Archive for November, 2006

Pretty Major Google Update Happening

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

There's been a fairly major Google update occuring for the last few days, and it's bringing some incredible volatility to the results pages. Google is constantly updating their index, but at certain times the flux gets a lot more volatile. One of those times is right now, as ...

The Best Way To Make Money Blogging

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

If you plan on becoming a blogger, and you're looking for a relatively easy way to get up and running and making some decent money, I believe I've discovered a formula that could work for you. It will take effort, and great discipline and devotion, but the results could ...

Updating Blogs Takes A Ton Of Discipline

Monday, November 27th, 2006

There are lots of virtues that make up good bloggers, but one virtue, above others stands out as the reason so many people have succeeded at blogging. It takes consistent discipline, exercised over time to produce really good traffic at most blogs. It takes discipline to update constantly, ...

Bloggers Who Do Too Many Reviews Will Lose Their Credibility

Saturday, November 25th, 2006

Paid blog review services are springing up left and right. Why? One reason only, it's a surreptitious way for some to purchase a text link on your blog. It's a way to hide the fact that you're actually selling a text link. Instead, you can disguise ...

California Court Rules Bloggers Can’t Be Sued Because Of Comments

Tuesday, November 21st, 2006

In what has to be considered to be good news for bloggers and forums owners, a California court has decided that allowing defamation lawsuits agains blog and forum owners when the comments were made by third parties would be just plain wrong: "Subjecting Internet service providers and users to defamation liability ...

7 Fast Ways To Build Blog Traffic

Monday, November 20th, 2006

Let's talk about getting some blog traffic up and running fast. If that's your goal, then you need to go social. Luckily you live in times that are geared towards social blogging and towards rapid traffic development, if you follow a few simple guidelines. 1) Use all of the ...

Wordpress SEO - Eliminate Duplicate Content From Google

Sunday, November 19th, 2006

Google has been on a rampage for a long time as it relates to duplicate content. Why does this matter for Wordpress Bloggers? Because if your duplicate content problem gets bad enough, you will end up suffering in the Google search engine rankings, which are the number one ...

The Dumbest Things Are Usually The Biggest Hits

Friday, November 17th, 2006

If you want to be popular, it pays to be stupid. This is true almost anywhere you look. The dumbest things are usually the biggest hits with the most people. I found myself amazed that I saw a line of people standing in the rain at WalMart ...

Collaborating With People You’ve Never Met

Thursday, November 16th, 2006

In light of recent issues that seemed to have popped up with a popular blog network, it made me reflect on my own experiences with collaborating with others over the internet. I have found, for the most part, that very little fruit has been born from my online relationships. ...

Blogging For Dollars - Day 242

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

I am deep behind enemy lines. As I right this, it is Day 242 of earning money blogging. I've seen my share of triumphs, as well as tragedies, and I write this missive with a light heart. Are there easiers ways to make money that blogging? ...