Blogging - Year One - Lesson Eleven

The amount of blogs online grows by thousands every day.
There is no way we can read, or even find them all, but we try.
Over the past year, I’ve read hundreds of blog posts (possibly thousands).
There’s some good stuff out there.
In the beginning, I remember reading posts written by seasoned bloggers. I was often in [...]

Spammers Hit The Jackpot

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Several comments to my last post, “Comment Luv - Linky Love - NoNoFollow” inspired me to dig deeper into the subject of blog spam (also referred to as comment spam). I wanted to know why blogs get spammed, and what we can do to prevent it.
Today’s Lesson
Wikipedia, [...]

Do You Walk Your Talk Or Are You Just Blowing Smoke

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Words gets a lot of politicians in trouble, with some believing politicians are just blowing smoke.
Words are easy to say or write. The question becomes, do you stand behind your words? Do you walk your talk?
Whether you are in business or blogging, your words are a reflection of you.
Today’s [...]

Honorable Mention For A Mom Who Blogs

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It’s Tuesday, and time to announce my “New Blog Of The Week”
In the past, I did not dedicate a full post to my new blogger, but today is different.
This blogger does not have a flashy blog.
In fact, if you were to land on her site, you might quickly click off, [...]

How Keywords Attract A Larger Audience

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As bloggers, we often take time to study about SEO ( search engine optimization), Google’s page rank, and keywords, in order to get our posts ranking high in the SERPs (Search Engine Result Pages).
Today’s Lesson
Sometimes I try to use keywords in my posts, but often that technique goes by the wayside, as [...]

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