I Want To Fail In My Blogging Efforts

Posted by Alex | February 28, 2010 .

I welcome failure in any effort I make, even at the effort to make money blogging. That's right, I want to fail.
There was a small machine shop, where I was a foreman, that was owned by a man who knew nothing about metal removal techniques and processes. He was a Bean Counter for Chist's sake.
That [...]

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Breaking My Permalink Structure To Make An SEO Omelette

Posted by Alex | February 26, 2010 .

Last time around, I promised that I was going to perform a death defying feat by breaking my WordPress permalink structure, and that's exactly what I'm going to do.
We now know that permalinks are URLs assigned to content so that users and search engines can find said content. We also understand that WordPress gives us [...]

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Discovering Permalinks

Posted by Alex | February 24, 2010 .

What are permalinks? In essence, a permalink (shortened from permanent link) is the URL given to published content so that content can be archived as well as searched for via the search engines. In addition, because they are structured URLs, they are also crawled by the search engine spiders.
Search engines rely on links to find [...]

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Yaro Starak Blogger Talking From Experience

Posted by michey | February 23, 2010 .

Yaro made a name for himself as a blogger in a short period of time. I like his philosophy, his energy, his methods, and his jovial style of explaining his experiences.

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Title Tags, Part Of The Content Or Apart From The Content

Posted by Alex | February 21, 2010 .

How do you handle your title tags relative to your content?
I love writing flash fiction. In fact, my favorite pieces to write are called 55 Worders. The rules are simple, fifty-five words exactly in the text body, and up to seven words in the title.
The seven words in the title are not counted as part [...]

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To Make Money Blogging Can’t Be Any Easier Than This

Posted by Alex | February 17, 2010 .

Own up to it. If you could make money blogging, you would. Wouldn't you? Yeah, I thought so. There are are a lot of us out there trying to earn a buck or two in this business.
Some of us are even trying to do it honestly.
Honestly means hard work, patience, ethically, and with focus. Oh [...]

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Content Is Important As Part Of The SEO Strategy

Posted by Alex | February 11, 2010 .

Keyword optimization is obviously an important element of sound Search Engine Optimization (SEO), but it is not the only component of any SEO campaign that is important. In fact, keyword strategies only open the door to your content.
Content is king for a reason. That reason is that content is what speaks confidence and authority about [...]

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Learning SEO Along The Way. The Dinosaur Bones.

Posted by Alex | February 6, 2010 .

I was asked not that long ago if what I know about blogging and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) comes from some software program or a guru's coaching session. My answer was no.
It's not that I didn't buy books, because I did, or didn't get some form of coaching, because I did (indirectly).
What I did learn [...]

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Article Directories Are Powerful Tools In The Link Wheel

Posted by Alex | February 3, 2010 .

Let's continue our discussion about the Link Wheel and see how article sites like Squidoo, HubPages, and e-zine fit into the scheme, shall we?
We should now know the difference a reciprocal link and a backlink:

Reciprocal links are two way links that appear to be exchanges
Backlinks are one way links that give acknowledgment from one site [...]

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