There have been several posts recently describing the art of getting linked by bloggers: Problogger outlined some great tips while Peter over at SEObook did a great job showcasing how to contact bloggers by email. While some link builders can argue the effectiveness of the tactic in general, I am a great believer that in …
Blog search tools are numerous; most of them are pretty much useless (per my opinion). Here I am looking only at the most helpful and unique ones that I do recommend trying and that offer some great features. Google Blog Search Technorati Blog Pulse Blog Lines Sort by relevance/ date only by date date or …
AideRSS is a very handy blog evaluating tool that can help you understand and grade your blog posts. The service grades all your blog posts based on PostRank: …a scoring system that we have developed to rank each article on relevance and reaction… The posts are listed along with the most important evaluating data: post …
A huge thanks to Loren for stepping in last minute to moderate the Tools & Plugins panel at IzeaFest. It turned out to be a great session, as I was initially hoping for. Here’s a quick summary wrap-up of what I talked about during the session. I tried to focus on RSS and SEO, so …
Reputation management is a too hot topic to be left out of discussion here, especially for your own names. If you love searching for your name (either out of vanity or for business purposes), you will enjoy playing with the following online identity searching and tracking tools: 1. Twitter Search (previously known as Summize) searches …
Blogs are different from static sites: they are more complex living organisms – communities of people who share thoughts – in contrast to a static source of information. Therefore it actually isn’t that easy to measure a blog’s popularity and power. Plenty of factors may come into play: overall traffic; sites linking in; pages/ individual …
My post with my book reviews in April this year was so well received that I decided to continue with this and write another review. I do not plan to limit myself to reviews of pure SEO and SEM/PPC related books and will cover books that are related to online marketing in a broader sense. …
There’s no doubt about it: blogging today is all about getting noticed. With m(b?)illions of bloggers out there, competing for attention, how can you propel your blog into the blogostratosphere? The good news is that 95% of bloggers don’t have a clue. Never mind seven habits, most bloggers don’t even have one good habit. They …
Blogs started off a few years back when people wanted to share something about them with the world, and slowly blogging took the shape of a revolution. Probably it was one of the most happening changes that have taken place after the introduction of Internet. Now the blogs are used for many purposes. From personal …
Most blogs are like whale carcasses. They drift ashore from parts unknown, look like they’ve been dead for weeks, and they stink. Man, do they ever stink. That’s because intelligence and business savvy don’t necessarily indicate writing ability. There’s no shame in that, either. Expecting a blog to turn a manager into a writer is …
