Links Show Love But Do We Click

It’s called “link love”
Bloggers create a link to another blogger’s post as a reference or to show gratitude.
Some bloggers will spend many hours adding links to posts.
You’ve seen them, “100 links to the best of …..”
I did one of those too, it was titled: “1066 Links, Lessons or Tips For Bloggers”
Today’s lesson
I need [...]

Blogging - Year One - Lesson Ten

We learn about blogging from many sources. We have access to many free services, software, plugins, themes, photos, and most of all, knowledge
Even before I went live with my blogs, I spent many hours pouring over articles written by other bloggers.
I was amazed at how others were so willing to share years of knowledge, [...]

How Links Increase Visits And Earnings

Photo Credit jurek d.’s photos
Feed readers are a great way to stay current on our favorite blogs. The blogs are automatically updated, and we can pick and choose which posts we want to read…all in one place.
Today’s Lesson
If we read posts in a feed reader, we don’t “see” the actual blog, [...]

Spikey Traffic Distorts Visitor Statistics

Photo Credit: Editor B
Have you ever written a popular post, that created a huge spike in your traffic statistics, only to see your numbers plummet after several days?
Today’s Lesson
I call that “spikey” traffic.
It does one of three things.
1) It distorts your actual visitors statistics by increasing your averages
2) It may help to [...]

What Are Paid Links

For some time now, there has been a debate going on about Google decreasing the page rank of a website or blog, if it has “paid links”.
Today’s Lesson
So, what are paid links?
Not knowing for sure which links Google considers as “paid links”, I decided to go right to the source. [...]

How To Create An Affiliate Text Link Ad

If you have a blog, and have signed up for affiliate ads, through such services as Commission Junction or LinkShare.com, you know you have the choice to insert banner/image ads, text link ads, or keyword link ads.
Today’s Lesson
Adding banner or picture ads of different sizes, is a matter of copying and pasting the HTML code [...]

Are You Avoiding Linking To Other Sites

Oftentimes, bloggers don’t link to other sites, as they fear their readers may like the “other” site better, and they may lose a regular reader.
Some bloggers won’t link to other sites, due to page rank…but that’s another story…….
Today’s Lesson
When I first started blogging, my second post was named “Give Credit Where [...]

Create Internal Links - Avoid Plagiarism

Today’s Lesson
Recently I read an article (don’t remember where, so I can’t give credit to the author), about including links in your posts, in order to prevent someone from plagiarizing your content. In the event, someone copied your content, they would also be copying the links. Makes sense.
By linking to previous [...]

Page Rank - Who Cares?

Apparently, Google cares about page rank. And, so do the other search engines. A lot of bloggers care, too. I don’t. Maybe, I should…
Today’s Lesson
What is page rank? According to Wikipedia,
PageRank is a link analysis algorithm that assigns a numerical weighting to each element of a hyperlinked set of [...]

Adding A Blockquote To Your Post

Adding a block quote to your blog is easy. Block quotes are are great way to reference other valuable sites
Today’s Lesson
We all get ideas of what to blog about from different sources.
Oftentimes, we are well versed in an area, and the words come easy. Other times, we know a little about a subject, [...]

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