogs and setting up a quick trackback to a URL can give you free links. With these links, you can easily boost your Technorati ranking as well as traffic. I will show you how to start increasing your links, but before that, here is a brief overview of what trackbacks and comments are.
Trackbacks
When properly used, trackbacks/pingbacks is like commenting without exactly…commenting. A trackback, by definition, is “a way to notify a website or blog when linking to one of their documents”. This gives the authors to keep track of who is linking to them as well as who is properly referencing their articles.
Comments
Ah. This is something that makes a blogger successful outside of their own blog. By commenting on other websites, a blogger is exposing themselves with the discussions they are participating plus a link that identifies you. Commenting is so easy that you can actually get more backlinks just by participating in blog discussions or stopping by to say hi. Some people don’t do this because they are either (a) lazy, or (b) don’t think that they are worth-less. But like I said, if you are looking for new ways to get free links to your site, you might want to start commenting and setting up trackbacks. Here’s how:
- Since you actually only get free links from do-follow blogs, it’s important that you make sure that the blogs don’t have the “no-follow” system for the links. I’m not trying to say that you should only comment or trackback on blogs that do-follow, but I’m only saying it for this article’s purposes. Anyway, here is a list of all (most) of the blogs that have the no-follow link disabled from their comment system: from Courtney Tuttle, the D-List.
- Post a valid, high-quality comment on any (of all) of those blogs that are on that list.
- If you notice that you have linked to any of those links in the past, go set up a trackback/pingback!
That’s it!
By constantly commenting and pinging back on many different blogs every day, you can get hundreds of free links in no time. With the time it usually takes you to get a link from another blog in one day, you can get up 20 links just by commenting on other blogs. But remember, you don’t just comment to get links; you do it to participate in their discussions. This is one simple step that will help you become a successful blogger.
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Posted on October 13, 2007
Everybody uses tools. Whether it’s for construction or for everyday use, tools help us do things much easier than it’s suppose to be. But what about for blogging ? Yes there are many types of online tools out there that can be used with blogging, but I’m thinking of something else. Something much simpler and you can use without a computer, which you have probably already figured out through this post’s title: a notepad.
I’ll make this short and quick. Think about it. What’s a notepad for? Well, to take notes and for future references right? To get right to the point, using a notepad with blogging can help you:
- brainstorm new things to write about
- keep a to-do list
- schedule important events
- jot ideas down quickly so you won’t forget it
- draw graphics (blog design, banners, etc.)
- and more
If you don’t think having a notepad (or even just a pencil and paper) can help you with blogging, think again. Bloggers like Darren from ProBlogger always keeps a notepad with him. Courtney from Courtney Tuttle says that she got 11 post ideas in one week just by sitting down with her yellow notepad. Like she said, it is the best secret to never running out of ideas.
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