SEO For The Common Webmaster

Posting on a blog or a website is a lot of work. When going through all the work of writing articles, it is important to check and edit prior to posting them. This is quite easy if you use a word processor or use the various spell checkers available for both Fire Fox and Internet Explorer.

Even the best bloggers make some mistakes. The key is not to have all your posts look like they were written by a third grader. The extra few minutes it takes to check your grammar and spelling could mean a world of difference in how many readers you have.

Blogging is for all age groups and for people from all walks of life. All blogs do not need to be professional but it does not hurt to take the time to make your posts legible. This is one of the biggest forms of advice I give to any new blogger or webmaster when first starting out. I for one will quit reading a blog if the first post is loaded with mistakes. There are too many blogs to read that are written with care. I do not have the time to try and decipher what someone is trying to say.

How do you feel about spelling and grammar errors? Be sure to leave your comments.

I still see many people throughout the many webmaster forums claiming to make huge amounts of money through blogging. They claim that they set up a blog, copy several articles from elsewhere and start making a couple a thousand or more a month in the first three months.

Guess what? That is 99% bull mixed with a huge load of dog crap. Most blogs make a little money and the more blogs you have, the more you may make. You can make money from blogging and many earn a nice income each month. However, creating one blog and becoming rich is rare.

There are a few big names in blogging such as Shoemoney and John Chow. However, these are rare cases of bloggers who have become major successes. It does not mean that every blog that is created will make you a millionaire. It takes hard work, dedication, and lots of patience. You also have to spend money running contest, advertising, creating controversy, and more.

Can you get rich from blogging? Yes, however, as I stated, it is rare to earn huge money from one blog. Instead, try to build the best blog you can and work hard to provide great posts that are unique and full of good information. The blog will build over time and at some point, you can earn a descent amount of money through ads and affiliate links. Until that point, just have fun and enjoy your blog. If you are in blogging just to make money, there are easier ways to earn money.

If you became rich by blogging, please share your story by leaving a comment or two.

I am not a big fan of most social bookmarking sites. I do like like a couple of community sites. I joined MyBlogLog.com a while back but have not done much with it. As you can see in my sidebar, I decided to give it a better try. I have added the widget and I have updated my profile. It is a great way to interact with other in the same niche and also to drive some traffic to your site. The main reason I use it is that it is fun. I am beginning to find some people that I interact with that share many of the same interest as I do.

It is easy to join and if you are a member of Yahoo, you can use the same log-in information and add all your blogs to the site. You can also link to all your other social sites with ease. I have had problems verifying my blogs because they do not seem to pick up my blog post to verify it. I am going to try again today to see if it works.

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One of the good ways to increase your back links is to leave comments on blogs that allow do follow links. Of course this should be done in a professional manner and not done as spam. Many blogs, such as mine, moderate all comments to ensure that they are not just spam.

The proper way to leave a comment that will be accepted is to first read the post. Your comment should be relative to the post and not just a random comment. Comments like “thanks”, ‘interesting post”, “good information”, and other generic comments are often discarded as spam.

The URL you are trying to promote is to be placed in one place only! That place is in the form where it request you to put your website URL. If you try to slip URLs with in the comments, they will be often rejected and tossed away with the spam.

If you respect the author of the blog with genuine quality comments, most bloggers do not mind giving you a back link to your site.

In this post, I am compiling a list of blogs that are do-follow blogs. Please do not spam them as they work hard to write quality blogs and do not need a bunch of garbage.

If you have a do follow blog and would like to be included in this list, feel free to leave a comment with a link to your blog and I will include it in my list. Please do not list adult or spam blogs.

Here are my do follow blogs to start, I will add others as I get them sent to me:

SEO For the Common Man

That Blozzz: The Fun Blog

Acts of Random Kindness

Other’s Blogs

Random Blog 

Disclaimer: The blog list is for informational purposes, we make no claim to the information contained in the blogs or any results from linking to any of these blogs. All blogs listed were provided by the owners of those, please respect that fact and do not spam. Once this list is compiled, you may republish this list only if you include a link back to this post.

In a journey to get the quick buck, many webmasters turn to automatic blogs. Basically an automatic blog is set up with either some software or a Word Press plug in to bring in feeds from other blogs. The automatic blog is made up of copies of someone else’s blog posts and articles.

There are a few problems with this. First, readers will catch up and you will lose your traffic. Readers like to read original content and when you copy other blogs, your readers will catch up and quit coming.

Another problem is that you may be infringing on copyrights of others. This could cause you to be sued, your hosting account to be suspended, or face other legal issues. Besides that, it is ethically wrong.

The final problem I will mention is the fact that many search engines like Google frown on this type of duplicated content. It could cause you not to be indexed in the SERPs or cause you to be placed so low that it does not matter of you are listed or not.

When creating a good blog, it is important to write for your readers and write original content. We all want to make some money but the short term quick buck of automatic blogs will dry up and you will be left started over from scratch.  It is better to do it right from the beginning and build your blog or website over time.

This does not mean that you can never copy a good article if you think it is useful. However, you should only do so with permission and only if you give credit to the original author.

Creating a blog or website can be fun and profitable, don’t take the cheaters way by stealing from others. Create the best you can with your talents and you will form a long term project that will attract lots of traffic and earn you money

What is your opinion on automatic blogs? Please share your opinion by leaving a comment.