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Building Readership, Social Media
How To Use Forums To Drive Traffic To Your Blog
12.08.07 | Permalink | 69 Comments

Hot to use forums to build traffic to your web site.
Link Building, Link Love
Backlinks Giveaway: 28 Free Backlinks
10.22.07 | Permalink | 49 Comments
After running my free backlink offer for two days, I have ended up with a total of 28 links. It was a great response (despite the site being down for 10 hours instantly after the offer) and I learned a thing or two from it that I’ll utilize in my future offerings.

Thanks to those who submitted their links, and a special thanks to following people for spreading the word:
- Karen Zara from Karen Zara Dwells Here
- Steven Snell from Vandelay Design
- Pelf from Pelf-ism is contagious
- and Elliot Cross from ejcross.com
Those who benefited from this offer, and those who missed, keep your fingers crossed, because a similar offer is coming very soon, which will be even better and everyone will be able to benefit from it. Subscribe to my RSS to be notified when I give away more free backlinks.

Here are the 28 links in the order they were submitted. I’ve enjoyed reading many of these and I am sure you do too.
SEO Tips
4 Reasons Why Google Isn’t Penalizing You And You Are Just Paranoid
10.11.07 | Permalink | 28 Comments

Ever since Google came out openly with its stance about advertisers and link sellers who try to manipulate Google’s PageRank algorithm, there has been a great deal of unrest in the blogosphere. You can hear angry voices coming from virtually all directions.

I really find it laughable that many of the well reputed bloggers have succumbed to the temptation of crying foul against Google. They think Google has penalized them for selling links, OK fair enough. Wait.. they also think that Google is manually penalizing their site to rank low in SERPs, and that Google has set spies to trawl through the world wide web to catch the criminals red-handed. This is where their paranoia becomes evident.
Resources
22 Free Forum Software To Build Online Communities
10.03.07 | Permalink | 5 Comments

One of the most powerful tools to run online communities is the onlne discussion forums. If you are a webmaster and you are struggling to interact with your visitors, or if you sell products online and want to provide online support in a free and open environment, or if you are a gaming enthusiast and want to host a gaming community, all you need is a web-based forum software to realize your ideas.

There are a few paid forum packages you can use to run your online community, but why pay when you can get one for free? Yep, following is the list of 22 free forum software packages all equally robust, and each with its own unique features that give paid forum software a run for their money.
Blogging Tips, Social Media, Web Design, Writing Tips
Are You Improving In These Areas Or Have You Stalled?
09.28.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

We all strive to improve and get better at what we do. In blogosphere, the success of your blog is a measure to gauge the strength of your efforts.

But how do you measure the success of a blog? Simple, by your subscription stats, the number of comments others leave on your blog, and the amount of buzz you create in the blogosphere.

A methodical approach towards making all these factors count in your favor often pays off.

Below is a rundown of areas you need to improve to become a successful blogger (and so do I).
AdSense Tips
Use AdSense ‘Allowed Sites’ Feature To Keep Spammy Publishers At Bay
09.05.07 | Permalink | 3 Comments

After adding “Allowed Sites” feature few day ago and rolling it back, Google AdSense has put the “Allowed sites” feature back under AdSense Setup tab. With Allowed Sites feature, you can specify which sites should be allowed to display AdSense ads with your publisher ID.