Successful Blogging
There are many reasons why one might blog: such as voicing one’s own opinion, political reasons and so forth. Another less-obvious reason is that creating a blog may catch Google’s attention because it refreshes your website with new content on a consistent basis. Google gives a better rank to active websites and it doesn’t appreciate static websites.
Locations to post/publish your Blog: There are multiple services available on the Internet for those who don’t already have a blog. Wordpress.com and Blogger.com are two of the most popular ones. Yahoo.com as well, has begun to obtain a chunk of the blog pie. A traditional practice is to install your blog in a folder titled “Blog” on your site, assuming you already have a website. It may look like: mydomain.tld/blog/
Blog Software: If you have a website and hosting readily available, you may want to try Wordpress for your blog. In aggiunta, you can create your blog articles using Blogger and have them posted on your individual website. There is a convenient FTP setup feature in Blogger that once set up, al you have to do is click a link to publish.
contenuto: Original blog entries (your own words, not copied from others — an exception to this rule is when you use a brief excerpt from someone’s article), and current information with engaging content are all essential in making your blog effective.
Interaction with readers: Reader feedback can be allowed on your blog. This gives you the power to moderate your blog and comments. il “moderator” facility is necessary, since it’s difficult to fight off spammers. Also, individuals who disagree with you may leave rude comments.
How to gain blog visibility:
1) Fresh and original content
2) Backlinks to other sites
a.) join webrings,
b.) Use social networking (Myspace, Twitter, Facebook, etc.)
c.) Look for forums that have similar interests as you do. It is possible to find forum communities at places like Yahoo, Yuku and Aimoo, among others.
3) Make a submission of your URL to the search engines Google and Yahoo. There is an XML Sitemap generator plug-in available for free if you use Wordpress. It’s a free program, but donations are welcome.
4) Make use of “Tags” in your articles. Use keywords when making tags in order to let crawlers like Google be aware of the best place to classify your blog posts.
