3 Biggest Blogging Mistakes That Hamper A Blog’s Growth

This article is about ‘blog writers’ rather than bloggers because I’m going to focus mostly on the mistakes that bloggers make in terms of their writing and their content rather than mistakes made just in terms of web design etc.

These are the mistakes that bloggers make when deciding how to phrase their work, deciding on topics for articles. General thematic mistakes (more…)

Tips on How to Write Blog Posts that Get More Comments

Getting comments on your blog can be extremely valuable and rewarding. If you blog, you know how exciting it is to see a bunch of comments on your posts, but what exactly is it that you do that makes this happen? Certain types of posts certainly are good at attracting more attention, more buzz, and, yes, more comments. The following tips should help you compose posts that are not only (more…)

The Best Internet Bait to use in your Mousetrap: Snagging the Page Rank Mouse

Most people know that SEO is something that takes a lot of work. Just like anything else, the longer you stick with it, the more rewarding it will be for you in the end. In fact, your efforts might not be visible for at least six months, depending on what techniques you are using. (more…)

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How and why you should maintain a business blog

Blogging for business is a relatively new technique and it’s one that is taking some time for many businesses to get the hang of.  Starting a blog is easy, anyone can do it, and quite frequently anybody does.  However, what you tend to find with many businesses operating (more…)

How to Keep Coming up with Fresh Blog Ideas

When you first start a blog, it is usually something you have been thinking about doing for a while, and you are full of good ideas for posts.  Often, you can hardly get the first few posts out there quick enough.  Whether you are writing your blog to entertain your readers, to express yourself, or to make money through affiliate sales or by promoting your business, you are likely to start off with a (more…)

Weekly Blogging Debate – Does allowing Do Follow blog comments negatively effect SEO and Page Rank

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a review post about Comment Luv premium and I received a question in the comments that I thought would make an excellent topic for this week’s blogging debate.

Here is the question that was posed by Rebecca Watkins

 

I am the first to admit that i am not an SEO expert so I am very interested in hearing both sides of this argument as well.  My thoughts are that do follow links will probably leak a little juice from your site and may effect page rank.  The reality for me is that I really do not care about page rank that much.  I have had page rank of 4 on this blog in the past and now i have page rank 2.  The traffic that I receive from Google has never been higher.  Plus, I would rather have a blog with comments and engagement than having a high page rank.

Your turn – What side of this debate are you on?