Archive for March, 2010
3 More Reasons to Use WordPress
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In a previous post I listed 5 reasons to use WordPress for Your Blog If 5 reasons aren't enough here are 3 more:
1) You can have 2 for the price of 1. With WordPress you get a blog or a website or you can have both. With the proper customization you can have make your site into a website. If you wish you can also add a blog to it as well. The Blog Builder Guy is setup that way.
2) You can be the master of your domain, your website's domain, that is. Updating content is easy and with a little practice anyone can do it. And adding photos and video are easy as well. No need to hire a webmaster to do it for you. Think of the money you'll save by doing it yourself!
3) WordPress.org (not to be confused with WordPress.com) has become the fastest and easiest way for businesses to get online. It is also a great way personal bloggers to get started as well. And as I stated in an earlier post there is plenty of help available if you need it.
So there you have 3 more reasons to use WordPress. And remember if you don't have the time or inclination to build a blog The Blog Builder Guy will build it so you don't have to!
Do You Want More Traffic for Your Blog?
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I know that is a silly question because there isn't much point in having a blog if no one is reading it. Unless it is for your own personal use and you don't want anyone else to read it.
But if you want to share what you have to say then you are going to need readers! Her is a quick and easy way to get your blog noticed.
It's called Pinging. If you have a WordPress blog, each time you create or update a post WordPress will send a notification or Ping to the popular Update Services. When the Update Services receives the Ping it sends a notice to all the sites that are on their list. So now people reading sites like Technorati can find your posts.
So how do you set up this magical Ping process? It's very easy.
Go to your Dashboard and under Settings select Writing. Scroll down and under Update Services cut and paste the sites below into the box. One site per line. Once you've done that, click Save Changes and you're done!
Now every time you add a new post all the services below will be notified and you're on your way to getting more traffic!
If The Blog Builder Guy build your site then you don't have to do anything because that is part of the blog setup service.
http://rpc.pingomatic.com/
http://feedshark.brainbliss.com/
http://api.feedster.com/ping
http://ping.amagle.com/
http://ping.bitacoras.com
http://ping.blo.gs/
http://ping.rootblog.com/rpc.php
http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php
http://rcs.datashed.net/RPC2/
http://rpc.blogbuzzmachine.com/RPC2
http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/
http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/
http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
http://topicexchange.com/RPC2
http://www.blogoole.com/ping/
http://www.blogoon.net/ping/
http://www.blogsnow.com/ping
http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi
http://www.lasermemory.com/lsrpc/
http://www.newsisfree.com/RPCCloud
http://www.popdex.com/addsite.php
http://www.snipsnap.org/RPC2
http://www.wasalive.com/ping/
http://www.blogsdominicanos.com/ping/
http://www.xianguo.com/xmlrpc/ping.php
http://www.feedsky.com/api/RPC2
http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
http://api.moreover.com/RPC2
http://bblog.com/ping.php
http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2
http://ping.feedburner.com
http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php
http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/
http://rpc.pingomatic.com/
http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates
Using Social Media for Link Building
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photo credit: Ben Fredericson (xjrlokix)
The internet is filled with many different social media or Web 2.0 sites as some people call them. And the number is growing almost daily. These sites are excellent for getting traffic and helping to build links that point back to your main site. Below are the ones I use to build links. There are, of course many more.
With Weebly (I love that name) for example, you can create a page with information about your market niche. Pages on sites like this are well respected by the search engines. You can monitize these pages or use them to link directly to your main site.
Setting up a page on these sites is pretty easy. You have to join the site and then simply follow the directions for setting up your page. Wow…following directions…what a concept….well maybe not for a guy ok, for me! But they are easy to set up!
The most important rule to follow is to use unique content on each site. You can't just write one article and post it everywhere. Google and the other search engines frown on that big time! They call it duplicate content.
You should also use your main keywords once or twice through out the article. Sometimes it useful to Bold or underline a keyword. It catches the attention of the search engines. Such as two of my main keywords: blog builder or blog setup. See how easy it is to put in a couple of keywords! But don't over do it. The search engines call that keyword stuffing and they frown on that as well.
Once the article is written be sure to include a link back to your main site. It can be something as easy as saying, "If you would like more information please visit Mysite.com ". It is also a good idea to use a keyword as anchor text. For more information on anchor text visit the blog builder. That is anchor text that will take you to a page explaining anchor text.
As I said before there are many such sites and if you would like a more complete list let me know and I'll get them to you!
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