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How To Start A Blog In 2012

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Starting a Blog in 2012 is a little bit more complex. How to start a Blog in 2012: Choose the right platform. Do the hard work of figuring out if a hosted solution is best for you. I would argue that if you want to start a Blog in 2012, start with reading. Starting a Blog is easy. People want to know who they're reading.

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The ProBlogger Top 20 of 2012

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Image courtesy Lore & Guille, licensed under Creative Commons So to help you out, I’ve compiled this list of our 20 most popular articles from 2012. Now, without further ado, here are our top 20 articles from 2012! URL Be Sorry: Google Cuts Back on Top-ranking Exact-match Domains.

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URL Be Sorry! Google Cuts Back on Top-ranking Exact-match Domains

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billion individual search queries in the US alone in August 2012 , meaning that 0.6% With these Google-approved locations for keywords, you can make sure your pages are viewed in the best possible light by the search robots, even if they’re hosted on an EMD. URL Be Sorry! What they said.

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8 Critical SEO and Digital Marketing Opportunities

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Hosted and Mobile-Specific Article Formats. As a user I like the new hosted and mobile-specific article formats, be that Facebook Instant Articles , Apple News Format or Google’s AMP project. The open source nature of AMP is a plus but I’m not a fan of having to create separate URLs.

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WordPress Feature Review: New Features You Missed in 2012, Part 2

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was the second and final major WordPress release of 2012. The same three options are available as before: Upload Files, Media Library and Embed from URL. Each year the WordPress platform evolves and 2012 was no different. I hope you have enjoyed this review of the new features introduced to WordPress in 2012.

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Link Removal Request Email Related to Google Disavow Tool

Bill Hartzer

Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 3:09 AM. In order to get out of the penalty, The Google WebSpam Team have asked me to submit to their “spam-report” page all the URL’s pointing to me that I have not been able to have my links removed from. Please pass to webmaster of: XXXX.org. Hi – hope you are well?

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The Definitive Guide to Setting Up and Marketing a Podcast to Help Grow Your Blog

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On December 22, 2012, I launched my latest, aforementioned podcast. This is essentially a three-step process which includes getting a media host sorted out, setting up your podcast only RSS feed, publishing your first few podcast episodes and then finally submitting your podcast to the major directories! Set Up Your Media Host.