How Links Increase Visits And Earnings

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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

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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 [...]

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