Alexa Ranking - Is It Important To You

If you have been blogging for any length of time, you know about “Google page rank”.
Today’s Lesson
There is also an Alexa ranking.
With Alexa, the lower the number, the better.
It is written, that your Alexa rankings are looked at by services such as Text Link Ads. The better your [...]

Fine Tuning Your Posts

Yesterday I wrote about How to Prepare For Uncreative Blogging Days
Today, I will piggy back on that post, and discuss how to determine if your post should be divided up, into more than one post.
By dividing a single post, into more than one post, will not only increase your “topics inventory”, but will [...]

Prepare For Uncreative Blogging Days

If you have been blogging for any length of time, you may have found that some days, you don’t feel very creative. In fact, you don’t even feel like writing. And, the harder you try to write a post that contains value for your readers, the bigger the writer’s block becomes.
However, if you [...]

Blogging Poetry - An Assignment

From time to time, I like to have fun with my blog.
Today’s Lesson
In the past I found enjoyment in writing two poems about blogging.
One is titled: ” I Love To Blog”, and the other is: “Creativity Strikes Blogger At 3 a.m.”
To kick off this lesson, and get [...]

Blogging Definitions - A Fun Test - Part 1

Are you new to blogging? Are you confused with all of the blogging language? Don’t understand your blogging software?
Today’s Lesson
When a person is new to blogging, learning all there is to know, can seem overwhelming.
First of all, you have a new “language” to learn.
But, what do all of these [...]

How To Decrease Duplicate Content

This week’s lessons have been about duplicate content.
Today’s Lesson
Having studied Google’s Webmaster Help Center, Google suggest numerous ways in which we can decrease duplicate content in our blog pages.
Included in their list are:
Robots.txt files
301 Redirects
Linking consistency
Use of top level domains
Careful syndication
Use of Google’s Webmaster tools
Avoiding boilerplate repetition
Minimizing similar content
And most importantly, understanding [...]

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