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10 Quick Tips for Naming Your Blog
When starting a new blog, it’s vital that you choose a good name. Take some time to consider the following tips before selecting a name and you will greatly improve the success of your blog.
1. Choose a blog name that can also be used as the domain name. Is this necessary. No, but [...]
Six Decisions to Make Before You Start Your Blog
Okay, you want to start a blog. You’ve heard how cool it is. You’ve read about folks that go rich doing it. You’ve even read a couple. So, where do you begin? Start by making a few important decisions:
What topic will you be blogging about? The general consensus is that niche [...]
Blogroll Series: If Someone Lists Me in Their Blogroll, Do I Have to Return the Favor?
I recently read a post by another respected blogger that there is an unwritten rule that bloggers must list a blog in their blogroll if that blog has done the same for them. Well, I would say there is a reason this rule is unwritten…because it makes no sense. Imagine if Darren at [...]
The War Against Blog Commentors Who Use Keywords as Names
A couple months ago, I followed an interesting discussion at Remarkablogger related to a new comment policy that Michael Martine posted for his blog. It seems that Michael had become frustrated with the increasing number of comments on his blog that appeared to be more interested in plugging their websites keywords than adding to [...]
Win a Free Blog from Blogging Startup!
That’s right. Win the very first Blogging Startup contest and you will be the proud owner of a brand spanking new 2008 blog. This is a new blog that will be started just for you, and I’ll pay the cost and help promote your blog. Here’s a list of what you will receive:
Custom [...]
Should New Blogs Allow Comments?
There is a thought that a new blog should have the comments feature turned off so savvy visitors can’t tell if you have very little traffic. So, is this a good strategy? Over a year ago, Randfish at SEOmoz recommended this strategy in his article, “21 Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic“. [...]