Posts Tagged community

Gravatar: Why I want you to have one – and it’s not what you think

First, if you don’t have a gravatar already, please go to gravatar.com and get one. It takes all of five minutes. Now, let’s move on. How many comments are left on your site daily that don’t have a gravatar? I would say that no matter who you are, somewhere around 30-60% is pretty common. … [...]

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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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Lessons from a 100 comment article

If you take a look at a lot of my articles, especially those that I published late 2009, you’ll find a bunch with close to the 100 comment stratosphere. However, it wasn’t until this week that the barrier was broken. My 10 FREE killer themes of 2009 is actually at 102 comments as of this [...]

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Comments are still going strong — thanks everyone!

Are you happy with the number of comments on your blog? Seriously, even if you are completely satisfied, you wouldn’t turn down more, right? Comments are the lifeblood of any blog and I say that for several reasons. The two biggest in my opinion are: Comments give instant credibility to the blogger. Even if the [...]

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Facebook fan page vs. Facebook group: when to use which?

Obviously everyone knows who Facebook is by now. Gaining about half a million new users a day is no small feat. So how can we leverage FB to our advantage? One of my responsibilities for a company that I consult for includes creating a social media plan. Part of building that plan consists of me [...]

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The MMO ebook of all MMO ebooks

With so many blog “experts” out there, how can you tell the difference between really useful information and dated, irrelevant hype? There are some of us who have been blogging or running our own sites for years and the best endorsement is what other bloggers have to say about our sites, our … Related Posts [...]

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How to check Do-Follow link

Long time follower, Dana from Blogging Tips Blog chimes in with a nice tip for those of us who care about link juice. As you may already aware, Do-follow link is surely important part of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) – specially for link building. Do-follow link is used by search engine as one of many [...]

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