ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Just as low-level article directories (ezinearticles, articlesbase, and others) got hurt by Google’s Panda Update in 2013, I predict that Google will hurt sites abusing guest blogging in 2013. I don’t feel guest blogging is bad, nor that all bloggers who do it will be penalized by Google. How do we know an update is coming?

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Bare Feet Studios

MAY 19, 2009

Bloggers who had earned a decent or better Page Rank saw their status tank to zero once Google realized they were being being paid for certain posts by advertisers. To its credit, Google also penalized its own Japan division who used the pay per post tactic in an attempt to compete against Yahoo.

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Viper Chill

APRIL 12, 2010

I browse the online marketplaces regularly not only to find sites I can purchase and improve, but to also get ideas for new websites, traffic sources, and ways to make money. Sometime last year Google allowed you to change the font and size of the text in the ads you display. Google aren’t stupid. That’s huge.

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Viper Chill

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Most updates: 37,297 (@Nytimes – New York Times) Least updates: 14 (@ashsimpsonwents – Ashlee Simpson Wentz) Average number of updates: 3,545 It must be nice to have over 1.7 target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> 24 Comments homesalesFlKeys says: October 18, 2009 at 12:41 am Thank you, these stats sre always interesting!

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Viper Chill

MARCH 1, 2010

Google Analytics Before Google Analytics came along there weren’t really that many decent tracking tools available. Instead of waiting around for Google to catch up, you can see what is happening on your website, right now. There used to be a free plan that comes with Crazy Egg but the cheapest option now is $9 per month.

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Kikolani

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Let’s face it: most commentators on any blog appreciate a high-quality backlink or two – after all, link building is still the cornerstone of top Google rankings. It’s as if Kristi is saying to Google “ This site I am linking to can be trusted. How do you know whether a blog is Do or Nofollow?

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Viper Chill

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Top Referring Websites Here are the top referring traffic sources for the month of August: Direct: 15,253 Google (organic): 6,284 StumbleUpon: 5,136 News.YCombinator.com: 4,858 Lifehacker.com: 3,380 Google.com: 1,712 Twitter.com: 1,328 Smartpassiveincome.com: 828 Facebook.com: 763 Retireat21.com:

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Bare Feet Studios

MAY 27, 2009

Solis by Roxanne Darling on May 27, 2009 Brian Solis, a truly forward thinking PR professional and co-founder of the Social Media Club , took the time and captured a lot of the same thoughts I had, yet was reluctant to post in detail when I discussed Google, the FTC, and paid links. On a blog you never know as there is no way to know.

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Viper Chill

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

I could become a news / content site that makes money through advertising. Therefore, I decided to write all of them down and then head on over to the Google Keywords Tool. When using the tool, I decided to think of phrases that people who could possibly want these products would use in Google. I love your post.

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Viper Chill

JULY 19, 2010

Some success is from sites I purchased which were ranking on the first few pages of Google and I built some great links to get them on the first page. Ranking for how to lose weight fas t is much easier than how to lose weight because less people are optimising for that term and it will take less links to get on the first page of Google.

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Viper Chill

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> 37 Comments Henri says: November 30, 2009 at 2:59 pm Woo, exciting stuff. I’m tackling a pretty big niche for the first time and while I haven’t broken the top 1000 results in Google for my main keyword, I’m sure I’ll be slapping my competition around in a few months.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 9, 2012

In just a few short years, Twitter has transformed from an odd little sort of public IM service where people posted what they just ate for lunch or what their cat was doing at the moment into one of the big four social networks and a significant channel for news, PR & marketing, politics and more.

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Viper Chill

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Although factors other than links apply, I will say that Google are very favourable towards Wikihow for a large number of terms. Spammy Forum Links Work — Some people laughed at me when I said that low-quality directory submissions and tools like Bookmarking demon still help me rank very highly in Google. 1 site ranking Wikihow.

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Viper Chill

JUNE 8, 2010

Did you know that 20-25% of Google searches every single day are brand new? In the third month after launching a new website, I received almost 1,000,000 unique visitors from Google. How to Dominate Google in a Matter of Hours Do you know how 1 in 4 Google search queries are unique each day? The result?

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Ari Herzog

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Google XML Sitemaps is like the Dagon Design generator above, but this one helps search engine robots know what the site looks like, enabling you to see the best post when searching for a keyword. Tags: Blog News blogging design plugins Wordpress. You can view it by scrolling to the very bottom of this page.

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Viper Chill

AUGUST 12, 2010

If you use Google Reader in a list format for example – like I do – then your headline determines whether myself or anyone else using the service will click on your listing to read the post. The job of your headline is simply to get people to read the first sentence of your post.

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Ari Herzog

MARCH 3, 2011

Feed Pauser halts the syndication of a new blog post for up to 20 minutes to let me ensure there are no typos and that the published appearance is how it was intended. Google XML Sitemaps helps search engine robots know what the site looks like, enabling you to see the best post when searching for a keyword.

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Koka Sexton

AUGUST 28, 2010

Tay over at Super Blogging must have added a new plugin to his site. Toto, Kansas is the New Oz! ¬ Alex Gordon #4577 August 17th, 2009 at 5:44 am Do you really think combining CommentLuv plugin and nofollow attribute encourages visitors to comment? You will see this addition to the bottom of the comments section.

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Viper Chill

JUNE 24, 2010

There are tons of blogs in the marketing space that cover news far better than I could. Do you want to keep people up to date on news in the X industry? I’m actually writing this sentence (not the post) on March 11th 2010 sitting on a feed count of 4,717 subscribers (I’ll explain this later). Here’s how.

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Viper Chill

MAY 6, 2010

Not only will the following tips help you generate tons of post / article ideas for now, but you can also come back to them in a few months and they’ll almost certainly give you a new jolt of inspiration. Google Forms, which is a tool found in Google Docs , allows you to easily capture data that is entered into a form.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2012

It’s my birthday and I have some great news! Want the trends, news, and findings too? Does Google PageRank Really Matter? : 10 Metrics to Check When Your Traffic Crashes : With Google consistently trying to provide the best search experience, your rankings may fall at any time. The next link goes even further.).

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Viper Chill

MARCH 3, 2010

You are here: ViperChill » ViperChill » ViperChill Monthly Report 5 (My New Apartment) ViperChill Monthly Report 5 (My New Apartment) Written by Glen, this post has 79 Comments To update those of you who are new to ViperChill, each month I change my opacity levels to 90% and reveal far more than I should.

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Viper Chill

JANUARY 27, 2010

As a quick reminder to those of you who want to follow along, my plan to make money is by ranking in Google for a certain keyphrase and getting search engine traffic to the site. The aim is to keep the site looking like this until it starts to rank in Google. The Content The content on the site right now is mostly news related.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 23, 2009

Don’t Be Fooled by Fools ¬ Easy Google Money #4445 July 19th, 2009 at 7:58 pm thanks for the helpful tips! Easy Google Money’s last blog post. Income From Google ¬ Expert Blogging 101 #4606 August 24th, 2009 at 10:52 pm I just added you to my Google News Reader. Eric Transue’s last blog post.

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Viper Chill

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

As you can see, Celebrity Gossip, Web News and Gadget blogs tend to post short articles. target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> 63 Comments Oscar - freestyle mind says: February 18, 2010 at 11:05 am Thanks for another great analysis Glen. If you Google “blogging rules” today, you will be given a list of over 26 million returns.

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Koka Sexton

MAY 1, 2007

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS How to Tell an Employee He Smells As a business owner, you’re going to have to deliver bad news every once in a while. What’s so great about good news? But we all know the news isn’t always good. Simple–everyone likes it.

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Viper Chill

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

I of course like seeing the traffic go up, but I’m more focused on building a community than seeing some nice spikes in my Google Analytics account. If you want to outrank me in Google for phrases that send me traffic then feel free. I don’t rely on this site to make money; I simply enjoy writing here.

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Viper Chill

JUNE 21, 2010

This is very different to the usual method of finding news by going to your favourite blogs or entering a search query into a major search engine. target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> 83 Comments Andrew @ Blogging Guide says: June 21, 2010 at 10:54 am I used to love StumbleUpon. That’s it. Why bother ? I appreciate it.

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Viper Chill

MAY 10, 2010

The audience of politics and web news blogs are far more likely to link to content they enjoy, rather than the readers of gossip blogs. The common categories for sites in the Techrorati Top 100 focus on things like general news, politics, gadgets, celebrity gossip, and web news. 75% more if their numbers are anything to go by.

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Viper Chill

MARCH 30, 2010

There are many more and a Google search will uncover plenty of smaller ones for you, but these two tend to be the most active. In cases like that I may type the phrase into Google and contact the owners of the sites on the second page. If a seller is using Google Analytics then I’ll ask to have them add me to the account.

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Viper Chill

MARCH 15, 2010

Especially from Google. Get Youtube Traffic Not only can I get more traffic to my site from Google searches that click on the video, I can also get traffic from people who are using Youtube search to find videos. Now it’s getting 140,000 and according to Google Trends that isn’t going to slow down anytime soon.

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Viper Chill

APRIL 15, 2010

The benefit of directories like Ezine and Article Dashboard is that you don’t have to build your own website and you can usually rank quite highly for the phrases used in an article title because the site has so much ‘weight’ in Google. Spending a lot of time crafting your title is certainly not time wasted.

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Viper Chill

JUNE 3, 2010

If you’re trying to get a new blog off the ground, it’s advised that you put in quite a lot more work. So, something that’s packed with value in terms of information, humour, entertainment or news is far more likely to get shared than something generic or overly-personal. That’s it. It makes no sense not to.

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Viper Chill

AUGUST 25, 2010

target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> 135 Comments Alex Tong says: August 25, 2010 at 8:23 am sofa Reply Glen says: August 25, 2010 at 8:25 am I can’t tell if this is spam. I use Google Docs so I can check it from any computer or from my phone. It’s the only way they’ll have any impact on you. jojo is neutral territory.

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Viper Chill

MAY 17, 2010

target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> 78 Comments Anthony Feint says: May 17, 2010 at 11:09 am This is a really powerful technique. What you may not know is that the blogs have also been growing at around the same rate for a very long time. This isn’t just some coincidence. These bloggers have helped each other out a lot.

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Viper Chill

APRIL 26, 2010

Facebook After recently surpassing Google as the most popular site in America and closing in on 500,000,000 monthly unique visitors, Facebook has huge amounts of traffic that you can ethically leverage to grow your business online. Master the news feed algorithm. Twitter is like a party. It was great to learn from y’all.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Social News (Digg, Sphinn, Mixx, Reddit, Tip’d, and a whole load of related sites) Submitting only your own articles and posts to social media sites. Social news is about reciprocal relationships. Submitting a story to a social news site that is completely off-topic. Was it something you said? Excess converts to spam.

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