Want Traffic? Keywords First, Content Second

Today I wanted to write about a big misconception in blogging and search engine traffic.

If you blog just for fun and don’t care how people find you or if they find you, then this article may not apply to you.

This article applies to those who want to rank high in search engines and thus want to get some traffic from search engines.

Many people will put up sites and domains that are put together very well with a lot of good content. However, content won’t always be the way people

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Making Money Blogging – Part 3 – Getting Paid to Blog about Products & Companies

In Making Money Blogging – Part 1, I discussed pay per click advertising companies (e.g. google adsense). In Making Money Blogging – Part 2, I discussed affiliate networks (e.g. commission junction).In this blog, I will be explaining how you can get paid to write a blog for a specific company, or about a specific product (for example – you would be asked by a toothpaste company to write a blog about cool mint toothpaste). This is the primary way that most people will make money from their

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Leprechaun Repellent and Guaranteed SEO Companies – The Disturbing Link

When researching SEO companies, it is tempting to choose any company willing to offer guaranteed SEO services. It is human nature – people love a guarantee. This holds especially true for purchases where the buyer is purchasing something outside of his or her area of comfort. When companies first consider pursuing search engine optimization (SEO) as a potential marketing channel, particularly when there is an ongoing cost involved, they get a sense of comfort from purchasing “guaranteed

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Making Money Blogging – Part 3 – Getting Paid to Blog about Products & Companies

In Making Money Blogging – Part 1, I discussed pay per click advertising companies (e.g. google adsense). In Making Money Blogging – Part 2, I discussed affiliate networks (e.g. commission junction).In this blog, I will be explaining how you can get paid to write a blog for a specific company, or about a specific product (for example – you would be asked by a toothpaste company to write a blog about cool mint toothpaste). This is the primary way that most people will make money from their

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Make Money With Your Blog: Blogger’s Paycheck

Hope you are doing well today.

Wanted to address a common question. And that is about making money with your blog. This seems to be one of the main reasons people start blogs.

There are a lot of ways to make money on the internet, and blog and WordPress are more often than not a cog in that wheel.

But as far as specifically blogging for money?

For this question, it’s best for me to refer you to someone who is an expert in this field: John Yeo and his how-to blogging

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SEO Article Writing 101 – Fundamental Tips

Welcome to SEO Article Writing 101. This article will quickly fill you in on the fundamentals of writing search engine friendly articles. We’re not going to discuss off-page factors here, like link building – this is purely about what you’re going to put in your article. We’ll start off with the basic building blocks of SEO: keywords.SEO Article Writing 101: Keyword ResearchWe won’t delve too deeply into this topic here, but you should be aware that no matter how well written your articles

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WALK TALL! (I hope you like music!)

Hope you are having a fine weekend so far. Working on taxes over here on this side 😀 And taking a break.

During my break times one of the things I like to do is putter around Amazon for free mp3s. I love that you never know what you’ll find, and sometimes you find a nice little gem. (I get that from my mom I think. I love pawn shops, swap meets, and yard sales).

For Amazon’s free mp3’s, it’s the same thing: I’ll find a really nice one once in awhile. In this case, “Walk Tall”

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Make Money Online by Blogging – How to Get Started

Explore the many ways to make money online by blogging with or without a blog, get paid to write reviews of products and services, and earn extra cash by writing articles, content and blogging for Google AdSense blog networks.1. An overview on paid blogging There are 3 main flavours of paid blogging – your own blog on your own domain and webhost, using a blog on a free blog service such as Blogger and creating a blog on a blog network. The work is the same. You get paid to write or blog

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Let Me Save You A Few Bucks A Month On Webhosting

So I just found something out which is rather interesting (and might save you $1 or $2 a month if your timing is right ..which in the grand scheme of things is realistlcally only a few dollars a month because hosting is rather cheap, but still)

I think I’m writing more because I was proud of myself for finding this out. Not on par with Da Vinci Code levels but still pretty neat:

If you already started your blog (hooray!) then this is mostly academic but contains a good tip for

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