Category: Blogging
30
May

Alexa Ranking and Google PR Update

[ad#PSP336] It's that time of the month again when I evaluate how my blogs performed over the past 30 or so days. There were some revelations and realizations this month in my forays towards optimization and monetization. These two are so closely related that it ... Read more

24
Jun

NoFollow, DoFollow, MarshMallow

Here's me trying my hand at explaining the ramifications of these terms. First two words have something to do with comment links (you can argue that these two words may pertain to any link and you will be right, but in this case I am limiting my explanation to the link... Read more

25
May

Migration From Beta Blogger To WordPress

Man this is some work. I have read almost all the how to's on painless beta blogger migrations to wordpress and I have to say this is excruciating work! Still after having finally done it, everything seems worth the hours spent in front of my computer. A lot of the e... Read more

2
May

Link Exchange, Anyone?

This is a tired subject for anyone who has been in the blogging business for a long time. This has been discussed at least a hundred times in webmaster forums and in blogs all over the internet. But to those new in the game, especially those who have aggressively soug... Read more

30
Apr

3 To 4 Then 3 Again And Then Back To 4

**Latest UpdateAnd for some reason, my PR has now gone back up to PR4. lol. This is a rollercoaster ride I'm telling ya. :)**UpdateLooks like there's some pendulum-swinging going on. Earlier today I got excited over the PR bump I thought I got from Google. I checked th... Read more

22
Jan

The IZEA Rank Has Landed

This may be a bit late, but have you checked your IZEA Rank lately?At last the IZEA ranking system (also known as Real Rank) is here and I can’t be too excited about it. Although I don’t do much paid posts (except for a couple of entries to test the services of Smor... Read more

8
Dec

A Beginners Guide To The Inner Workings Of A Sponsored Post

The issue on the the vanishing page rank of Pay Per Post bloggers has been the internet rage for the past few weeks. I have even written a related post regarding Google’s penalty binge. The specific issue on PPP however is worth lingering on as it has caused a great... Read more

8
Dec

The Sinister Agenda

Requiring keywords and anchor-texts within a blogger’s post seems like a fair deal in exchange for a couple of dollars in the blogger’s point of view. Most bloggers usually start out posting free content, and if they are paid for doing what they love, then that’s... Read more

8
Dec

What’s The Antidote?

Is there a cure? Or a way out for the sponsored poster in all this blog shed (harhar)? Basing on Google's quality guidelines adding the rel="nofollow" tag to the anchor text for your sponsored posts should be enough as a preventive measure. That should be a bullet-pr... Read more

15
Nov

Pay Per Post: 4 Cautionary Tips To Still Get Paid Without Losing Your Blog

I first came accross paid blogging during my emo blogging days. I visited a friends' blog expecting to read about his usual rants regarding the banality of his existence but instead I found myself reading stuff I've never known him to be interested about. I felt like I... Read more