How and when do people make money from their website or blog?
Recently I was reading an article on How Successful Mediapreneurs Monetize their Blogs/Podcasts. This article is interesting for anyone who is keen to make a living out of blogging, to see how others are doing just that. From creating nifty online stores to granting [...]
Let’s go back to basics for this post. If you are keen to set up a new blog you are probably already aware of the most difficult part of the process…deciding what to call your blog.
At worst, a bad name will put people off ever going to your blog, while a great name [...]
One-month-old search engine Blekko has inspired me to rethink the future of internet searching.
All of search engine history comes down to one inescapable fact: Google comes out top. By far. Some 70% of internet searchers head to Google to find their answers; other search engine rivals are good but Google remains the undisputed leader of [...]
All bloggers have learned certain seemingly essential tips along the way which they wish they’d known when they started out. Many generous bloggers have compiled a mountain of lists of good advice for other bloggers to read and learn from.
The problem is that most advice you search for in Google all sounds the same after [...]
Hi! I’m Philippa, I am the newest member of the LinkLift team.
I have found that the most important skill required for a new LinkLift intern (me!) is the ability to search effectively for great blogs and websites. One of the key issues I face is: how do I find out where in the world this [...]
Keywords are one of the backbones of good sites, and using keywords well is essential to monetizing any site for bloggers. Keywords are not just important for getting traffic to come onto the site, but are also important for attracting advertisers.
Keywords in posts should be relevant to the content of the post in question. Important [...]
Do you really need to have all those blogs in your sidebar site wide?
You could also just put them all on one page. It’s well known that Google and other search engines penalise site wide links, so it’s better to keep them all on one page. Further more, you are also likely to prevent or [...]
Now that your permalink structure has been fully optimized, it is time to consider SEO friendy titles for your posts.
WordPress titles are by default configured to the following format: Blog Title > Blog Archive > Post Title
However, higher traffic can be achieved by reversing this order. The reason for this is that search engines place [...]
Higher rankings mean your site won’t get lost in the crowd
Here is the first post in a series of how WordPress bloggers can increase their search engine rankings. WordPress is already one of the best optimized CMS systems available to bloggers, however there are a few things you can do to make your blogs more [...]
Whether you have only been blogging for a few weeks or even a few years already, there are a few important guidelines to keep in mind. Here are a few tips which will help increase exposure and maintain the quality of your blog.
Update your blog as frequently as possible. Regular updates will not only tempt [...]
The second part of our current series on how to maintain the quality of your blog focuses on the importance of updating original content on a regular basis. This is not just to give you general advice, but also to give you an idea of the criteria we use here at LinkLift to examine a [...]
How to prevent your blog posts becoming outdated
Friday, January 28th, 2011Ever since the rise of Twitter hailed the birth of the Real-time Web, the world seems infatuated with (as close to) real time information about the current trends, the contemporary viewpoints, the newest products, the most recent changes, the fads that are in vogue; in short: everything that is happening now.
These days when the formula [...]
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