blogs: SEO Tips - Traffic and Rankings - 08/15/08 04:48 PM
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 … (24 comments)
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blogs: My Top 25 Sites for WordPress Themes - 07/16/08 03:23 PM
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 … (9 comments)
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blogs: Get a Comment Link AND a Link to Your Blog - 07/09/08 11:40 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 … (6 comments)
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blogs: Stop Hackers: Protect Your WordPress Blog - 07/03/08 11:46 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 … (17 comments)
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blogs: Promote Your Blog With These Two Great Lists - 03/20/08 12:08 PM
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 … (24 comments)
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blogs: Stepping Out of the Rain - 03/04/08 12:08 PM
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 … (24 comments)
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blogs: WordPress Guide Series - 02/22/08 09:54 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 … (8 comments)
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blogs: You Can Syndicate Your Blog - 02/12/08 08:25 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 … (15 comments)
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blogs: Social Media Mogul Poll - 02/05/08 04:37 PM
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 … (10 comments)
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blogs: Use Social Networks to Promote Your RSS Feed - 02/01/08 02:31 PM
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 … (16 comments)
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blogs: Duplicate Content Clarification from Google Guru - 02/01/08 10:51 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 … (8 comments)
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blogs: Blog Rankings According to RSS Subscribers - 01/31/08 10:55 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 … (5 comments)
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blogs: The Rules: Blog Comments for Linkbuilding - 01/31/08 08:19 AM
From SEO Diva
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 … (20 comments)
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blogs: Do Blog Comments Pass Link Juice? Yes! - 01/29/08 02:19 PM
From SEO Diva
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 … (28 comments)
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blogs: The Power of Blogs - 01/28/08 10:02 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 … (8 comments)
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blogs: RSS Directories - Ping Your Way to Fame and Fortune - 01/25/08 04:16 PM
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 … (25 comments)
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blogs: 'Do Follow' Blogs with PR - 01/25/08 12:56 PM
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 … (13 comments)
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blogs: Free Links - Get 'Em Here - 01/12/08 05:42 PM
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 … (9 comments)
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blogs: Zimbio - Just Do It! - 01/03/08 03:41 PM
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...
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blogs: Top 50 Real Estate Marketing Bloggers - 12/17/07 05:32 PM
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 … (16 comments)
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