Archive for March, 2006

3 ways to track the progress of your blog

Monday, March 20th, 2006

If you plan on working on your blog professionally, you need to keep track of your progress. Long periods of time might pass in which it seems like you've made little or no headway. If you have a way of benchmarking your results, you may find out your worries are ...

A call to blog - 3 tips on blogging for dollars

Sunday, March 19th, 2006

I heard the blog calling tonight. I spent the day combating email spam (a macho task if ever there were one), and realized I was running out of day to make my promised one blog for the day. If you can't keep a promise to yourself, who can trust you? ...

4 tips to help you think of something to blog about

Saturday, March 18th, 2006

Okay, you've decided you're a blogger. Yawn. Sorry, I thought I'd save the world some trouble and yawn for you. You're now one more Blogger in a universe of bloggers. What will make you different? The main thing that can carry the day for you is if write excellent articles, ...

5 things you can start a blog about today

Saturday, March 18th, 2006

With the dawn of the internet, anyone anywhere can share their thoughts, dreams, beliefs and hobbies with a worldwide audience. All that's needed is an internet connection and a blog. If you haven't already started one, here are a few ideas on topics what you could blog about. 1. Hobbies. There are ...

3 fantastic reasons link bait is so important

Friday, March 17th, 2006

I'm sure you've heard of the term "link bait". It describes a blogger or webmaster who writes an article with the intention of attracting links. Of course, in order to do this, they produce a high quality article or research piece which contains unique and useful information. There's a great ...

Adding a “Add to Technorati Favorites” Button to WordPress

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

To me, Technorati is just about the most important thing going for bloggers. So why not make it easy for Technorati users to quickly add you Blog to their Technorati Favorites? The easier you make it, the more likely they are to add your blog. The more people ...

Remaining consistent beyond the initial burst of enthusiasm

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

People who launch websites often do so with a flurry of activity. They have a new idea and they're excited, so they naturally tell everyone they can think of, they place the new URL in their signature files for email and forums, and they generally get the word out everywhere ...

3 great reasons the freshness factor helps websites rank

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

There's many reasons to want to keep your website fresh. One of the main ones is that a fresh website is more interesting to everyone, even web robots. And interested web robots are something you want, especially as a blogger. The reasons that freshness matter so much are not unfathomable. 1) ...

Basic search engine marketing begins

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

Since this website is about 48 hours old, we're not seeing a ton of visitors just yet. That's really no surprise. It takes awhile for the internet to take notice of any new venture. And the reasons why are obvious: the internet has seen it all before. The surfers and ...

Blog Republic welcomes it’s newest Blogger

Tuesday, March 14th, 2006

Welcome aboard to Darksat's Blog which is run by Mike Dee.  Mike has diverse interests and plans to blog on a number of subjects which should prove popular with all. We'd like to take this time to welcome Mike to the Blog Republic and thank him for joining our collaboration.  If ...