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Can We Ever Know Too Much About SEO

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Monday, May 19th 2008   
Topics: Archives, Blogging Lessons, SEO    Tags: , , , ,

We all want our blogs found and would love to have a steady stream of traffic.
For bloggers, finding a way to meet this goal, usually tops our list of priorities.
Today’s Lesson
When I started blogging, I often felt like I was talking to myself, or just documenting my thoughts in cyberspace.
I searched “how to drive traffic [...]

Blogging - Year One - Lesson Twelve

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Friday, May 2nd 2008   
Topics: Archives, Blogging Lessons, Making Money    Tags: , , , , , ,

I couldn’t end this series without talking about making money with blogs.
Most bloggers start a blog with money as part of the equation. I did.
However, the truth about making money with a blog is often misleading.
Search online and you’ll find many sites, e-books, or “subscribe to this” that claim you can make [...]

Increased Search Engine Traffic For Lazy People

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Saturday, March 1st 2008   
Topics: Archives, Increase Traffic, Keywords    Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

Photo Credit miguelb’s photos

Hello loyal readers,
This is a very exciting , but nerve racking day for me, as Catherine Lawson and I are guest posting on each other’s blogs. Although my post on her blog, can’t match the caliber of Catherine’s writings, I’m hoping I haven’t made a complete [...]

Google Kicked Me Out Of The Sandbox

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Wednesday, January 16th 2008   
Topics: Archives, Blogging Lessons, Lessons Learned, New To Blogging    Tags: , , , , ,

It wasn’t until I started blogging that I read about “Google’s Sandbox”.
Apparently, the terminology was given to some blogs that may be on a “probationary period” with Google. These are blogs that Google is “watching” to see how internet users react to them. Google may be looking to see if they are [...]

How To Increase Traffic To Your Blog

Posted by Barbara Swafford in Wednesday, January 2nd 2008   
Topics: Archives, Blogging Lessons, Increase Traffic    Tags: , , , ,

Trying to figure out how to increase traffic to your blog, can be mind boggling.
You know you write great posts, but visitors are few, and far between.
You have created a professional looking homepage, but what good is it, if no one visits?
Today’s Lesson
On a regular basis, check your blog [...]

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