Writing by Brick Marketing on Tuesday, 4 of March , 2008 at 2:26 am Leave a comment
If you write frequently or if you write for more than one blog then this lazy little blogging tip may not only save some time, it may help boost your reader numbers. The terms ‘content is king‘ and ‘avoid duplicate content’ are probably going to ring loudly after reading this blogging tip, just give it some thought before being too critical.
One of the joys of blogging is when you write that post that not spikes your traffic a little, it also gets a decent response in the comments area as well. One option you have is to try and follow up the post with a new one that builds on the previous. If you are a good writer and have plenty of material, this is fine. If you don’t, then just like in the movies, the sequel is often a disappointment.
You can however use the success of the article further down the track. This can be done on either the posts blog or on one of your other blogs. Using a second blog has several benefits. It not only increases the traffic on the second blog, it can also drive traffic back to the original article.
I am of course talking about republishing but republishing with a twist. Rather than republishing in full, you need to be able to republish a really good teaser together with an introduction and of course deep link to the original article.
This tactic introduces new readers to the article and refreshes the memory of those who have been before. If you do get that good article that can be used in this way, wait for the right moment to republish. Some of the best bloggers have the knack of grouping some of their old posts and writing a post that simply links them together.
This blogging tip can serve several purposes. It does of course provide a suggestion for a quick and easier blog when your stuck for time or inspiration. If you use this tactic then you are also going to provide your article with either deep links or good internal links - all of which are good SEO practices. What a lazy way to get more traffic.
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Writing by Brick Marketing on Friday, 22 of February , 2008 at 7:11 am Leave a comment
Content theft is now rife within the blogging community and this blogging tip will help you combat some of the content thieves. One of the most irksome trends now is to find a blog that is ‘parked’, filled either with every post that you have written or filled with a variety of posts, some of which are yours and others you recognize from fellow bloggers. Not only that, these ‘parked domains’ are optimized to the hilt with income earning ads, generally but not limited to, Adsense.
How do you combat this type of activity? Once you identify a site that has ’stolen’ your content you should try to follow these blogging tips:
- If possible, notify the domain owner that the content is yours and that you want it removed.
- If the domain owner does not respond or if you cannot identify the owner then contact the domain host and advise them of the content theft - or being politically correct, breach of copyright.
- If Adsense ad units are being used then notify Google - provide them with as much detail as possible - the domain’s URL, the URL of the post with copyrighted content, your URL and contact details and the URL of your original post.
- While you are at it, request a ban from the search engines. These guys rely on getting referrals from the search engines to get their traffic.
These are quick and easy blogging tips to follow. However it is still a pain in the butt to have to go through these processes particularly if you are busy. The question is, how do you prevent them. There are a couple of blogging tips I can suggest which, whilst it may not stop them, will reduce the damage that stolen content can do. These blogging tips include:
- Adding your own details to the foot of each post - your blogs name, your blogs URL and the URL of the post (you will need to publish - determine the URL and then edit the post to add it in). Content thieves often don’t actually read all of what they take, they just step in and copy and paste. With your details in the foot of the post you will at least get a link back to your post and of course it is advertising the source. It also makes it easier when you report it to advertisers such as Google. If enabled, this link will also send a trackback when published on another site.
- Some content thieves are smart enough to remove the footer so also use links within the post that link to other posts on your own blog - it is good SEO practice anyway. Again you will at least have links back and of course some proof of the origin of the post. Again, if enabled, these links will send trackbacks when published elsewhere.
- If your content is being regularly taken, try to determine when. If you post at the same time everyday, change your routine. Post your article and then keep watching the site. You can bet if your content is being regularly taken then they are watching at the same time each day.
- This tip is a sneaky tip. If you notice that your content is being taken within 15 to 30 minutes of posting - post a dummy post. You can get cheeky and just write a dummy post that says very little except that it has been stolen from your site. Wait until it has been posted on the thief’s site then delete it from yours and post your normal article. I read one blogger who actually filled the bogus post with totally unacceptable content, waited for it to be posted and then reported them to the domain host. It doesn’t always work, and in the meantime you may get reported - interesting concept though.
My main blogging tip is to act quickly. Report them to Google. Report them to their domain host. With luck they will be closed down before they can do to much damage.
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Writing by Brick Marketing on Thursday, 7 of February , 2008 at 2:46 am Leave a comment
This may sound like a strange blogging tip, but for some blogs it may be very useful. Do you have a blog that is filled with ‘how to’ posts? Do you have a blog that has articles that are quite long? If so, then this blogging tip will be appropriate.
It is possible to publish short 55 word excerpts for each post. This forces the reader to click through to the post’s page to read the full version. This has pluses and minuses. It will either dramatically reduce the number of ‘bounce’ pages, or dramatically increase them as readers disappear before reading the post. Think carefully before using this blogging tip.
The process is fairly simple. Goto your Main Index Template and find the following text:
< ?php the_content(); ?>
Change this to:
<?php the_excerpt(__(’Continue Reading This Post’));?>
That is it. Done. This will only publish a short 55 word excerpt on the front page. The excerpt will not print any formating or images from the post. If you wish to maintain your formatting or images then the alternative is to use the “More” option in the editor window. Another word of caution, using the ‘more’ option will truncate your RSS feed at that point. If you want the complete post in your feed then you will need to install a plugin like the Full Text RSS Feed WordPress plugin.
This blogging tip will suit some blogs - for others, the full post is more appropriate. Overall, a better blog equals better blog marketing!
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Writing by Brick Marketing on Tuesday, 5 of February , 2008 at 2:54 am Leave a comment
This is a short blogging tip. At least, a tip to shorten some of the URL’s on your blog. Are there times when you need to forward one of your URL’s to someone and it gets chopped off in the email.
There are several services available that enable you to take a long URL and shorten it considerably. These are really URL forwarding services. If your URL is something like this:
http://blogmarketingjournal.com/2008/02/04/blog-marketing-using-email-surveys/ (this is yesterdays post URL).
Using the Tiny URL service as an example, this URL of 78 characters is reduced to
http://tinyurl.com/ynklvb which is only 25 characters long.
You have to agree, 25 characters is much shorter than 78. When someone clicks on this link they go to TinyURL who then redirect them to the correct URL. It all happens in a fraction of a section so the time lag is hardly noticeable. What is lost of course is your brand - your web name is not in the URL. You will also lose link benefits if using it in comments or other possible link opportunity situations.
For emails and other activities like twitter, then a tiny URL may just be the blogging tip you need. When it comes to blog marketing - not so much.
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Writing by Brick Marketing on Monday, 28 of January , 2008 at 5:59 am Leave a comment
Your old posts are a blog SEO goldmine if you know how to use them. These five tips will certainly make the most use of those old posts.
Tip 1: Whenever it is appropriate link a keyword back to an old post. This post relates to Blog SEO so I can effectively link to any of the older posts that relate to that topic. I am able to create three internal links just through this post.
Tip 2: I mentioned in a previous post that a lot of blogs waste their 404 Page Not Found error. Use the page to list your top posts.
Tip 3: Write a series of posts on related topics. This not only provides the opportunity to link each page, it has the added bonus of bringing your readers back.
Tip 4: Create static info pages that you can link to on a regular basis. Don’t forget to link to your About page when appropriate.
Tip 5: Make sure your sitemap is always up to date for search engines. Create a static site map for your visitors as well. While time consuming you can list every page which becomes another internal link.
Never underestimate the value of internal links. Whilst not as powerful as inbound links, internal links increase the value of the pages linked - a quick and easy blog SEO tactic.
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Writing by Brick Marketing on Saturday, 26 of January , 2008 at 6:51 am Leave a comment
This is an unusual blog marketing tip, but one that is probably not utilized by most bloggers. For the initiated, this may serve as a reminder, for every one else, you are probably asking - what is a 404?
You have probably come across 404’s before - it is simply a page not found error - and a very frustrating error. Think about it. You click on a link and get an error message. The page cannot be found. What have you done in this situation? Clicked refresh just in case; hit the back button; or just moved on? The majority of people just move on. If that was your page, you have just lost a visitor and every visitor is a potential customer.
How do you resolve the problem. For the big time bloggers, their 404 Page Not Found is a blessing - they use it to promote their main pages, their affiliate pages or their products. The easiest solution is to make sure that every link is unbroken and does not result in a 404. It is always good to have a backup for those times when you cannot repair the link, for example, a link that is normally unbroken is temporarily broken due to server errors.
It is very easy to redirect your Page Not Found to any page that suits. I will concentrate on WordPress, however the concepts are the same for any blogging package. Before moving on, a blogging tip for everyone - make a backup of the file you intend making any changes to.
WordPress normally has a file aptly named, 404.php. To redirect the browser to a page of your choice, open the 404.php for editing and add the following:
<?
header ("Location: http://your page url/");
?>
Replace the ‘your page url’ with the url of the page you want to have displayed. The best choice is either to redirect to your very best post or back to your home page. Even better, if you have the skills, is to have a dedicated page that advises the visitor that the page requested is not currently available, has a search option to find similar pages, at the same time promotes who you are, you current posts, products or services. This WordPress tip is very straightforward. For those using other platforms it is just a matter of finding your 404 file in your blog design and making the adjustments.
As a marketing tool, the 404 Page Not Found error should never be wasted - it is an opportunity to promote your business.
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Writing by Brick Marketing on Friday, 25 of January , 2008 at 7:13 am Leave a comment
I have not seen this WordPress tip in many places, however I think it can be a worthy blogging tip to put into practice. If you receive a lot of trackbacks on your blog you will notice that they get mixed in with the comments. First, a simple definition of a trackback.
[source] A Trackback is one of three types of Linkbacks, methods for Web authors to request notification when somebody links to one of their documents. This enables authors to keep track of who is linking to, or referring to their articles. Some weblog software programs, such as Wordpress, Movable Type and Community Server, support automatic pingbacks where all the links in a published article can be pinged when the article is published.
So essentially a trackback is one blog advising another blog that there is a link connecting them and that the link comes from a particular article. The receiving blog pings back and it is that ping back that often ends up in the comments area. You have two choices, delete the trackback or leave it inplace. Trackbacks can be valuable for linking so it is often wise to leave the trackback in. However the trackbacks dotted through your comments make it look a little untidy. Follow these steps and our comments will not only look tidy, they will look professional. Before starting - make a copy of your comments.php file, just in case you make an error.
Step one: Open for editing your comments.php file and locate the following code.
<?php foreach ($comments as $comment) : ?> immediately after this code place this:
<?php $comment_type = get_comment_type(); ?>
<?php if($comment_type == 'comment') { ?>
Step two: locate the following piece of code:
<?php endforeach; /* end for each comment */ ?> place this code on the line before:
<?php } /* End of is_comment statement */ ?>
Step three: locate this piece of code:
<?php else : // this is displayed if there are no comments so far ?> immediately before place this code:
<h3>Trackbacks</h3>
<ol>
<?php foreach ($comments as $comment) : ?>
<?php $comment_type = get_comment_type(); ?>
<?php if($comment_type != ‘comment’) { ?>
<li><?php comment_author_link() ?></li>
<?php } ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ol>
All done. Save the file and go into any post that has a mix of trackbacks and comments. This WordPress tip is easy to put into place and provides a nice neat look to your blog software.
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Writing by Brick Marketing on Monday, 21 of January , 2008 at 8:11 am Comments (2)
If you consider these four blogging tips when creating your blog and writing a post you will increase the chances of engaging your readers and consequently increase the number of return visits.
Tip One: Write with the intent of creating a viewpoint.
It doesn’t need to be controversial, however if your post leads to a viewpoint that can be argued, your readers are more likely to add their opinions. If you could also conclude by asking “what do you think?”
Tip Two: Respond to comments as quickly as possible.
When comments are left, respond to them - the sooner the better. Respond to them in such a way that it commences a dialog. People like to participate in a dialog. Be sure to treat the commentator with respect - allow them to disagree with you.
Tip Three: Provide a means to continue the dialog.
Use a plugin a that enables the commentator to either subscribe to the comments or to at least receive follow up comments on that post by email.
Tip Four: NoFollow DoFollow
Install the DoFollow plugin and advertise the fact. If readers know that their comments may gain a little PR juice they will more willing to comment.
If you use these four blogging tips, a visitor to your blog will read your article. You will have inspired them to create a response. They see that you use the DoFollow philosophy so they proceed to write a comment. They request a follow up email to any further comments. Half an hour later they receive your response to the comment, this prompts them come back again to add a bit more.
You have just turned a single visit into a repeat visit. The longer you can keep someone on your page, the longer they will be exposed to the content of that page.
BTW - How do you get your readers to leave comments?
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Writing by Brick Marketing on Wednesday, 16 of January , 2008 at 7:03 am Leave a comment
A lot is written on the topic of Blog SEO but I see very little written about the use of graphics. Your graphics are just as important as the text, in fact more so if they do not render well on the screen.
Each browsers uses a different set of rules to render the graphics to the screen. If you use FireFox, particularly some of the older versions, you may find that when hovering your mouse over an image nothing happens. Internet Explorer on the other hand will display the ALT tag text. Some users prefer to have the graphics function of the browser switched off - in other words, they do not want graphics displayed. This can make a page look rather strange unless you code the graphics correctly.
The Insert/Edit image function in WordPress has a very limited capability. When inserting an image into your content you can use the Insert/edit image function but you will need to enter the code window to clean up the graphics tags.
Optimized Graphics Tags:
<img src=”http://yourimage-url.here” alt=”name of image” title=”name of image” border=”0=none 1,2,3 etc for thickness” width=”xx%” height=”xx%” align=”left, right, center” vspace=”10″ hspace=”10″>
That is a long tag. A quick look at each component.
The IMG SRC (image source) tag tells the browser where to find the image.
The ALTÂ tag is the text that is placed on the screen if the browsers image function is switched off or if the path to the image has been broken (the image may have been deleted for example) - use keywords in this text.
The TITLE tag is the text that is displayed when the mouse hovers over the image (you can get clever and use promotional text here - for example - “click here to see more on blog SEO“) - again, use keywords in the text.
The BORDER tag sets the thickness of the border - zero for no border or you can leave the tag out altogether.
The WIDTH and HEIGHT tag allow you to render the graphic in a size other than the original. You can use sizes greater than 100% but always check how well the graphic appears. You can use just the width tag as most browsers will automatically resize the height according to the width. I find it best to use both tags.
The ALIGN tag places the graphic to the left or right of the text or centers the graphic with text top and bottom. If you are looking for a magazine affect with the text wrapping around the graphic - use the left or right attribute. (note again, not all browsers render this correctly).
The VSPACE and HSPACE are measurements in pixels that tell the browser how much ‘white’ space to place around the graphic. If you leave this tag out the text will placed hard up against the graphic.
Once you have placed the graphic, if it is a third party graphic (taken from another site) then it is always a good idea to link to the graphics source in the accompanying text.
If you follow those tips, your graphic should render well in most browsers and search engines will know where the graphic came from and its importance to the content.
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Writing by Brick Marketing on Tuesday, 15 of January , 2008 at 6:37 am Leave a comment
These blogging tips will help resolve what is, arguable, the one fear that all writers suffer - writer’s block. First, a quick definition. Writer’s block is the inability to either come up with a topic to write on, or the inability to turn an idea into an article.
Every writer has suffered from it at some time in their career. Even the great writers. Bloggers are no different particularly if you write every day. If you ever find yourself struck with the dreaded writers block, come back to these blogging tips and see if they help.
Tip 1: Stop writing, forget about writing, surf your blog network. Read not for inspiration, but for knowledge and enjoyment. If along the way ideas start to form, write them down immediately. I find it useful to have notepad open in the background where I can put thoughts, copy and paste URL’s and even copy and paste text that I think would be useful.
Tip 2: Walk away -totally away. Go and do something else. Go for a walk, mow the lawn, anything but writing. If possible do something that involves solitude. Walking or jogging is ideal. A great tool here is a mini voice recorder. Some of the latest MP3’s have this function. Any great thoughts surface - record them.
Tip 3: Subscribe to posts by email from several of your favorite knowledgeable bloggers. When reading only delete them if they hold no interest. Those posts that are interesting and offer writing opportunities for the future -save the email. When writer’s block strikes, dig them out and start reading.
Tip 4: Write about an entirely different subject. Write a letter. Write comments on other blogs. Do some rambling writing where you just start writing and let your thoughts carry you along. Walk away and come back in half an hour to read what you have written. You will be surprised at the results.
Tip 5: This tip is a little different. Be Prepared. Sometimes the block cannot be resolved quickly so always have one or two articles pre-written that you can call on in emergency.
My biggest blogging tip of all though is - don’t let writer’s block get to you - the worst thing that can happen is that you miss today’s post.
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Writing by Brick Marketing on Monday, 14 of January , 2008 at 6:16 am Comments (1)
These WordPress tips can be used to present your blogs content using some attributes that are not present on the WordPress toolbar. To use these tips you will need to enter them through the code screen when creating your content.
You are probably familiar with the bold and italics attributes. You can also use strong or emphasized to highlight your text. Other attributes include big and small and superscript and subscript.
To get this effect use the following codes either side of the text you want to enhance.
<b> </b> for bold
<i> </i> for italics
<strong> </strong> for strong
<em> </em> for emphasized
<big> </big> for big
<small> </small> for small
<sup> </sup> for superscript
<sub> </sub> for subscript
One attribute that is a little more complicated is the horizontal rule that I have just used. It is good for breaking up topics within the one post. This code includes parameters such as ALIGNMENT - left, right and center. WIDTH - the length in pixels of the line and SIZE - the thickness in pixels. The noshade command determines whether or not the line is filled or hollow as sown below.The code for the above line is:
<hr align=”center” noshade=”0″ size=”4″ width=”400″ /> and for the line below:
<hr align=”center” size=”4″ width=”400″ /> (note the omission of the noshade)
Several points to note with this code. All the attribute parameters are inside double quotes. The tag, HR, is between the < and > - note the trailing / - this closes the tag.
A short word of warning. If you pride yourself on having 100% strict xhtml then do not use the HR tag as it is not supported. You should also check your formatting in both Internet Explorer and FireFox - there are times when what works in one will not work in the other.
For headings, use a heading tag. Note the closing tags at the end of the line - these must be used. The tags for these are <h1> </h1> through to <h6> </h6>. You will also need to take into account your themes CSS which is file of code that changes some of the attributes. The CSS for this theme has been altered to display the <h1> </h1> code in white (which does not work on a white background> so I have omitted the code from this list. Your template may well support the use of it.
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Writing by Brick Marketing on Friday, 11 of January , 2008 at 2:05 am Comments (2)
Blog SEO is not all it appears to be sometimes. I read a lot of blogs each day and subscribe to many newsletters and blog feeds. I normally scan each of them, delete what has not caught my attention and give the others a second read. One such newsletter arrived today and the following paragraph caught my attention:
“Don’t buy paid links! Paid links are bad! Don’t cloak either. Search engines don’t allow it. You’ve all heard this before right?”
It appears not. The newsletter was from WebProNews and related to an interview between the author and Jeremiah Andrick, product manager for MSN Live Webmaster Tools. It appears that each of the search engines use different methods to determine what is allowed in web and blog SEO and what is not allowed. Further in the article Andrick stated:
“Paid links are a gray area. Are they of value to the end user? Sometimes they are. Often they’re less valuable and less relevant than the organic links on a page. We reserve the right to treat them that way.”
So from this statement you can assume that MSN does not ‘can’ paid links just because they are paid links. They take each link on its merit.
Whilst the article is worth reading it also made me realize how important it is to subscribe to newsletters or blogs posts. While surfing the blog jungle learn to value the information provided on each site. If it is valuable and you can relate to it then subscribe to their daily posts. Subscribing saves time as the information is coming to you.
Blogging Tip: Subscribe to Newsletters or Blog Posts that are relevant.
The article also pointed out the need to really think hard when it comes to Blog SEO strategies. Each search engine has different methods of rating web and blog pages and so you need to optimize to suit each one.Optimizing can be a difficult task particularly when the search engines constantly change their methodology. If your web page or blog is a professional one then the dollars spent utilizing the services of an SEO consultant will not be wasted.
Blogging Tip: Use Blog SEO methods to suit the various search engines or get an expert to do it for you
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Writing by Brick Marketing on Saturday, 5 of January , 2008 at 9:43 am Leave a comment
A lot of emphasis is placed on encouraging visitors to subscribe to your RSS feed, and why not? They may not visit every day and if you can persuade them to subscribe then they will still get to see your posts. There are however many other outlets where you can market your RSS feed that may actually bring more readers to your blog. Rather than waiting for them to come you and subscribe, deliver your feed to them.
Where Do I start: The best approach is to start with the major players. Google, Yahoo and MSN are probably the top three so by targeting them you will have your RSS feed made available to the vast majority of users. Once you have targeted those three, you can look at various pinging services that will send your feed to all the top feed providers.
Blogging Tip 1: If you don’t already have accounts with the following then sign up for one. They are free and only take a couple of minutes.
Having created these accounts, follow the directions on each account to subscribe to your own RSS feed. This has two effects. First, it forces them to spider your site to collect the RSS feed. Secondly, your RSS feed is added to their database and is then made available to other users. Over a period of time encourage any friends or relatives to also subscribe. This draws further attention to your feed.
Blogging Tip 2: Once your feeds are in the databases add link buttons. Visitors to your blog are then able to add your feed to any of the services that they belong too. The more subscribers to your feed the more these services will take your feed seriously.
Blogging Tip 3: There are many pinging services such as ping-o-matic that will ping (send) your feed to a variety of feed services. A simple search will provide you with a variety of pinging services. Use them to ping your new posts on a regular basis.
Once your feed has been indexed by Google, Yahoo and MSN you will start to receive traffic targeted at the keywords used in your posts.
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Writing by Brick Marketing Staff on Wednesday, 2 of January , 2008 at 10:06 am Leave a comment
Happy New Year bloggers! The new year is here and it’s time to set some goals. Unless you’ve already done that.
According to a Harvard Business School poll, 3% of Harvard graduates write down their goals. Those 3% make twice as much money as the average of all other Harvard graduates. Why the big difference?
Goal setting is essential for business - any business. Blogging too. Goals keep you focused. When you write down your goals then you solidify them in your mind. You can go back and review them.
Goal setting is very powerful. Those who set goals and write them down usually have goals for different areas of their lives - spiritual, relationships, financial, hobbies. And I’m a big believer in goals. I’m also a big believer in blogging. Have you set your blogging goals? If not, here are a few areas of blogging that you might want to set goals for:
- Income
- Targeted traffic
- SEO performance
- Number of posts you’ll write this year
- Social bookmarking benchmarks
- Overall marketing expenditure
- Number of new customers
If you haven’t set any goals for your blog in 2008, now’s the time. Take 30 minutes to an hour and think about where you want your blog to go. What do you want it to do for your business? If you don’t set your goals you likely won’t meet them.
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Writing by Brick Marketing on Monday, 24 of December , 2007 at 10:36 pm Comments (5)
Choosing a domain name for your new blog is just one thing. There’s still the hosting, SEO, content, and design to think about. It’s important to tackle each and every issue if you are ready to start a new blog, whether corporate or personal. DailyBits’ Steven Ward wrote an interesting list of 8 Bad Decisions When Starting a Website. The items included in the list may seem basic but a lot of webmasters completely forget about them.
So here they are. I called them “8 No So Wise Decisions” because really, forgetting about them is just not so wise.
1. Free or Cheap Web Hosting. Low cost hosting will bring you to hell Frequent downtimes? Low bandwidth? Goodluck!
2. Not Buying a Domain Name. Read Why Domain Names Matter.
3. Not Getting the Right Domain Name. Review the 7 Highly Effective Domain-name Habits.
4. Designing Exclusively for Search Engines. SEO, SEO, and SEO. It’s all about optimization baby! Try to get noticed by Google.
5. Prioritizing the Look Over the Content. Content is still king. What’’s the point of having a really cool flash-based blog if your content is so-so?
6. Forgetting About the Target Market. On a niche? Stick to it.
7. Poor Navigation. Please, don’t confuse your readers with fancy navigations. It’s just pointless. Help them by pointing them to the right page easily.
8. Ineffective Keyword Targeting. As part of good optimization efforts, learn to target the right keywords.There are lots of keyword research tools out there that could help you find the more popular keywords.
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