Developing content

Blog content quality control

Back to back guest authors! Today we have a post from a gentleman from Down Under… Blog content is the basic defining element in terms of a blog’s viability. Lack of new content means death. Lack of good content is another killer. Lack of effective content or well-written SEO content has become a serious problem [...]

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Top 5 myths of blogging for money

If only blogging for money was this easy.

How many of you started a blog thinking it’s an easy way to make money and do almost nothing? So you start your blog and it didn’t take long for you to realize that doing almost nothing will get you nothing to show for it. So you try to do just a little bit … [...]

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Alexa rank: What you need to know as a new blogger

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So you finally created your blog and spent hours setting it up and adding content. How can you tell how well you’re doing compared to the rest of the web? There are a handful of ways that are industry accepted, one of them being Alexa. If you haven’t met her yet, oh you will; what [...]

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Anchor text is important for SEO

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Ah, anchor text…so important yet so misunderstood. Anchor text is simply another phrase for the label text for your link. Unknown to many bloggers, these words actually have an affect on how search engines perceive the link’s value. In fact, it’s well-known in SEO expert circles that anchor text is the top one or two [...]

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Six tips For blogging with a purpose

Last month, we featured an article from a new guest author, Nittin Aggarwal. Here he is again with some blogging tips! What do you think about when you start writing your next post? Before you even start, know why you’re doing it, so you can stand out from the crowd. Why do you write? Do [...]

Blog about your niche

The answer to the blog topic question is easier than you think

I haven’t blogged about blog topics in a while but niche blogging has been burning in my head for the last few weeks. There’s a common thought that new bloggers should do some Google research to find the best niches. Basically, do some keyword searches to see what categories are “light” and then go develop [...]

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Why having a blog is like having a girlfriend

Who hasn

Let me begin by stating that I’m not sexist. I just don’t know what it’s like to have a boyfriend (not that there’s anything wrong with that). Secondly, as some of you already know, I’m married so I haven’t had a “girlfriend” in what seems like eternity. I am a one-woman kind of guy. Luckily, [...]

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