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Who’s afraid of outbound links?

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We all know the importance of inbound links (aka backlinks) but what about outbound links? First, let’s start with what an outbound link is. All we’re talking about here is a link that goes from your blog to another site. Yes, an external link. Oooooh…scary stuff. Let’s run through some of the common reasons why [...]

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The Ten Commandments of Blogging

1. This is your blog, you shall treat it with respect. Run the blog like a business. That means whatever time and energy you decide to dedicate to it, find a way to keep that motivation up in the long haul. It’s a lot of work with very little results in the beginning … Related [...]

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Have You Added Sub-Keywords to Your Site?

How many of you make a concerted effort to ensure that you have the right keywords in each of your articles? I’m not even referring to keyword stuffing in your content, metatags, titles, headings, and so forth. I’m talking about just using the right keywords when appropriate, using good anchor … Related Posts on Free [...]

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WordPress vs. Joomla vs. Drupal: Who wins?

About a decade ago, I worked with an interactive agency and one of the add-ons to our offerings was what we called an admin tool. We sold these left and right because there was a need for business users to update content, such as adding copy/images or introducing a new product, and they didn’t want [...]

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Backlinks are, and always will be, critically important

A backlink is a search engine optimization (SEO) term used for links that point to your site. You may have also seen them called inbound links or incoming links. Regardless of how often a search engine’s algorithm changes, backlinks are almost always an important ingredient. Why? Because backlinks are a good indicator of how popular [...]

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7 Ways To Spice Up Your Blog Content

Today we have an article from a new guest poster, Melissa Tamura, who writes about spicing up your… content. Read on and let her know what you think! 1. Add Multimedia Content Spicing up your blog content is something that every writer can do to attract more interest in their blog. One of the easiest [...]

Bring your old articles back to life

Ever withhold your greatest work because you don’t feel you have quite the audience for it yet? I mean, who really wants to post a killer article and have it sit there on a site with nearly no visitors and zero comments? Last week I published an article about choosing a blog topic that you’re [...]

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