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The Top 3 Mistakes That Can Ruin Your Website's Search Engine Rankings- and How to Fix Them!

2011-06-10T06:38:00.002-07:00

Getting your website up and running is hard enough. After spending hours getting the HTML code just right and trying to make sure that you provide a great user experience, the last thing you want to do is change everything around in order to get your site ranked higher on the search engines. Follow these tips from the beginning and you'll see the benefits.

1) Not changing the title tag from page to page. A lot of people realize the importance of the title tag. But few sites change the title tag from page to page. If you have a large site with a lot of different pages targeting different keywords, then change the title tag to reflect the keywords of the particular page. Keeping the title tag the same throughout the site may optimize the site as a whole, but you are limiting the amount of search terms that you can use. The shorter the title the better, you don't want to get caught stuffing the title tag with too many terms. Just change it from page to page.

2) Not using a H1 tag. Use a H1 tag. Really. No, it's no 1996, but search engine bots love the H1 tag. They view it as "hey, this is so important, it's in the H1 tag." Everybody got carried away with putting neat graphics and flash on their site and have neglected this tag. In fact a lot of sites use a graphical banner where their H1 should be. While these certainly look good, search engine bots can't read graphics, they are just bots. Use the H1 tag and use your keywords in it. It will help the visiting Search Engine bot determine what your site or page is about.

3) Using "Home" as a link text. Everyone uses "home" as the text to link back to their index page. However, this might not be the best choice. After all, it is a link. We all know how important links are in search engine rankings. When you use the word "home", the search engine bot will chalk up another point to "home" for your site. Why not use a keyword as this text? If your site is about hubcaps...why not use "hubcaps" for the link text? This will help you in that it a)adds a link within your site using "hubcaps" and b) help the search engine bot figure out a little better what your site has to offer.

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10 Basic Rules for Where to Place Your Keywords

2011-06-10T06:38:00.000-07:00

First of all, Google and most other search engines do NOT look at the META keyword tag. Many people say not to bother with it, but I use the META keyword tag and I place my keyword phrases in it. Here's why. I use this tag to help me remember what keyword phrases I am optimizing the page for. You'll find this to be a big help later when you have a lot of pages and have forgotten what keyword phrases you were trying to optimize the page for in the first place.

For the META description tag, keep your most important keyword phrase near the beginning of the sentence and make this tag a full sentence.

Do NOT use bold or italic keyword phrases in the first sentence on the page, but DO use your most important keyword phrase in the first sentence, but not the first word.

By all means, use your keyword phrases in your headings, (H1, H2 and H3).

Start putting keyword phrases in bold in the second paragraph.

Put your keywords or keyword phrases in italics a few times AFTER the first usage of the keyword. Never let the first usage of your keyword phrases be in Italics.

Use keywords in ALT tags.

It's very important to get other sites to use your most important keyword phase for your page in any inbound links. Of course, you are not in control of how other sites link to you, but work hard to get them to use your keyword phrase. Most sites will link to your home page, so give them the most important keyword phrase you are optimizing your home page for.

When you are linking from any page back to your home page, use your most important keyword phrase in the link. When your home page is linking to any other page, use the keyword phrase in that link that the other page is being optimized for.

Don't plan on getting much (if any) help by putting keywords or keyword phrases in your left Nav panel. Google likes keywords in full sentences. Putting the sentence in a paragraph is even better. By the way, a sentence according to Google is three or more words starting with a capital letter and ending with a period or other punctuation. Stop words such as:

"I," "a," "the," and "of" do NOT count as one of your three words.

Follow these rules and your Web site will make a big jump in its relevancy for your keyword phrases. Following these rules will NOT boost your PageRank.

To be #1 or even in the top 10 on the search engines your relevance for a given keyword phrase is much more important than your PageRank.

For example, you could have a PageRank of 10 and still not show up in the top 100 sites when someone is searching for "peanut butter sandwiches" unless of course, your page is optimized for (and has a high relevance for) the phrase "peanut butter sandwiches."

One final point: Use your keyword phrase in an H1, H2 or H3 headline followed by a keyword-rich paragraph and then repeat this with another H1, H2 or H3 headline and another keyword-rich paragraph. And of course repeat this again.

Use this format in addition following the 10 rules above and you will have a page with a high relevance for your keyword phrases.

Don't try to optimize a page for more that two or three keyword phrases and always optimize for keyword phrases and NOT keywords. After all, the keyword is included within the keyword phrase. Most people don't search for just one word any more anyway.

I have seen pages rank #1 with keyword densities form 1% to 20%, but I usually try to have a keyword phrase density of between 2% to 6%. Sometimes I go up to 10%.

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How To Avoid The 3 Biggest Title Tag Mistakes With Search Engines

2011-06-10T06:36:00.002-07:00

Your title tag is the most important 3 to 12 words on your Web page. It accounts for up to 80% of your rankings on search engines.

Here's why:

Search Engines look for "searched for" words first in title tags.

The title tag is one of the main places search engines look to get a description of your site when posting the results of a keyword search.

Most people destroy any chance of success by making one or more of the following 3 mistakes in their title tags.

Before we start let's describe what a TITLE TAG is and where it goes.
Your TITLE TAG goes at the top of the page right after your HEAD TAG. Use HTML code and do it exactly as shown below:

<title>Your title with a description using important Keyword Phrases</title>

Now let's get started.

Mistake #1. If your keywords or keyword phrases are not in your title tag, your Web page will NOT be found anywhere near the top of the search engines when these keywords and keyword phrases are search for.

Your keyword phrases absolutely MUST be in your title tag.

Mistake #2. Trying to put too many words and phrases in the title tag. Your title tag must be less than about 80 characters (including spaces) for Google and most other search engines. That's why you can't optimize a page for more than three to five keywords or keyword phrases. Two or three are better.

Mistake #3. I think this is the most repeated mistake of all and it is so easy to avoid. Be sure to START your title tag with a keyword or keyword phrase. And even more important . . . start your title tag with your most important keyword phrase.

Here are some other important notes about title tags.
Don't repeat words over and over in your title tag. You can use some words two times such as "golf clubs" and "golf shoes," but don't over do it.

Have a different title tag for each page of your Web site.

Don't put your company name in your title tag.

Killer Title Tags are your key to high rankings on search engines
Most people spend days or weeks on their Web site pages and then spend less than five minutes (some people have admitted to spending less than one minute) writing their title tags.

Remember: Your title tag is responsible for 80% of your success for high ranking on the search engines. AND it is responsible for getting traffic after you get the high ranking (because it is likely to be used for the description of your site when search engines list your page in the results for a keyword search.)

In summary: The time you spend designing and writing your title tags will be well rewarded.

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5 Simple Steps to Great Search Engine Rankings

2011-06-10T06:36:00.000-07:00

Having your website rank well in the major search engines is crucial to a successful Internet business. However, the information on doing so, which abounds on the Internet, can be perceived as complex and contradictive. Many website owners end up overwhelmed by all the data and simply quit and move on to other areas of promotion. By following the handful of steps presented in this article you will be well on your way to solid rankings.

Primer

Each webpage is its own unit, which has its own title and theme. A theme is most commonly referred to as keywords or a keyword phrase. The theme should be based on the most dominant data for that webpage. Therefore, if you have a webpage that lists ten types of coffee cups, “coffee cups” would be the likely choice for the theme. However, if the theme is too general then you should work to compact it as there will be far too many results in the search engine to contend with. Perhaps your webpage lists ten types of coffee cups which all have American symbols on them. Two of the various possible themes would then be “American coffee cups” and “patriotic coffee cups”.

To determine if a theme might be too broad, search for the theme at a popular search engine and see how many results come up. It is typical to see up to a few million results for any theme. However, one hundred million results would be extremely high and a different theme should be chosen.

Step One:

The title of your webpage means a lot.
A website should never have a loose and thoughtless title. The title should be clear, compact, and related directly to the main theme of the webpage. Let us look at three title examples for a webpage that sells different types of red coffee cups.

Bad Title: Welcome to Joe’s!
Better Title: Joe’s red coffee cups.
Best Title: Red coffee cups.

Notice how we trimmed the title down to simply the main theme. In the bad example, the title does nothing to describe the products offered on the webpage and therefore will end up hurting the search engine rankings for this webpage.

Step Two: Use the H1 tag.

On the top of your webpage put the main theme in a H1 tag. This will help establish what the webpage is about and Google will take the data enclosed in the H1 tag more seriously which helps boost the overall theme in its ranking algorithm. This should be at the very top of the webpage if possible and include only the main theme. Using our title example above, you would insert the following on top of the webpage: Red coffee cups

Step Three: Utilize the written word properly.

The main keyword phrase (theme) must be printed on your webpage multiple times. It must appear natural in the flow of writing and not just thrown on the webpage somewhere a few times. After massaging your keyword phrase into the copy, bold one instance, underline one instance, and italicize one instance.

Again, basing this example from the one above:

Bold One Instance: My name is Joe and I sell red coffee cups.
Italicize One Instance: Our red coffee cups ship directly to your front door.
Underline One Instance: Order today and receive free shipping on all red coffee cups!

By doing this you will help enforce the theme of the webpage and achieve better search rankings.

Step Four: Establish incoming links.

Before going any further, I recommend you visit google.com and install the Google toolbar. This will allow you to see what is called PR (page rank). Knowing a website’s PR is extremely helpful, and basically mandatory, for this step. It is more important to have links today than ever. To rank high in the search engines, you must have people linking to you. Failure to acquire incoming links results in low or non-existing rankings. Here are some techniques to build up incoming links:

Submit your website to directories. Once listed, directories, such as the ODP (dmoz.org) and business.com, will increase your incoming links. When viewing a directory, check to see if they have PR. The higher the number the better.
Purchase text links. Many websites today sell text links at varied rates. Purchasing a text link can help you gain traffic and will increase your incoming links. Text links must be purchased or placed only on websites that have either the same or related theme as yours. If your website is all about coffee—a link from a website about oil changes is not going to help you much—and could actually harm your website rankings in the future.
Link Research. Find out who is linking to top ranked websites under your keyword phrase (theme) and try to get listed on them. The idea here is to not reinvent the wheel, rather do what already works. To find out who is linking to top websites, visit Google and type the following text in the search box: “link:site.com”—where site.com is the website URL.

Step Five: Work to ensure anchor text from incoming links contains your main theme.

When other websites link to you, try to get them to use the keyword phrase for the webpage they are linking to as the anchor text. This is not always possible and that is ok. You simply want to try and get as many links on target as possible. Not all links need to go to your homepage because having incoming links to a webpage within the website is beneficial also.

Conclusion

It is possible, I believe, to go certifiably insane trying to deal with the all the information out there on search engine positioning. Everyday the game changes as search engines alter the way they rank listings. Can you do more to improve your rankings? Yes, but I have listed the more powerful items. Following the above, especially the link steps, will help you build a solid foundation that will withstand the changes—and keep you out of trouble.

Getting listed in the search engines and some directories takes time. Changes and new listings can take weeks to a few months to appear. The best way to get your website in a search engine is to let the search engine find you. Do not waste your valuable time trying to submit to search engines or paying someone to do so. By gaining incoming links, the search engines will find your website and rank it accordingly.

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Twelve Steps to Higher Search Engine Placement

2011-06-10T06:35:00.000-07:00

Recent studies suggest that more than 80% of new visitors to any web site get there as a result of a search engine query. If this study is to believed, it certainly suggests that working to get high rankings in the search engines might be the most effective thing you can do to bring traffic to your site.

The following 12 design tips will help you get started in optimizing your site's search engine placement.

1. Design for Specific Search Engines - there are hundreds of different search engines, but for best results you should design your site to take full advantage of the search criteria of the big three - Yahoo, Google and MSN. If you can get high rankings in these three, you won't need to worry about the other search engines. Knowing how these search engines rank sites (as well as why they will penalize a site) is important. The rules change often, but the tips below are the most current.

2. Know your target audience. Before you apply any of the tips below, do some research and find out what are the most likely key words and phrases your target audience will be searching for. In most cases, the key words or phrases won't be your site name, but will be something related to the solution to a specific problem or the answer to a specific question. Knowing the question that will be asked is half the battle.

3. Use Meta tags. By now just about everyone knows about Meta tags. These are commands you can place in the html on your web page to help the search engines categorize what your page is about. The two most important Meta Tags are 'Keyword' and 'Description'. The description Meta tag should describe what is on the particular page, and the keyword Meta tag should include the important key words from the page. Avoid using 'fluff' words and phrases as these will be ignored by the site.

Warning: If the keywords in the Meta keyword line are not found within the text on the web page, some search engines will penalize the page or simply not list it. This is done to prevent 'meta tag' spoofing.

My advice - have a different Meta description tag on every page. And be sure that keywords in the keyword tags are used on the page.

4. Optimize your Title tag. Many search engines give considerable weight to the html title tag on the page. It is the first element the search engine will scan and weight. Not including a title instantly reduces the search engine ranking your page will receive. When yo create a title tag, include keywords and write it to catch the attention of the users be scanning lengthy lists of titles in search engine results.

For higher ranking, make sure the title tag matches headline text on the page. And be sure to use a different title tag for each page on your site. (Pages with the same title tag will often be ignored.)

5. Use Keywords in page headlines. Page headlines are important - to your visitor as well as to search engines. Use short keyword phrases, including hot button words and phrases. Avoid 'fluff' and generic words.

My advice - use a strong headline on the page, and use the same headline in the title tag.

6. Use interesting text. Search engines actually count all the words on a webpage, then rank those words by frequency of use. The more often you use a word or phrase(up to a point), the higher you will rank with that word or phrase in the search engine. For that reason, be sure to include words or phrases that are likely to be searched for on your pages.

My advice - Keep your text short, on topic, and packed full of keywords. Avoid useless and meaningless words, and certain phrases that will place you in the penalty box.

7. Use the AlT tags on all images. Search engines are starting to index sites by the images found on the site. They accomplish this by looking at all the image tags on the page, and cataloging the ALT tags accompanying the image. Obviously if you don't use the ALT tag, then images on your site won't be properly cataloged. When using the alt tag, be sure to use a keyword or phrase describing the content of the image.

8. Use the Title tag on links. Search engines look at all text on the site, including the title tag on the links on your site. Most sites still don't use the link title tag, so when you do, you gain an advantage. The link title should be a short keyword or phrase.

My advice - Check out how the pages on my site have a left navigation menu filled with department names. I try to make these names keywords for my site, and the link to the departments all make use of the title tag. Doing it this way means that the search engine ranks the department names twice. Once as text, and again as a Link Title Tag.

9. Provide a Link Trail. Search engines coming to your site follow the links on the front page that lead into your site. These links should provide a 2 level trail to all pages on your site. If you don't provide a link trail, the search engines probably won't find all your pages. (And even if you do provide a 'link trail' - if you use the same title tag and Meta tags on your pages, the search engine may ignore all the pages beyond the first one.)

My advice - check out how every page on my site has a one click link trail to any department on the site. You are never more than two clicks away from any page. Plus every page has at least 30 different link trails (through the departments) making it easy for visitors as well as search engine spiders to move through the site.

10. Avoid the Penalty Box. Search engines are getting smarter every day, and they will penalize a site if it violates search engine rules. These rules include:

Keyword spoofing - using keywords not related to site content

Keyword spamming - pasting hundreds of copies of the keywords on the page just to get high ranking

Numerous doorway pages - using hundreds of index pages that do nothing but point to the site

Link Spamming - submitting links to the 500,000 link submission services

Page Redirects - not necessarily a major penalty, but can cause loss of ranking

Frames on Main Page - not necessarily a major penalty, but can cause loss of ranking

Flash Movie on Main Page - not necessarily a major penalty, but can cause loss of ranking

My advice: Keep in mind that search engines are intelligent software. When they visit a page they try to determine what the page is about, relying primarily on the titles, headlines, text, links, and images on the page. That's why it is important to focus on those elements, and avoid the ones that can put you in the penalty box.

11. Check for errors. Before you submit your page to the search engines, run the page through an html checker and a spelling checker. Search engines do check and take into consideration spelling and html errors, and will penalize a page that has too many of either.

My advice - take the time to do it right. If you get a poor ranking on a search engine it might be six weeks before the search engine comes back to re-rank you. Get it right before you submit to the search engines, and then keep it right so when the search engine returns, you will continue to get high rankings.

12. Manually submit the site. Don't be tempted to use an automatic site submission program. They don't work, and can get you penalized. Better to manually submit your site to the top search engines. Yahoo, Google, MSN.

My advice - Start with Google.com, then yahoo.com, and then MSN.com. Each has a place to register your site with their search engine.

This may seem a lot of work, but if you do it right and get high rankings, it will pay off.

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Google Love - Five Top Tips To Make Google Love Your Site

2011-06-10T06:34:00.000-07:00

1. Google love ...

Google and all its programming is not some form of enemy - unless you are a piece of web scum, that is.

Google is based on the idea that it should help people FIND WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR.

That's all.

Sit with the statement above. Meditate upon it if necessary. Use EFT.

But UNDERSTAND that a pointless site that has no unique content will NEVER get ANYWHERE with Googly or any other outfit that is using their techniques and methods.

You can buy books and ebooks until your wallet bleeds on "how to trick Google" this and that - just forget it.

Unless you have SOME THING that SOME PEOPLE will HONESTLY WANT and be grateful for when they find it, there is no hope and there is no point in reading any further.

Also, trying to fight Google or be cleverer somehow is pointless, distructive and the wrong attitude.

Learn to LOVE Google and work WITH IT.

If you have the contents, and you follow the most simplest common spider robot courtesy protocols, then it will come and it will index you.

It will be that mystical bridge between YOUR (customers, people, communities, friends) and your site.

That's what it does, that's what it is, that's it's nature and if you know that, then all is well.

You will get good results following the rest of this.

2. Dressing For Google ...

So now, let's have a DECENT website with DECENT content.

A decent website means:

- All the pages and directories have links that work properly and allow Google to slide with immense ease from one place to the other, without ever hitting an annoying dead end;

- All the pages are cleaned up so that you have the absolute MINIMUM of html instructions and nothing that doesn't need to be there, such as vast and pointless java scripts or the truly appalling "mso" instructions;

- All the pages have the right meta tags which ACCURATELY REFLECT what's on them, and including title, content, description, keywords at the very minimum;

- All your pages have proper headings and descriptions and content WHICH MATCHES your meta tags to a T;

- All your images are title and alt tagged CORRECTLY and resident on your own site.

Decent content means:

- Whatever you've got, it is USEFUL. If it is UNIQUE, so much the better, and that's not hard. All you need to is to be yourself and use your own words, even if you are affiliate - write your own reviews, put your own dog's picture on it, be unique, be YOURSELF.

- Whatever you've got, I'm sure there's some people who want to look at it, read it, do something with it. There's billions of people out there. Just make sure YOU KNOW WHO YOUR PEOPLE ARE and write to THEM.

- Decent content also means that what you've got is presented so that both Google and a human being get it what that is all about.

When your website is up and running, test, test and test again. Try every single hyperlink on your own computer, on someone else's and on all manner of different browsers.

Only when you are happy that it all works as it should, we go to Step 3.

3. Let Google SEE You

You need a minimum of 35 decent links going to your site for Google to take any notice of you and start paying attention.

Please be aware that "one link" is just that - http://www.snark.net is NOT the same as http://www.snark.net, which is not the same as http://snark.net, nor even remotely similar to any variation including [http://snark.net/index.php]

All, each and every ONE is viewed as a single separate link - when you need 35 ALL GOING TO ONE SINGLE ADDRESS to do the magic.

So now, to the "decent links" part.

A site that isn't indexed much by Google or doesn't turn up until page 1,993,990 on a Google search for its kind is WORTHLESS to you.

Find HIGH RANKED directory listings for your site and list your site THERE. This goes for any of the many variations on getting a link from another site, be it a guestbook signed or an article placed. Don't waste your time with anything that itself doesn't turn up on Google's own top ten.

Now, you've got a date with Google.

What we need to do next is to BUILD A RELATIONSHIP - prove our value and worth over time, in other words.

That's the next of our Google top tips - seniority and reliability.

4. Be THERE When Google Calls!

Make sure you've got a decent ISP with 99% uptime or better - that's of course elementary.

Don't ever take your site down for whatever reason and make any changes gradually.

Most importantly, get the best tracking software you can afford and find out who is already coming, and what they are coming for.

That's the key to long term success - to find what you're doing well and then expanding on it. For example, if one person came from Google (or any other search engine) for the term "snark", then build on that. Write more articles about snarks, what to do with them and without them, collect snark images - in other words, become the first port of call for any snark enquiry.

Build on your speciality some more with a web directory, guest articles, reviews and then we're more than 3/4 the way to a real web presence and Google responding to changes in your site near instantly, which is what we want.

5. Keep Improving ALL THE TIME.

The final success tip is to keep improving ALL THE TIME.

Pull up the html or php you wrote a year ago - I bet you can do better now.

Review your meta tags and your site copy and improve on both.

Name your pages, images and directories better. Improve the content, structure, navigation of your site.

Keep at it with directory listings and submissions - directories come and go, you need to be always there with the "state of the art".

Keep doing useful link exchanges with matching high ranked sites too and keep adding VALUE and UNIQUE CONTENT to your clean and well presented pages.

That's the most important thing of all - to keep at it with continuous improvement.

Follow these steps EXACTLY with a well named new site with decent content - and you WILL see immediate improvement in your Google rankings.

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Five Short Quick Tips on Web Page Titles

2011-06-10T06:33:00.001-07:00

Search engine spiders read and record page titles first.
Here are five tips on how you can get the search engine
spiders to read your titles and use them in their
optimization process:

1. Character count is important: Google's maximum character
count for page titles is 83. Yahoo's maximum character
count is 111.

2. Don't use filler words like: and, for, the. They are
dropped anyway by the search engines.

3. Remove redundant or unsearch worthy words or phrases, for
instance: Welcome to, this is about, or Products Page.
Anything people would not normally search on. This also
uses up the limitations on character count (mentioned in #1
above).

4. Include word plurals, for instance: sales lead and sales
leads.

5. Include various spellings or misspellings of the words,
for example, saleslead and sales lead, could be used as one
word or someone might search on them as two separate words.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/5723

6 Ways To Attract Search Engines To Your Website More Often

2011-06-10T06:32:00.001-07:00

Adding fresh, updated content to your website is the surest way to get search engines engines to spider your site more often. Search engines are known to index sites updated on a regular basis more frequently.

Updating and adding to the content on your website frequently will give you an advantage in the search results and also help you expand the number of search terms or key phrases you can get found for.

There are many tools and resources you can use to automate the process of adding fresh, updated content and creating more spider-food on your website.

Here are six ways to add fresh content to your site:

Blogs

A blog is an online diary or journal. Setting up a blog is easy and the many free blogging services make it possible for just about anyone to get started. Several blog programs allow your users to create an account and post their comments to your blog, thereby adding more fresh content for you. I use Wordpress to create my own blogs.

Newsletters or Ezines

Publishing a regular newsletter or ezine is an excellent way to add content at regular intervals and get repeat traffic to your site. Archiving your newsletters online is one way of automatically updating your pages and adding new content.

Content Management Systems

Content Management Systems (CMS) allow you or your website visitors to add, edit or delete content to your website without having to create and format the pages manually. Article exchange scripts are a type of content management system. There are many zero-cost or open-source content management systems, that are included with hosting packages and can be set up quickly. Some open-source CMS include Joomla and Drupal

Forums/Bulletin Boards

A forum or bulletin board is an excellent tool for building content and creating an online community that will bring repeat traffic. Many web hosts now provide packages that include bulletin board scripts on your server. The best part about a forum is that it allows your visitors to build your content for you. However, it does require time and energy, and some technical knowledge to moderate and maintain forums. phpBB is a popular open-source bulletin system.

Reviews/Interviews

Reviewing and publishing a write-up on new products or resources in your field is becoming a favourite technique with affiliate marketers looking to boost their commissions. It is also an excellent way to get found for the keywords related to the product you review. You can also do regular interviews of experts in your industry and put up the transcript on your site.

- RSS or Newsfeeds

RSS is the latest craze in online publishing because it allows syndication of *expert* news and content that is regularly updated at the source. Using RSS feeds you can enhance your site content without the need to write a single line on your own. Search engines love RSS feeds and are known to spider pages with such feeds more often.

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Valuable SEO Tips To Help Your Site Do Well

2011-06-09T19:02:00.001-07:00

Search Engine Optimization or as it is commonly called SEO, once upon a time used to be a magical thing that really had power to do wonders and people thought it to be something alchemical which could be performed only by some SEO gurus and nobody else and there also were some such people who didn't know if it even existed.

But today the scenario has dramatically changed. Every second webmaster knows what it is and why it is needed, even the smallest of the businesses looking forward to launch their website have the very first thing in their minds - how to get their sites optimized for greater traffic, better conversion, and equally better business. Today when the greater part of the cyber denizens are aware of this term and what it does, does that mean everyone is also aware of how it works? Do they know how to handle it well?

Well they could have surely been masterful in handling it had it been a perennial mantra; but unfortunately, it is an ever changing process with lots of new things added to it every now and then. So you need to get updated from time to time or otherwise you'll end up spending a lot of money doing something that is neither relevant nor effective. Here are some valuable SEO tips that will help your site do well in present day scenario:-

First, some people think that their entire site can be optimized altogether in one same way, which isn't true. Some times you need to work on the individual pages and follow a different approach in all these cases.

Second, Choose proper keywords and now you'd think that it's an old school thing that you had been hearing since the time when SEO just came into existence. Isn't it? Well, it is but still, it is as crucial a thing today as it were years back. Do proper keyword research before finally choosing them. But do not choose lot many of them. And if you have many of them don't try to put them in one page while optimizing them, instead put them in different pages, and optimize each of the pages individually.

Third, you need really good copy for each of the pages you are going to optimize. A really good copy means a well written copy, interesting, informative, keyword rich content which can be read and understood by the human beings and not a meaningless content unreadable for the human beings intentionally prepared to manipulate the search engines. (You try manipulating the search engines but they understand you intention and the results are exactly the opposite.)

Fourth, use the tags as they tell the search engines what your site or page is about. You need to keep them short and pithy and be sure that your Title, Description, as well as the Keyword tags should have matching keywords for better result.

Fifth, Add pictures or videos as far as possible as they provide a good chance to add the tags and site maps and help your content be easily found by the searchers. But be sure that you properly add them and they are relevant with your content. Apart from this, there shouldn't be any technical fault with the pictures or the videos you add. And when you are adding videos you'll have to think of some more things other than the technical perfection and relevancy. Some people try hosting their videos on YouTube and later embed them to their sites, there's nothing wrong with it but it doesn't work well when judged from SEO view point.

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Simple Search Engine Optimization Strategies

2011-06-09T19:01:00.001-07:00

With search engine optimization you are always sure that your website is on the way to gaining more traffic and more visitors as it will be well placed in the search engines. The purpose of placing a website highly in the engines is because when people are looking for results with the listings, they tend to go for the top results.

If a site is well optimized it will be higher up the results and this means that it will be visible much easier than other sites. As a result the site will have more visitors compared to other sites that have not tried to indulge into optimization. There are however some optimization strategies that you need to grasp if you want to be better than everyone else out there.

Always make sure that you are using the Google AdWords keyword tool to help you identify the most popular keywords in comparison and relation to your website. When you are going about the search engine optimization strategies, concentrate on certain phrases and key words and there is need to know which ones exactly are very popular among internet visitors so that you can win over these people.

The AdWords tool from Google is able to show the number of times a particular item has been searched on Google for results. This tool can help you to identify which words you should use and which part of the site these words should be for better effect.

Another among the top search engine optimization strategies is the use of phrases and words in the HTML Title tag. After you have made certain that you have identified the particular words and phrases that you will use, start to identify where exactly they will feature on your site.

The title tag is usually accorded more weight and so this is where you should put most of your effort. Also, whenever you can make sure that your URL is made up of some catchy and trending keywords. Also if possible use hyphens to separate words in your URL instead of underscores.

Avoid the issue of duplicating content. Among the search engine optimization strategies, this one ranks very highly and should always be looked as the key reason for sustenance of a site. Never publish the same articles on two different sites. If you would like to mention something that was already mentioned, the best thing to do is reference and have a link leading back to the original article without necessarily having to duplicate the same article.

These are some of the useful and important search engine optimization strategies that should help you to improve the ranking of your site with the search engines.

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Beginner's Guide to Keyword Research for SEO

2011-06-09T19:00:00.000-07:00

All good SEO starts with good keyword research. Whether you are focusing on on-page or off-page SEO, you have to know which keywords you are targeting if you want to experience any degree of success. Here's a quick guide for beginners to effective keyword research.

Buying Keywords

If you are selling products or services, it is a good idea to focus your efforts on 'buying' keywords. Keywords which incorporate 'cheap', 'offer', 'best' and other similar permutations generally mean that the searcher is looking for something to buy, making them exactly the sort of person who you want to land on your website.

This doesn't mean you should not focus on other keywords. Information keywords are also worth targeting because people will often search for information on a subject before they decide to buy. However, knowing the distinction and choosing your keywords accordingly will help you to focus your efforts more effectively.

Longtail Keywords

Longtail keywords consist of two or more words, and sometimes many more. There are fewer searches made on these than less-specific keywords, but there are some good reasons to target them in your SEO campaigns.

Longtail keywords are generally used by people who are further along the sales process. These searchers have done their general searches and have not found what they are looking for. Now they know exactly what they are looking for and they have made their search more specific as a result.

Longtail keywords are also easier to rank for because there is normally less competition. This means that you can actually bring in a large number of very high-quality leads through targeting numerous longtail keywords instead of struggling to get to the top of the rankings by targeting less-specific keywords.

Factors when Determining a Good Keyword

Before you start to target a particular keyword, you will want to find out how easy or difficult it will be to rank for. You can start by using a free tool such as the Google AdWords Tool which will tell you the amount of searches that are made on the keyword, but after this you will want to find out exactly how competitive the keyword is.

There are a number of such tools that you can use, both free and bought. These will provide you with important information on the first 10 websites which show up in a search result (the only ones which matter for SEO purposes), including:

The number of backlinks to the page
The number of backlinks to the domain
The PageRanks
The on-site optimisation for the URL, title, description and header tags

All of this information will provide you with what you need to know to determine how easy it will be to rank for a particular keyword. Alternatively, hire an SEO professional to help analyse these keywords to help you decide which ones to focus on.

Spend Time on Keyword Research

Keyword research is crucial for the success of any SEO campaign. However, it can sometimes be a difficult area to get right, and many people hire an SEO expert at this stage to ensure they are starting off on the right track.

Whether you go it alone or use the help of an expert, make sure that you take keyword research very seriously because if not you can end up wasting a lot of time and effort.

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6 Ways To Attract Search Engines To Your Website More Often

2011-06-09T06:08:00.001-07:00

Adding fresh, updated content to your website is the surest way to get search engines engines to spider your site more often. Search engines are known to index sites updated on a regular basis more frequently.

Updating and adding to the content on your website frequently will give you an advantage in the search results and also help you expand the number of search terms or key phrases you can get found for.

There are many tools and resources you can use to automate the process of adding fresh, updated content and creating more spider-food on your website.

Here are six ways to add fresh content to your site:

Blogs

A blog is an online diary or journal. Setting up a blog is easy and the many free blogging services make it possible for just about anyone to get started. Several blog programs allow your users to create an account and post their comments to your blog, thereby adding more fresh content for you. I use Wordpress to create my own blogs.

Newsletters or Ezines

Publishing a regular newsletter or ezine is an excellent way to add content at regular intervals and get repeat traffic to your site. Archiving your newsletters online is one way of automatically updating your pages and adding new content.

Content Management Systems

Content Management Systems (CMS) allow you or your website visitors to add, edit or delete content to your website without having to create and format the pages manually. Article exchange scripts are a type of content management system. There are many zero-cost or open-source content management systems, that are included with hosting packages and can be set up quickly. Some open-source CMS include Joomla and Drupal

Forums/Bulletin Boards

A forum or bulletin board is an excellent tool for building content and creating an online community that will bring repeat traffic. Many web hosts now provide packages that include bulletin board scripts on your server. The best part about a forum is that it allows your visitors to build your content for you. However, it does require time and energy, and some technical knowledge to moderate and maintain forums. phpBB is a popular open-source bulletin system.

Reviews/Interviews

Reviewing and publishing a write-up on new products or resources in your field is becoming a favourite technique with affiliate marketers looking to boost their commissions. It is also an excellent way to get found for the keywords related to the product you review. You can also do regular interviews of experts in your industry and put up the transcript on your site.

- RSS or Newsfeeds

RSS is the latest craze in online publishing because it allows syndication of *expert* news and content that is regularly updated at the source. Using RSS feeds you can enhance your site content without the need to write a single line on your own. Search engines love RSS feeds and are known to spider pages with such feeds more often.

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How To Design A Search Engine Friendly Website

2011-06-09T06:07:00.000-07:00

There are many websites that fail to target their required traffic, even if they've had some search engine optimisation work done. One of the main causes for this is simply because the website isn't search engine friendly. This is a basic essential that needs to be incorporated into the design of all websites at the outset - think of it as the foundation to establishing your search engine optimisation strategy.

This article aims to highlight the areas a web designer should think about and incorporate into their design for maximum search engine effectiveness:

1. Search Engine Friendly Pages

It is important that when you design your website you not only bear in mind what your website requirements are, but also what the requirements are for search engines. Best way to approach this is to remember that search engines don't really care about how nice or complicated your graphics or flash movies are, or how snazzy your javascript is. Instead search engines look at the code behind your page. Therefore if you want to impress a search engine, then your code needs to be nice and easy to read. Now from this I don't mean adding 'comment' tags and breaking the lines of code up with spaces, but to ensure that the elements the search engine is interested in, i.e. Title tag, Description tag, Keyword tag (these days only some search engines really use the keyword tag), Alt tag, are readable near the beginning of the code. Search Engines don't like wadding through lines and lines of javascript to get to the core areas that can help you page's ranking. Therefore careful planning and positioning of your page elements is required.

TIPS:

- If you're using table for laying out your page then make them simple and not too complex.

- Avoid using frames.

- If you need javascripts for navigation purposes, then use smaller scripts to call up the bulk of the javascript from a different file.

- Think twice on how to use graphics - make them relevant to your content and use the Alt tag for all images.

- Position the main content of the page before the images, or at least with the images nested between the text.

2. Keywords

Having good keywords is one of the most important areas to consider when designing a website/webpage.

One of the best tools for this is Wordtracker (www.wordtracker.com), which allows you to identify good competitive keywords for your pages.

In general the range of keywords associated to your pages can be very extensive therefore for good concentration and prominence of keywords it is advisable to carefully select the top 10-15 keywords. You can always export the results to Excel and try out other competitive keywords if the ones you selected initially do not produce any noticeable benefits.

TOP TIP:

Wordtracker offer a one day subscription to their service from which you can squeeze nearly 2 ? days worth of use! Here's how - Sign-up for the service on the evening of Day 1 (the service will be available almost immediately so you can start searching for your competitive keywords straight away). You will also be able to use the service for the whole of Day 2 and strangely for the whole of Day 3! Enough time to get some good keywords for a lot of pages!

3. Content

Many search engines look at the main body of the page and identify keywords and phrases that are used within the text.

TIP:

Use competitive keywords relevant to the purpose of the page within the main body of the page. Always try and ensure that the keywords are prominent within the text body, i.e. they appear near the beginning of the page, they are defined using the 'heading' tag, they are typefaced in bold, or they are used as hyperlinks.

4. Page Title

This is arguably one of the most important areas of a page and needs special attention to ensure that a good title is selected.
Similar to many other areas of designing a search engine friendly page, the Page Title should also have a good keyword which describes the page content.
To keep within the limits of many search engines the number of words for the Title shouldn't exceed nine.

5. Page Description

Another important area to work on for good ranking is the Page Description.
This is the text found under the META Description tag and is displayed to users in the search results. Again, it is a good idea to pay attention to the use of good keywords when writing the description, which should be short (not more than 20-25 words) and sells your page before the user has even opened it!

6. Graphics

We've covered the use of graphics briefly above, emphasising the importance of using an Alt tag containing the relevant keyword(s).
Although the use of images can be nice and very appealing to a website, it is also important to bear in mind that they shouldn't overpower the textual content of your page. As a general rule of thumb it is best to stick to a 70/30 ratio (70 text/30 images).

7. Site Map

A Site Map is a fantastic way for search engines to find all your juicy pages on your website. There are many free Site Map tools available on the web that'll create your site map instantly.

8. Navigation Links

Navigation links to other pages on your website should be nice and easy. There are some engines which find it difficult to navigate through to the other pages on your website if the nav bar is too complicated, e.g. complicated pop-ups, use of flash, etc. Therefore if your site does have complicated navigation then it's always a good idea to implement simple text based hyperlinks to your common pages at the bottom of every page on your website.

Following the basic suggestions above will help lay the foundation to apply further good search engine optimisation advice which will make the difference in your overall search engine ranking.

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Link Building: To Link, or Not to Link, That is the Question

2011-06-09T06:06:00.000-07:00

Lately, there have been a lot of heated discussions regarding link building. Is it ethical to create a link building campaign? Does Google or any other search engine penalize for "link farms" (a bunch of non-related links created for the SOLE purpose of increasing search engine ratings)? Is the "link building era" over?

Link Farms

Many webmasters claim that Google penalizes websites for link farms. If this is so, why are a link farm sites that have a page rank of 5 on their link farm page? Let me give you an example, go to Google.com, type in any popular keyword(s) and append the word "links" to it. For example, "ABCD Links." Notice you'll get tones of websites that are linking to unrelated sites, but still have a great PR. I do not encourage link farming in any way or form, but building valuable partnerships is something I do encourage. If you're a jewelry site and you're exchanging links with an antiques site, I think this is a great thing. It's very possible that someone searching for jewelry may have an interest in antiques. I own a few sites and the hits I receive from partially related sites are phenomenal. Most of my websites are targeted towards webmasters so I receive hits from all sorts of sites. Remember, many webmasters claim to know the truth regarding search engine algorithms, but no one knows the EXACT TRUTH except the programmers at the search engines. Webmasters may have been penalized in the past for link farms and doorway pages (pages created around certain keywords for the sole purpose of redirecting surfers to the main page), but who's to say why some HAVEN'T been penalized.

Who Should I Create Link Partnerships With?

1. Create link partnerships with sites related to your site.

2. Create link partnerships with sites that have an audience that may be interested in your products

3. Exchange homepage links with websites that fit in your genre. You'll receive a link on a page with a good ranking and you'll get quality, targeted hits.

How Do You Find Link Partners?

1. Signup with an automated links management provider that organizes your links and helps find link partners. Automated tools are the best because they help you save time. Uploading and downloading your pages for every link exchange can be a huge pain and very time consuming. Automated tools are NOT link farms because they give you complete control of who you exchange links with. If a member exchanges links with every website, he/she might be abusing the tool. If a member uses the tool responsibly, it can be very effective.

2. This is a great little exercise I would recommend to anyone.

a. Write down 20 search terms pertaining to your website

b. Go to http://www.google.com and type in a search term written in step A

c. Contact as many websites as possible listed under that search term and ask them to exchange inner page or homepage links with you. If they're NOT interested, ask whether they would be interested in selling advertising space. If your website is fairly new, you may want to ask sites for advertising prices. Free hits are the best hits but sometimes you might have to go the extra lap and pay for service. I wouldn't recommend spending over $100 / month for advertising UNLESS it's a high traffic site with your site audience. The best deals are the ones that offer $10-25 / month. There are sites out there that will sell SUPER cheap advertising, and others that charge an arm and a leg.

EVERYONE gets rejected sometime or another so keep your head up and keep moving along! The internet is comprised of Billions of websites. If you're rejected 500 times, you still have MANY business opportunities left! This is a continuous job so set aside time every week to do this. If you don't have time for this, then you don't have time to make money.

3. Hire a link building firm (this can be quite expensive but if you have money, its minimal work for you)

PageRank

Pagerank is a great tool but don't use it as your ONLY measurement for success. I can't explain everything about pagerank but a good explanation is given at http://www.google-watch.org/pagerank.html.

Conclusion

In conclusion, link building is not only for increasing link partners and search engine rankings, it's also used to create partnerships and establish profitable relationships with other webmasters. Link building is a tedious process, but one of the best for getting free (sometimes not), targeted hits from other websites.

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A SEO Checklist

2011-06-09T06:04:00.001-07:00

Search engine optimization is on every webmaster's mind these days. Achieving a favorable ranking for the right keywords can mean a steady stream of targeted traffic to your site, and all for free - that's hard to beat. The key to high search engine rankings is structuring your website correctly, including plenty of content that is relevant to your keywords, and making sure your website is spider-friendly. You can use this checklist to make sure all of your Web pages can be found, indexed and ranked correctly:

Your website is themed. Your site deals with an identifiable theme which is obvious from the text on the home page and reinforced by all the other pages on your site. In other words, all the individual Web pages relate to each other and deal with various aspects of some central theme. The text on your home page should state clearly what that theme is and what your website is about, and the other pages should reinforce that.

Your Web pages have enough high quality, relevant content. Spiders come to your website looking for content. If a page doesn't have much content, or the content doesn't appear closely related to the page's title and your website's theme, the page probably won't be indexed or if it is indexed it won't rank well. Search engines love quality content and lots of it - content is what Web searchers are looking for and search engines try to provide.

Your website's navigational structure is relatively flat. You don't want important pages to be too "deep" within your website, meaning it takes several clicks to get there from the home page. Search engines typically index the home page first, then gradually index other pages on a site over time. Many spiders are programmed to only go three layers deep - if some of your important content is buried deeper than that, it may never be found and indexed at all.

You've created a unique "Title" tag for each page. The title is one of the most important aspects of any Web page from an SEO standpoint, especially for Google (which is the most important search engine to optimize for). Don't use a generic title for all your pages, use the keywords your targeting for that page and keep it brief but descriptive.

You use the "Description" meta tag. Contains a highly descriptive sentence about the content and purpose of your page, and contains your most important keyword phrase early in the sentence. Not all of the search engines will display this "canned" description when they list the page in search results, but many of them will, so it's worth getting it right.

You use the "Keywords" meta tag. As with the meta tag description, not every search engine will use the keywords meta tag. But some will use it and none will penalize you for having it. Also, having a short list of the keywords you're targeting will help you write appropriate content for each page. The keyword tage should contain your targeted keyword phrase and common variations, common misspellings and related terms. Make sure your keywords relate closely to the page content and tie into the overall theme of your site.

Your keywords are included in the visible page content, preferably high up on the page. You have to achieve a balance here - you want to include keyword phrases (and variations) a number of times within your text, but not so many times that you appear to be guilty of "keyword stuffing". The trick is to work the keywords into the text so that it reads as naturally as possible for your site visitors. Remember, you can incorporate keywords into any Web page element that is potentially viewable by site visitors - header text, link text and titles, table captions, the "Alt" attribute of the image tag, the "title" attribute of the link tag, etc.

Every page of your website can be reached by search engine spiders. This is critical - if your pages can't be found, they can't be indexed and included in search results, let alone rank well. Search engines use spiders to explore your website and index the pages, so every page must be accessible by following text links. If pages require a password to view, are generated by a script in response to a query, or have a long and complicated URL, spiders may not be able to read them. You need to have simple text links to the pages you want indexed.

You've included a site map. Unless your site is very small, it's a good idea to create a site map with text links that you link to the site map from your home page. In addition to a link, include descriptive text for containing the relevant keywords for each page.

You link to your most important pages from other pages on your site. Internal links help determine page rank since they show which pages of your site are most important. The more links you have to have to a page, relative to other pages on your site, the more importance search engines will assign to it.

You use keywords in your link text. When you create a text link to another page on your site, use that page's targeted keywords as the text for the link (inside the anchor tags that create the link). Make it as descriptive as possible. For example, a link that says "Premium Customized Widgets" is much better than one that says simply "Product Page", and indicates to search engine spiders what that linked page is about.

Your site doesn't use frames. If possible, don't use frames on any page you want to get indexed by search engines. If you feel you simply must use frames for a page, then also make use of the "noframes" HTML tags to provide alternative text that spiders can read (and make that text descriptive rather than just a notice that "This site uses frames etc. etc.").

You don't use automatic page redirects. Don't make any pages automatically redirect the visitor to another page (the exception is a page you've deleted for good - in which case you should use a "301 redirect", a permanent redirect which is acceptable to search engines).

Your important content is in plain text and not contained in images. Search engine spiders can't "read" content in JPEG, GIF, or PNG files. If you really feel that using an image rather than text is crucial to your design, at least put the same text in the image's "Alt" tag (or in the "title" tag if you're using the image as a hyperlink).

Your important content is not contained in Flash files. Flash is a wonderful technology, but unfortunately spiders don't have the required "plugin" to view Flash files. As a result, Flash content is mostly inaccessible to search engine spiders. Some can find and follow hyperlinks within the Flash file, but unless those links lead to pages with readable HTML content this won't help you much. Don't create all-Flash pages for any content you want to get indexed - instead, put that content in the HTML portion of the page.

Links and keywords are not hidden inside JavaScript code. If your links use JavaScript to direct the user to the appropriate page (for instance, a drop-down list) or important content is contained within JavaScript code (when it's displayed dynamically using DHTML, for instance) search engine spiders won't be able to "see" it. You can, however, use the "noscript" HTML tags to provide an alternative that can be read by spiders.

You've optimized every important page of your website individually. Don't stop at your home page. Take the trouble to optimize any page which has a reasonable chance of being indexed by the major search engines, targeting appropriate keywords for each. If you face a lot of competition it may be nearly impossible to get a top ranking for your home page, but you can still get a lot of search engine traffic to your site from other pages which are focused on very specific keyword phrases.

You didn't duplicate content. Each page of your site should have unique content that distinguishes it from every other page on your site. Duplicating content or having pages that are only slightly different might be seen as "search engine spamming" (trying to manipulate search engine results).

You provide linking instructions for those who want to link to your site. Somewhere on your site state your policies about other people linking to your site and provide the wording you'd like them to use in their link. You want to encourage other people to link to your site, preferably using link text and a description that reflect the keywords for that page. For their convenience provide the ready-made HTML code for the link - not everyone will use it, but most often they will use your preferred text as a courtesy as long as it is truly descriptive of your site and doesn't contain "marketing hype".

You provide linking instructions for those who want to link to your site. Somewhere on your site state your policies about other people linking to your site and provide the wording you'd like them to use in their link. You want to encourage other people to link to your site, preferably using link text and a description that reflect the keywords for that page. For their convenience provide the ready-made HTML code for the link - not everyone will use it, but many will use your preferred text as a courtesy as long as it doesn't contain "marketing hype".

Important hyperlinks are plain text links and not image links or image maps. Text links are better from an SEO standpoint than image links, as spiders can't read text from an image file. If you feel you really must use a graphic as a link, at least include a text description which (including the relevant keywords) by using the "title" attribute of the link tag.

Your website is free of coding errors and broken links. HTML coding errors and non-working links can keep search engine spiders from correctly reading and indexing your pages. For that reason, it's a good idea to use a Web page validation utility to check your HTML code to make sure it's error-free.

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Simple SEO Tips for Improving Website Ranking

2011-06-08T23:42:00.000-07:00

Writing for a website is not exactly the type of writing that most of us learned in high school. There are some important differences to understand before beginning writing for a website. The most important to remember is that while you are writing for an actual reader, you are also writing for Google or another search engine. This is roughly what is meant by SEO, or search engine optimization. In addition to how you write for a site, how the site is created and labeled is equally important.

When content, or articles, are uploaded onto a website, Google has something called spiders, which are programs that analyze the content looking for certain words and phrases which it then uses to index the site. Ever wonder why when you search for "Labrador retrievers" that only pages with that term are returned? It is because Google has located and indexed the sites with the most references to that term.

As a writer or web developer, you want to make sure that your content is on target to the overall direction of the site. For example, if the site is all about Labrador retrievers, then an article on Jack Russell terriers won't do any good for the overall rankings of the site. And in the Google ranking game, it is all about the rankings.

SEO is not just about writing articles, it is also about organization and labeling. Photos also can be optimized to increase ranking and will please the spiders. It is a good idea, and a staple of SEO to label photos with a keyword that you have targeted. For example, an unlabeled photo is generally given a name by the computer such as DSC00034.jpg. A name like this will not help the site at all. However, taking a few seconds to rename the photo "Labrador retriever running" will show up as an instance of the keyword and will improve the ranking.

Finally, when including photos on the site, it is important to optimize them not only for keywords, but for size and quality as well. We all enjoy looking at a beautiful image in high definition, but Google's spiders do not. Photoshop, Corel, or other image editing software can help resize and optimize images so that they can help you site look beautiful, not only to the people who visit, but to the Google spiders that will analyze it.

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Your SEO Checklist, Use This to Get High Rankings

2011-06-08T23:41:00.000-07:00

Wouldn't it be great to have a blueprint that you can follow to get first page rankings in Google? I said the same thing when I was becoming overwhelmed with what to do as far as my SEO efforts go. So I set out to create a checklist of formula.

I will be outlining that formula here in this article so you can copy it and use it to get more traffic and profits for your business. I use this formula every time I start a new website. I simply complete the checklist and move on to the next project. This is online business at its finest. Your SEO Checklist

1. Keyword Research - every action online starts with a keyword. You must make sure that your targeting buyer keywords. You also don't want to target keywords that everyone is competing for. Go for the low hanging fruit. These are keywords with less competition but also less traffic. You just have to rank for a number of them to get good results.

2. Site Optimization - here you want to make sure you Title tag includes your keyword and that your META description actually describes your site well.

3. Add Unique Content - Google and other search engines simple love unique content. This adds value to their searchers. So by giving them what they want you in turn get the traffic and sales you want.

4. Add a blog - a weblog or WordPress blog does wonders to your rankings. Adding a blog to your site is very easy these days. There is a ton of information online, on how to do this.

5. Start building links - This is where the magic happens! Look for relevant sites that will allow you to leave a link back to your site. The goal is to get as many as possible.

Please keep in mind that these are your basic steps. Each step needs to be explained further. You can do your research on each step to add on to this easy checklist.

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Top Five SEO Tips to Increase Website Traffic

2011-06-08T23:39:00.000-07:00

1. Extensive Keyword Research

SEO starts with a solid keyword research and sorting. Most of the SEO professionals are impatient and always in a hurry to implement their ideas.

Well, that keeps them revising their SEO Services efforts and eventual loss of time and traffic. Keyword research for effective SEO results needs a lot of patience and intelligent calculations. Above all you should be using the best possible tools to perform keyword research for a strong search engine optimization.

For example Google Keyword Tool, Google Insight and Google Suggestions. You will get the exact number of monthly searches on Google Keyword Tool. Here is what you should do then;

a) Download them in an excel sheet.
b) Find out your kind of keywords (that match your website content and products).
c) Sort them by daily searches.

2. Original and Optimized Content

SEO based content writing is the best element on a live web page. Both, search engine crawlers and human beings love to read original and effective content filled with useful information. However; there has to be an efficient use of SEO content writing techniques as well. A smart and optimized content contains the right balance of the keywords used throughout the content. Usually it should be 5% to 6%.

a) Use two to three keywords in the whole content.
b) Start the content with the most important keyword and end it with the same keyword.

3. Web Page Optimization

Search Engine Crawler reads only the HTML of the web-page and so it must be properly optimizes to guide the crawlers to the right areas and content of the website. Put the keywords in Title, Description and Add more keywords in the keywords area. Do not forget to put H1 to H6 using the keywords. Alt Tags must be placed on the images wherever possible.

4. Article Syndication

Write articles and Press releases about your website, it's products and services. Submit the articles into as many article submission and press releases into major press releases websites. Do not forget to leave anchor texts so that readers can come to your website as well.

This practice is easy and very effective. It helps the website gets crawled by the search engines within two days which reinforces the natural ranking of the website.If you leave anchor texts for the internal pages as well then you can expect to get your website's internal pages caches (known to search engines). This boosts the website's presence even more.

5. Social Bookmarking

It is very important to be a highly actively involved into social bookmarking activities. Join all the major Social Bookmarking websites like dig, delicious etc. Bookmark your own articles and press releases over there, make friends and share your bookmarks.

Social bookmarking websites are very well optimized and are cached by search engines everyday. If your website's content, link etc is bookmarked over there then you can expect your website to get cached by Google within twenty four hours as well.

Try the above mentioned SEO ideas in your daily SEO work and experience the change in the results yourself.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/3102610

Are Search Engines Worth It Any More?

2011-06-07T08:19:00.000-07:00

The "Number One" Question - the question that I (and probably every other Internet marketing expert on the planet) am most frequently asked:

"How do I get to be Number One in the search engines for widgets? After all, my company is the world's leading provider of widgets - it's ridiculous that these other nobody companies are coming up in search engines ahead of us . . . "

My response is almost always along the lines of:

"Forget that right now, and get a life!"

OK, so I am a little more tactful than that - and I do occasionally encourage an in-depth search engine optimization strategy, but usually I'll encourage clients to spend their website promotional budget in other ways.

Here are the main reasons why I'm not generally enthusiastic about free search engines:

1. You have to be really careful in choosing keywords

Many people make the mistake of focusing on very generic keywords. Not only are these even more difficult to get top placement in, but they also won't generate you targeted traffic.

A prospect approached me recently for help with a coaching site. This site promotes teleseminars to help clients implement life changes described in various motivational books. This prospect initially said that he wanted to be "Number One" on a search for "books".

I'd suggest this would be a virtually impossible challenge for any search engine optimizer. But in addition, someone searching for "books" is probably really looking for Amazon, or Barnes & Noble, and not my client's teleclasses. He could spend a lot of money for very few qualified leads.

2. You need to speak the language of your visitors

We all talk "geekspeak" - it's often second nature to us within our industry or area of expertise. And it's easy to forget that our prospects don't always use the same terminology. One of the most difficult areas in copywriting that I see is when technology sales people are trying to describe their products to a non-technical market - the result is usually incomprehensible!

But there's also the jargon that we use as a matter of pride, or because we've lost touch with how our markets think of us.

I worked recently with an association of plastic surgeons. They had their member database on their Web site, and wanted to attract visitors there to find a local practitioner.

Their "Number One" target keyword for the search engines was "rhinoplasty". Well, I can only spell this because I just looked it up for this article - but usually you and I in the general public would never think of that - of course, we'd be searching for . . . "nose jobs"!

The surgeons didn't like this at all from an academic standpoint. But they had to concede the point when I presented evidence on most common searches from the old Overture's Search Term Suggestion Tool .

3. It's very passive marketing . . .

My most pressing argument for not spending too much time on free search engines is that it's a very passive form of marketing. You're relying on a prospective visitor waking up in the morning, and realizing that they need something that you might provide. Then, you're relying on them choosing the precise keywords that you've targeted for search engine optimization. It's a fairly hit or miss business.

When do I disagree with myself?

There are some exceptions to all this. I do believe that search engines are well worth it when you have a niche product or service with extremely unambiguous and well-defined keywords.

For example, an audience member in one of my recent programs was working on a Web site to sell some incredibly advanced yoyos. I did recommend a search engine strategy to him - after all, if someone puts in "yoyo" as a search term, they'd almost certainly be a qualified lead!

What do I do instead?

That's the subject of numerous other articles. To get you started, you can find twenty-three of my favourite techniques in my free tipsheet.

But in short, I much prefer aggressively seeking out sites where your target markets are likely to be reading, or searching for information. That way, you can proactively bring your ideas, products and services to them, in places where they are much more likely to be receptive and interested. And there are so many options for different budgets and campaign sizes, both online and offline.

So, are search engines worth it any more?

I'm not advocating ignoring search engines. And I do like the better paid models, such as Overture.

But I do suggest that you should be very clear about how much passive marketing you want to undertake, and whether the product or service that you're offering lends itself to this.

And if you do decide to optimize your site for search engines, pick the keywords that will be in the mindset of your customers . . . and be willing to settle for "Number Two" sometimes!

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/2102

If Content is King, then Surely Relevance is Queen!

2011-06-07T08:18:00.001-07:00

There has been a lot of to-ing and fro-ing in the search engine world of late and there are lots of conspiracy theories as to why these things happen.

It is easy as a webmaster to get caught up in these webs of intrigue.

You get email notes about them, you view so-called experts' thoughts on bulletin Boards - hey you probably even read things in newsletter articles!

Well I hope so anyway....

The big driver for webmasters currently appears to be content and link building.

While link building is important I don't believe it makes Queen. Maybe a Prince. Content and links DO go hand in hand but, without relevance, the Kingdom is doomed. Sorry I will stop the analogy now! :-)

If your site is about finance, then finance content is best supported by finance link exchanges. Relevance!

If your site is about finance, then finance content supported by casino link exchanges from a PR8 site while in the short term may help,...but all the signs are saying this is not a long term strategy.

Okay,so what is the best strategy?

Keep EVERYTHING relevant. It is that simple.

Make sure that you only swap or link to sites that are relevant to the content on your pages. Yes I am suggesting link exchanging on pages of your site not a links page.

Links pages seem to be being abused. There are rumours that pages called links, resources or partners are not passing page rank. You could be wasting your time building links that are not giving you any benefits!

Delivering relevant links from relevant content is the future.

Look at sites such as www.bbc.co.uk or www.independent.co.uk. News sites have the right idea. They have 2 or 3 relevant internal links to other articles on the same topic or links to internal tools that are related. These usually can be found at the right hand side of the article.

They also then have weblinks or external links to sites of interest that are related to the topic. These are relevant!

Another benefit of this is that with a content rich site you can add hundreds of links quite legitimately and really add some value both to your Rankings and your users.

With a content-poor site it is difficult, you have to add link pages or create a links directory. A five page site will need to add 10 or 12 good link pages to compete and even then with algorithm changes, this may not be prudent.

Having a site with 400 pages means you can easily add 3 links per page, so you have 1200 link options straight away.

Hopefully this explains that relevance runs a close second to content.

Always bear in mind when writing content that relevant links will not only boost your search engine rankings, but you will also add a service to your visitors.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/1295

Get Better Search Engine Rankings with RSS

2011-06-07T08:17:00.000-07:00

RSS is the latest craze in online publishing. But what exactly is RSS?

RSS or Rich Site Syndication is a file format similar to XML, and is used by publishers to make their content available to others in a format that can be universally understood.

RSS allows publishers to "syndicate" their content through the distribution of lists of hyperlinks.

It has actually been around for a while, but with the advent of spam filters and online blogging, it is fast becoming the choice of ezine publishers who want to get their message across to their subscribers.

However, not much attention has been given to the advantages RSS provides for search engine optimization.

Why Search Engines Love RSS

Many SEO experts believe that sites optimized around themes,or niches, where all pages correspond to a particular subject or set of keywords, rank better in the search engines.

For example, if your website is designed to sell tennis rackets, your entire site content would be focused around tennis and tennis rackets.

Search engines like Google seem to prefer tightly-themed pages.

But where does RSS figure in all this?

RSS feeds, usually sourced from newsfeeds or blogs, often correspond to a particular theme or niche.

By using highly targeted RSS feeds, you can enhance your site's content without having to write a single line on your own.

It's like having your own content writer - writing theme-based articles for you - for free!

How can RSS improve my Search Engine Rankings?

There are three powerful reasons why content from RSS Feeds is irresistible bait for search engine spiders.

1. RSS Feeds Provide Instant Themed Content

There are several publishers of RSS feeds that are specific to a particular theme.

Since the feed is highly targeted, it could contain several keywords that you want to rank highly for.

Adding these keywords to your pages helps Google tag your site as one with relevant content.

2. RSS Feeds Provide Fresh, Updated Content

RSS feeds from large publishers are updated at specific intervals. When the publisher adds a new article to the feed, the oldest article is dropped.

These changes are immediately effected on your pages with the RSS feed as well. So you have fresh relevant content for your visitors every hour or day.

3. RSS Feeds Result in More Frequent Spidering

One thing I never anticipated would happen as a result of adding an RSS feed to my site was that the Googlebot visited my site almost daily.
To the Googlebot, my page that had the RSS feed incorporated into it was as good as a page that was being updated daily, and in its judgement, was a page that was worth visiting daily.

What this means to you, is that you will have your site being indexed more frequently by the Googlebot and so any new pages that you add to your site will be picked up much faster than your competitors.

How does this benefit you as a marketer?

Well, for example, let's says a top Internet Marketer comes out with a new product that you review and write up a little article on, and that your competitors do the same.

Google generally tends to index pages at the start of the month and if you miss that update, you will probably need to wait till the next month to even see your entry in.

But, since your site has RSS feeds, it now gets indexed more frequently. So the chances of getting your page indexed quickly are much higher.

This gives you an advantage over the competition, as your review will show up sooner in the search results than theirs.

Imagine what an entire month's advantage could do to your affiliate sales!

Why Javascript Feeds Are Not Effective

Some sites offer javascript code that generates content sourced from RSS feeds for your site.

These are of absolutely no value in terms of search engine rankings, as the googlebot cannot read javascript and the content is not interpreted as part of your page.

What you need is code that parses the RSS feed and renders the feed as html content that's part of your page.

This is achieved using server side scripting languages like PHP or ASP.A good free ASP script is available from Kattanweb http://www.kattanweb.com/webdev/projects/index.asp?ID=7

An equally good PHP script is CARP http://www.geckotribe.com/rss/carp/

So in conclusion, besides optimizing on page and off page factors, adding RSS feeds to your pages should be an important part of your strategy to boost your search engine rankings.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/1210

Why Articles Are Not The Route To High Search Engine Rankings

2011-06-07T08:15:00.000-07:00

If you have any interest in getting high search engine rankings for your website (and who doesn't) you've probably been sold the idea that writing and publishing your own articles will do it for you.

Here's why that's not entirely true.

Imagine the following scenario...

You write an article around a keyword or keyphrase you want to rank well for.

You submit that article to all the article submission sites and directories and ezines you can find.

Your article gets published in hundreds of places.

You now have hundreds of links pointing back to your main site...

But your own site never shows up in the top ten results for that particular keyword or keyphrase.

Instead you find that there are lots of other sites carrying your article that rank better than yours.

You've completely missed out on an excellent opportunity to get high rankings for your keyword or keyphrase.

Even worse... you just handed your precious keyword-rich content on a platter to possible competitors who happened to publish your article on their website, and may have lost some of your most targeted visitors and sales to them.

So where did you go wrong?

Your mistake lay in using your precious article - the keyword-rich content you toiled for hours to write - for entirely the wrong purpose.

You failed to use the power of the medium of article publishing to give your site an unbeatable advantage over others.

Here's how to use your articles the right way to boost your search engine rankings.

1. Publish Unique Content On Your Website

When you make an article available for reprint, the article, by virtue of it being published on hundreds of other sites, now no longer qualifies as unique content.

In the eyes of search engines, those pages with higher Pagerank (and hence greater importance) than yours will now rank better than you for the keywords your article is optimized for.

Instead of making your article the main course, use it as an appetizer to direct search engines and readers to a UNIQUE, keyword-rich, well-optimized report or white paper on your website, and you'll see dramatically different results.

2. Use Your Article As Spider Bait

Think of your articles as simply the conduit that leads search engines to your website.

Publishing your articles all over the web is like leaving scraps for a puppy (a.k.a. the search engines) that follows them all the way back to the kennel (a.k.a. your website) where it can feast on the main course - your UNIQUE content.

3. Use Keyword-Rich Anchor Text In Your Resource Box

Use your main keyword or keyphrase in the anchor text of the article resource box that contains a link pointing back to your unique content.

This will create hundreds of keyword-rich links pointing back to the well-optimized report on your website, and give your pages a powerful edge over other websites.

Often this factor alone is sufficient to take your website to the top of the search results, especially with search engines like Google and MSN.

The guidelines above include few of the steps you need to take to get high rankings for the keywords of your choice.

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/983

8 Essential SEO techniques

2011-06-07T08:10:00.000-07:00

1) Title Tag - The title tag is the most powerful on-site SEO technique you have, so use it creatively! What you place in the title tag should only be one thing, the exact keyword you used for the web page that you are trying to optimize. Every single web page should have it's own title tag.

2) ALT Tags - ALT tags were meant to be for text browsers because the images didn't show in text browsers and the ATL tags would tell the visitor what it's about. You should put your main keyword(s) in the ALT tags, but don't over do it because you could get dropped in the results or even worse banned for life!

3) Link Popularity - Link popularity is the most powerful SEO tool out of all them. Most search engines don't even consider web sites if there is not at least one or two links pointing to the web site. Having another site(s) link to your web site is important when it comes to getting your site a good ranking. Your keywords should be in the links you get and keep the keywords short. When you receive requests for a link exchange, check the site out before linking with them, check for spam (Repeat keywords, hidden text, etc.).

4) Keyword Density - This is also vital and should be used with research. You should use the keyword(s) once in the title tag, once in the heading tag, once in bold text, and get the density between 5% to 20% (Don't over do it!). Also use your keyword(s) both low and high on the web page, keyword(s) should be in the first sentence and in the last one.

5) Page Size - Your web page's speed is important to your visitors and the search engines. Why? Because the robots will be able to spider your web page faster and easier. Try your best to keep your web page over 5k and under 15k in size.

6) Rich Theme - Search engines are looking at themes more and more. Build content (Articles, FAQ, tips, etc.) much as possible and keep the web pages around 200 to 500 words. Create content that's related to your market and link them out to other related content on your site. Try to get 200 web pages or more.

7) Web Site Design - This is also important, if you want to get indexed! Text content should out weigh the HTML content. The pages should validate and be usable in all of today's leading edge browsers. Stay away from flash and Java Script, search engines dislike them both a lot.

8) Insite Cross Linking - This will help you get all of your web pages indexed by the search engines. Your web pages should be no more than three clicks away from the home page. Link to topic related quality content across your site. This will also help build you a better theme through out your web site. On every page you should link back to your home page and your main service(s).

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/39

Pelatihan Forex

2011-04-10T00:01:00.000-07:00

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Pasang Kawat Gigi Murah

2010-12-21T08:34:00.000-08:00

Anda butuh informasi kawat gigi murah (2 juta rupiah atas bawah), silakan hubungi 022 92731438 (Yanto).

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Mempercepat Koneksi Internet

2010-11-11T06:39:00.000-08:00

Barusan saya mau download beberapa file ebook dari internet. Besarnya Cuma 30-an MB. Anehnya sepertinya ada yang memakai internet untuk download film dan akibatnya menyedot semua bandwith internet yang tersedia di kosan saya.

Iseng-iseng saya mencari tahu bagaimana caranya untuk mempercepat koneksi internet dan hasilnya saya menemukan cara ini :

1. Klik Start
2. Klik Run
3. Ketik gpedit.msc
4. kemudian klik Ok
5. Setelah masuk klik Administrative Templates
6. kemudian Klik Network
7. setelah terbuka klik QoS Packet scheduler
8. kemudian klik Limit Reservable Bandwidth
9. Dan setelah terbuka ubah setting menjadi Enable
10. Kemudian ubah Bandwidth Limitnya menjadi 0
11. Klik Apply,ok
12. Kemudian keluar dan Restart komputer.

Sayangnya memang tidak berpengaruh banyak untuk penggunaan internet secara berjamaah. Tapi ya paling tidak bisa memberi sedikit informasi kepada teman-teman sekalian. Kalau tidak puas dengan cara ini ya....terpaksa memakai cara sadis dengan software netcut hehehehe...

reff: kaskus.us

Dicari Penulis Artikel!

2010-11-07T05:02:00.000-08:00

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Brand Consultant

2010-10-26T02:09:00.000-07:00

Anda ingin mengadakan acara? Bingung dengan tema atau judul acaranya?

Anda punya acara televisi tapi menjadi monoton dan tidak tahu bagaimana menciptakan inovasi baru?

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Kami bisa membantu anda mencarikan nama, judul, tagline, copywriting atau tema acara yang luar biasa untuk anda.

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Internet@MailDotCom

2010-10-24T06:41:00.000-07:00

Buku ini adalah buku panduan berinternet. Isinya mengulas berbagai hal yang sering anda temukan di internet seperti browser, email, chat, google dll.

Deskripsi:
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E-book
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296 Halaman
26,4 MB
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SOULBURGER

2010-10-24T01:59:00.000-07:00

Buku ini adalah karya pertama dari Assep Purna Mulyanto. Isinya adalah kisah-kisah inspiratif yang disertai berbagai fakta dan data menarik yang pernah terjadi di dunia.

Deskripsi:
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E-book
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524 Halaman
18,2 MB
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New Go! Blog

2010-09-24T01:34:00.000-07:00

New Go! Blog (Sedang dalam revisi! Untuk sementara ini pemesanan belum bisa dilakukan)

Jika Anda Bisa Mengetik dan Mengakses Internet, Anda Sudah Memiliki Syarat yang Cukup Untuk Menghasilkan Uang Melimpah dari Internet... Hanya Jika Anda Tahu Caranya!(Masih Ingat kata-kata ini?)

Apakah anda sudah bekerja keras membanting tulang mencari uang dan selalu merasa hasilnya tidak sepadan?

Apakah anda terpengaruh oleh kisah sukses Andrea Hirata, Habiburrahman El Shirazy dan penulis beken lainnya?

Anda sudah mencoba menulis tapi tidak tahu bagaimana mewujudkan artikel atau buku pertama anda karena selalu ditolak oleh majalah, koran dan perusahaan penerbitan?

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Buku ini berisi panduan serta tips-tips untuk sukses dalam mengelola blog atau Internet Marketing hingga bisa mendapatkan $ 1 pertama dari blog anda. Buku ini juga memberikan penjabaran Strategi Promosi Blog menggunakan berbagai tools Internet Marketing, cara promosi ke berbagai search engine dan teknik-teknik promosi lain yang harus dilakukan untuk menjadi seorang Blogger Sukses, semuanya dilengkapi dengan penjabaran Rinci dan Gambar.

Buku ini juga berisi pengenalan blog dan microblog, lengkap dengan panduan, gambar, dan cara menerapkannya di internet. Semua Materi disajikan dengan bahasa yang sangat mudah dipahami, sehingga anda bisa secara langsung menerapkannya ke blog anda.

Optimasi Blog yang merupakan faktor penentu keberhasilan sebuah blog online dijabarkan secara rinci sehingga blog anda akan berjalan secara optimal. Selain semua materi diatas, buku ini juga dilengkapi dengan Tutorial PayPal, yang merupakan alat transaksi Internet Marketing teraman di Dunia saat ini.

Isi:
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- Penerapan Long Tail Keywords
- Promosi Blog ke 250 Search Engine & Tools
- Yahoo Answer Blog Promotion
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- Analisa Kompetitor Bisnis & Tools
- Google Alerts Analysis
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- PayPal Guide

Deskripsi:
Bahasa Indonesia
E-book
PDF
125 Halaman
5,73 MB

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Jenis-jenis Iklan Online

2010-07-25T00:37:00.000-07:00

Iklan di dunia online hampir mirip dengan iklan di dunia nyata. Ada iklan baris di suratkabar, iklan video di televisi, iklan suara di radio. Begitu juga di dunia online atau internet. Ada iklan berupa beberapa baris tulisan yang disertai linknya, ada iklan berupa gambar, ada iklan video. Tapi bukan itu yang akan dijabarkan di sini. Kita hanya akan membahas beberapa bentuk bayaran yang ditawarkan oleh program-program di internet untuk setiap iklan mereka yang anda pasang di blog anda.

• CPC (Cost Per Click)
Jenis iklan seperti ini adalah iklan yang menghitung bayaran untuk setiap klik yang didapatkan. Anda sebagai pemilik blog, akan mendapatkan imbalan untuk setiap klik terhadap iklan tersebut yang dilakukan oleh pengunjung blog anda.

• CPM (M di belakangnya adalah angka Romawi untuk seribu)
Iklan CPM disebut juga Cost Per Impression. Anda akan mendapatkan imbalan jika iklan yang dipasang sudah mendapatkan 1000 pengunjung, atau dilihat sebanyak 1000 kali.

• CPA (Cost Per Action)
Ini jenis iklan yang hanya akan memberikan imbalan untuk setiap tindakan yang dilakukan pengunjung lewat link dari iklan yang dipasang di blog anda. Dengan kata lain, anda hanya akan mendapatkan dolar ketika pengunjung blog anda meng-klik iklan tersebut, kemudian mendaftar menjadi anggota atau membeli sesuatu pada perusahaan yang anda pasang iklannya. Jika mereka hanya meng-klik atau melihat iklan tersebut, itu tidak dihitung sebagai sebuah tambahan.

• Iklan berbasis waktu
Iklan jenis terakhir ini akan memberikan imbalan pada anda untuk setiap kontrak iklan yang dipasang di blog anda. Dengan kata lain, mereka akan membayar anda untuk menempatkan iklannya di blog anda dalam jangka waktu tertentu sesuai kesepakatan.

Mungkin saja ada jenis iklan lainnya di internet, tetapi yang paling populer digunakan adalah jenis-jenis di atas atau kombinasinya.

Berapa Banyak Uang yang Bisa Didapatkan Lewat Blog?

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Seperti juga di dunia nyata, blog yang sukses adalah hasil akumulasi kerja keras, teknik yang benar, dan sedikit nasib baik. Semua tergantung pada seberapa besar dan benarnya usaha yang anda lakukan. Sebagai gambaran saja, di dunia ada beberapa yang menembus angka 100.000 dolar. Di Indonesia, yang saya dengar ada yang bisa dapat sampai 5 digit (≥ $ 10.000) per tahunnya. Tapi, ada lebih banyak lagi yang mendapatkan kisaran 3 digit (≥ $ 100). Hasil ini sangat bervariasi dan dipengaruhi oleh :

• Trafik
Berapa banyak orang yang berkunjung ke blog anda akan mempengaruhi besar pendapatan anda. Semakin besar trafik yang berkunjung, semakin besar pula potensi pendapatan blog anda.

• Sumber Trafik
Apakah trafik kita bersumber dari luar negeri atau Indonesia. Soalnya kebanyakan program iklan atau affiliate online, menginginkan trafik dari luar negeri, terutama negara-negara barat.

• Biaya yang anda keluarkan
Semakin banyak anda mengeluarkan biaya, biasanya semakin besar pula hasil yang anda dapatkan. Sebagai contoh, anda yang menggunakan Google Adwords untuk mendapatkan pengunjung tentunya akan berbeda hasilnya dengan mereka yang sama sekali tidak menggunakan Google Adwords. Dan Google Adwords butuh biaya.

• Topik Blog
Semakin bagus topik yang kita pilih, dengan kata lain, topik yang paling banyak dicari saat ini, semakin besar pula potensi pendapatan yang bisa anda dapatkan.

• Usia Blog
Sebetulnya, umur blog tidaklah terlalu signifikan pengaruhnya. Tetapi, secara logika, blog yang sudah lama lalu-lalang di dunia maya tentunya akan lebih dikenal. Dengan demikian, juga meningkatkan kemungkinannya memperoleh pengunjung yang lebih banyak, otomatis juga potensi pendapatan meningkat.

• Pengelolaan
Seberapa rutin anda mengupdate blog anda akan berpengaruh signifikan pada popularitas blog anda. Seandainya anda mengupdate hanya pada saat-saat tertentu ketika anda ingin saja, lihatlah dampaknya. Semakin sebuah blog rutin diupdate, semakin mesin pencari mengenalinya, semakin besar pula pengunjung yang membaca, semakin besar pula potensi pendapatannya.

Mendapatkan Uang lewat Blog

2010-07-25T00:33:00.000-07:00

Pada awal sejarahnya, blog tidak ditujukan untuk kepentingan bisnis atau komersial. Saya masih ingat ketika pertama kali membuka blog di tahun 2001 atau 2002, blog masih sekedar sebuah catatan harian.

Seiring dengan berjalannya waktu, blog semakin populer di kalangan netter. Ujung-ujungnya, banyak pihak yang mulai melihat potensi di balik tren nge-blog. Itulah awal munculnya program-program iklan seperti Google Adsense, YPN, dan lain-lain.

Tapi, efeknya tidak hanya sampai di situ, berbagai profesi pun ternyata bisa dimulai dari keseriusan seseorang ngeblog, yang paling gampang saja, menjadi penulis. Dari beberapa blogger senior saya mendapatkan informasi bahwa selain apa yang bisa kita dapatkan secara online, ada juga yang bisa kita peroleh secara offline, di antaranya :

• Penulis Blog
Buat anda yang punya kemampuan menulis yang bagus, tetapi tidak diimbangi oleh kemampuan SEO atau web design yang memadai, jangan patah semangat dulu. Ada banyak blogger sukses yang karena sudah bergelimang dolar, lalu merekrut penulis-penulis lepas untuk menulis konten buat blog mereka. Salah satu blogger senior yang saya dengar menggunakan jasa penulis-penulis seperti ini adalah mas Cosa Aranda (www.cosaaranda.com).

• Menerbitkan Buku
Salah satu blogger Indonesia yang saya ketahui bukunya telah diterbitkan adalah dari pemilik situs www.edittag.blogspot.com (Gambar 226), blogger senior fany ariasari. dan Raditya Dika. Dua blogger senior yang disebutkan di awal menulis tentang pengetahuan mereka soal blog, misalnya tools-tools yang bisa membantu aktivitas ngeblog dll. Sementara itu, tulisan-tulisan Raditya Dika di blognya diterbitkan menjadi kumpulan cerpen. Yah...intinya anda bisa menerbitkan sebuah buku fiksi atau pun non fiksi yang berawal dari keseriusan anda dalam nge-blog.

• Penulis Lepas
Terkadang, suratkabar atau majalah juga tertarik dengan kemampuan menulis para blogger. Tindak lanjutnya, merekrut mereka sebagai penulis lepas atau memasukkan artikel blog mereka ke dalam surat kabar tersebut. Contohnya pemilik blog www.eharmayaku.blogspot.com. yang tulisannya dimasukkan sebagai artikel oleh sebuah suratkabar daerah.

• Usaha Pelatihan
Anne Ahira (internet marketer no. 1 Indonesia) juga membuka pelatihan internet marketing. Semua modulnya berasal dari pengetahuan Anne Ahira dalam kegiatan onlinenya. Dan konon, sumber pemasukan terbesar Anne Ahira adalah dari aktivitas blognya yang sudah dipasangi iklan Google Adsense.

Seandainya anda sudah berkecimpung cukup lama di dunia blogger, dan mengetahui berbagai tips dan triknya, tentunya anda juga bisa memulai usaha yang sama dengan membuka pelatihan buat blogger-blogger Indonesia.

• Diundang Menjadi Pembicara
Hampir mirip dengan poin ke empat, hanya tidak rutin, dengan kata lain pembicara lepas. Mas Agus Hery, pemilik situs www.edittag.blogspot.com sering diundang menjadi pembicara, tentunya juga berkaitan dengan kegiatan ngeblognya.

Strategi Mendapatkan Link

2010-07-25T00:29:00.000-07:00

Ada banyak trik yang bisa kita lakukan untuk memancing orang lain memasang link ke situs kita dari situs mereka. Di antaranya adalah :

• Tulisan Bermutu
Tentu saja ini menjadi hal pertama yang mungkin terpenting dalam mendapatkan perhatian orang lain, dan akhirnya mendapatkan link. Kalau tulisan anda sendiri sudah dibuat sedemikian rupa, dengan referensi yang layak, atau pendeknya dikerjakan dengan serius, tentu saja akan menarik perhatian blogger lain.

• Lelucon dan Humor
Humor memang tidak pernah mati. Kalau anda menulis tentang cerita lucu, atau sejenisnya yang belum pernah dibaca oleh orang lain, tentu akan menarik perhatian. Pernah dikirimi email lucu lewat milist kan? Itulah efek menakjubkan dari cerita humor.

• Review dari Suatu Produk
Gizmodo, sebuah blog tentang gadget di internet, sering mendapatkan link dari blog lain. Seringkali saya menemukan blog yang ternyata melink pada gizmodo. Gizmodo ini berisikan review dari produk-produk elektronik atau lebih dikenal sebagai gadget.

• Berita Hangat
Sebagai contoh kasus untuk poin keempat ini adalah sebuah kabar gembira yang pernah disampaikan oleh mas Fatih Syuhud di blognya. Beliau pernah mengulas tentang peristiwa gempa di Sumatera. Sebagai impactnya, blog beliau di-link oleh sebuah situs terkenal di Amerika.

• Barang Gratis
Biasanya yang dikategorikan sebagai “barang” di sini bukanlah seperti apa yang kita bayangkan di dunia nyata seperti uang, kalung, atau sejenisnya. Barang di sini maksudnya beberapa “internet things” seperti misalnya update-an antivirus, software gratis atau e-book keren.

• Membuat Daftar
Membuat daftar seperti top tips, artis favorit, situs terbaik, dll. bisa menjadi cara yang baik untuk menciptakan linkback.

• Wawancara dengan Orang Terkenal
Jika anda bisa mewawancarai orang yang terkenal atau berpengaruh di komunitasnya, walaupun itu hanyalah pertanyaan pendek via email, hal tersebut bisa memancing perhatian dan juga linkback yang berharga.

Promosi Blog

2010-07-25T00:27:00.000-07:00

Setelah selesai membuat blog, hal yang tidak kalah pentingnya adalah mempromosikan blog anda pada dunia. Tentunya akan menjadi sia-sia jika opini, pemikiran dan tanggapan anda tidak dibaca oleh orang lain, alias dicuekin. Berikut ini beberapa langkah promosi blog :

• Daftarkan blog anda ke search engine
Untuk bisa dikenal di dunia maya, sama seperti dunia nyata, anda harus memperkenalkan diri terlebih dahulu. Cara termudah, pilihlah orang-orang yang memang terkenal gaul untuk anda temui terlebih dahulu. Seiring dengan luasnya pergaulan mereka, tentu saja nama anda juga akan ikut dikenal luas. Begitu juga di internet. Cukup daftarkan blog anda ke beberapa situs pencari (search engine) yang ada di internet dan merekalah yang akan memperkenalkan anda kepada para pengguna internet. Setelah mendaftarkan diri di situs-situs pencari ini, mereka akan mulai meng-crawl (menelusuri) situs anda dan memasukkan situs anda ke dalam daftar mereka. Ketika seseorang melakukan pencarian lewat situs-situs tersebut dan salah satu keywordnya berkaitan dengan situs anda, maka situs anda akan ikut muncul pada hasil pencarian tersebut.

• Daftarkan blog anda ke Komunitas Blogger
Seperti juga di dunia nyata, ikut ngumpul-ngumpul atau bergabung dengan berbagai organisasi atau kelompok massa itu bisa meningkatkan popularitas seseorang di mata masyarakat. Demikian juga di dunia blogger, semakin banyak anda bergabung dengan komunitas-komunitas blogger, semakin blog anda akan dikenal dan populer. Dan nilai plus lainnya, biasanya komunitas-komunitas ini tidak hanya bercakap-cakap di internet saja, tapi mereka juga sering mengadakan pertemuan alias kopi darat. Di sini, jika anda juga aktif mengikuti pertemuan-pertemuan mereka, sebagian ilmu baru pun akan didapatkan.

• Link-trade, Link Exchange atau Tukar Link
Ajak teman anda yang memiliki blog untuk saling bertukar link. Link URL anda di blog dia, dan jangan lupa anda juga memasukkan link blog teman anda di blog anda. Dalam dunia blog, ini disebut juga dengan istilah blogroll. Dan blogroll ini salah satu penyebab cepatnya popularitas blog di seluruh dunia, mengalahkan website biasa. Blogroll atau link-exchange tidak harus melalui permintaan, bisa juga dengan saling suka rela. Umpamanya, ada seseorang blogger (pemilik blog) yang memasang link anda di blog dia, apabila anda tahu, maka anda juga “berkewajiban” menambahkan link blog dia di blog anda. Apabila tidak, maka anda akan dicap sebagai “blogger pelit”. Di dunia maya pun, sebagaimana di dunia nyata, orang pelit akan selalu terasingkan. Dengan kata lain, sedikit “tamu”nya.

• Berkunjung ke blog lain
Untuk menambah teman untuk diajak blogroll, sempatkanlah berkunjung ke blog-blog lain, dan berkomentar di buku tamu mereka atau berkomentar di tulisan mereka, tapi jangan lupa memasang alamat blog Anda di blog mereka. Dalam waktu tidak lama, mereka akan “bertamu balik” ke “rumah” atau blog Anda.

• Aktivitas posting
Usahakan sedikitnya satu kali posting setiap harinya. Posting yang teratur di blog, akan membuat tamu datang secara teratur juga.

• Alamat blog di signature email
Tulis alamat blog Anda di signature email. Sehingga setiap anda menulis email pribadi atau ke milis, alamat blog anda akan selalu muncul, dan “menggoda” orang untuk berkunjung. Memposting ringkasan tulisan di blog Anda ke milis juga akan sangat menggoda member milis untuk datang ke blog Anda.

• Aktif di forum-forum internet
Ada banyak forum di internet yang memperbincangkan banyak hal. Cobalah aktif berkomentar di sana. Metode yang sama dengan signature pada email, pastikan anda mencantumkan alamat blog anda pada akhir komentar

Berapakah Maksimal Panjang Tulisan?

2010-07-25T00:20:00.000-07:00

Kadang, saya pun bingung harus menulis sepanjang apa. Terkadang saya merasa tulisan saya terlalu panjang dan kemudian memotongnya menjadi beberapa postingan. Terkadang, tulisan saya terasa terlalu pendek dan gak penting. Sebenarnya sepanjang apakah tulisan yang optimal itu?

Ada beberapa hal yang perlu diperhatikan untuk mengetahui berapa panjang tulisan yang optimal. Di antaranya:

Perhatian pembaca – panjang tulisan sebaiknya cukup untuk bisa dibaca dengan singkat. Atau maksimal sesuai dengan waktu yang dibutuhkan oleh rata-rata pengunjung internet untuk meluangkan waktu bagi sebuah web. Ada berbagai pendapat, Anne Ahira bilang 10-30 detik, sementara Darren Rows bilang 96 detik. Tapi intinya, ringkas dan menarik.

SEO – ternyata di search engine, posisi teratas dalam top search bukanlah blog dengan panjang tulisan yang extra pendek atau pun blog dengan tulisan yang extra panjang. Tapi, pertengahan antara keduanya, yaitu sedang-sedang saja....

Jumlah posting – sebuah teori dari Darren Rows mengatakan bahwa jumlah postingan yang pendek memungkinkan lebih banyak jumlah postingan. Dengan lebih banyak jumlah postingan akan lebih banyak pilihan yang menarik lebih banyak pembaca lewat search engines. Coba saja simak tulisannya Engadget.com atau gizmodo.com atau boingboing.net yang terkenal pendek dan singkat.

Topik – kalau blog anda berisi review produk, maka tulisannya kemungkinan besar akan lebih panjang dibandingkan jika anda sekedar menuliskan berita. Jadi, sesuai dengan tema besar blog anda, panjang tulisan juga akan sebanding.

Beberapa Hal Penting Tentang Artikel Blog

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Tidak semua orang bisa menuliskan ide mereka dengan baik. Begitu juga dalam hal menulis konten blog. Butuh latihan dan kerja keras untuk akhirnya bisa menulis dengan baik. Akan tetapi, beberapa hal berikut ini mungkin bisa menjadi pertimbangan ketika akan menulis artikel untuk blog anda.

• Interaktif
Alangkah baiknya jika blog anda dapat memancing orang lain untuk ikut berpendapat. Dengan demikian, selain memancing kunjungan yang berulang, siapa tahu, pendapat pembaca yang ditulis di komentar malah ikut menjadi penarik perhatian pembaca lain untuk ikut berpartisipasi.

• Hak Cipta
Jika ingin mengcopy-paste tulisan orang lain, ingatlah bahwa mereka sudah mengeluarkan tenaga dan fikiran untuk menulis. Karena itu, hargailah hasil usaha mereka dengan menuliskan nama mereka atau blog mereka sebagai sumber.

• Kualitas dan Kuantitas
Tulisan yang berkualitas memang penting. Tapi, jumlah tulisan yang banyak juga berpengaruh positif terhadap blog kita. Blog amat berbeda dengan dunia kepenulisan pada umumnya. Memang di mana-mana kualitas pasti akan berbicara banyak. Namun, di dalam dunia blog, ada hubungan yang rumit dengan search engine, dan unsur-unsur lain yang tidak ditemukan di dunia nyata. Di dalam dunia blog, kuantitas tulisan anda bisa sama atau bahkan lebih berpengaruh daripada sekedar kualitas tulisan. Tapi, tentunya dengan tidak menafikkan kenyataan bahwa pembaca tetap menginginkan sesuatu yang bermanfaat.

• Up to date
Pastikan tulisan yang anda buat tidak ketinggalan zaman, terutama blog yang ingin menampilkan berita sebagai tema utama blognya. Kalau sudah tidak sesuai dengan waktunya, sebaiknya jangan diposting lagi dan mencari berita baru yang lebih sesuai. Kecuali tulisan yang masuk kategori evergreen atau bisa kapan saja diposting dan tidak berkaitan dengan waktu.

• Buat Batasan Sendiri
Ini berkaitan dengan hal-hal yang akan timbul di kemudian hari, seperti pertanyaan-pertanyaan dari pembaca. Cobalah untuk menuliskan apa yang benar-benar anda ketahui, atau siapkan jalan keluar jika ada pembaca yang ingin bertanya dan sejenisnya. Atau, jelaskan apa yang sedang anda lakukan dengan blog anda. Misalnya, dalam salah satu blog saya, www.tomoriku.blogspot.com saya mengisi sebagian tulisan dengan materi kedokteran umum yang tidak saya kuasai 100%. Tapi, tulisan tersebut memang saya jelaskan sebelumnya, bahwa menuliskan kembali pelajaran-pelajaran saya di blog adalah salah satu cara saya untuk belajar. Dengan demikian, seandainya ada pertanyaan yang disampaikan pembaca, dan saya tidak bisa menjawab, mereka juga tidak dibohongi.

• Perbanyak sumber anda
Hal ini untuk lebih memvariasikan tulisan. Atau, cukup pastikan bahwa sumber yang anda punya bonafit.

• Gunakan Cerita atau Bubuhkan sedikit emosi
Tulisan-tulisan yang ngetop biasanya dituturkan secara bercerita atau bernilai cerita. Mungkin, akan lebih baik jika anda membubuhkan sedikit cerita atau imajinasi anda di dalam tulisan-tulisan blog anda. Di samping itu, anda juga bisa memasukkan perasaan yang anda rasakan ke dalam tulisan anda. Misalnya, ketika anda menulis tentang kondisi Indonesia yang menyedihkan atau artikel lainnya.

Judul yang Efektif

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Judul itu adalah hal pertama yang dilihat oleh pembaca. Seandainya judul tulisan anda memang menarik, pembaca tentunya akan segera membacanya. Tapi, kalau judulnya biasa-biasa saja, tidak luar biasa, pembaca hanya akan lewat begitu saja.

Oleh sebab itu, mungkin beberapa hal ini perlu anda pertimbangkan ketika membuat judul sebuah artikel :

• Sesederhana mungkin
Soalnya, pembaca tidak akan mau berlama-lama memperhatikan hasil pencarian di Google. Mereka akan melihat judul-judulnya dan langsung memilih satu yang sesuai saja. Seandainya judul terlalu panjang mungkin akan mengaburkan maknanya jika dibaca sepintas, apalagi pembaca yang ingin serba cepat. Jadi, buatlah judul tulisan sesederhana mungkin.

• Menarik Perhatian
Seperti yang sudah dijelaskan di atas, judul yang bagus akan dapat menarik perhatian pembaca. Judul yang banyak menarik perhatian ini, biasanya adalah judul-judul yang kontroversial, pertanyaan, atau bahkan membingungkan. Tapi bisa jadi bumerang kalau ternyata isi tulisan anda tidak sama menariknya dengan judulnya.

• Menggambarkan isi tulisan
Ini ada kaitannya juga dengan poin kedua. Kebanyakan pembaca akan tertarik pada judul yang sedikit menggambarkan apa yang akan mereka temukan di dalam tulisan yang akan mereka baca. Jadi, kombinasi dengan poin pertama tadi, usahakan judul yang sederhana, tapi dapat mewakili keseluruhan isi tulisan.

• Gunakan Keyword
Ini berkaitan dengan SEO (Search Engine Optimization, yaitu optimalisasi popularitas situs kita di mesin pencari). Semakin sering kita menggunakan keyword yang sesuai dengan tema blog kita dalam judul tulisan, semakin besar pula kemungkinan tulisan kita akan muncul di hasil pencarian Google dan mesin pencari lainnya.

• Jangan asal
Meluangkan waktu sejenak untuk menulis sebuah judul yang menarik tidaklah berlebihan. itu memang layak untuk dilakukan, atau istilah kerennya, worth it.

Menulis Konten yang Bagus

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Pembaca blog jarang menghabiskan waktu mereka untuk membaca tulisan kita secara utuh. Mereka hanya memperhatikan sekilas dan jika tidak menarik menurut mereka, langsung ditinggalkan. Ada beberapa tips dari blogger senior yang mungkin bisa membantu anda dalam membuat tulisan yang bagus :

• Buat daftar tulisan
Maksudnya sistem pelabelan atau kategorisasi pada blogger.com dan wordpress.com. Setiap label akan mewakili tulisan-tulisan dari jenis yang sama. Sehingga jika pembaca tertarik, mereka bisa mengklik label tersebut dan keluarlah tulisan-tulisan yang sejenis. Nah buatlah daftar ini dengan menggunakan kata-kata yang tepat dan memang bisa mewakili tulisan-tulisan anda.

• Jenis Tulisan
Di dunia internet, tulisan yang menggunakan bold (tulisan tebal), italic (tulisan miring), atau underline (garis bawah) akan membantu mesin pencari dalam menelusuri situs anda. Dengan demikian turut meningkatkan popularitas blog tersebut di search engine. Di samping itu, penggunaan efek khusus pada tulisan ini bisa memberikan penekanan pada pembaca tentang apa yang sebenarnya ingin anda sampaikan.

• Gambar
Penggunaan gambar turut menarik perhatian pembaca. Tapi, mungkin perlu juga diperhatikan untuk tidak menggunakan gambar secara berlebihan karena akan memperlambat waktu loadpage. Efeknya, web akan lebih lambat muncul ketika diklik, awalnya pengen untung malah jadi buntung.

• Jeda
Sediakanlah sedikit jeda pada tulisan. Mungkin antar paragraf, tujuannya agar para pembaca tidak merasa terlalu dijejali ketika membaca tulisan yang bertumpuk-tumpuk. Dengan adanya jeda, mereka akan memiliki kesempatan untuk menarik nafas terlebih dahulu untuk kemudian melanjutkan membaca tulisan kita sampai selesai.

• Paragraf pendek
Jangan terlalu memaksakan tulisan muncul dalam satu paket utuh. Bagilah ke dalam paragraf-paragraf kecil, mungkin akan lebih nyaman bagi pembaca anda.

• To The point
Jangan biarkan pembaca membaca tulisan yang bertele-tele, itu tidak akan menyenangkan bagi mereka. Pastikan mereka sudah mendapatkan ide tentang tulisan anda di awal kalimat, dengan kata lain, sesegera mungkin.

Faktor-faktor yang Mempengaruhi Pemilihan Nama Blog

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Berikut ini beberapa faktor yang dapat mempengaruhi pemilihan nama blog

• Tujuan
Apa tujuan anda ngeblog? Biasanya yang bertujuan profesional juga sudah terlihat dari nama blognya. Mereka yang pro, tentunya tidak akan memilih nama blog dengan sembarangan. Mereka akan memikirkannya dengan cukup teliti. Tidak heran bila terkadang ketika menemukan sebuah nama blog, ada makna khusus yang terkandung di baliknya.

Berbeda dengan blog yang dibuat memang sekedar untuk iseng semata. Nama blognya pun akan terlihat biasa, dalam arti hanya menggunakan kata-kata yang singkat, dan memang tidak memiliki makna khusus.

• Topik Blog
Ini sudah pasti. Biasanya topik dari blog itu sudah kelihatan ketika orang membaca namanya. Ketika nama sebuah blog tampak seperti nama orang, biasanya topik blog tersebut adalah tentang orang tersebut. Dengan kata lain, blog itu adalah sebuah blog pribadi atau jurnal pribadi. Begitu juga, jika topik blog itu adalah bidang kesehatan, dari namanya biasanya sudah bernuansa medis.

• Harapan jangka panjang
Apa yang anda inginkan dalam jangka panjang? Apakah ingin membangun citra anda sendiri, hanya sekedar hobi ataukah ingin mendapatkan banyak iklan dll.

• Berapa orang yang mengelola blog itu
Kalau pengelolanya banyak tentunya pemilihan nama blog harus disepakati bersama, beda dengan blog yang hanya dimiliki satu orang saja.

• Isi blognya serius atau lucu-lucuan
Ini juga akan mempengaruhi pemilihan judul blog yang kita ambil. Kalau isinya lucu-lucuan, namanya juga bakal ada fun-funnya atau lucu-lucuannya. Sebaliknya, blog yang serius akan memiliki nama yang biasanya serius juga.

• Panjang Nama
Jangan sampai membuat nama yang terlalu panjang sehingga sulit untuk diingat oleh pembaca. Pilihlah yang singkat dan gampang diingat. Kadang orang juga malas menuliskan alamat web yang terlalu panjang. Akibatnya, terutama bagi anda yang memang mengharapkan pengunjung, bukannya banyak yang datang, malah mereka membatalkan niat untuk itu. Saya pernah membaca sebuah alamat website terpanjang di dunia, tapi jujur saja, saya malah tidak tertarik untuk membukanya, soalnya namanya terlalu panjang dan hanya bisa dituliskan dengan membawa catatan.

Blog Personal, berdiri sendiri, domain sendiri, serba sendiri

2010-07-24T23:59:00.000-07:00

Saat ini penyedia blog untuk yang berdiri sendiri ada WordPress.org, MovableType, PMachine, Greymatter, B2Evolution, TextPattern, Expression Engine dll.

Keuntungan dan Kekurangannya
Keuntungan:
• Kontrol penuh terhadap desain – tapi semua bergantung kembali pada kemampuan anda dalam mendesain web. Saya tidak mahir dalam bidang ini, dan saya sering terkesima oleh kemampuan beberapa teman saya dalam menciptakan desain yang hebat untuk blog mereka. Tentu saja para blogger dengan kemampuan yang minim harus meminta orang lain untuk membuatkan desain situs mereka atau memakai desain yang sudah disediakan gratis oleh orang lain..

• Adaptabilitas – Biasanya ada komunitas pengembang yang memproduksi berbagai variasi tambahan features dan plugins untuk blog. Dengan blog yang berdiri sendiri, membeli domain sendiri, anda bisa memasang nyaris apa saja untuk blog anda.
• URL – Memiliki domain anda sendiri adalah sebuah keuntungan untuk berbagai alasan. Salah satunya adalah mudah diingat, kedua lebih profesional dan ketiga akan mudah membentuk brand anda. Hal ini hampir tidak mungkin dilakukan lewat blog gratis. Saking banyaknya anggota layanan blog gratis, misalnya blogger.com, sangat besar kemungkinan nama yang anda rencanakan sudah ada pemiliknya.

Kekurangan:
• Proses set up yang rumit – sekali lagi ini bergantung pada kemampuan teknis anda dan pemahaman anda terhadap web. Ketika anda beralih ke layanan blog yang berdiri sendiri (mandiri) anda akan merasakan kerumitan proses set up-nya. Termasuk mempersiapkan data base dan mendownload ke komputer anda dan kemudian menguploadnya lewat ftp ke server web hosting anda.
• Biaya – Ada biaya selanjutnya seperti domain (biaya tahunan ditambah biaya registrasi) dan biaya hosting (juga tahunan). Ada banyak kegiatan mahal lagi setelah itu, jadi jangan terlalu banyak menghabiskan uang. Mungkin saja nanti blog anda akan kebanyakan trafik dan biaya pun akan meningkat untuk penambahan kapasitas situs atau mungkin anda memikirkan rencana untuk beralih ke domain yang lebih profesional dan mahal.
• Update – Kebanyakan layanan blog berubah versi dari waktu ke waktu. Memperbaharui dari yang satu ke yang lainnya bisa rumit jika anda tidak memiliki kemampuan teknis dan materi yang cukup.

Jenis layanan blog seperti ini sangat ideal jika anda menginginkan kontrol yang lebih luas atau fleksibilitas dalam kegiatan nge-blog. Blog bisa diatur dan terlihat lebih profesional. Rancangannya hanya dibatasi oleh imajinasi anda sendiri. Tentu saja meski anda membuat blog mandiri, belum menjadi jaminan bahwa blog anda akan menjadi sangat profesional. Faktanya, jika anda tidak memiliki kemampuan untuk mempersiapkan blog dengan benar (atau mengenal seseorang yang bisa) blog mandiri bisa menyusahkan dan menjadi blog yang sama sekali tidak terlihat profesional.

Bagaimana Membuat Sebuah Blog yang Baik?

2010-07-24T23:15:00.000-07:00

Pada dasarnya, sebuah blog yang baik tidak jauh berbeda dengan sebuah situs web yang baik. Karena sebenarnya karakteristik website dengan weblog itu tidak jauh berbeda. Begitu juga dengan faktor-faktor yang membuat sebuah blog menjadi lebih baik, di antaranya:

• Kecepatan
Beberapa survey menyatakan bahwa kita hanya punya waktu 10-30 detik untuk menarik perhatian pembaca. Dengan demikian, kalau website yang kita rancang terlalu berat, lenyap sudah peluang itu. Jadi, kurangi jumlah gambar atau animasi yang terpasang di blog atau compress ke ukuran file yang lebih kecil. Pilihlah layanan blog yang bagus.

• Desain
Meskipun kita bersikeras beranggapan jangan menilai orang dari bentuk luarnya, namun di dunia cyber tidak demikian. Orang akan menilai apakah anda bonafit atau tidak dari penampilan web anda. Cobalah untuk menampilkan desain terbaik, tulisan yang enak dibaca, warna yang tidak terlalu mencolok mata pembaca, dan pasang sebuah foto terbaik kita di dalamnya. Ini agar mereka yang membaca menganggap web itu dibuat oleh seseorang yang bertanggungjawab. Jadi, pilihlah template blog terbaik dari yang tersebar di internet atau desain sendiri template blog yang menarik.

• Fokus
Kalau anda membuat web dengan fokus pada salah satu tema yang anda kuasai, tentunya lama kelamaan anda akan semakin menguasai fokus anda tersebut. Pembaca akan dengan senang hati berkunjung ke blog anda dengan harapan menemukan sesuatu yang baru sesuai dengan keinginan mereka. Tapi, kalau blog anda tidak fokus maka pembaca juga akan berfikir anda bukanlah orang yang capable di bidang yang mereka cari. Kecuali untuk blog jurnal pribadi yang memang bebas untuk anda isi sesukanya.

• Keyword
Keyword penting untuk kepopuleran web anda. Tapi, banyak juga orang yang hanya berkonsentrasi pada keyword yang bagus bahkan mahal hanya untuk menjadi populer di search engine. Padahal, berdasarkan informasi yang saya telusuri, keyword bukanlah segala-galanya. Keyword memang penting, tapi bukan segala-galanya. Karena itu, keyword boleh diperhatikan, tapi tidak untuk membuat anda sedemikian risaunya oleh keyword.

• Kredibilitas
Orang-orang akan bolak-balik mengunjungi web atau blog anda kalau mereka percaya pada anda, jadi jangan pernah rusak kepercayaan yang sudah mereka berikan pada anda. Dengan jujur dalam menulis, perlahan web anda akan merangkak naik di search engine.

Macam-macam Blog

2010-07-24T05:35:00.000-07:00

Blog saat ini amat beragam bentuknya. Blog tidak hanya dibedakan berdasarkan jenis layanan blog yang digunakan, tapi juga berdasarkan isi dan bagaimana penampilannya.

Berdasarkan penulisnya, blog dibedakan atas :

- Blog Personal
Blog personal dikelola oleh perorangan atau pribadi. Blog personal biasanya berisikan hal-hal yang menarik perhatian si blogger dan kemudian dikomentari oleh pembaca blog tersebut yang biasanya adalah orang-orang dekat si blogger juga.

- Blog Corporate
Blog Corporate dibuat dengan tujuan bisnis. Biasanya dilakukan oleh perusahaan-perusahaan tertentu dengan tujuan membentuk brand, komunikasi dengan pelanggan atau kegiatan PR.

Berdasarkan media yang digunakan, blog dibedakan atas :

- Blog yang terdiri dari kumpulan video, disebut vlog.
- Blog yang terdiri dari kumpulan link, disebut linklog.
- Blog yang terdiri dari kumpulan foto-foto, disebut photolog.
- Blog dengan artikel yang lebih pendek dan menggunakan media campuran disebut tumblelog.

Berdasarkan topik yang dibahas di dalam blog, blog dibedakan atas :

- Blog politik
- Blog ekonomi
- Blog fashion
- Blog pendidikan
- Blog spam, atau splog

Beberapa Orang Terkenal yang Menjadi Blogger (Memiliki Blog)

2010-07-23T03:56:00.000-07:00

Blog tidak saja menarik perhatian orang-orang awam, tapi juga beberapa orang terkenal yang menduduki posisi cukup terpandang di Indonesia. Di antaranya adalah :

1. Maylaffayza (www.maylaffayza.multiply.com)
Maylaffayza dikenal sebagai salah satu pemain biola ternama di Indonesia. Konon Maylaffayza menyediakan waktu beberapa jam setiap harinya khusus untuk menyelesaikan artikel-artikel untuk beberapa buah blognya.

2. Wimar Witoelar (www.perspektif.net)
Wimar Witoelar dulunya dikenal saat menjadi presenter pada sebuah acara talkshow di salah satu televisi swasta di Indonesia.

3. Mahathir Mohamad (www.chedet.co.cc)
Mantan Perdana Menteri Malaysia ini juga punya situs resmi yang juga bisa digolongkan sebagai blog.

4. Barack Obama (www.barackobama.com)
Saat ini beliau Presiden Amerika Serikat.

5. Juwono Sudarsono (www.juwonosudarsono.com).
Saya rasa semua orang Indonesia cukup mengenal siapa Bapak Juwono Sudarsono. Dengan kesibukan yang beliau jalani setiap hari, blog beliau diserahkan pengelolaannya kepada salah satu anak beliau. Blog ini ditulis dalam bahasa Inggris.

6. Dian Sastrowardoyo (www.blog.diansastrowardoyo.net).
Artis cantik ini juga memiliki blog sendiri di internet. Beberapa isi yang pernah saya baca adalah tentang apa yang sedang Dian pikirkan, atau pengalamannya menjelajahi dunia maya.

Macam-macam Layanan Blog

2010-07-22T05:46:00.000-07:00

Seiring dengan waktu, perkembangan blog terus berjalan. Sekarang ada bermacam-macam layanan blog di internet, baik yang gratis maupun berbayar. Beberapa di antaranya adalah :

www.wordpress.com. Wordpress.com adalah salah satu layanan blog yang cukup populer. Ada banyak blogger yang menggunakan wordpress sebagai pilihan layanan blog yang mereka gunakan, baik secara keseluruhan, maupun sebagian (”engine”nya saja). Wordpress biasa digunakan oleh blogger yang memang sangat menginginkan kepopuleran, karena layanan blog yang satu ini termasuk layanan blog yang ramah komentar. Artinya, pembaca bisa menyampaikan komentar mereka dengan sangat mudah pada kotak komentar yang selalu tersedia di bawah setiap artikel.
www.wordpress.org. Ini adalah ”saudara kembar” wordpress.com. Perbedaannya adalah, wordpress.com disediakan secara gratis, sedangkan wordpress.org adalah layanan yang berbayar.
www.blogsome.com. Di Indonesia cukup jarang untuk menemukan layanan blog ini sebagaimana juga blogdrive. Karena layanan blog yang paling populer di Indonesia adalah blogger.com dan wordpress.com.
www.blogdrive.com
www.blogger.com. Sejak diakuisisi oleh Google, Blogger menjadi salah satu layanan blog yang paling populer. Kepopuleran ini seiring dengan lini bisnis Google yaitu Google Adsense yang memberikan fasilitas eksklusif kepada para pengguna blogger.com. Setiap pemilik blog yang memakai layanan blogger.com bisa mengatur tampilan iklan Google Adsense yang terpasang dalam blog mereka langsung dari www.blogger.com.
www.typepad.com
www.movabletype.com

Apa Definisi Blog?

2010-07-22T02:05:00.000-07:00

Sebagai orang awam, jangankan anda yang baru mendengar istilah blog-blogan, saya sendiri yang sudah beberapa tahun menjadi blogger masih bingung untuk menjelaskan secara pasti apa yang dimaksud blog itu. Apa yang saya ingat adalah blog pertama yang saya buat diisi dengan puisi-puisi yang mewakili perasaan yang saya rasakan setiap hari. Dengan kata lain, awal mula saya tertarik membuat blog adalah sebagai tempat curhat, sebagai diary, atau jurnal harian.

Pada awalnya, kata blog dipakai sebagai kependekan dari Weblog, istilah yang pertama kali digunakan oleh Jorn Barger pada bulan Desember 1997. Jorn Barger menggunakan istilah Weblog untuk menyebut kelompok website pribadi yang selalu diupdate secara kontinyu dan berisi link-link ke website lain yang mereka anggap menarik disertai dengan komentar-komentar mereka sendiri.

Roger Yim, seorang kolumnis San Francisco Gate pada Februari 2001, menuliskan bahwa sebuah Blog adalah persilangan antara diary seseorang dan daftar link di Internet. Sedangkan Scott Rosenberg dalam kolomnya di majalah online Salon pada May 1999 menyimpulkan bahwa Blog berada pada batasan website yang lebih bernyawa daripada sekedar kumpulan link tapi kurang instrospektif dari sekedar sebuah diary yang disimpan di internet.

Setelah berjuang beberapa lama mencari makna kata blog, saya menemukan beberapa definisi yang menurut saya bisa digunakan untuk menjelaskan, sebenarnya apa itu blog. Di antaranya oleh www.harvard.edu blog didefinisikan sebagai 'susunan teks, gambar, obyek, media dan data, yang disusun secara berurutan, yang bisa ditampilkan pada browser HTML'. Sementara itu, menurut www.marketingterms.com, sebuah weblog adalah 'publikasi personal dari buah fikiran seseorang yang diterbitkan secara rutin'.

www.computersprintersrepairshouston.com menyatakan bahwa weblog pada dasarnya adalah 'sebuah jurnal yang tersedia di web. Aktivitas memperbarui blog disebut "blogging" dan seseorang yang memiliki blog disebut "blogger".

'Blog pada dasarnya adalah sebuah jurnal yang tersedia di web. Aktivitas memperbarui blog disebut "blogging" dan seseorang yang memiliki blog disebut "blogger". Blog biasanya di-update setiap hari dengan menggunakan software yang memungkinkan mereka yang memiliki latar belakang teknis sedikit atau bahkan tidak ada sama sekali bisa meng-update dan mengelola blognya. Tulisan pada blog hampir selalu berurutan.' Definisi ini menurut www.matisse.net .

'Kata blog berasal dari kependekan weblog. Menjadi penulis blog, mengelola blog atau menambahkan artikel pada blog yang sudah ada disebut "blogging". Artikel pribadi di dalam blog disebut sebagai "blog post", "post" atau "entries". Seseorang yang memasukkan tulisan ini disebut "blogger". Sebuah blog adalah perpaduan teks, hyperteks, gambar, dan link (link ke web lain atau video, audio dan file lainnya). Blog menggunakan dokumentasi bergaya konversasional. Seringkali blog terfokus pada topik tertentu, seperti apa yang terjadi dengan politik dunia dll. Beberapa blog membicarakan pengalaman pribadi.' Definisi ini menurut www.wikipedia.org.

Kalau diambil benang merahnya, blog adalah sebuah sarana tulis-menulis dimana semua orang bebas mengekspresikan apa yang ingin disampaikan dan tulisan tersebut dapat dilihat oleh semua pengguna internet.

Blog pertama kemungkinan besar adalah halaman Whats New pada browser Mosaic yang dibuat oleh Marc Andersen pada tahun 1993. Mosaic adalah browser pertama sebelum adanya Internet Explorer bahkan sebelum Nestcape. Pada Januari 1994, Justin Hall memulai website pribadinya Justins Home Page yang kemudian berubah menjadi Links from the Underground yang mungkin dapat dikatakan sebagai blog pertama yang mirip dengan blog yang kita kenal sekarang.

Tahun 1998, jumlah blog yang ada di luar sana belumlah seberapa. Hal ini disebabkan karena saat itu diperlukan keahlian dan pengetahuan khusus tentang pembuatan website, HTML, dan web hosting untuk membuat sebuah blog. Sehingga, hanya mereka yang berkecimpung di bidang Internet, System Administrator atau Web Designer yang kemudian pada waktu luangnya menciptakan blog-blog mereka sendiri.

Pada Agustus 1999, sebuah perusahaan yang berbasis di Silicon Valley bernama Pyra Lab meluncurkan layanan Blogger.com yang memungkinkan siapa pun dengan pengetahuan dasar tentang HTML dapat menciptakan blognya sendiri secara online dan gratis. Walaupun sebelum itu (Juli 1999) layanan membuat blog online dan gratis yaitu Pitas telah ada dan telah membuat blogger bertambah hingga ratusan.

Saat ini jumlah blogger di Indonesia diperkirakan 250.000 orang lebih (www.ayongeblog.com). Secara keseluruhan ada sekitar 88 juta blogger di seluruh dunia. Tetapi, ada beberapa tempat di dunia yang memiliki jumlah aktivitas blogging yang intens, yang oleh majalah Business Week disebut "Sabuk Blog Dunia". Sebagai salah satu bentuk kemajuan perkembangan blogger di Asia, ada 4 kota di Asia yang mendapatkan penilaian sebagai salah satu "Sabuk Blog Dunia" karena tingginya aktivitas posting dan komentar blog.

Dari Sabuk Blog ini, terlihat bahwa Amerika Utara adalah wilayah dengan aktivitas blogger yang tertinggi di dunia. Mungkin ditunjang oleh kemudahan akses internet yang cukup murah dan bisa dinikmati secara lebih merata oleh penduduk di daerah tersebut. Namun demikian, aktivitas blogger di negara-negara berkembang yang ditunjukkan oleh kota-kota Mumbai, Jakarta, dan Mexico City tidak bisa dipandang sebelah mata. Saat ini masyarakat sudah mulai "aware" dengan apa yang disebut blog, terbukti dengan berjibunnya buku yang mengulas tentang blog yang ditawarkan di toko buku.

Secara sederhana topik sebuah blog adalah daerah kekuasan si bloggernya tanpa ada editor atau boss yang ikut campur. Tema segila apa pun dapat kita temukan sejalan dengan makin bermunculannya blog di Internet.

Rebecca Blood, menulis bahwa setelah ia membuat blognya ada dua efek samping yang terjadi yang tidak pernah ia perkirakan sebelumnya. Pertama, ia menemukan kembali minatnya semenjak ia mulai membuat blog. Dan hal kedua yang lebih penting, ia mulai lebih menghargai cara pandangnya sendiri. Ketika setiap harinya ia mengupdate blognya, ia mulai mempertimbangkan opini dan ide-idenya dengan lebih hati-hati dan ia mulai merasakan bahwa perspektifnya adalah unik dan penting untuk disuarakan.

Menulis blog, atau blogging, setiap hari akan membuat blogger menjadi penulis yang lebih percaya diri. Dengan terbiasa mengekspresikan pikiran pada blognya, seorang blogger dapat dengan lebih baik mengartikulasikan opininya. Blog bahkan dapat menjadi semacam terapi jiwa.

Blogger menurut sifat dasarnya bukanlah reporter, mereka berperan sebagai editor dalam blognya masing-masing dan dalam sebuah dunia dengan budaya media yang telah jenuh, blog menjadi suara-suara alternatif yang menyuarakan bunyi independen dalam setiap ulasannya. Blog bukanlah obat mujarab untuk budaya yang telah jenuh dengan media, tapi mudah-mudahan Blog adalah salah satu peredanya tulis Rebecca Blood, salah seorang blogger.

Pada tulisannya di Star Telegram, Frances Katz menulis bahwa blog adalah generasi kedua dari Home Page Pribadi. Perbedaan utama antara Home Page Pribadi dan Blog yaitu, Home Page Pribadi adalah tempat dimana kamu menempatkan foto keluarga, foto kamu dan kemudian mendistribusikan informasi pada lingkaran kecil teman-teman dan keluarga. Sedangkan blog dirancang untuk pengunjung. Blog memiliki suara spesifik dan kepribadian. Blog karenanya adalah kepanjangan interaktif dari pembuatnya. (Enda Nasution, Copywriter dan Pemilik serta Penikmat Blog)

Cara paling direkomendasikan untuk memiliki blog sendiri adalah dengan mendaftarkan diri ke Blogger.com, belajar sedikit tutorial HTML dasar dan anda sudah memiliki blog sendiri.

Blogger.com tidak membatasi jumlah blog yang bisa anda miliki, tidak membatasi kapasitas panjang dari blog anda. Anda bisa memilih desain interface blog anda dari template yang telah disediakan, atau jika anda sudah menguasai HTML, anda bisa merancangnya sendiri atau memodifikasinya. Blog anda bisa ditempatkan di layanan website gratis seperti Tripod atau Geocities atau bisa juga ditempatkan di server yang disediakan Blogger.com.

How to Use Twitter for Customer Service

2010-06-26T02:39:00.000-07:00

by: Elyse Tager

Customer Service problems can be daunting for any company. But the last thing you want to do is pretend that they don't exist or will never exist. The best thing to do is meet them head on, resolve issues, make the customer as happy as possible, and move on. The last thing you want to even consider is ignoring an unhappy customer or client.

Customer Service and Twitter.com were made for each other. The immediacy of Twitter, coupled with the accessibility of the customer-service "fixer" creates a terrific tool for staying in close and concerned contact with customers. And they feel the love. Below are a few tips to make this successful:

-Let your customers know about your presence on Twitter, at least to resolve issues. Post your Twitter "handle" throughout your own website. Send an a informative email to your customers letting them know that you will be available on Twitter if they need help, blog about it in company blogs. Make the Twitter handle that will be used for customer service visible and easily found throughout your online presence.

-Be proactive. Go looking for problems or mentions. This is not the time to be shy or keep your head in the sand! Search out your company name frequently. Create a search for your company name, brand name, product names in Tweetdeck, Hootsuite or Seesmec and save these searches. That way you will always be aware when anyone in the Twittersphere is talking about you (positively or negatively) or has problems. Tweetbeep and Monniter are two applications that will alert you when your company is mentioned.

-Take the right tone. Gather information on the problem, never point fingers, don't be defensive. Be authentic in your attempts to solve the customer's problem. Be sure the end result is positive — at least in feel — for the customer.

-If it can't be resolved in 140 characters of Tweet text, or if the problem is sensitive, or if the customer is very upset, then give directions for a next step — an 800 toll-free phone number, a specific email address (spelled out) so that a final solution can be achieved in a more private setting.

-Be very timely. Twitter happens at the speed of light. Negative info travels even faster. Check Tweets frequently for any hint of problems, and jump right on them.

Twitter aside, one of the best things you can do to build and reinforce your brand is to take customer service very seriously. A problem will only get worse, and a customer will only get increasingly unhappy if the issue is not acknowledged. Companies will get far more "points" for being proactive in their efforts to resolve even horrendous problems to the best of their ability. The resolution may not be perfect in the customer's or the public's eye, but a true and strong effort to resolve will go far towards saving the loyalty of that person. Hopefully, they will spread the word and Tweet about the positive outcome, not the bad experience.

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2010-06-20T07:22:00.000-07:00

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How to Make Easy Cash Playing Online at Moola

2010-05-29T09:18:00.000-07:00

Author: Anil Garg

Most of us have heard about online money making schemes where you have to market a product to make money. Now you can earn money by just playing games, which is really great for all those of you who are adept at playing games. Game playing is not just for fun now; you can use your game playing skills to make cash online easy.

Those of you who love to play games will find this moola.com to be just the thing for you. You begin your play with one penny which is given to you by Moola's sponsors. So, you don't have to pay out from your bank account for enrolling into a game here. You have the option of choosing from three different games at the site. You can pick any game from the site and start playing. If you win the game your balance doubles, which is the way you can make money through this site.

If you play with a penny and you win, your balance goes up to 0.02$. Every time you win, it means you can play again and every winning play implies that you can double your earning. The best way to make cash online easy here is to check out the games here, become good at any one and play it adeptly to win lots of money.

The thing about making money through moola.com is that you can make money by just playing games, which is why it's so interesting. The site is easy-to-use and you will soon find yourself being caught in playing one game after another. You do not have to pay any money at all to get into a game here. All the money is given by Moola's sponsors which is why playing here is a great opportunity.

In addition to making money through game play, you can also make money by using the site's search engine. This search engine is similar to the Google Search engine and for every search you make through the engine you can win an instant prize. You can make money beginning form just 0.1 and go up to 20$.The kind of money that you make though searches is not high, but it's not bad for the kind of time that you put into doing a search.

Use moola.com to play games and enjoy all the fun and excitement that you want and make cash online easy while doing so.

Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/blogging-articles/how-to-make-easy-cash-playing-online-at-moola-2324384.html
About the AuthorAnil Gupta writes about topics like Google backlinks, how to promote facebook fan page and Sponsored Reviews on his ScopeForMoney.com blog.

How to Install Shoutbox In Your Blog

2010-05-22T00:00:00.000-07:00

Shoutbox, Say Box, Tag Board, or Chatter Box is a box that serves to send short messages, but can also function as a place to chat. You can install this widget in the following ways:

Open www.shoutmix.com, and register yourself there.
Select the type of shoutbox. Click the Continue button
After receiving a "Thank You" greeting click on the Go to My Control Panel Now link
Arrange your shoutbox appearance, for example, Style & Color, Date & Time, and others.
If you are finished click Get Codes menu
Select "Place Shoutbox on Webpage"
Set the width and height in the shoutbox width and Height column
Then put the code in the "generated codes" box into the page element of your blog (Blogger).

Done...

How To Make A Website For Fun Or Profit

2010-05-21T06:59:00.000-07:00

Author: Benjamin J. Thomas

As the title implies, you will learn how to make a website for both fun and profit. If this strikes you as odd, you'll soon learn why there is no difference in the way you learn how to make either of these websites.

First you will need to research your chosen topic. It doesn't matter why you want to learn how to make a website on this topic, this step is absolutely crucial. Let me ask you a question. You wouldn't buy a car without researching it first, would you? Of course not, the same goes for when you learn how to make a website.

As an example let's say that you want to make a website about cars. The first thing that you will want to do is see how many websites you will be competing against. Yes competing against, even if you only want to make a website because you're passionate about the subject, there can be a high number of websites doing the same thing.

To do this, you will need to go to your favorite search engine and perform an exact search for your keyword, in this case "cars". For the sake of keeping things simple, let's say that there are 100 million websites on the subject. (While these numbers are for example purposes I guess the actual number to be much higher.)

Now that we know how many websites we will be up against, we need to know how many people look for our desired keyword each month. Many of the big search engines make this information available, you will have to find the one that corresponds to the one you made your search in.

Remember, we need to know the exact number of searches preformed each month. If you were to compare broad match keywords to the first number we collected, the result would be skewed.

Coming back to our example on how to make a website, we see that exactly 1 million people search for our keyword each month. Now that we have both the number of websites and the search volume we do a simple calculation, dividing the websites by the search volume.

For this we see that there are 100 websites for ever searcher. From that we can see that this topic would be the wrong one for starting to learn how to make a website. The competition is extremely high and the likelihood of ranking very well in the near future would be slim.

As I mentioned in the beginning, learning how to make a website stems from this early stage of planning. And the next step is merely a shot in the dark without the previous research. It is important to keep refining your area of interest until you zero in one you can gain a foothold in.

As we've seen, "cars" is far too competitive. But we're in luck, we don't really like cars as a whole, and in fact they are an industry rather than a niche. Our true passion is "red cars" and the competition in this niche is much lower. Now we can progress to the next step, registering a domain name.

This will be one of the easiest parts of the whole "how to make a website" process. But there are some things you will want to watch out for. First it is important to get your keyword in your website's address. Example: shineynewredcars.com As you can see, this gets our keyword clearly into the URL. There are two ways to style your URL, non-hyphenated as in our example and hyphenated. A hyphenated web address is easier for humans to read, and up until recently search engines also read them better, though this is less of an issue today.

Here is an example of what that would look like: shiney-new-red-cars.com. Just a word of warning though, while people find it easier to read such an URL, they find them much harder to remember. This can cost you visitors if they forget where the hyphens were when they type your URL in to the address bar.

Another thing to remember when you register a domain name, keep it apart from your hosting account.

What does this mean? Well many people in this early stage of learning how to make a website will often register both at the same time with the same company. While this may seem like a good idea it isn't.

Let me explain, when you rely on one company to take care of both, you run the risk of loosing both. The old expression about placing all of your eggs in one basket works really well here. If for some reason your account would be closed, you would immediately loose your domain name, too.

By diversifying, you keep your domain names safe. In the event that you would loose your website hosting, you can simply switch to another service and be back up and running. If you loose them both, there is less of a chance you will get your domain name back.

Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/web-design-articles/how-to-make-a-website-for-fun-or-profit-1948251.html

About the AuthorReady to take the next step down the road of how to make a website? Click here and get all of the insider tips I share on my website: http://MakeAWebsite101.net/

How to Make Popular Posts Widget

2010-05-20T23:38:00.000-07:00

Popular Posts (Top Posts) is a widget that shows statistically how popular the article we've ever published. Most of the top post judging from the number of clicks or number of comments. You can get this widget by putting the code below into the page element on your blog (Blogger)

<script type="text/javascript">
function pipeCallback(obj) {
document.write('<ol style="text-transform: capitalize;">');
var i;
for (i = 0; i < obj.count ; i++)
{
var href = "'" + obj.value.items[i].link + "'";
var item = "<li>" + "<a href=" + href + ">" + obj.value.items[i].title + "</a> </li>";
document.write(item);
}
document.write('</ol>');
}
</script>
<script src="http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_render=json&_callback=pipeCallback&_id=1cf38ae68efbe859c4ba1ee239cec099&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnameblog.blogspot.com&num=10" type="text/javascript"></script>
<span style="font-size: 80%">Widget by <a href="http://www.bloggerbuster.com">Blogger Buster </a></span>

Replace nameblog.blogspot.com with your blog address and 10 with the number of articles that you wish to show.

How to Make Top Commentators Widget

2010-05-20T08:43:00.000-07:00

Its purpose is to display the person that have the most comment on your blog. You can put the code below into the page element in your Blogger Layout menu (HTML/JavaScript). The code is:

<script type="text/javascript">
function pipeCallback(obj) {
document.write("<ul>");
var i;
for (i = 0; i < obj.count ; i++)
{
var href = "'" + obj.value.items[i].link + "'";
var item = "<li>" + "<a href=" + href + ">" + obj.value.items[i].title + "</a> </li>";
document.write(item);
}
document.write("</ul>");
}
</script>
<script src= "http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_render=json&_callback=pipeCallback&
_id=33e2eb4dc25c7c21b9c586e11d2bc904&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tomoriku.blogspot.com&num=5" type="text/javascript"></script>

You can change the red with your blog address and the green with the number of people who will be shown on your widget.

How To Make Recent Comments

2010-05-19T08:20:00.000-07:00

To create Recent Comment we can use the below source code.
How: put the code on your Blogger’s page element layout (HTML/JavaScript).

<script style="text/javascript" src="http://sites.google.com/site/anasku2000/comments.js"></script><script style="text/javascript">var numcomments = 5;var showcommentdate = true;var showposttitle = true;var numchars = 100;var standardstyling = true;</script><script src="http://yourblogsname.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default?alt=json-in-script&callback=showrecentcomments"></script>

Do not forget to change 'yourblogsname': Replace with your own blog address.

Good luck...

SEO Tips - Avoiding 3 Common Mistakes

2010-05-19T05:27:00.000-07:00

by: TJ Philpott

Some of the most effective seo tips you can follow are also some of the most commonly overlooked or forgotten. An effectively optimized site can increase the amount of search engine traffic you receive. This type of free online traffic is about the best you can get because it is much targeted. The point of our discussion here today is to focus on some common mistakes people make that undermines their ability to attract free online traffic. No matter what the state of the economy it is always wise to take advantage of anything you can get at no cost to you or your business!

Here are 3 search engine optimization tips that are very easy to follow and that will result in more free online traffic to your site.

Use the Proper Keywords

Before conducting any keyword research you want to brainstorm a list of words that are the most obvious and relevant to what you are promoting. Develop your own list and then ask others for their input as to what comes to mind and add this to your existing list. Getting the perspectives of others is important since it is 'others' that will be conducting the search online. Using this list as your 'base words' plug them into a keyword research tool which will offer you even more suggestions as to what you can add to the list.

Remember it is important to gather keyword suggestions from sources other than what you can develop on your own. This broader perspective will serve you well for attracting more search engine traffic

Keep Content Fresh

Every time you publish new content search engines visit your site and inspect it for relevancy. The more relevant it is the higher the ranking your site receives which translates into more free online traffic.

As you continue to add new content, which is especially the case in blogging, you will want to be sure to link to any other pages with relevant content. This makes it easier for visitors to navigate your site and for search engines to find new content.

Match Keywords to Your Content

It is important to continually 'comb' through your keyword list for the most appropriate words to use for particular applications. Some words will be better than others so be prepared to use different words or phrases for different needs. Also remember to use them in your text links as well.

Some of the most effective seo tips are also some of the easiest to implement and are often overlooked. Search engine traffic is something you want to attract to your site since it is not only free but it is also targeted as well. Properly optimizing any site or content will result in generating this type of free online traffic. The 3 search engine optimization tips discussed above focus on some of the most commonly overlooked methods of optimization. With the cost of virtually everything going up nowadays it would be absolutely criminal to NOT capitalize on a valuable asset like this for your business. This is low hanging fruit that you can not afford to overlook especially considering the quality of traffic it will deliver to you.

Making Your Internet Marketing Blog Visitor Friendly

2010-05-18T20:53:00.000-07:00

An internet marketing blog is created to make money blogging and monetization techniques will be crucial in order to make this happen. But regardless of whether you intend to earn an income or have other reasons for creating a blog your site needs to be shout welcome to every blog reader or they will not return. Business blogs are no different than any other blogging site insofar as they rely upon returning traffic to thrive and grow.

Here are 5 tips you must NOT overlook when creating a blog to insure visitors feel welcomed and therefore inclined to return.

Make Commenting Easy

The single biggest attraction of blogging is the ability to interact with any blog reader. Make it as easy as possible for visitors both new and old to leave comments at your site. This will only help build a greater sense of 'community' which will then attract more visitors. You do want more visitors' right?

Respond to Comments

Responding to comments when appropriate is essential and most especially if you are blogging to make money. Your failure to acknowledge questions or comments could translate into losing readers and income as well. Never overlook the value comments may hold since they contain feedback/input from your readers/customers.

Locate RSS Button above the Fold

Hopefully visitors will find your site interesting enough to bookmark or subscribe to via an RSS feed. Don not make them have to search your blog to find the subscribe button! Locate your subscribe button as prominently as possible and keep it above the fold of your page so scrolling down the page will not be necessary.

Create a Bio

If you expect people to gain an interest in your site you will need to supply them with a little information about yourself or your business. Most business blogs do well by supplying visitors with a little insight into their professional intentions along with a statement of their business mission as well.

On a personal bio a little information about yourself as it relates to the theme of the site and as to why you are blogging is sufficient.

Date and Credit Each Post

Extend to your readers the courtesy of letting them know who the author is of what post as well as to when the post was actually published. This gives people the opportunity follow a particular author and lets them know how old some information may be that they have viewed.

Even though an internet marketing blog is designed to make money blogging it still needs to present a warm and welcoming layout. Business blogs and personal blogging sites both rely upon returning traffic to survive. It is therefore critical that the site layout is inviting and easy to use. The 5 tips we reviewed above help create a positive experience for any blog reader either new or retuning to the site. Not hiding commonly sought after information and openly allowing new visitor participation in any discussions only encourages them to return. With their return and growing loyalty your ability to make money blogging strengthens and grows.

The History of Blogger

2010-05-18T07:36:00.000-07:00

I am very interested in the history behind the making of one of the most popular blog service on the internet. Therefore I find the history of the www.blogger.com or what is often called Blogspot. This is the data that I managed to find ...

Blogger is a blog storage service that allows private or multi-user blogs with time-stamped entries. It is funded by on-screen ads. It was created by Pyra Labs, which was bought by Google in 2003.The service itself is located at www.blogger.com. Generally, the blogs are hosted by Google at subdomains of blogspot.com. Until May 1 2010 an FTP service allows pages edited through Blogger to be published to other hosts. If this service ceases, all blogger blogs will be hosted by Google, though domains other than blogspot.com may be used.

Major events in the history of Blogger:
On August 23, 1999, Blogger was launched by Pyra Labs. As one of the earliest dedicated blog-publishing tools, it is credited for helping popularize the format.
In February 2003, Pyra Labs was acquired by Google under undisclosed terms. The acquisition allowed premium features (for which Pyra had charged) to become free. About a year later, Pyra Labs' co-founder, Evan Williams, left Google.
In 2004, Google purchased Picasa; it integrated Picasa and its photo sharing utility Hello into Blogger, allowing users to post photos to their blogs.
On May 9, 2004, Blogger introduced a major redesign, adding features such as web standards-compliant templates, individual archive pages for posts, comments, and posting by email.
On August 14, 2006, Blogger launched its latest version in beta, codenamed "Invader", alongside the gold release. This migrate users to Google servers and included some new features.
In December 2006, this new version of Blogger was taken out of beta.
By May 2007, Blogger had completely moved over to Google operated servers.

Blogger was ranked 16 on the list of top 50 domains in terms of number of unique visitors in 2007.

Source: wikipedia.org

Michael Arrington

2010-05-17T03:00:00.000-07:00

J. Michael Arrington is the founder and co-editor of TechCrunch, a blog covering the Silicon Valley technology start-up communities and the wider technology field in USA and elsewhere. Magazines such as Wired and Forbes have named Arrington one of the most powerful people on the Internet. In 2008, he was selected by TIME Magazine as one of the most influential people in the world. Wired magazine also included him in a flowchart of "internet blowhards" citing his obsession with "Web 2.0".

Arrington grew up in California, USA and Surrey, England and graduated from Claremont McKenna College with a major in economics. He went on to Stanford Law School and graduated in 1995. He practiced corporate and securities law at O’Melveny & Myers, and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Arrington was co-founder of Achex, an internet payments company, which was sold to First Data Corp for US$32 million and is now the back end of Western Union online. His other entrepreneurial endeavors include co-founding Zip.ca and Pool.com, acting as chief operating officer for Razorgator, and founding Edgeio. He was also more recently on the board of directors for the startup Foldera which was designing a software as a service organizational tool.

source : wikipedia.com

Writing Reasons

2010-05-06T07:21:00.000-07:00

Articles, essays, short stories, papers, or novel is the result of work of writing. Writing is done by any reasons. Some common reasons that cause someone finally wrote was:

1. Economic Reasons
Some people write because of the promised material benefits. For example: reporters who get salaries from the news company where they worked. Competitor who write for the sake of getting a gift.

2. Non-economic reasons
Some people write for reasons that unrelated to money or gifts. For example a student who wrote a school assignment. Someone who really enjoys writing will also be writing without expecting rewards from his writings.

Thus the discussion this time. We connect later....

10 People You Must Meet if You Want to Become Internet Millionaire

2010-05-04T04:54:00.000-07:00

There are 10 people who in my opinion and some other sources deserve to be teachers in order to pursue success in the Internet business world. They are:

1. Darren Rowse
www.problogger.net

2. Jo Han Mok
www.midastouchmarketing.com

3. Ryan Chua
www.ryanchua.com

4. Stephen Pierce
www.the-whole-truth.com

5. Ewen Chia
www.ewenchia.com

6. Yanik Silver
www.surefiremarketing.com

7. Kelvin Hui
www.ambatch.com

8. Morgan Westerman
www.getinspirednow.com

9. Michelle Timothy
www.rsstoblog.com

10. Jeff Jhonson
www.searchenginevoodoo.com

4 Kind of Knowledge That Need To Known by Internet Businessman

2010-05-03T04:53:00.000-07:00

Experience over the years in the internet business world led me to the conclusion that there are some areas of knowledge that supporting the success of our Internet business field. No matter what the field of Internet business is. What are these four?

1. IT /Information Technology
These include matters relating to the internet and computers, both theoretical and technical knowledge in the field of IT will be supporting you in running an Internet business smoothly. For example, knowledge of how hosting servers work, how to use email, and so on. It does not need too much detail in theory, but at least know the picture of the meaning and how it works.

2. Management
Although many branches – business management, labor management, self management, fund management, time management, and so on – but the essence of management science is always the same. And as already seen in the examples that I write the branch, I’m sure most agree that this knowledge is important enough to master because it is closely related to the formation of working systems.

3. Business and Marketing
Although most of the above knowledge focused on cases in the offline world, but in fact many lessons that we can take and apply in the online world. And in fact there is a lot of marketing techniques, both for the blog and the product, that I use on the basis of business books and offline marketing.

4. Psychology
How to make a different marketing in a general way done? The key was in the psychology. Characteristics of visitors or customers who already buy also become a significant input.

What do you think?

How To Create a Signatured Email

2010-04-30T16:03:00.000-07:00

How to create a signature in Gmail is:

1. Please enter your email account by entering your username and password, then click sign-in. After entering in your email page, click the settings menu that exists in the upper right corner.

2. Enter your signature in the box provided.
3. When done, save your changes by clicking the save changes that are at the bottom of the page. Done!

Furthermore, each time you send email from Gmail, the signature will appear. Do not worry though looks nothing like a hyperlink when you write an email, but in the recipient's email, your URL address will looks like a link.

The Basics of Affiliate Business

2010-04-23T20:50:00.000-07:00

If you want to have income from the internet but do not have any products and services for sale, then the Affiliate Program is the solution. What is an affiliate programs/associate program? Affiliate Program is a form of business cooperation where we act as “liaison” between the providers of products or services with their customers. If one or more of the costumers made a transaction, then we as an affiliate received compensation for the work we do (the commission). You probably already know the term brokers or agents. As a comparison here are some reasons why we joined as an affiliate:

• There are no production costs.
• The cost to start a business is relatively low.
• Labor force required is relatively small when compared to conventional business.
• You can do this business anytime, and wherever you are. Not bound by time and place.
• Potential to bring in income without stopping. Passive income!
• Potential to have an unlimited income. If you do it right, consistent, and unyielding.

There are three types of affiliate programs, namely:

• Pay per Sale program, by joining through this type you will get a commission in accordance with the number of products or services you sell successfully through your referral link.
• Pay per Lead program, by joining through this type you will get a commission in accordance with the number of people who fill out the form (field), surveys, or signing up for services provided.
• Pay per Click programs, by joining through this type you will get a commission in accordance with the number of referral click on the link provided by the merchant to you.

The easiest way to make money is Pay per Click program, but you get a little money. In contrast to the Pay per Sale, the most difficult to get buyers but also the most in money. Which one would you choose?

How To Make Money Online

2010-04-23T07:28:00.000-07:00

I think this is the reason many people blog: to make money. I have to admit that this is not the only reason for starting a blog but if this is the case with you here is what I think of it and what I consider to be some of the most important things you need or have to do in order to succeed. I don’t think it makes any difference if it is a business blog or a personal blog turned into a business – the same rules apply. The differences consist in the way you blog – the way you write your articles – but as far as the monetization goes I think we can find a core of rules that can be applied to both.

Here are some ways you can monetize your blog:
1. Display ads for niche related companies (you can be paid per month or per clicks or per number of impressions)

2. Run Adsense from Google (you receive a dollar amount when someone clicks the ad displayed on your blog – what the ads display is related to your content)

3. Affiliate links (there are many affiliate programs out there and each one offer different commissions; find one that is related to your niche, check if you like the commission and register; you’ll get pay if someone will follow a link on your blog and actually buy a product; you can find affiliate programs everywhere: almost any big e-commerce website offers such a program )

4. Sell a product (here I’m talking about something you produced. Your product can be from an e-book to video tutorials, or both. It doesn’t matter what your niche is there are always people willing to pay to learn some secretes about that niche or just some tips, advices, case studies, tutorials and so on )

5. Sell services (this is another great way to monetize your blog. The problem is trust and type. Here is what I mean by that. People will not just take your word that you’re good at something. And here you have two choices: either you build that trust in time by writing good articles or you create an e-book or some videos that you give away for free so that people see what you can do. The other problem is related to the fact that many services are 1on1 type. This means that you have to customize or adapt your service to each client – this means more work. So, unless you can automate this, you need to establish a fair price. The more customize a service becomes the higher the price)

What do you need in order to benefit from all the above monetization methods of your blog:
1. A well build blog – by that I’m not talking about quality content – we passed that – we already have great quality content. I’m talking about a search engine friendly blog that displays correct titles and description metatags for each article and have proper URLs.

2. Traffic - lots of traffic. Especially organic traffic (the one that comes from search engines). With no traffic you can’t make money. This is a crucial component of a strong foundation – it’s a big one. This is why you’ll need a good list of keywords to target and some guidelines of how to use them in your articles.

3. A clear graphic theme – use a theme that is simple and with actual design. It’s important to have a blog that looks like 2009 not like the 90s. If you have to, spend some money on a premium theme.

4. Create multiple traffic streams – as I said, organic traffic is the best. But you can get traffic to your website from all kind of other sources:

a. AdWords from Google
b. Video marketing on YouTube, Vimeo, Viddler – use TubeMogul to upload on all video sharing websites at once
c. Use Twitter to build trust, relations and brand awareness
d. Use FaceBook pages
e. Use social bookmarking on websites that promote your niche (you can see this by searching these websites for high bookmarks)

5. Build Authority – this leads to trust and to branding. If people start searching for your brand name to get to your website you are on the right track

6. A well thought domain – here I’m talking about the domain name and type. A .com domain can “speak” to the world but a country based domain will only address the people from that country

My advice is to use multiple monetization methods. This way you are protected if one method fails or has a poor month. Also build multiple traffic streams. You never know when a search engine decides to change something and you’re no longer on first page.

Let me know what your opinion is. Maybe you have suggestions on different ways to monetize or other important factors you need.

Source: www.optimizingtheweb.com

Top Affiliate Business Source

2010-04-22T20:47:00.000-07:00

Most Affiliate Network programs provide the same service for free. Here is a list of affiliate network programs which popular for their credibility.

• Clickbank
• Commission Junction
• Shareasale
• Linkshare
• DarkBlue
• Revenue Gateway
• Google Affiliate Network
• Affiliate Window

• AzoogleAds
• PaydotCom
• Affiliate Fuel
• Click2sales
• ClixGalore
• MaxBounty
• ModernClick

Penyuluhan Gigi

2010-04-18T04:35:00.000-07:00

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Top 3 Ways to Boost Your Affiliate Income

2010-04-16T09:00:00.000-07:00

To know the tactics to double or triple your income, right? In this post, I would like to share some nice and effective ways and tactics to double or even triple your income. Read the following tips to help you to boost your affiliate income.

1. Find a Good Product to Promote
Find a good product to promote is very important. Promoting a sellable product will let you earn a great amount in a short time. If you don’t know which affiliate program you want to use, I will recommend you to get your affiliate account at ClickBank. How to choose a product? You must choose a product which is related with your blog. After that, you should make sure that the grav point of the product is high. A product with high grave point means that the product is more sellable in the internet. I also encourage you to choose a product which the merchant pays a high commission to affiliates. I always choose products which merchants pay more than 60% per sale. Another thing that you need to avoid is promote too much affiliate products in a time. It will discourage you to brand the product nicely. Concentrate on a product is encouraged.

2. Promote in Your Free eBook
I realize that almost every people like free stuff. You can create a free eBook and give it to your readers. You can promote an affiliate product in the free eBook which you create. This way can probably double or even triple your sales if you have many readers and many people grab your free eBook. If you have your own product, you can promote it in your free eBook. If your product is in the form of eBook, you can create a leaked chapter eBook to your readers for free =)

3. Promote via Newsletters
If you are using autoresponder for your marketing and you have your own newsletters, you can promote a product in your newsletter. Make sure you brand the product, as well as the author or the merchant. Make sure you can persuade your readers well. Besides, you can also place your affiliate link in your newsletter’s signature instead of placing on your blog. Place your link in your signature is also an effective way to increase your affiliate sales, as you can see many affiliates are doing so. These are the top 3 tips and tactics to boost you affiliate income. No harm to give a try. You will double or even triple your sales by using the ways above. Wish you good luck. If you want to know more about make money online stuff, do not forget to frequent my blog and subscribe my blog via e-mail so that you won’t get lost in this field!

What Articles Is on Your Blog For This Christmas?

2010-04-13T08:35:00.000-07:00

Christmas drew near and all around the world is already filled with the atmosphere of Christmas. Various parts of the world is cannot separated from the celebration of this Christian’s Holiday. Bloggers and blogging world is also involved in the crowd of Christmas. I wonder what the article would invade people this Christmas?

1. Christianity. This would be the main focus of Christians in the early weeks of this Christmas. Those who wish to deepen their faith will try to find Christian themes on the internet. If you are interested and do understand about Christianity, you will be very lucky if you could write this article.

2. Gadget review. One of the things that may be the most wanted at Christmas is a gadget. This is the result of an increasingly global world advanced in technology. The children are now in rage for gadget, of course, many parents want Santa award gadget for their son.

3. Tourism review. Christmas and New Year is like a long weekend which people wouldn’t love to pass it. Perhaps the Bloggers can write a review about tourist attractions or holiday interesting.

Okay … I hope you get shortage of ideas for this long weekend …: D

How to Give A Good Comments?

2010-04-12T08:33:00.000-07:00

How to give a qualified comment? Here are the tips:

1. Give your opinion about the topic.

2. If you have any questions, write it in the comment column.

3. If you have any suggestions or criticisms, do not hesitate to write. Criticism is needed by the bloggers.

4. If you can, make a comment at least in 2 lines. If not, please write an important thing not a junk.

5. Type by using the rules of good writing (capital letters, commas, periods, spaces, etc.).

6. Try to leaving just one backlink, backlink that too much will give the impression of a junk comment.

7. Always read the article first! Although only a glimpse, at least we do not comment out of the subject.

Comments represent yourself as a blogger, so fix the way you commented :D

How to Make a Brand for Your Blog?

2010-04-11T08:30:00.000-07:00

Do you have a blog? If not, and intend to create a blog, start to think about not just make a blog. But a blog that had a strong brand. If you already have a blog, never too late to start building your blog’s brand.

Why create a strong brand for blog is important? In the middle of the “jungle” that the Internet contains millions of blogs, only blogs that had stronger brand that will always remembered by visitors, repeatedly visited by visitors, will be able to survive, and continue to gain money. Brand also will strengthen the overall image of your blog. And branding is also at the root of all your marketing activities.

So, what should be done?
Branding a blog include many elements. The entire element was assigned to create a message or a special image in the minds of visitors. The elements include:

1. Niche, Target, Positioning. Try to answer the following questions. What’s in your blog? How does your blog different from other blogs? Who is your target for visitors? Does your blog “satisfy” your visitors? By answering these question, you can know your blog topic, your target for audience, and how your position in the eyes of your visitors.

2. Blog’s Name. Use a unique name and in accordance with the purpose of your blog. For example by using your name, or the name of your blog’s niche, and perhaps the most widely keywords used in your niche. But remember, the obvious name of your blog should be short, memorable, easily pronounced, and represent yourself/your business.

3. Slogans. Have an important slogan will reinforce the message you want to convey through your blog. The principle of determining the best slogans reveal the main features of your blog. It also can deliver benefits that will get visitors to your blog. The slogan that you create must be unique, powerful, and in accordance with the contents of your blog.

4. Logo. Logo is a crystallization of your blog that is created in a visual form. Logo is one form of communication to the visitors of your blog. Logo is also a blog’s marker that has a message. It is important to remember, whether the message is easily captured by the logo and your logo consistent with your slogans. Besides the logo, interesting blog’s design and content can make your credibility increases.

5. Posting. Blog’s articles are also one important element of your blog. In the post, use appropriate language and appropriate with your target for visitors and your blog’s positioning must be noted.

Overall these elements will serve to establish your blog’s brand, which in turn leads to the form of visitors and build your credibility, that your blog is the best place to find information about a topic, that you are an expert in that field.

Then, the brand that took shape was then applied to the various marketing strategies to grow brand awareness. What are the marketing strategies used? Marketing strategies that you can do include a relationship with another blogger, using direct mail to the subscriber of your blog, you can make a training or seminar, a community, and so on.

If you do it correctly and consistently, guaranteed that your blog’s brand will increase and your blog is no longer just a normal blog.

Take actions and success will follow your actions…

How Bloggers Make Money from Blogs

2010-04-10T08:22:00.000-07:00

Before I get in touch with how to monetizing a web, I always hate ads which displayed in almost every sites that I looked at coz they always showed a product that I don’t want to buy, while i am looking for information in the net. In early of 2005, I started to know some ways to make money from web or blog.

Because I don’t even know what the Adsense is, although I already read the ads about adsense (while browsing in free classifieds sites) since 2003, I started the registration in 2005.

As a media, blog and web that contain useful information can be another source of income by put some ads on those blogs or webs. Your job is only to invite as many visitors as possible to see the ads (and of course to click it) from your ads network service that you put in your blog or web.

The Development of ads media in webs or blogs is also experience many improvement than before, so the form is not always a text ads or banners, but also link ads and paid review. Before you bored with this article, let see one by one on how you can make money from your blogs.

CPC
CPC is contraction of the term Cost Per Click, which means you will paid if the ads that you already put in your site or blog was clicked by their visitors. The amount of money that will paid for every single click is various depend on each ads network rules and term and also the keyword for the ads. The example of CPC based ads is Google Adsense, Adbrite, Chitika, and Bidvertiser. Azoogle Ads, DoubleClick, Clicksor, TextAds, Fastclick, Value Click, MSN Adcenter and YPN.

CPM
CPM is a contraction of term Cost Per Metrics. It also described as impression based ads. Ads that using this method will pay you if the ads saw 1000 times or impressions. Ads program that using this method is Infolinks and Adbrite.

Link Ads
Link Ads is ads program that will paid you if there is another blog or site that want to link with yours. All you have to do is to build a blog and optimize it with SEO technique so that your blog will get a good PageRank and meet the conditions to register in link broker like Text Link Ads. You can also sale your link by yourself if you want.

Affiliate
Make money through referral system and or affiliate program can be a new challenge to some blogger or webmaster. Because you will paid by the company only if you refer a new customer to buy their product or service. This kind of program need a marketing skill to sale the products. The example is Amazon, Clickbank, and Commission Junction.

Paid Review
Paid review is also a good program to make money. It because it’s easy to do and the payment is quite fast to. You will paid to make an article which linked to a site, service, or product that sold by another blogger. The conditions to accept this kind of job is not difficult. Even a PR 0 sites can join this kind of program. But of course the higher PR of your blog, the more offers you will get. Example is LinkWorth.

Donation
I really don’t recognize that this is also one of money source for blogger. But my friend told me that it is real, that he receive some mount of donation from the visitors. To create this source of income I suggest you to try the PayPal.

Flipping Blogs
This is also new for me, and it need a lot of SEO and other ‘net’ skills to work with it. Flipping blogs means you make or buy and repair some blogs, make it popular, famous, or some kind of that and then sale it. Some create a lot of money through this kind of work. My friends made about $70,000 just for one site only.

To choose the best, you can adjust it with your blog condition. Good luck…

How to Choose a Niche Topic for your Blog

2010-04-09T08:24:00.000-07:00

Niche is one of the vital factors for your blog. In fact it’s difficult to find a niche topic instead of SEO tips, Online Business Tips, How To Get More Traffic, How To Increase Your PageRank, How To Increase Your Alexa Rank, and other tips in blogging things.

The topic that I mention above is already sold out, I means you can still use it but you have to compete with the other bloggers (I means thousands or maybe millions blogger) to get attention. But here some tips which can help you determine the best topic for your blog’s content.

1. The first step is asking yourself : “In which field is you good enough, expert enough, have more experiences or you like to?” This is the first principal to choose a niche. It will better to choose a topic where you are really capable in although it less known buy reader than you choose a popular topic but you can’t handle it. Why? Because if you force yourself to write about it you will out of idea, stuck, and meet other obstacle. In the end you will fail too.

2. If you still confuse to choose niche, there is some sites that can help to give an like :
- http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers
- http://pages.ebay.com/sell/whatshot/index.html
- http://pulse.ebay.com/
- http://www.clickbank.com/marketplace.htm
- http://www.google.com/products
- http://magazines.com/

There are few products and topics that will give more idea for you.

3. When you finally find a topic which niche enough, you can go to the sites below to examine the prospect of the keyword of the niche topic that you already choose.
- http://google.com/trends?q=&ctab=0&geo=ID&geor=all&date=ytd&sort=0
- https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

You can say it well enough if the search result and the trend are big

4. You can also check in google.com to examine the competition level on that topic. You can see the number of search result. Too many competitors are not good, but without competitor are not good too.

5. Money potential. This requisite is for you who make a blog to make money. Find information or ask yourself if the topic will potential or not to earn money from Google Adsense, affiliate program etc.

6. The last is Take Action! If you still silent and doing nothing so you will receive nothing and you will experience nothing. Just take action and learning by doing and you will be expert someday

I hope this article will help you to choose the niche topic for your blog. Good luck!

What Is a Blog?

2010-04-08T08:17:00.000-07:00

People already aware about some called blog. Maybe after the Prita’s case against Omni International Hospital, more people get in touch with the word ‘blog’. So what is blog actually? I can’t exactly clearly and factually answer this question, but maybe can open a space for you to start a debate here about what we called ‘blog’. According to many Indonesian blogger (I mean the ordinary one, not the superblogger like Isnaini or Cosa Aranda ) blog is contraction of ‘web log’. Maybe you usual with both of these word. ‘Log’ means notebook, so…web log is a web which contain notes that release in the net. Just like a diary in the web.

Through blog, you can spread your words, idea, and other things and thought that you want to share with others. You can also establish a community in the same interest and idea.

For a better view for the word ‘blog’ let see what internet said about it :

“A blog (a contraction of the term “weblog“) is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video.” www.wikipedia.org

“A frequent, chronological publication of personal thoughts and Web links.” www.marketingterms.com

“A Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer; also : the contents of such a site.” www.merriam-webster.com

“A blog (short for weblog) is a personal online journal that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption. Blogs are defined by their format: a series of entries posted to a single page in reverse-chronological order.” www.searchwindevelopment.techtarget.com

“A website that displays in chronological order the postings by one or more individuals and usually has links to comments on specific postings.” www.answers.com

According to the definition that written in all of the sites above, there is some word that came repeatedly, its individuals, comments, chronological, and links. Let assume that these words is the main character of a blog.

Individuals, blog started as an individual idea project. Is to spread out your thought, ego and other narcissi things in it. Corporate blog maybe not individual enough for now, but it is just the improvement of a kind of blogs. In the origin, blog is still an individual work.

Comments, is always showed up every time you open a blog address. I mean, a blog is usually have a comments box in it.

Chronological, blog is updated everyday, every week or in the other word is a routine works.

Links, blog also contain links to other site. One blog owner is trying to connected with other blog owner. If not, the blog owner also wants to connected with other site that he or she likes to read. Thats, why blogs always contain links.

If you not bored, please read some additional information about blog from Wikipedia.

“A blog (a contraction of the term “weblog“) is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. “Blog” can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.

Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (artlog), photographs (photoblog), sketches (sketchblog), videos (vlog), music (MP3 blog), and audio (podcasting). Micro-blogging is another type of blogging, featuring very short posts.

As of December 2007, blog search engine Technorati was tracking more than 112 million blogs. There are many different types of blogs, differing not only in the type of content, but also in the way that content is delivered or written.

Type of Blog

By the Owner
Personal blogs. The personal blog, an ongoing diary or commentary by an individual, is the traditional, most common blog. Personal bloggers usually take pride in their blog posts, even if their blog is never read by anyone but them. Blogs often become more than a way to just communicate; they become a way to reflect on life or works of art. Blogging can have a sentimental quality. Few personal blogs rise to fame and the mainstream, but some personal blogs quickly garner an extensive following. A type of personal blog is referred to as “microblogging,” which is extremely detailed blogging as it seeks to capture a moment in time. Sites, such as Twitter, allow bloggers to share thoughts and feelings instantaneously with friends and family and is much faster than e-mailing or writing.

Corporate blogs. A blog can be private, as in most cases, or it can be for business purposes. Blogs, either used internally to enhance the communication and culture in a corporation or externally for marketing, branding or public relations purposes are called corporate blogs.

By genre
Some blogs focus on a particular subject, such as political blogs, travel blogs, house blogs, fashion blogs, project blogs, education blogs, niche blogs, classical music blogs, quizzing blogs and legal blogs (often referred to as a blawgs) or dreamlogs. Two common types of genre blogs are art blogs and music blogs. A blog featuring discussions especially about home and family is not uncommonly called a mom blog. While not a legitimate type of blog, one used for the sole purpose of spamming is known as a Splog.

By media type
A blog comprising videos is called a vlog, one comprising links is called a linklog, a site containing a portfolio of sketches is called a sketchblog or one comprising photos is called a photoblog. Blogs with shorter posts and mixed media types are called tumblelogs. Blogs that are written on typewriters and then scanned are called typecast or typecast blogs; see typecasting (blogging).

A rare type of blog hosted on the Gopher Protocol is known as a Phlog.

By device
Blogs can also be defined by which type of device is used to compose it. A blog written by a mobile device like a mobile phone or PDA could be called a moblog. One early blog was Wearable Wireless Webcam, an online shared diary of a person’s personal life combining text, video, and pictures transmitted live from a wearable computer and EyeTap device to a web site. This practice of semi-automated blogging with live video together with text was referred to as sousveillance. Such journals have been used as evidence in legal matters.

The term “weblog” was coined by Jorn Barger on 17 December 1997. The short form, “blog,” was coined by Peter Merholz, who jokingly broke the word weblog into the phrase we blog in the sidebar of his blog Peterme.com in April or May 1999. Shortly thereafter, Evan Williams at Pyra Labs used “blog” as both a noun and verb (”to blog,” meaning “to edit one’s weblog or to post to one’s weblog”) and devised the term “blogger” in connection with Pyra Labs’ Blogger product, leading to the popularization of the terms.

Before blogging became popular, digital communities took many forms, including Usenet, commercial online services such as GEnie, BiX and the early CompuServe, e-mail lists and Bulletin Board Systems (BBS). In the 1990s, Internet forum software, such as WebEx, created running conversations with “threads.” Threads are topical connections between messages on a metaphorical “corkboard.”

The modern blog evolved from the online diary, where people would keep a running account of their personal lives. Most such writers called themselves diarists, journalists, or journalers. Justin Hall, who began personal blogging in 1994 while a student at Swarthmore College, is generally recognized as one of the earliest bloggers, as is Jerry Pournelle. Dave Winer’s Scripting News is also credited with being one of the oldest and longest running weblogs. Another early blog was Wearable Wireless Webcam, an online shared diary of a person’s personal life combining text, video, and pictures transmitted live from a wearable computer and EyeTap device to a web site in 1994. This practice of semi-automated blogging with live video together with text was referred to as sousveillance, and such journals were also used as evidence in legal matters.

Early blogs were simply manually updated components of common Web sites. However, the evolution of tools to facilitate the production and maintenance of Web articles posted in reverse chronological order made the publishing process feasible to a much larger, less technical, population. Ultimately, this resulted in the distinct class of online publishing that produces blogs we recognize today. For instance, the use of some sort of browser-based software is now a typical aspect of “blogging”. Blogs can be hosted by dedicated blog hosting services, or they can be run using blog software, or on regular web hosting services.

After a slow start, blogging rapidly gained in popularity. Blog usage spread during 1999 and the years following, being further popularized by the near-simultaneous arrival of the first hosted blog tools:

• Bruce Ableson launched Open Diary in October 1998, which soon grew to thousands of online diaries. Open Diary innovated the reader comment, becoming the first blog community where readers could add comments to other writers’ blog entries.
• Brad Fitzpatrick started LiveJournal in March 1999.
• Andrew Smales created Pitas.com in July 1999 as an easier alternative to maintaining a “news page” on a Web site, followed by Diaryland in September 1999, focusing more on a personal diary community.
• Evan Williams and Meg Hourihan (Pyra Labs) launched blogger.com in August 1999 (purchased by Google in February 2003)”

How To Start a Blog for Beginners

2010-04-07T08:14:00.000-07:00

The following tips are very useful in your effort to start writing a blog.

1. Do not be discouraged by other people comments. However, nor too harsh in an opinion because it can lead your loyal readers away.

2. You do not have to answer every criticism you receive. Some people just looking for attention by writing a negative comment. Ignore and block them if necessary.

3. Do not write when you’re angry. Because you can write something that would be regretted later. If you still publish it, save the text in ‘private’ until you calm down.

4. It takes time for your blog to has a high number of visitors. So, be patient and continue to write a new article.

5. Write about what you know and love. Do not often write about the topics discussed in full swing. Your love in one topic will be visible in your articles.

Source: www.o-om.com

HTML Code for Colors

2010-04-06T08:14:00.000-07:00

In the world of web/blog, the color is very important and very influential on the appearance of web/blog. The colors are usually used for background, text, links, tables etc. If the color combinations on your web/blog are not fit, or not pleasing to the eye, then it will make the web/blog visitors to be less comfortable, and the visitors will likely to lazy to visit your blog again. But to make these colors we need to use color codes, so for those who are not so good in HTML skill will be difficult to get the color codes.

Hence, below I have make a list of HTML color code for that does not know or want to know the color codes.

Cyan #00ffff
Blue #0000ff
Skyblue #abcdef
Darkcyan #008686
Cadetblue #5f9ea0
Midnightblue #191970
Mediumslateblue #7b68ee
Cornflowerblue #6495ed
Lightsteelblue #b0c4de
Lightskyblue #87cefa
Powderblue #bde0e6
Aquamarine #7fffda
Dodgerblue #1e90ff
Royalblue #4169e1
Blueviolet #8a2be2
Indigo #460082
Lavender #e6e6fa
Lightblue #add8e6
Deepskyblue #00bfff
Darkslateblue #483080
Mediumvioletred #071585
Mediumturquoise #4801cc
Mediumorchid #ba55d3
Darkturquoise #00ccd1
Paleturquoise #afeeee
Darkorchid #9932cc
Slateblue #6454cd
Aqua #00ffff
Red #ff0000
Darkred #860000
Indianred #cd5c5c
Firebrick #622222
Lightsalmon #ffa07a
Lightcoral #f08080
Maroon #800000
Crimson #dc143c
Tomato #ff6347
Salmon #fa8072
Coral #ff7f50
Pink #ffc0cb
Hotpink #ff69ba
Deeppink #ff1493
Lightpink #ffb6c1
Mistyrose #ffe4e1
Moccasin #ffe4b5
Peachpuff #ffdab9
Mintcream #f5fffa
Floralwhite #fffaf0
Oldlace #fdf5e6
Thistle #d8bfd8
White #ffffff
Linen #faf0e6
Navy #000080
Snow #fffafa
Orange #ffd000
Orangered #ff4500
Burlywood #deb887
Darkorange #ff8c00
Palevioletred #db7093
Sandybrown #f4a460
Rosybrown #bc8f8e
Brown #a52a2a
Peru #cd853f
Gold #ffd700
Yellow #ffff00
Lightyellow #ffffe0
Yellowgreen #9acd32
Palegoldenrod #eee8aa
Goldenrod #daa520
Lime #00ff00
Green #008000
Seagreen #f4a460
Palegreen #98f698
Lightseagreen #20b2aa
Forestgreen #228622
Lightgreen #90ee90
Olive #808000
Tan #d2b48c
Teal #008080
Olivedrab #6b8e23
Greenyellow #adff2f
Darkslategray #2f4f45
Darkolivegreen #55662f
Mediumspringgreen #00fa9a
Darkgoldenrod #688606
Darkkhaki #606766
Orchid #da70d6
Fuchsia #ff00ff
Darkmagenta #860086
Darkviolet #940003
Mediumpurple #9370db
Violet #ee82ee
Purple #800080
Plum #dda0dd
Gray #808080
Dimgray #696969
Gainsboro #dcdcdc
Lightslategray #778899
Lightgray #d3d3d3
Slategray #708090
Darkgray #a9a9a9
Silver #c0c0c0
Springgreen #00ff7f
Lightpink #ffb6c1
Navojowhite #ffdead
Khaki #f0e68c
Chocolate #d2691e

How to Make Visitors Back to Your Blog

2010-04-05T08:09:00.000-07:00

Of course you want your blog to be visited by many people every day. But do you know what factors that influences it?

In my opinion, these factors are:

Templates
The original and beautiful template can make visitors come back again just to enjoy its beauty. Some blogs with a good template makes it very nice and comfortable for long regarded. To create a comfortable reading’s blog, use custom templates or standard (but has been modified) that contain colors that are comfortable to look at, like a white and green or other soft colors. Do not use colors that make the visitors eyes hurt like red and orange.

Do not use a black background or other dark colors for the post, it makes visitors bored when read your blog. Use white or light green and other soft colors as the background.

Writing Ordinances
Use a good and right English use good font.

Do not abbreviate the words because this is a blog, not SMS. If there is a lot of space, why you should make it short?

Loading Page
Have you opened a blog and the blog are not finished to load when you’ve waited long enough? I frequently and usually will immediately close the blog. Do not let this happen to you because it is very harmful. Check your blog’s loading speed, you don’t have to use an expensive IT services, you can test it with your own computer. If it is too long to load, then you can make improvements on your blog.

Reduce the image on your blog, or you can also compress the image so it smaller and faster to load. And also check whether the server where you upload the JavaScript and images work well.

I think that’s the only point from me for this time. For those of you who have additional information please share here…

Internet Marketing

2010-04-04T08:07:00.000-07:00

Before entering into the field of internet marketing, of course, we need to know about what is internet marketing. I think internet marketing is a way of marketing goods and services by utilizing the Internet as the primary medium. But to get a more complete understanding, it would be useful to refer to wikipedia. According to wikipedia:

Internet marketing, also referred to as i-marketing, web marketing, online marketing, or eMarketing, is the marketing of products or services over the Internet.

The Internet has brought media to a global audience. The interactive nature of Internet marketing in terms of providing instant response and eliciting responses, is a unique quality of the medium. Internet marketing is sometimes considered to have a broader scope because it not only refers to the Internet, e-mail, and wireless media, but it includes management of digital customer data and electronic customer relationship management (ECRM) systems.

Internet marketing ties together creative and technical aspects of the Internet, including: design, development, advertising, and sales.

Internet marketing also refers to the placement of media along different stages of the customer engagement cycle through search engine marketingsearch engine optimization (SEO), banner ads on specific websites, e-mail marketing, and Web 2.0 strategies. In 2008 The New York Times, working with comScore, published an initial estimate to quantify the user data collected by large Internet-based companies. Counting four types of interactions with company websites in addition to the hits from advertisements served from advertising networks, the authors found the potential for collecting data upward of 2,500 times on average per user per month. (SEM),

Pasang Kawat Gigi Gratis

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Blogger Tips: Why Write Reviews?

2010-04-03T08:02:00.000-07:00

Write a review is one of the effective strategies in designing new posting for your blog. Yes, it is a sort of telling style to overcome the drought of ideas or inspiration that often arises.

Write a review will help you learn to write constructive criticism. Write a short review, will help you write something more clearly and concisely. And it is not difficult if you practice.

Tips as follows:

1. Write a critical review of something that you do not like. Probably about a book, movies, TV shows, software, and so on. The aim is something that not quite right in your opinion. Focus on the gap, and explain why a deficiency arises and how to make it better.

2. Read the review again and make it shorter. Can you mix it all in 150-200 words without losing the gist?

3. Write more review in your blog. Then apply the 1-2 steps again. So on. The more productive you made, the better the result you get.

Now, when you write something other than the review, apply the same process. I guaranteed you’ll get used to seeing something unique and characteristic of a phenomenon and then try to offer solutions. Want to try?

How to Start Blogging Tips: Do not make it Complicated

2010-04-02T08:00:00.000-07:00

Some bloggers beginners have difficulty in making blog articles because they often lose the idea or inspiration to keep producing new articles regularly.

Here are some tips that might be considered:

1. Start small. Do not be too burdened with a certain quantity as the senior blogger did. If you could only write once in two weeks, please, continue it.

2. Write down the topics that you enjoy. Try to write about things that really interest you. Do not push the subject who happened to work when written by other bloggers and success. If you enjoy writing about fashion, for example, why you should write about games? If you enjoy writing about music why you should write about gadgets?

3. Make a research first. Whatever the topic you want to write, try to first researched the news or other articles about it – whether through a search engine or blog-walking. This is useful for you to get the perspective or angle for the post that you will write.

4. Evaluate. After three months, try to evaluate again the above steps: whether the frequency of posting may be increases to once a week, and watch the statistics of your postings (from a big topic you are writing) for the article that most favored by your blog reader. It can be seen from incoming comments or linkbacks from other blogs. Do the same thing, the next three months.

So, for a blog walk “normal”, required at least for about six months learning-curve. There is no success gained in one night, right?

How to Find Ideas for Blog Posts

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This question may also often crossed your mind when starting or even already have a blog. Then how to stay fill your blog with new articles and make your blogs remain active? Yes look for new writing ideas. But how?

1. Read something. Anything, books, magazines, newspapers, etc. Blog is a writing activity and writers who rarely read are as someone who is exercising without a break and drink. Dehydration of ideas, that’s what they would experience as an author who rarely read.

2. Occasionally visit the net community forum. Kaskus, Detik etc. Usually there is question thread from their members. Try reading once in a while, just maybe there are some of the question that you can answer, write the answer in the form of articles.

3. Traveling. The more often you travel will also open new horizons for you. You can write new things that thought by you on the trip. For example visiting Lapindo mud, then you thought about the process of Lapindo mudflow. Or, you can also directly capture your journey through the photographs that you can display on the blog.

4. Hospitality. Visit friends, relatives or anyone else you know. Who knows in your visit they will tell you about something. That could be a things that can be processed into a journalistic material right? If you meet someone famous, popular in the public eye, you can interview them and display the results of these interviews on your blog.

5. Daily routine. Why not write about yourself? Every human being is a unique creature and will never be the same with each other. Write about yourself or what you are doing today. If you believe it is attractive then it would attract someone to read it.

So…let start to write a new article…

Controversial Ideas That Will Popularize Your Blog

2010-03-31T07:55:00.000-07:00

First of all I want to convey here that what I am proposing in this paper is just an idea. Thus, all the consequences and impacts arising as a result of the use of the ideas entirely under your responsibility as a blogger.

Some controversial writings ideas that will bounce your blog’s name are:

1. Islam. Write something about Islam, especially the contempt showing the fact of increased popularity in journalism world. Salman Rushdi even gets protection from the government of Britain (if you also need a refuge after write it). Do you still remember the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad SAW? Look at how Muslims around the world react to these insults.

2. Sex. The theme of sexuality is one of the easiest and most accessible for reader’s attention. Sex is one of the basic needs of an adult human. Writing the theme of sex is not always meaning you have to write a story of sex, nude photos, etc. In fact, I’ve found a blog that only shows the vulgar title, but it did not show sexual topics at all.

3. Racism. The racially theme will still be prima donna for journalism in the world. For example, there are some very popular blogs that contain themes of ethnicity.

4. Politics. Dispute about the border between Indonesia and Malaysia had made relations between the two countries heats up. Not only in the real world, even in the cyber world they were fighting each other. There are many blogs that insult the opposite countries. Blogs are visited on average by 1000 people per day. Interesting for Adsense isn’t it?

Indeed, Google said that they would reject the writings with all above theme. However, in reality there are many blogs with the same theme remains appear safely on the internet. So … it’s up to you…

Post Tips to SEO Friendly Pages In Your Blog

2010-03-30T07:52:00.000-07:00

This article is very important for you who just starting to run a blog or already have a blog for a long time. This is one of the requirements for the success of your blog to appear in Google search results.

1. Use the standard language. Try not to use the slang word. Because in the Google, they works as a search engine as well as a language interpreter engine.

2. Repeat keywords, 3 to 5 times in one posting. This means that if you created the short article, then 3 times repetition is just enough. But if you write a long article, it can be repeated up to 10 times. Let’s not more than 10 times. Google will search for the word repetition to find specific articles.

3. Do not cheat (copy and paste other people’s work). That means make your own different articles, your own style, your own long or short sentences and others. It’s okay to look at other people’s work but you do not necessarily to make it be the same. Write your article with your own style. Google is like a teacher. That means it knows where the article is ever published or not. As a result, if you get caught cheating, your score will fall. In this matter is your rank in Google.

4. Clarify the article by linking new articles with the previous article by placing a link to the other article. Yes it is also recommended

Hopefully this article helpful. Good luck….

The Easiest SEO Tips For Your Blog

2010-03-29T07:48:00.000-07:00

Here are 5 ways to increase the popularity of your blog or SEO which in my opinion the most easy to do.

1. Domain name selection. Find the best domain name in accordance with the content of your blog content. For example, if you create a blog that contains about health, the domain name must also contain ‘healthy’ things. The header should also be no different with the domain name of your blog. Then the title of the posting is also adjusted to your blog content. In the post you should have keywords that you target.

2. Do not put too many backlinks in a short time. Create backlinks regularly and routinely. Place the backlink in a similar blog.

3. Blog articles are related to one another and always up to date. Blog articles should be useful for others. Original content and not copy paste random from your neighbors.

4. Template should match the theme. You can find templates on Google. For example your blog want to discuss about fashion, and then find a fashion template for it. Do not change the template too often.

5. Blogwalking. Do it with patient and not easily discouraged. I am sure your blog can be successful if it is consistent with these 5 tips. Believe it…

Tips on Choosing a Good Blog Templates

2010-03-28T07:44:00.000-07:00

Templates are sometimes excluded from some bloggers thought when designing a blog. A good article attracts more attention than the template. In fact, the template also determines the success of a blog. Things to note when selecting the template are:

1. The speed of loading for the template. If the loading time is too long, your blog visitors will be bored and move on to other blogs or other sites on the Internet. Consider how fast the loading speed of the template you have chosen it. Usually templates site provider has a preview feature, you can take advantage of this feature.

2. The part which first appeared in a blog is the article, not the sidebar. When the template load, what visitors see first is the main part of your blog, the article. They were visiting certainly not want to see the side of your blog. They came because Google shows snippets of your blog articles.

3. Templates are not burdened with excessive accessories. More and more accessories in a blog template will affect the speed of loading of the template.

4. Text and background color match. This corresponds with the convenience of visitors eyes when read your blog. The more harmonious the writing and background color will make readers more comfortable for long reading to the article on your blog.

5. Not too many ads. Advertising is the main income source of a blog. But if the blog contains more ads than content, the blog will leaved by visitors.

Find the template that meets the above criteria to your blog.

15 Bloggers with the Biggest Income in the World

2010-03-28T01:22:00.000-07:00

Based on income diary’s information, bloggers in the world with the biggest income are:

1. Michael Arrington with a monthly income of $ 200,000, --

2. Pete Cashmore with a monthly income of $ 180,000, --

3. Timothy Sykes with a monthly income of $ 150,000, --

4. Mario Lavandeira with monthly income of $ 140,000, --

5. Jake Dobkin with monthly income of $ 80,000, --

6. Matt Marshall with a monthly income of $ 62,000, --

7. Ewdison Then with a monthly income of $ 60,000, --

8. Nick Denton with a monthly income of $ 60,000, --

9. Vitaly Friedman's with a monthly income of $ 58,500, --

10. Collis Taeed with monthly income of $ 55,000, --

11. Heather B. Armstrong with a monthly income of $ 50,000, --

12. Steve Pavlina with monthly income of $ 45,000, --

13. Josh Marshall with a monthly income of $ 45,000, --

14. Alborz Fallah with monthly income of $ 42,000, --

15. Darren Rowse with monthly income of $ 40,000, --

Source: www.incomediary.com

Automatic Updating Blog Tips Without Touching Your Computers

2010-03-27T07:40:00.000-07:00

If you want to update your blog every day but you will go away for a few days to a place that is difficult to get internet access, how to solve it? It’s easy, simply make a scheduled article. With scheduled articles your blog will be updated automatically at your scheduled time, without having to touch the computer at the time your article appeared.

1. Write the articles. Suppose you’ll go for 14 days, if you want to update it every day for 14 days then you should prepare 14 articles.

2. After all articles prepared in your draft list, now arrange the way your articles published. Click the Post Option (Blogger), at the bottom left of the Edit Post page. Set the date and time of publication. Suppose you’ll be gone for 14 days from date 1 to 14, you will begin to publish on date 1, fill in the date and time, and set what time you want to publish it.

3. After that you can publish the entries. Then the article will be published in accordance with the schedule that you specified earlier. Similarly, you can set for the next article.

So with the scheduled articles, your blog can still update, and your loyal visitors were not disappointed to visit your blog.

How Much the Price of Your Blog?

2010-03-24T07:16:00.000-07:00

Have you estimated how much is your blog worth? Have you ever calculated how much the value of your efforts to build a blog?

You could try http://www.business-opportunities.biz/projects/how-much-is-your-blog-worth/.

Just enter your blog address in the box provided and the results more or less like below:

My blog is worth $564.54.
How much is your blog worth?

How to Write a HTML Script in Your Article

2010-03-23T23:50:00.000-07:00

When you write HTML script to the article, the Blogger usually will automatically convert it into a visual form. In fact, you want to show the script as a script. How? :

1. Open http://blogcrowds.com/resources/parse_html.php, and write everything you want into the box provided, and then click Parse.
2. Copy the code after the 'parse' and input it into your article.
3. Done.

How did it go?

How to Create a DoFollow Blog

2010-03-23T23:32:00.000-07:00

DoFollow blog is in great demand by visitors for comment. This is because the comments on the DoFollow blog tantamount to putting your link on the blog. Thus, create a DoFollow blog can increase the number of visitors.

To create a DoFollow blog please follow the steps below:
1. Sign in, go to layout
2. Click Edit HTML
3. Do not forget to "check" on my expand widget templates
4.Tthen locate the following code:

<a expr:href='data:comment.authorUrl' rel='nofollow'>

5. Remove ‘no follow’ code
6. And Saved

Good luck ...

Retweet Button on Each Article

2010-03-22T22:11:00.000-07:00

If you have a lot of twitter follower, this widget is very useful. The more you retweet by the follower, the more you count on Social bookmarking. The name of this widget is Tweetmeme.

To put it in your blog, copy the following code and place it above the <data:post.body> code

<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px;">
<script type="text/javascript">
tweetmeme_url = '<data:post.url/>';

</ script>
src='http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js' <script type='text/javascript'> </ script>
</ div>

And save your work. Now look at your blog, there is retweet button...

How to Insert Adsense Ads Into the Article

2010-03-22T19:30:00.000-07:00

The technique below allows you to display your ad in the article. In addition to advertising led to a more specific topic, adsense will also appear in every post after you read more link opened or full post. Curious to try? Follow the steps below : $.

1. Get to the Edit HTML in your Blogger layout.
2. Find </b:skin>
3. Add the below code before </b:skin>

.ads{padding-left:8px; border-left:solid 1px #FFFFFF; margin-left:10px; margin-bottom:10px; float:right;}

You can replace the red text with left if you want to place the ads on the left side

4. Search <data:post.body/>
5. If you have, prepare the adsense script that you get from Google, for example like this:

<script type="text/javascript">
<! --
google_ad_client = "pub-XXXXXX";
/ * 468x60, created 1/1/09 * /
google_ad_slot = "XXXXXX";
google_ad_width = 468;
google_ad_height = 60;
//-->
</ script>
<script
src = "http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type = "text / javascript">
</ script>

Eliminate the red code, place it before <data:post.body/>

6. Add this code before the adsense code

<div class='ads'><b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>

and this code after the adsense code

</b:if></div>

7. Save the template

If there is wrong explanation, please comment here. Ganbatte!

How To Get Your Blog Indexed on Google?

2010-03-22T08:30:00.000-07:00

Actually, its very easy. There are several ways that you can do to make your blog indexed by Google. I will mention some way that is:

1. Add your blog at www.google.com/addurl

2. Looking for backlinks from other blogs, it could be by writing comment, especially on the blog with Do Follow status

3. Make a lot of articles, then submit your article on the social bookmarking sites like digg.com, reddit.com, etc. ...

4. Submit your blog using www.freewebsubmission.com

Hopefully this brief explanation can help you.

How to Increase Your PPC Revenue

2010-03-21T21:05:00.000-07:00

You want to know how to improve your PPC earning? I give a little information that is:

1. Increase your traffic. This is the most important way because of the high traffic, the more likely that visitors can click on the ads that you have.

2. Invite your friends to exchange links. This is one way to increase traffic and revenue from your PPC.

3. Discuss the topic of HandPhone, Gadgets, Video especially those associated with technology, because the discussion of this topic is in great demand by visitors, so it can increase your PPC revenue.

4. Register your blog on search engines so visitors increased.

5. This is the most dangerous way to Google Adsense, invite your friends to click on each ad in your blog. As reward you click on the ads that they have on their blog. I am not responsible if you do this action.

Hopefully you can learn to make money through the Internet by this article ...

How to Install Flash in Your Blog

2010-03-21T06:00:00.000-07:00

To install flash in your blog is easy enough. All you need is the flash files which have .swf extension and then then upload the file to your hosting. eg at geocities.com or 000webhost or other hosting places. Flash animation files that can be used as decoration on your blog can also be decorated in the header that makes your blogs more animative. To install flash on your blog use the following way:

1. Login to Blogger then choose "Layout".
2. Then click the "Add a Gadget" where the flash animation will be placed.
3. Select "HTML / Javascript" then put the following script:

<embed src="http://tomoriku.blogspot.com/wellcome.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="white" width="500" height="100" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi? P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed>

* Replace "http://tomoriku.blogspot.com/wellcome.swf" with the address of your flash files that have been put in your hosting.
* Replace width = "500" height = "100" with the size of your flash file.

7 Tips to Run Affiliate Program in Personal Blog

2010-03-21T04:49:00.000-07:00

http://tomoriku.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-to-select-best-affiliate-program.htmlHow exactly do you run the affiliate program? There are many ways.

But the simple, at least there are two ways to run the affiliate program.

The first, with arbitration techniques. For example, suppose you want to promote the product of Nintendo Wii from Amazon.com affiliate program. With arbitration technique, what you do is take advantage of pay per click ads campaign (Google Adwords, Yahoo Search Marketing / YSM, or Microsoft adCenter / MSN) on the Nintendo Wii with Amazon.com using your affiliate link. Every time your campaign ads are clicked, the search of information about the Nintendo Wii will be brought to the landing page of the Nintendo Wii Amazon.com product details. Every time a purchase transaction through your Adwords ads put it, you get a commission from Amazon.com.

The advantages of this way, you do not need to maintain or write new articles every day. The downside (if I may say so), you must have an initial capital to start doing PPC campaign and have enough knowledge about the affiliate arbitrage strategies.

The second way, by using blogs or personal sites that you already have or make an online shopping mall. In other words, you use the media blog (either in the form of posts, sidebar spot or banner) to promote the affiliate products you are taking. Every time a purchase transaction with an affiliate product links on your blog, you get a commission from Amazon.com.

The advantages of this way, you do not need an initial capital to invest in PPC programs. It’s just with your own personal blog. The downside, you must have and write in your blog regularly.

Because of my limitations, this article will not discuss the first way that is quite advanced and sophisticated level. This article will only discuss tips to run affiliate programs by the media using blogs or personal sites that you currently have.

7 Tips Affiliate Programs Starting With Personal Blog
1. Focus On Your Blog Visitor Needs. What to look for your blog visitors? What information can you give to your blog visitors? Often we are so tempted to promote products that labeled as “Best Seller” or “Hot Deals” from our affiliate program follow regardless of whether your blog visitors need these products or not. As a result, not the buyer, your blog visitors even bored with the sales pitch pages you create. Try to meet the needs of the visitors first. If your personal blog contains more about the “flower arranging tips”, do not push yourself to promote the Nintendo Wii to your blog visitors.

2. Select a Product and the Best Affiliate Program. After determining what products are in accordance with the needs of visitors to your blog, the next step is to select the products and the best affiliate programs you can promote. There are thousands of products you can promote through affiliate programs that you can follow. I personally followed some affiliate programs (Amazon Associates, Commission Junction, ClickBank and Linkshare), but I feel more comfortable promoting Amazon products rather than other products of the other three programs. Perhaps because the Amazon branding is established relatively easy to make it acceptable. Or maybe because I still have a lot to learn about the three other affiliate programs. Choose the product and the best affiliate programs you think that you feel comfortable to promote it.

3. Your Personal Experience Is The Best Recommendations. One of the advantages of the personal blog is a personal nature. Owner relations with personal blog visitors are often like the relationship between friends. By utilizing the nature of this personal relationship, it’s easier for you to promote affiliate products to visitors of your blog. Especially if you have purchased or use affiliate products that you want to promote on your blog. Ken Evoy, founder of CTPM Pilar, calls it pre-selling advantages. When you have a close relationship and a warm, honest, serve and demonstrate proficiency in the areas that you control your blog visitors, it will be much easier for you to do the selling without having to impress as “sell” something.

4. Text Link is Much Better Than Banner Link. Install affiliate banner link is much easier, but its effectiveness is much smaller than using a text link in your blog post section. Concretely, try to enter text link affiliate products that you follow in the article. Of course the topic must be according to the article that you want the product to promote. I personally tend to use text links to promote Amazon Associates product that I follow. And the result is different than just installing Amazon Associates banner links.

5. Be Honest To Your Blog Visitor. Promoting affiliate products on your personal blog is not something unlawful. However, there is no harm in also to be honest with your visitors by telling that you want to paste the link in your article that are posting an affiliate link. Put a (Ref) or (Aff) if you use a link that will bring visitors to your blog affiliate program to the landing page that you are taking. Why should you be honest? First, your integrity. Because of the nature of a personal blog, your blog visitors will be more appreciative if you are honest with them. Second, appreciate the time of your visitors. If they want to know more, they’ll click on the affiliate products link on your blog even if you had marked (Ref) or (Aff).

6. Giving More Options To The Visitors of Your Blog. That cliche but true: “Do not put all your eggs in one basket.” Try to diversify your revenue streams from online business. Do not be fixated on one program alone. If possible, combine it with other affiliate programs or even with other programs in online businesses. However, it remains important to note that your personal blog is not too much crammed by various programs. Imagine if in every post you’ve pasted the article 10 of the affiliate links for 10 different programs. Your blog visitors will be disgusted and run away from your blog.

7. Promote. The key is: do not be too quick to stop promoting affiliate products that you follow even if the value of earnings that you get was little or even none at all. Try to keep writing and paste the link (of course once again relevant to the topic of your writing) affiliate programs on your blog. Over time, it is not impossible if your affiliate products links are sought after one month, two months or even a year after you write it on your blog. If you have post pages indexed search engines, it is not impossible people will find your blog, click on your affiliate link and make a purchase. So, just wait. Do not despair.

Perhaps the seven simple tips above could be the beginning to start running affiliate programs on your personal blog. How do you think? Do you have any personal tips that proved to give positive results for affiliate programs that you run? Or it does not work?

4 Reasons Why Every Internet Businessman Need Their Own Blog

2010-03-21T04:47:00.000-07:00

There are four reasons why every internet businessman should have a blog:

1. Brand
With a blog, you can get people to know and knowing your existence, either from your name, your logo, or even a blog or your domain name. It cannot be denied that many of the blog name or domain name which could become the brand or made the owner name famous.

2. Trust
With a blog, you can increase the trust of others to yourself (and your product). They can find out your opinions, your activities, and most importantly, they would have a parameter to assess yourself, what if ‘fit’ with them or not.

3. Relationship
With a blog, you can establish a relationship between you and the visitors who could have been a customer or potential customer for your product. Thus, there is closeness between you and them. Although they do not necessarily buy your product, but there is a possibility that they will recommend your product.

4. Additional Income
This one I think is quite clear. Although not a primary goal, but it never hurts to seek additional income from personal blogs that we have.

Did you have a blog?

The Benefits of Blog

2010-03-21T04:46:00.000-07:00

What are the benefits of creating a blog? I tried to write the benefits of blogs in this article:

* Self-actualization Media
One of the human needs is to be recognized. To be noticed. To show who he is. What was he thinking, what the concern is, what is interesting for him, what he enjoys, what he hates, what he thoughts and what he wanted. Blog able to facilitate this. With blogs everybody can actualize themselves in various media (text, image, graphic, video, audio, slide presentations, etc.) which can be accessed by the people all over the world in a network that connected to the internet.

* Personal Branding
Personal Branding or self-positioning. Position yourself based on what you can do. Making people think of you when they are confronted with certain problems. With blogs and the right strategy you can tell everyone in the world (which is connected to the Internet) what your expertise and why they should contact you when they think of one problem to solve.

* Media Campaign
Blog placed in Internet network. With the right strategy (SEO + SMM + Other Techniques) you can bring Internet users to your blog and make them read what you are promoting.

* Getting a New Relationship
It is the nature that people are always looking for other people who have similar interests. Start a blog about the topic you are interested and visitors who are interested in the same subject with you will come to you. They could comment on the article on your blog and can respond. Conversations happening there, and opened opportunities for the relationship.

* Monetizing
You can earn money from your blog via Google Adsense advertising services, or to sell banner spots.

* Stress Release, Emotion Release
Sometimes we just want to vent what we feel. Sometimes boredom and sometimes happiness. More exciting if there are responding to what we feel is not it?

* Media for Sharing
Sometimes we just want to share what we know, share the good or share knowledge. If you want to share it with others blogs can facilitate your desire to share.

* Your Life Journal Notes
Write down everything you feel and publish in your blog. One day in your life later on, read back what you’ve written. Most people laughed when I read what they wrote first. Sprout back old memories

* Getting feedback on What You Feel
The majority of blog has a comments feature on each article. This is to facilitate people to respond to what you write. Opinions of others are one thing that’s valuable in life?

How to Select the Best Affiliate Program That Suitable for You

2010-03-21T04:45:00.001-07:00

Here are the factors you should consider:

• Relevance. Find the affiliate programs that fit with the topic or main theme of your website.

• Quality and Stability. Choose the affiliate programs from companies with good reputation. One of them can be seen from the length of their establishment, and the number of affiliate marketers who have already registered. Also consider whether they have specific support contact that handles you.

• Commission: Choose affiliate programs that give high commissions and provides freedom in making commissions, both from the method of payment and payment frequency. Also it would be better if you choose affiliate commission program that provides lifetime/lifetime commission, means once the costumer is created from your work, then the costumer becomes yours forever.

After that, the next is how you market a product/service that they offer.