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Google PageRank Update

Elaine — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:38:37 +0000

The event that webmasters and bloggers have been waiting for took place recently. I am referring to the Google Pagerank Update. Practical Means’ PR did not change at all but I am glad that I was able to maintain it. PR1 is better than nothing! What I am really happy about is that I have 2 blogs that jumped from PR 0 to PR2.

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Drive Traffic to Your Blog Free!

Elaine — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:01:59 +0000

Based from experience, one of the most effective means to drive traffic to a blog site is by being an active member of Entrecard, a popular blogging network.

I would recommend Entrecard especially to new bloggers. At the start, I know it can be difficult to drive traffic to your blog with SEO techniques because sometimes the results can take time. So for a starter, I would suggest that you join social blogging networks while you are working the Search Engine Optimization of your blog. Another good thing with joining Entrecard is that you will meet a lot of active bloggers and loyal followers.

Joining Entrecard is absolutely free! Why pay for traffic to your blog when you can drive traffic to your blog without spending a dime?

Learn more about Entrecard here:

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Banner Maker

Elaine — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:20:27 +0000

One of the first things that people notice when they visit your blog is the design, especially the banner. For your blog to stick to your visitors memory, it is recommended that you make it look unique. There’s a lot of free templates online, but it would be better if you customize your own blog banner.

You don’t have to be pro in order to do that, you can easily utilize puresilvabannermaker.com’s banner maker. I am thinking of changing the banner of my blog Pink Hues. I tried doing that with the free service of puresilvabannermaker and here’s what I came up with:

Doing that didn’t even take 5 minutes. It was instant! I just have to choose from the available backgrounds (you can upload yours if you want). Then I just clicked on the available options and voila, I was able to have my output in a few minutes.

If you want the banner to be unbranded, you can buy 30 unbranded banners for only $8. That’s really affordable. Plus it make your blog look really stylish and unique!

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Money-Making Online Updates

Elaine — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:50:48 +0000

For the past 2 months, I was not able to post the breakdown of my monthly earnings. I earned a few hundred bucks from my blogging activities but I was not that active in my money-making venture online. The internet is very dynamic, so as expected, there are some sites that don’t have much going on anymore. Right now, I am more focused on earning from my blogs than. I have tried PTC’s and PTP’s but the earning seems very slow. Also, a lot of them turn into scam a sites after a while. Hopefully, by the end of the month, I can come up with my online earning report.

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Google Pagerank Update: April 2009

Elaine — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:37:11 +0000

I am Page Rank obsessed. Just kidding! I was glad that this blog gained PR 1 when Google updated PR last April 2, 2009. Nope, I wasn’t expecting it that’s why it was such a nice surprise when I saw a little bit of a green thing on that Google Page Rank button. Actually, I haven’t paid much attention to this blog compared to my other blogs. Because of the increase in the PR of this blog, I am now motivated to update it more regularly.

Thanks Google!

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Make Money Online WordPress Themes

Elaine — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:03:20 +0000

I have recently updated my wordpress theme. A blog that has a unique look can be easily remembered by its readers compared to a blog that uses a generic theme. It is also important that your blog is easy to navigate and loads fast.

Here are some “Make Money Online” WordPress Themes:

1. EIM-Makemoney 1.0 (by Celso Cardozo) - 2 columns, Green, White, Fixed width, Widget ready, Right sidebar

Download here

2. Web World 2.5 (by Godwin)- 3 columns, Blue, Gray, Fixed width, Widget ready, Right sidebar

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3. TM Techno 1.0 (by ELIB) - 3 columns, Blue, White, Fixed width, Widget ready, Rounded corners, Right sidebar

Download Here

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Google Page Rank Update December 31st 2008

Elaine — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:32:15 +0000

The Google Page Rank update had taken place this New Year’s Eve. This is the most recent buzz in the online world. Website owners and bloggers would surely be interested to know what the Big G has in store for them this New Year’s eve.

Happy New Year everyone! May you have a wonderful 2009!

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How to Drive Traffic to Your Blog

Elaine — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 05:26:14 +0000

A lot has been said about Ways of Driving Traffic to Your Blog. When I started blogging, I read tips online and tried what worked for me. Two blogs that I have started were able to reach the top 100k Alexa ranking. So, I must be doing something right. From experience, here are the things that I have done to increase my blog’s traffic.

1. Content is King. Post useful and interesting content on a regular basis. Visitors would keep coming back to your blog if they can learn from it. (Reminder: Don’t ever plagiarize and if you have borrowed those idea from other bloggers, acknowledge them.)

2. Submit your blog to social blog networks. I would highly recommend Blogcatalog and MyBloglog. When I started blogging, these are the first two social networks that I have joined. I met a lot of wonderful bloggers who had been very helpful in giving me tips and tricks about blogging.

3. Join Technorati. You should claim your blog in Technorati. With Technorati, you would be able to see who are linking back to you. Plus you would be able to see most talked about topic in the blogosphere. Ask your friends to add you to their favorites.

How about you add me to your favorites?

4. Join Entrecard. Entrecard is a free blogging network. If you are a newbie blogger and you really want to be noticed in the blogosphere, be a very active Entrecard member. That would mean dropping cards religiously. It may take a lot of effort and it can be time-consuming, but you would see your Alexa ranking rapidly increasing with the help of entrecard traffic (I will soon eplain in another post the advantages and disadvantages of using Entrecard). By joining Entrecard, you can earn Entrecard credits which allows you to display an ad of your blog on other blog sites within the Network.

Here are my Entrecard Widgets (Go click on them to see my Entrecard Details. )

5. Be active in forums. Choose those forums that are related to your blog. If your blog has something to do with money-making and blogging tips and you are interested with discussion related to search engines, including optimization, marketing, tools and other technical aspects, I would recommend you to join Digital Point Forum. There are a lot of experienced webmasters on the site. If you want to learn tips on making money with Google Adsense, there’s a section of the forum with very active discussion about this matter.

How to gain traffic from forums? Put your blog link on your signature and contribute to the discussions.

6. Post comments on other blogs. Avoid “nice post” and other generic responses. Elaborate on what you have to say about the post. Also, if people leave comments on your blog, reply to those comments. Make your visitors feel that you value them and they will keep coming back.

7. Encourage readers to subscribe to your blog. Well, if you have a good content, this will make them want to subscribe. Make a Feedburner account. You can place the chicklet or the feedcount widget but I prefer to put the Email Subscription form on my blog. (It’s on my sidebar, please subscribe)

8. Learn SEO techniques. Naturally, we want our blogs to be on the first page of the search results when people use certain keywords. Learning SEO or Search Engine Optimization will help you land your blog on the top results of the keywords relevant to your blog.

9. Join social bookmarking sites. There’s a lot of social bookmarking site online, but among those that works for me are Stumbleupon, Digg, Mixx, and Del.icio.us.

10. Join Twitter and follow other twitter users. When you update, mention your blog url. It’s a way of promoting your blog

11. Blogroll. Link exchange with other bloggers whose blogs are related to your niche. If yours is a money-making blog, please don’t try to exchange links with fashion blogs. That’s a no-no.

12. Sponsor a Contest. Holding a contest, sponsoring a contest or joining a contest can drive traffic to your blog. If you are a contest sponsor, you can also earn a lot of backlinks. There’s a lot of contest and giveaways on the Entrecard network since a lot of bloggers are giving away EC credits and cash.

13. Don’t place too much ads on your blog. I hope you know why.

14. Leave a unique impression to your visitors. There’s a lot of blogs online, what would make other bloggers not forget your blog? Aside from the content, the blog design and layout matters a lot. Make your site look unique and easy to navigate.

15. Analyze your blog metrics. Knowing where your traffic came from is important so that you would know which techniques work for you. I have tried using Google Analytics, Histats, Sitemeter to analyze my blog’s traffic.

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