Need Inspiration? Commentary on News Items as Blog Topics

Posted on February 28, 2011 by

Sometimes it’s pretty hard to find inspiration to write, particularly when you’re making a full time job out of blogging and want to create new content on a regular basis.  So what do you do?  One technique for new content is to comment on recent news items.

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Google rankings for Blogged Out + the future

Posted on April 2, 2008 by

We just moved past Problogger for “blog promotion tips” on Google! ;)   Were 2nd place until now.  Not a big deal really (not much traffic to be had for the term) – more of an ego ranking! ;)

ADDED: And back down to number 2 lol!  Damn that Google update – dammit to hell! ;)

Also serves as an excellent example that PageRank / size of site doesn’t really matter when it comes to individual key phrase rankings.

Currently sitting at number 11 for “blog promotion” – that’ll be the next one for us!

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Don’t be a link Scrooge! Linking to other blogs can benefit you more than you think

Posted on March 27, 2008 by

I remember when I was starting out in SEO (back in the days that link exchanges were still a great way to build links) and on the suggestion that we include a links page on our site to host the reciprocal links, my boss replied, “I don’t want to link to other sites – I don’t want people to leave our site”…

Even back then, that was nuts.  Typical old school business mentality of hording customers and essentially trapping them in the sales process.  But these days, linking out generously can be a great way of getting your blog known to other bloggers in your market – that exposure is invaluable.

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How to use WordPress as a membership directory

Posted on March 18, 2008 by

Here’s a great post from WPDesigner on using WP as a membership directory.  It’s a fairly easy step by step guide to the process, which also outlines the plugins you need to use.

Just thought I’d drop that one here seeing I hadn’t posted in a while. :)   Normal service resumed soon!

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Blogging your Way to the Top of the Search Engines

Posted on March 4, 2008 by

Content is king.  I’m sure you have heard this concept, it is plastered all over webmaster boards.  The reason why content has been, is and will be king when it comes to search engine optimization is that people are attracted to it, they type specific keywords on the search engines in order to find information relevant to their search.  Providing fresh and unique content is a great method to improve your on-page search engine optimization, however people go about it the wrong way.

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Insight into the SEO industry

Posted on February 7, 2008 by

I wrote an article yesterday partly about my experience working with Bigmouthmedia who are a large UK based SEO agency.  It’s not entirely relevant to blogging as such, but some of the subsequent comments from other ex-employees and details of the hostile takeover make an interesting read.

Full post is here:  BigMouthMedia – all talk or deserved success?

Scott

(Also whatcha think about the new design for Fused Nation?)

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Deciding whether or not a blog is really what you need

Posted on January 14, 2008 by

I’ve spent a little time recently thinking about how I can improve on my various blogs and I thought I’d share some of the ideas I came up with based on my own network and checking out some other people’s blogs.  The core issue I was thinking about was whether or not each individual site should really be a blog and not a news site / forum / whatever.

Feel free to reply with your own ideas or any comments you may have.

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