blogs: SEO Tips - Traffic and Rankings
- 08/15/08 09:48 AM
There are a couple of new posts on SEO Diva that will help you with increased traffic to your blog as well as a way to to have the Google SearchBot shine upon you. For increased blog traffic and comments, read Choose EntreCard for Great Traffic For increased site and blog rankings, read SEO Benefits of Video Have a great weekend! Kay … (24 comments)
blogs: My Top 25 Sites for WordPress Themes
- 07/16/08 08:23 AM
When you're looking for free WordPress themes you quickly discover there are thousands, if not millions, of them online! Some are better than others - a lot are rehashes of common themes, but then there are some beautiful and unusual themes that are freely available. One thing to keep in mind is that if you find a theme you really like, make sure you read the comments about it and look at the star rating if available. Some themes, although fantastic looking, don't work well or have bugs you need to be aware of. Also, make sure it will work with … (10 comments)
blogs: Get a Comment Link AND a Link to Your Blog
- 07/09/08 04:40 AM
One of my favorite WordPress plugins is Comment Luv, and I have finally been able to add it to my SEO Diva blog after a theme upgrade. Comment Luv is a nice way to thank a visitor for leaving a comment on your blog by automatically listing the most recent blog post for their blog, with a link to the article. Head on over to SEO Diva and try it it out - leave a comment and see your most recent blog post appear below it. This won't won't work for blogs on AR itself, but should work fine on the … (6 comments)
blogs: Stop Hackers: Protect Your WordPress Blog
- 07/03/08 04:46 AM
You need some serious password protection if you have a WordPress blog. Your wp-admin directory is not the only part of your blog that needs protection...plugins, scripts, includes and content can all be hacked. I'm paying more attention to this now because one of my blogs got hacked last week. Hundreds of invisible links for body part enlargement products and porn were attached to one of my blog posts, and the only reason I discovered the hack was because there were so many lines of code they crashed the post. I was lucky that only one post was affected. Research led … (17 comments)
blogs: Promote Your Blog With These Two Great Lists
- 03/20/08 05:08 AM
Please be sure to visit the Diva for the two most recent posts. 29 Niche Social Media Sites is a nice list of niche sites. None are specific to real estate, but you still may be able to work your site in sideways. Besides, I know some of you have non-real estate blogs too. Promote Your Blog in These Directories is a gigantic list of blog directories, in order of Alexa ranking, with the Page Rank listed. This is a great resource, and submission will increase traffic, links, and rankings. I confess I am really bad about promoting my blogs the way I should, and … (24 comments)
blogs: Stepping Out of the Rain
- 03/04/08 04:08 AM
With regret I find I must cut way back on my posts to Active Rain. I'm often in a time crunch, with my day job as Search Engine Strategist, and my 20-odd private blogs and web sites that demand more attention than I've been giving them. I sincerely hope that Active Rain members, and especially my subscribers, will subscribe to my SEO Diva blog, where I'll be posting regularly. Over time I will try to contact each subscriber personally, to thank them and invite them to visit the Diva. Please don't stop with your comments and questions, either! In fact, unlike … (24 comments)
blogs: WordPress Guide Series
- 02/22/08 01:54 AM
Do you know how your WP blog works, what files to put where, and how to upgrade to the latest WordPress version? Read the first installment of WordPress Guide posts to learn how to install your blog to an existing web site, how to upgrade it without messing anything up, and what should be in the various files. This looks like it will be a great series to follow, so I made sure I was subscribed to the feed. ~ From SEO Diva
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blogs: You Can Syndicate Your Blog
- 02/12/08 12:25 PM
According to Google, if you syndicate an article (or blog post) you can place it on another site without penalty. The key to doing this is to link back to the original source of the article from the syndicated spot. I've been testing this for a few weeks. I've been posting to SEO Diva first, then placing the same post on Active Rain with a link back to Seo Diva. I then have Zimbio ping my blogs, and delete the AR version in favor of the Diva. The reason I post to my Diva blog first is because she needs Page Rank … (15 comments)
blogs: Social Media Mogul Poll
- 02/05/08 08:37 AM
Are you a social media mogul? Have you LinkedIn, Facebooked, Ninged, Twittered, Zimbio'd and Squidoo'd? Is Craigslist a personal friend, do you check Feedburner hourly, and do you Plaxo daily? There are so many social network sites, so many ways to tweet and twitter about your blog, site, or product. It's really hard to get it with some of them, much less keep up with them all. So eventually it's time to choose the ones you do get, that seem to bring in the traffic, and importantly, that you enjoy. What works best for you? Go to SEO Diva to … (10 comments)
blogs: Use Social Networks to Promote Your RSS Feed
- 02/01/08 06:31 AM
From SEO Diva I discovered great a blog post on RSS from WordPress Web 2.0 Spot-Er, and found the bottom half of the post to be of greatest interest to me. Be sure to check out the blog for the entire post and more info, but below are excerpts of how to bring a steady flow of traffic to your blog using social networks. 1. Claim Your Blog On Technorati. This step should be obvious… Create an account and claim your blog. 2. Join Blogcatalog and submit your blog. Once your blog is approved, your feed will be displayed on your profile … (15 comments)
blogs: Duplicate Content Clarification from Google Guru
- 02/01/08 02:51 AM
Matt Cutts offers a clarification of duplicate content on his blog this morning. If you have any confusion about that you may want to give it a quick read. Something I have been doing recently is posting my SEO Diva blog posts to Active Rain (it's too hard to provide regular content for both), with a referral link to the Diva site. It constitutes syndicated content, and because I post it on the Diva blog first, it should get the credit for having the original content. The link from AR to the original post shows the search engine that that's where I want … (8 comments)
blogs: Blog Rankings According to RSS Subscribers
- 01/31/08 02:55 AM
DailyBlogTips has a post on Rating Burner, which ranks the top 400 blogs on the web according to the number of RSS subscribers. There are a lot of SEO and Internet marketing bloggers on the list. It's a handy-dandy way to find popular blogs in your niche. You'll still have to determine if they use 'no follow' tags if you plan to comment for linkbuilding purposes. It's cool except for the weird faces. … (5 comments)
Leaving comments on blogs can be a valuable part of your linkbuilding campaign.* It does not mean leaving "Great post!" comments on every blog you find. Most bloggers will delete those ASAP, as they should. Leaving proper blog comments takes time and effort. The rules are simple enough: Find relevant blogs Read the blog posting Leave a comment that adds value to the discussion Keep your comment in line with the blog's comment policy Make sure the web site you're linking to (yours) is worthwhile Follow these guidelines, and you'll develop a nice portfolio of blog comment backlinks, and … (22 comments)
Several times people have asked this question in my blog comments - Do blog comments pass as much link juice as other forms of link building when made on a 'do follow' blog posting? After a discussion with an esteemed colleague, as well as some research on blog comments left by us, the short answer to this is yes, they do. Long answer - not only do they carry as much, but they may carry more weight. Blog comments are typically placed on highly relevant sites. If there are relevant keywords in the comment, this will add to the value, and … (28 comments)
blogs: The Power of Blogs
- 01/28/08 02:02 PM
From SEO Diva During some of my research, I came across some eye-opening statistics! Blog Facts 1. 50 Million US Internet users visited blog sites in Q1 2005. That’s 30% of all US Internet Users and 1 in 6 of total US population. Source: ComScore By extrapolating the data in #5 below, that number would now be (at a minimum) over 71 million Internet users visiting blogs. 2. 1 out of 20 US adults have created a blog and 11% of Internet users are regular blog readers. Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project Report Using current data, that means … (8 comments)
blogs: RSS Directories - Ping Your Way to Fame and Fortune
- 01/25/08 08:16 AM
From SEO Diva Did you know you can submit the RSS feed of your blog to RSS Directories? They'll ping your blog on a regular basis, and bring you lots of new traffic and subscribers. Below are 25 directories to get you started: 2RSS 4guysfromrolla 5z5 ASP Index BlogBunch Blogdigger BlogPulse DayTimenews Feed24 Feedbase FeedBomb FeedBoy Feedest FeedMap FeedNuts FeedPlex Feeds2read Feeds4all FeedSee FeedsFarm Findory FindRSS Free Feeds Directory Golden RSS Feed IceRocket UPDATE: With all the questions on HOW to add your blogs, I thought an addendum would be appropriate here. Get the feed URL for your blog. My AR blog feed is: … (24 comments)
blogs: 'Do Follow' Blogs with PR
- 01/25/08 04:56 AM
From SEO Diva Insert your keywords in the search box to find relevant blogs. This is a great way to get a lot of blog comment backlinks to your site. When you leave comments, it's important not to spam the blog, but to leave a comment with some value. PR 6 http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=01...66:2ziwmhsusja PR5 http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=01...66:gpfnyqgww54 PR4 http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=01...66:fcvptc3lghk PR3 http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=01...166:ec1btv16hl PR 0-2 http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=01...ygwict5bzjo&hl … (12 comments)
blogs: Free Links - Get 'Em Here
- 01/12/08 09:42 AM
SEO Diva is offering a free link to your web site or blog in exchange for a short (150 words) article about anything at all. Considering the length of the comments people leave on AR, this would be a quickie for a lot of us! In addition, you can get a second free link by leaving a comment on the SEO Diva blog. The articles will be published on family-friendly blogs. This is an effort to get some content and pagerank for 8 blogs I'm running.
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blogs: Zimbio - Just Do It!
- 01/03/08 07:41 AM
by SEO Diva This blog post was originally titled "Why I'm Secretly Smiling" then when nobody seemed to get it, changed it to "Why I'm NOT Secretly Smiling." Well, that didn't work either, and this tip is SO good, I want you all to try it. So here I go again... This tip is golden - I promise! Do you want to know my secret? It's Zimbio, which most people haven't even heard of.
Okay, apparently I've made this as clear as mud. So I'll just say this - go visit Zimbio, it's as easy as pie to use, and see what … (20 comments)
blogs: Top 50 Real Estate Marketing Bloggers
- 12/17/07 09:32 AM
Wow, I am so honored! I just got the following message: You made our list! We recently published: "Top 50 Real Estate Marketing Bloggers" at http://www.intlistings.com/articles/2007/top-50-real-estate-marketing-bloggers/ and we included you. Just recently I was enviously scanning a list of top bloggers, thinking I'd never be in a list like that, so I am doubly thrilled to get this honor. On top of that, it's going to be very interesting reading what these other real estate bloggers have to say. I don't always agree with everything I read, but I can always glean helpful nuggets of information, new ideas and methods, and at … (16 comments)
There are a couple of new posts on SEO Diva that will help you with increased traffic to your blog as well as a way to to have the Google SearchBot shine upon you.
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