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Creating a Custom RSS Feed for Guest Posts

Kikolani

I’m sure there is something similar for Mac and other platforms, but I’ll leave that to my commenters to share those with you as I’m a PC gal. <comments>[link]. <pubDate>Tue, <comments>[link]. <pubDate>Tue, <comments>[link]. <pubDate>Tue, xml version="1.0"

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10 Dreadful Mistakes that Kill Your Comments

Kikolani

PageRank 5, Alexa rank about 15K and constantly dropping (in case you are not familiar with how Alexa rank works, the lower the number, the better), a wealth of comments on every post. And blog commenting is still one of the easiest ways to get backlinks. . Mistake #1: Commentators seek out dofollow blogs only.

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3 Strategies that Brought Me 11,710 Subscribers in Six Months [Case Study]

ProBlogger

As part of the booster combo, we decided to run the Top 10 Blogs for Writers contest in November and December of 2011, integrating it with the two other booster strategies. If you use Feedburner for subscriptions, use a plugin called RSS Footer. Please share them with us in the comments. Reader habits have changed on the Net.

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Blogging the Festive Season: The Not-for-Profit Blog [Case Study]

ProBlogger

This was based on the 12 Days Of Christmas, where we re-posted our most highly trafficked 12 posts since we started the blog on 1 September 2011. As our blog was only a couple of months old in late 2011, we had very low levels of traffic in comparison to today, making it hard to identify any kind of trend.

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24 (of the) Best Business Blogging Guides, Tips and Tools of 2011

Webbiquity SMM

Noting that will well over 100 million blogs on the web now it can be challenging to stand out, the effervescent Diana Adams shares a list of common mistakes to avoid such as making your RSS button hard to find, posting inconsistently, and failing to respond to reader comments. How to Be an Awesome Blog Commenter by HubSpot Blog.

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20+ Commonly Asked Questions About Blogging & Online Marketing

Kikolani

What worked in 2011 may or may not be as effective in 2012. Comments are the life of your blogging community. Here’s how to moderate them effectively and provide benefits for your comment authors. I employ the following plugins and tactics to combat spam and make comment moderation manageable on the WordPress platform.

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Warning: Reading May Cause Your Hat to Fall Off

Viper Chill

” If anyone knows the quote I’m referring to please do share it in the comments, they probably worded it far better than I did. Here’s what he said back in 2011 on that post. After a year of running the site it had 4,000 subscribers and 6 months after that my Feedburner chicklet had just ticked over 7,000.