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With over 45 days left for welcoming the new year, I've already started planning my White Hat SEO Strategy for 2015 to stay ahead of my competition. Running a blog which doesn't have traffic and a loyal base of readers defeats it's very purpose of existence. In the coming year, I plan to push my blog further up the search results page for certain niche keywords and focus on higher conversions rather than large amounts of traffic which don't convert. Of course large amounts of  free traffic via White Hat SEO  is always good for your blog; there's no denying that. So, here are the main areas I'm going to focus on for the year 2015 1. Target Long Tail Keywords Long tail keywords often have less competition in the SEO race. Many bloggers and webmasters are becoming aware of it, but it's not too late for you to start targeting them instead of common short keywords which have high competition. As usual, I'll be using Google AdWords' Keyword

Planning on writing a blog ? With these blog writing tips I'll help get you going. Remember that building a successful blog takes time, dedication and the most important of all, passion in your subject. There are millions of blogs out there. But only a small portion of them are successful and have a reasonable number of readers. What separates the successful blogs from the unsuccessful ones are some simple points. Please read the whole article and make a note of them. Do's Choose a proper topic A blog stands or falls with the topic of the blog. So make sure you keep your target niche fixed, and then determine the theme of your blog. A blog providing tips on getting caught for driving under influence won't get any readers, but a blog on overcoming addiction will. Make References and include Images Use hyperlinks in each blog post you make where ever necessary. This ensures that visitors read on to understand the context of the link and make your blog addi

Yes folks , its finally here. Google PageRank has been updated just yesterday (December 6 2013). I read few days ago that Matt Cutts said there will be no PR update of any kind till 2014 Jan and now we see it. Some sites have taken a major beating, most of them Tumblr blogs, while others have seen a substantial increase in PR all of a sudden. PR for my blog has still not been calculated by Google yet. So it shows N/A as of now. I hope it gets a nice number. It was PR 3 until yesterday. Yes, It's a major update. Lot of changes. A friend of mine said his finance blog's PR changed from PR 5 to PR 1. He posts only original content, no ads and updates regularly. Whereas his adult site increased from PR 0 to PR 4 which has loads of ads. He said he doesn't notice any changes in traffic though for both the sites. Taking his example, I'd like to point out that PR is good only for setting the link price... Seller - "Hey, I have PR5 site, wanna buy

Image courtesy: directorymaximizer.com Articles from guest bloggers can help blog owners like you and me get some much needed break from blogging so that we can involve ourselves in other leisure activities like golf, swimming (my personal favorite) or take a short trip to some place and get back to writing with renewed energy. Guest bloggers also will get you more visitors as they will share the post written by them for your blog with people whom they know. You also make a lot of blogger buddies with whom you can share your ideas and build a network. I too accept articles from guest bloggers. Here some of the amazing articles which I received - 1.  Gifts For the Traveling Gamer 2.  Vine jealous of Instagram? 3.  Nvidea Shield released and reviewed. As you can see, there are advantages in accepting guest posts. The guest author gets a backlink to his/her site in return so that his/her site will get a boost in the Search Engine Results Page (SERPs) and you get the above

Blogging has been a growing trend since the 1990’s. Blog writing has shaped the writer- reader interface and has molded the path of new media. They allow visitors to leave comments and can interact with the writer directly. Blog writing does contain various subcultures and has many genres. Bloggers adopt many writing styles so that they can cater to their audience in an effective manner. They differ in the content as well as the way it is written or delivered. Blogging Styles 1. The Rambler The main intention of this blog is to put across whatever it is in your mind. They can be anything from what bothers you the most or daily activities. This kind of blogging style is very popular amongst teenagers. It’s a good start to understanding the finer concepts of blogging and mainstream writing. It is a great outlet and offers good practice for future writing. 2. Mommy Blogs The title gives away the main definition of the blog itself. These blogs are usually manned

New blogs are coming out every single day. Some bloggers are successful in handling more than just one blog, while others aren’t quite certain how to manage the single one they own and attract more traffic and readers outside their family and friend circles. Mistakes are allowed, but the important thing is to learn from them, understand what should be done to get things right and continue on the good path. Here are 10 great tips to help you blog like a pro: 1) Be careful when choosing your blog topic . If you choose to write on a topic you aren’t familiar with and have no interest in researching further you’ll soon find yourself in a situation where you don’t know, or have nothing to write for your blog. In order to avoid such situations you should be careful when selecting your blog topic, choosing something you can relate with and share your knowledge with others. 2) Be consistent and disciplined. Once you start your blog you cannot “forget” to post, or procrastinate writin

WordPress is the world’s most popular blogging platform in the world. Forty-eight out of the top 100 blogs on Technorati use some version of WordPress, and Alexa estimates that around 17% of their “top one million” websites are powered by that blogging platform. How is it possible for WordPress to be used by so many website owners, and yet every blog looks different, and some WordPress powered sites don’t look like blogs at all? The Power of Themes The beauty of WordPress is that it is flexible and easy to extend. At its core, WordPress is a pretty simple platform. Most of the fancy features that you are used to seeing on blogs these days come from plugins and themes. Plugins add extra functionality such as SEO features, YouTube video embedding, store fronts and contact forms. Themes are used to change how WordPress looks. With the right theme, you can make your blog look like an online magazine, a store front, a typical two-column blog, or a clean and simple Posterous-st

This article is not a run-of-the-mill list of SEO tricks . In fact, the tips here are things that I have picked up through experience, and I am extremely excited about sharing them with the readers of Tech Terrain . One of the biggest privileges and coincidentally, one of the largest responsibilities of a freelance web designer is the fact that they act as the gate-keeper to most small business owner's "marketing-budgets." A lost of small business owners trust the advice their web designer's give them. So, here is a list of the most critical and fundamental aspects of SEO that designers need to consider before building a site. This will empower you to give clients a website that will outperform even some of the most "optimized" sites in your industry. These tips are a mix of technical, developer-focused tips, usability tips, and design philosophy. For the sake of the entire in-bound marketing community, I hope this helps set a standard of web designe

Why you need to build links? Links assist users to locate what they need in the vast expanse of the internet. They also help users to read as well as ascertain between relevant and irrelevant information. This makes them a vital aspect of any SEO campaign . It is therefore important to learn ways to create links for success. This is because search engines normally rate a website on various aspects including link building. Having many quality links in a wide array of websites which are already established and valued will make your site to be rated higher by search engines. This in turn enhances the intensity of traffic on a site. There are various ways of creating a huge amount of links that are of high quality. They include the following: One of the greatest ways of enhancing link building is by submitting articles that contain useful information to article repositories or directories. You should publish your articles in the specific biography area in which you choose you

Wordpress is by far the leading blogging platform in the face of the world today. It boasts a variety of plugins which if utilized wisely can greatly improve one's online experience. Here's a are some of the top most plugins to look out for over the year. Top Wordpress Plugins: 1. Akismet Akismet is a handy tool for dealing with spam comments and trackbacks. It's an essential defense feature which can be of great use in your quest to steer clear from cruel spammers and bots. If you're aiming to improve the quality of your site, make sure to get this crucial tool. 2. Digg Digg Digg Digg is a powerful social media sharing tool that has always proven to be of great use to Wordpress users- especially in the modern social-media dominated world. It features a plethora of sharing buttons that are essential for information sharing and marketing. 3. Google XML Sitemaps If you're looking for a new way to attract more web-traffic, Google XML

The past few years have been very tough for online marketers and website owners, there is probably no online niche or vertical that has not suffered punishment from the Google Panda or more recently in April 2012 the Penguin . You no doubt have heard what the different updates targeted or what people believe they targeted and have probably read all kinds of tips to help you recover or keep safe from them, some of these assumptions carry some truth others especially the early penguin update tips were quite ridiculous. Don't worry this isn't another post about the Google Panda or Penguin updates, this post is about a  way to safeguard your online or offline business from any kind of update, who knows what 2013 could hold in-store for online marketers. The best way to safeguard your business and ensure you can still make money if you get penalized by Google or any other search engine is to build a mailing list, a list of loyal subscribers should ensure you keep mak

Building a subscribers mailing list - quickly - is a rewarding experience. In this article, I'll show you how to get build your mailing list quickly . At the end, you'll get a glimpse of an actual case study. The basic principles of email list building are pretty straight forward. - You need something of value to offer your prospects and give them a reason to sign up to your list. - You need to set up a form to capture your prospects contact details and connect it to your autoresponder - You need visitors to come to your website ( Develop traffic ) Basic Principle 1 Starting with the first basic principle, you need something of value to offer your potential prospects. You can offer 1. A newsletter   2. A product   3. A service   4. A special offer Basic Principle 2 The second basic principle is setting up your lead capture form. This is the box (form) on your website that your prospects fill in with their contact details. As soon as they press the send b

Those who are considering monetizing their blog or website for a few extra bucks commonly have this question un mind-"Should I become an affiliate marketer or just slap some ads on my blog and hope that I get a lot of clicks?" For those who do not know what Affiliate Marketing is, it's basically referring someone else's product and earning a commission or every sale, whereas in PPC (Pay Per Click) Marketing, you get paid for every visitor (a potential customer) you (the affiliate) send to the advertiser whether or not they make a sale. Affiliate Marketing  is suitable for those who have made themselves a strong name in their niche, since the products they recommend seem worth the price because people trust the affiliate. I've seen bloggers making thousands of dollar by this method, because they may earn anywhere between $20-$200 (or more) in commissions for every sale!. That is they get 50% -80% of the product value. PPC Marketing  (best examples are Goo

I've been blogging for close to two years and have learnt many ways to get lots of traffic. There are ways that will get your site blacklisted by search engines ( read Black Hat SEO ) and those by which search engines will place your site at a higher rank than others. I decided to write this post after some of my friends and readers asked me how I get good traffic.

Amit Agarwal Amit Agarwal holds an Engineering degree in Computer Science from IIT and has previously worked at ADP Inc. for clients like Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch. In 2004, Amit quit his job to become India’s first and only Professional Blogger. He authors the hugely popular and award-winning Digital Inspiration blog where he writes about computer software, consumer gadgets, and web applications.