In what I come to notice, the majority of beginners that jump into the blogwagon have several commonalities. In this regard, they are more likely to commit one, if not all, of the 7 deadly sins of newbies.

This article is by no means the end-all and be-all of being an effective and better blogger, but hopefully it may shorte

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It’s true that one of the first things you’ll be deciding when you start your own blog is the niche you want to be in. What kind of target audience you’re writing to? A niche gives you a sense of purpose, yet many is good at failing to choose the right one.

Sad but it’s true, a lot of new bloggers are happy to be part of th

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Study has shown that most searchers don’t go beyond the page three so if your site is found nowhere in the first 3 pages for your keywords, you have probably not done enough SEO, so to speak.

Now the question is how do you know if you are doing the right thing?

That’s where online SEO tools are available at your disposal

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One of the wonderful things about WordPress is the ease you could set it up or transfer from Blogger to WordPress with just a few clicks. Everything works right out of the box but what comes next after the installation is the subject of today’s article.

With that in mind, here are a couple of to-do things to consider right a

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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is all about optimizing your blog to rank high in the Search Engine Results and thus increase overall visibility. Apart from unique contents and site design, it’s one of the most important aspects of blogging.

Here are 15 SEO Tips to help improve your site’s ranking in the Search Engine Resul

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Your blog is a piece of your virtual real estate in the online world. It’s natural that you’ll make every possible effort to make it more comfortable for your readers and subscribers to hang around.

Your readers and loyal subscribers are the life blood of your blog in my opinion. Without them, I see no valid reason why a blo

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Words of wisdom are from people who not only knew what they were saying but who also knew how to say it well.

Quotes from the world’s greatest thinkers are timeless. Not only they are still relevant today, they can be aptly applied to blogging as well.

I have recently discovered a few gems of wisdom that I’ll like to shar

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Depending at which stage of your blog, the right strategies has to be adopted. For beginners, you should worry less about traffic and monetization and pay more attention to optimizing your blog for Search Engine. Traffic and backlinks will come naturally thereafter when you understand the principle behind quality vs quantity an

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“thou shall win” contest

You have seen the teaser and now this is what you have been waiting for. We are now going to celebrate Christmas in August with a “thou shall win” Contest in celebration of my super 3 months blogging.

You can expect over $2500 worth of awesome prizes to be won. As they always say, ‘This is one con

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Google Pagerank or PR is a measure of any sites popularity based on Google kept-secret algorithm. The PR is an indication of certain authority to your site. One thing is certain is that your link popularity has the most significant importance in determining your PR. The theory is that the more backlinks you accumulate, the high

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What they don’t teach you about link building is that with little effort, you can work your way into the Top Commentator list by commenting on other blogs with similar niche.

Once you are in that top list, you will gain sitewide link and get to enjoy the PR juice from the said blog. All you need to do is to be active and eng

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To celebrate the third month anniversary of thoushallblog.com, I’m proud to announce that I’ll be holding a “Thou Shall Win” Contest later at the end of July 2008.

I’m in the midst of securing more sponsors and working out the finer details of the contest. So here is a little teaser to the upcoming contest and what you can e

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Does your blog load as quickly as you — and your users — would like? or does it take ages to load? Have you ever got frustrated waiting for a slow and sluggish site to load a single page?

If your blog has a less desirable loading time, here’s some possible ways you can do-it-yourself to speed it up. Though it will not make y

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Search Engine Optimization is all about optimizing your blog to position it higher in the Search Engine Results and thus increase overall visibility. It’s one of the most, if not the most, important aspect of blogging.

Here's 15 of the most under-utilized yet useful plugins to SEO your blog and rank higher in the search eng

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It’s probably one of the most under-utilized WordPress tool and yet one of the most effective one to build loyal readership.

Comment Relish by Justin Shattuck is intended to send a relishing, Thank-You e-mail message to new commentators on your blog. When a user comments on your blog, if they have never commented before, it

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