blogging: My Top 25 Sites for WordPress Themes - 07/16/08 03:23 PM
When you're looking for free WordPress themes you quickly discover there are thousands, if not millions, of them online!
Some are better than others - a lot are rehashes of common themes, but then there are some beautiful and unusual themes that are freely available.
One thing to keep in mind … (8 comments)
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blogging: Get a Comment Link AND a Link to Your Blog - 07/09/08 11:40 AM
One of my favorite WordPress plugins is Comment Luv, and I have finally been able to add it to my SEO Diva blog after a theme upgrade.
Comment Luv is a nice way to thank a visitor for leaving a comment on your blog by automatically listing the most recent blog … (5 comments)
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blogging: Stop Hackers: Protect Your WordPress Blog - 07/03/08 11:46 AM
You need some serious password protection if you have a WordPress blog.
Your wp-admin directory is not the only part of your blog that needs protection...plugins, scripts, includes and content can all be hacked.
I'm paying more attention to this now because one of my blogs got hacked last week. Hundreds … (14 comments)
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blogging: Promote Your Blog With These Two Great Lists - 03/20/08 12:08 PM
Please be sure to visit the Diva for the two most recent posts.
29 Niche Social Media Sites is a nice list of niche sites. None are specific to real estate, but you still may be able to work your site in sideways. Besides, I know some of you have non-real estate blogs … (24 comments)
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blogging: WordPress Guide Series - 02/22/08 09:54 AM
Do you know how your WP blog works, what files to put where, and how to upgrade to the latest WordPress version?
Read the first installment of WordPress Guide posts to learn how to install your blog to an existing web site, how to upgrade it without messing anything up, and … (8 comments)
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blogging: You Can Syndicate Your Blog - 02/12/08 08:25 PM
According to Google, if you syndicate an article (or blog post) you can place it on another site without penalty. The key to doing this is to link back to the original source of the article from the syndicated spot.
I've been testing this for a few weeks. I've been posting to … (15 comments)
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blogging: Social Media Mogul Poll - 02/05/08 04:37 PM
Are you a social media mogul? Have you LinkedIn, Facebooked, Ninged, Twittered, Zimbio'd and Squidoo'd? Is Craigslist a personal friend, do you check Feedburner hourly, and do you Plaxo daily?
There are so many social network sites, so many ways to tweet and twitter about your blog, site, or product. It's … (10 comments)
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blogging: Use Social Networks to Promote Your RSS Feed - 02/01/08 02:31 PM
From SEO Diva
I discovered great a blog post on RSS from WordPress Web 2.0 Spot-Er, and found the bottom half of the post to be of greatest interest to me. Be sure to check out the blog for the entire post and more info, but below are excerpts of how to … (16 comments)
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blogging: Blog Rankings According to RSS Subscribers - 01/31/08 10:55 AM
DailyBlogTips has a post on Rating Burner, which ranks the top 400 blogs on the web according to the number of RSS subscribers. There are a lot of SEO and Internet marketing bloggers on the list.
It's a handy-dandy way to find popular blogs in your niche. You'll still have to … (5 comments)
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blogging: The Rules: Blog Comments for Linkbuilding - 01/31/08 08:19 AM
From SEO Diva
Leaving comments on blogs can be a valuable part of your linkbuilding campaign.*
It does not mean leaving "Great post!" comments on every blog you find. Most bloggers will delete those ASAP, as they should.
Leaving proper blog comments takes time and effort. The rules are simple enough:
Find … (19 comments)
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blogging: The Power of Blogs - 01/28/08 10:02 PM
From SEO Diva
During some of my research, I came across some eye-opening statistics!
Blog Facts
1. 50 Million US Internet users visited blog sites in Q1 2005. That’s 30% of all US Internet Users and 1 in 6 of total US population. Source: ComScore
By extrapolating the data in #5 … (8 comments)
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blogging: Zimbio - Just Do It! - 01/03/08 03:41 PM
by SEO Diva
This blog post was originally titled "Why I'm Secretly Smiling" then when nobody seemed to get it, changed it to "Why I'm NOT Secretly Smiling." Well, that didn't work either, and this tip is SO good, I want you all to try it. So here I go again...
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blogging: Top 50 Real Estate Marketing Bloggers - 12/17/07 05:32 PM
Wow, I am so honored! I just got the following message:
You made our list! We recently published: "Top 50 Real Estate Marketing Bloggers" at http://www.intlistings.com/articles/2007/top-50-real-estate-marketing-bloggers/ and we included you.
Just recently I was enviously scanning a list of top bloggers, thinking I'd never be in a list like that, so I … (16 comments)
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blogging: 8 Quality Blog Directories - 11/28/07 04:31 PM
HubSpot posted a nice list of 8 quality free blog directories with no reciprocal links required, so I thought I'd pop into AR and give them you. They offer the Website Grader tool, which gives you some handy info and tips on your web site.
Be sure to check out … (8 comments)
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blogging: More on Photo Blogs - 11/05/07 09:04 PM
I see that many of you are essentially "photo blogging" on Active Rain. (See my post No Time? Start a Photo Blog)
Have you thought about adding the same information on an independently hosted blog, with a keyword rich domain name, to give added links to your site? Not only that, you'd … (5 comments)
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blogging: No Time? Start a Photo Blog - 10/20/07 10:40 AM
An AR blogger asked the question - Why blog when you can just show pictures?
She makes a good point - let me tell you how to do that and reap SEO benefits from it.
First, start a privately hosted WordPress blog. See my blog post Give Your Web Site a Huge Boost … (7 comments)
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blogging: Top 100 Social Bookmarking Sites - 10/19/07 10:52 PM
Below is a list of 100 social bookmarking sites for your blog. They are listed (roughly) in order of importance/ranking.
If you spend 15 minutes daily registering your blog with a few of the sites, you should discover that your blog is receiving a lot more traffic fairly soon.
How to Use … (38 comments)
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blogging: Give Your Web Site a Huge Boost in Google - 10/18/07 09:19 PM
I realized I haven't covered this SEO strategy yet, after mentioning it to a commenter on one of my previous blog postings.
A great way to promote a web site that is languishing in the Google sandbox, or isn't doing well in the SERPs, is to:
Register a new, keyword rich domain name. … (72 comments)
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