2007
29
Jul

The Mystery of Linkbacks

For most bloggers, inbound links are like solid gold, if you’re a blogger that doesn’t think so then maybe you should look at something else. Blogging is a way to get your views read by the world, it is part of the information future, but the Internet is so vast that simply having a blog is just not enough. So you build a network of inbound links, this would be the equivalent of handing out business cards.

I’m not an expert at blogging, my blog is actually less than 2 months old, so I don’t have vast experience to draw from. But I have managed to rake a Technorati authority of 51, and a rank of 115,000 (this is calculated using your inbound links) so far, which I believe is not too bad for a new blogger. So for what its worth here are some of the things I did or am doing.

  • I made a commitment to write quality posts, and to focus my energy on making posts that people would want to link to. I don’t always manage this, but I’m always learning and I’ll get there.
  • I had another blog that I had been working on for about 3 months before I started this one. My other blog had accumulated about 35 community members at mybloglog.com, so I sent out a message to all those members offering a link exchange. From this I got about 4 or 5 new links.
  • I spent some time googling for link exchange or review exchange offers. This was good because you get all the higher ranked blogs and sites at the top, so the links are quality links.
  • I was very happy to find www.reviewback.com, they offer a service where you can exchange reviews with other blogs free of charge. This was quite successful and I got a good number of links this way.
  • I sent a message to each member on the blogroll of my previous blog asking for a link exchange. This brought about 5 or so links.
  • I spent some time browsing through the blogsphere for other like minded blogs and requested link exchanges from them. This method always brings results. But remember that you want quality links not any old garbage.
  • I tried to be as active as I could in the blogging communities that I’m a part of, such as mybloglog.com, and whenever possible I requested a link exchange.
  • Eventually I was able to make a few posts on my blog offering link exchanges, which bloggers then replied to. This is where you eventually want to be, now I can’t wait for the upcoming page rank update, hopefully I’ll get a decent PR and be able to leverage that.
  • And if your posts are good people will sometimes link to you for nothing. This is great.

There are lots of other ways and methods and each day I learn something new. If you want to hear from a real pro check out this post http://natewhitehill.com/5-ways-to-get-other-bloggers-to-link-to-your-posts/, Nate has been around for a while, and he has a lot of blogging wisdom to impart.

Simon

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2007
29
Jul

Get Active with BlogMad.net

I recently discovered BlogMad.net, and I’m very happy with it. BlogMad is a great way to generate some traffic for your blog while you browse other blogs. If you want to be successful at blogging you have to be active in the blogging community, but sometimes I find that I don’t have a lot of time for this, between my day job and trying to write good content there just isn’t much left. That’s whats so perfect about BlogMad, it allows me to be active in the blogging community and browse lots of blogs while at the same time generating some traffic for my own. And its fun too.

The way it works is simple. There are two ways that you can earn credits and allocate credits, the first way is by simply browsing other blogs and viewing them for 30 seconds, and the second way you actually have to rate the blog before you’re credited, you can chose a rating from 1 to 10. You can allocate your credits into these two systems also, so you can chose to have people simply viewing your blog or you can have them rate it. If you get a high rating then you get benefits such as priority viewing and bragging rights.

There’s also a nifty little rank system where you start out at the bottom and you climb up as you earn credits, the higher you go the more benefits you have such as more credits for referring people.

BlogMad is very simple and easy to use, and it doesn’t seem to have any technical problems, it loads up pretty fast and its just a pleasure to use. I advise you to go check it out, and if you get the urge you might want to rate my blog.

Simon

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2007
29
Jul

Interview with EmpererAnton

I’ve decided to start posting some interviews with interesting bloggers from time to time, hopefully we can all benefit from their combined expertise.

The first interview is with a blogger named Adam Donkus. Adam Donkus, AKA EmpererAnton, is a Father, Teacher, Entrepreneur, and Blogger who is also interested in Technology, Business, and Blogging. He has been blogging for quite a while now, that makes him more of an expert than me.

Simon: Could you tell us a little about yourself, such as your name, hobbies, and what you do for a living?

EmperorAnton: My name is Adam Donkus and currently I work in the Search Engine Optimization field.
Currently my hobbies are limited to spending time with my kids, traveling with my wife and sometimes children. I also enjoy watching my son play hockey for the Reading Junior Royals.
Quite a bit of free time is spent online blogging.

Simon: What was your first reaction when you discovered blogging?

EmperorAnton: I thought of different blogs that I wanted to start.

Simon: How long have you been blogging?

EmperorAnton: I have been blogging for well over two years.

Simon: What would you say is the most important factor in any blog?

EmperorAnton: How the blog develops and encourages others to read and participate in order to grow a sense of community.

Simon: All of us want to make money online, what would you say is the best method for doing this?

EmperorAnton: I have made a nice living out of providing services to those who want to sell online or those who want to develop an online presence in order to assist an off line business.
But there are so many ways to make money online, I don’t believe that there is any one best method.
However, I do love the methods that create passive income.

Simon: Do you prefer more traffic, or more feed subscribers?

EmperorAnton: I prefer feed subscribers, but traffic that is targeted and not random is beauteous as well.

Simon: Why is that?

EmperorAnton: Feed subscribers tend to be regular readers. Traffic could be one time hits that come from a search engine or from sites like Stumbleupon that see a page once never to return.
Once someone has subscribed, they will return over and over again hopefully. Return business/readers is what blogging is about.

Simon: In one sentence, what is your advice to bloggers that are just starting out?

EmperorAnton: Don’t listen to me.lol I certainly don’t know everything, and have a lot to learn about blogging.
There are some really great new bloggers out there that have the ability to write with a voice that moves people. That is a gift that brings return readers.
When writing try to develop your voice, be unique and readers will come.

In the words of Nike,just do it. Just write.

Adam’s blog can be found at http://www.pixelheadonline.com/blog/, check it out if you want to know more about him.

Simon

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