Archive for the ‘Articles’ Category

PayPerPost - Could your efforts to make money be affecting your popularity?

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

I stumbled upon an interesting article over on Technosailor.com. Could your use of PayPerPost affect your popularity? Will selling your objectivity lose you readers and will it affect your Google Ranking? If you have been considering monetizing your blog, it's definitely an interesting read. Thoughts on PayPerPost - Technosailor.com

Pay Attention To Your Formatting

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Please pay attention to the formatting of your posts. No one wants to read a long post without any whitespace, as it doesn't allow optimum reading comprehension and can start to strain the eyes. An occasional indentation and paragraph return will not hurt you. Ideally, your paragraphs should be no ...

Google Image Search Can Drive Traffic To You!

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

This is a handy tool to increase traffic to your site, especially if you are a fan site. To help optimize your image ranking, you can follow these easy tips. Use relevant keywords in the file name. If you image is of a cat in a Santa Clause costume (how did you ...

But what does being an affiliate mean?

Monday, February 25th, 2008

This is one area where blogging and fan sites clash. To a blog, an affiliate implies a commercial relationship. Generally speaking, a blogger will put up affiliate links for pay. These can be either paid links from another blog looking for traffic, advertising from commercial companies, or similar types of commercialization. To ...

No Brainer Promotion - Give Something Away

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

A quick and easy way to gain word of mouth promotion is to give something related to your site away. It doesn't have to be grand, it doesn't even have to cost you anything, just give something away for free. So what kind of thing am I talking about? Well, it ...

Linking Etiquette: When In Rome

Friday, January 11th, 2008

This is one of those areas where different internet circles have different etiquette for requesting a link. In many fandoms it's perfectly acceptable to e-mail another webmaster whom you have never met and request to exchange links or become affiliates. This does not fly with many members of the blogging sphere. Do ...

Not all Traffic Is the Same - Why Spamming Makes No Sense.

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

I recently Stumbled on a really useless spamming technique that really had me scratching my head, wondering why people would even bother doing something this stupid. It basically involved using MySpace and an automatic friender. Basically you'd open up a profile, then use this specific program to add anyone and everyone ...

This Post Title Sucks

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

Hey, all you bloggers out there. Are you taking the time to write an attention grabbing post title? It seems like such an insignificant detail, but it can make a big difference. The post title just doesn't show up at the top of the post, but it will appear in your ...

Hats Off - BlackHatSEO vs WhiteHatSEO

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

If you've been reading the SEO (search engine optimization) blogs, then you've probably come across the "blackhatseo" (black hat seo) or "whitehatseo" (white hat seo). If you're wondering what hats have to do with your website, then you're not alone. The idea of "black hat" vs "white hat" comes from the ...

Website Sin Number One - Infrequent Updates

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

One of the worst things you can do if you are planning to improve your visitor return rate is to not update your content. ... just ignore the date on the last entry and stay with me here. Think about it. Do you consistently go back to a website that never updates? ...