Archive for September, 2009

Create free blogs

So I was just looking at my Google Analytics report on the keywords that drive the most traffic to this site. It’s a tie for first place: “create free blog” and “create free blogs”. Looking back in my archives, I realize that I haven’t blogged about creating a blog since I wrote How do you [...]

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Web 2.0 explained

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Do you remember the first time you heard “Web 2.0″ and thought to yourself…wait, the internet is going to have a new version? The reality is, well…sorta. The term was coined a decade ago and the web has shifted from static, force-fed websites to vibrant, user-centric communities. Pre-2000, what did we have? Websites with embarrassing [...]

eHow: Earnings and traffic results after two weeks

So this is my second update to my eHow experiment. First, let’s take a quick look at the results after week two. Articles written: 9 People recommended me: 12 Friends: 93 Total article views: 219 Highest views for one article: 54 Lowest views for one article: 5 (just posted two days ago) Total article earnings: [...]

Just say no to duplicate content

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What if a blogger takes his own content on a particular page and recreates that content on another page on his site? Would that increase rankings since there would be two listings for that content on that site?  Or what if that very same blogger takes the same content again and re-purposes it for another [...]

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Who is John Chow?

John Chow dot Com

Have you ever wondered what you would do if you earned $500,000 a year from home? That’s about how much John Chow is currently bringing in and he’s only working about two hours a day! Although John Chow isn’t the most successful blogger in the world, John Chow dot Com has only been around for [...]

eHow: Earnings and traffic results after first week

Last week, I started a little experiment on eHow. I know it’s only been seven days but let’s take a look at the results. Articles written: 8 People recommended me: 11 Friends: 95 Total article views: 68 Highest views for one article: 28 Lowest views for one article: 0 (just posted yesterday) Total article earnings: [...]

What is Digg and why is it important to bloggers?

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Have you ever been spammed by your friends to read their blog and “digg it”? You may have noticed that there are several icons on the bottom of each of my posts. One of them is a Digg button, which provides visitors with an opportunity to give the post a “thumbs up”. I personally … [...]

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