Glad to be back to Hexablogs after brief hibernation, I miss u all my regular visitors. In this Blog post with tips on blogging i am gonna talk about one of the important aspect of blogging. We blog not just to have online copy, we like visitors to read come back share their ideas etc. Biggest way to attract more reader is via Search engine. SE optimization is one of the important areas you need concentrate regularly. Many people think 100 good links, and participation in many forum traffic generation technique will bring visitors. Do not follow those dump ideas, Mark my mantra “Content is king”

Original posts, your own views written over  a period of time only can bring sustainable traffic increase. Links will follow automatically. I practice what i preach, One of my high traffic soccer blog http://simba.in has gained user traffic only because of content.

The number of impression i have create over this small amount of time is really phenomenal. in just 6 months of active participation and decent work on content i am able to bring 3000 clicks, Imagine few people around selective content. Organizations should work on these areas rather than hiring external SEO companies, Once you have content optimizing them for result is easier, without content SEO will eat and  gas your money.

I have concentrated only on original content, updated periodically. I never followed link building exercised, people came in for links. The niche articles i write brought audiences, they kept my posts in their blog. Now i have more visitors. Bet on content, spend as much time you can on content rather than site design. Do a little bit research on what you are going to write, start building articles around those keywords. Title them appropriately, work in social networking sites against those of your titles.

I am sure the result will be abundant Traffic. Do keep me posted with your ideas.

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Blogs pave the path to share and to express your ideas. Blog needs a  fuel called readership. Social media helps you to increase readership and hence adding a social dimension becomes an important aspect of blogging. People love to share useful information. Your fresh short posts should have ways to share and express. Comments in your blog is one part of it, presence in sharing platforms like facebook, twitter, Yahoo buzz, digg, delicious, stumble upon helps to attract external readers. This is also termed as organic readership growth. Power of social media is well know. One classic example is the story of Time Warner cable and it’s increased use of tweets as main medium to solve customer issues, and information exchange.

How to add social dimension to Blog?

Comments etiquette – Comments are compulsory in blog posts. Allow readers to express their opinion. Respect freedom of expression, anchor to any blog.

Twitter - Having a twitter account against your domain name or blog motto is  must. Create auto tweets using plugins. A tweet in url, if useful will get re tweeted by others and sharing will provide exponential traffic to your blogs. Read more about how to get engaged in twitter. Plugins you must have in your blog.

Social Bookmarking – Bookmarking websites helps you to create incoming links, and link sharing. Most of the bookmarking websites allow you to give abstract of your actual content. Some the famous plug-ins for social bookmarking sites are Sociable (WordPress) helps you to share contents in close to 199 social bookmarking sites.

Web profiles – Let your web profiles have link to your blogs and blogs to your social profile. Blogs are not just  a way to create a posts, It is a way to “LET THE WORLD KNOW WHO YOU ARE“

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Building a better blog is not a one twist magic. It is a long process, carefully carried out in steps towards success. Blogbloke reveals through his posts on How to build a better blog

It’s easy easy! To create a popular blog today all one has to do is:

1. Decide on a niche topic for your blog using Google’s Keyword Tool to find out what searches are popular.
2. Using keywords for your chosen niche, get a cheap domain name and hang your shingle.
3. Borrow a professional template.
4. Hire a geek to make you a pretty banner and customize your theme/template if necessary.
5. Spend $12 a year for WordPress hosting services.
6. Go the library and/or search Google to find great content for your blog.
7. Apply CMP (copy, massage, paste) to make it your own (kinda).
8. Pretend you are an expert in your chosen niche applying the “fake it till you make it” principle.
9. Get a referral or two from your pro-splogger pals.
10. Learn a little SEO to game the search engines.
11. Apply the art of link baiting for making kick-ass titles.
12. Promise the moon and the stars to your readers.
13. Preach good things will come to those who believe with all the fervor of an evangelist.
14. Wallpaper your blog with ads. (Your guru will be happy to advise which pays best).
15. Convert your plagiarized content into a book and ouilla — you’re a success!

Related Blog posts by Bloke:

http://www.blogbloke.com/secret-tips-building-better-blog/

http://hexablogs.com/2009/custom-domain-with-blogger-expert-tips/

http://www.blogbloke.com/twitter-tips-promote-blog-traffic/

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http://hexablogs.com/2009/10-steps-for-successful-blogging/

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Domain name provides entry pass to your own internet identity. Domain name registration is the most important step to your future life. Appropriate domain name is more than an identity. Domain name is your brand. Domain name is your USP. It is the first impression you could ever make with your customer/visitor. It is your most valuable online asset. It adds credibility to your site. It gives exclusivity. It promotes branding. Differentiates you from competitors. Enough of Hypes. Registering a domain name is just a few clicks job. But choosing a right one to gain advantage is little tricky. This article will enable you to complete it a lot easier. First of decide your contents, and motivation for domain name and just follow these steps.

First few points to note:

1. Anyone can register, any domain name, in any TLd (Top level domain like .com, .net, .info etc)
2. Any number of domain names can be registered
3. Up to 67 characters long up to 10 Years validity.

What to Choose:

1. Choose a domain name in view of your most important keywords.
2. FIRST STEP SEO Split your domain name in to normal words and do a search for example to book mycityheroes.com search for “my city heroes” Look in to your right most result column lesser the  words in hyper linked. More the chances of your site getting indexed. 
3. It should contain the benefit. It should reflect what it contains.
4. Clever word combination. But no confusing terms or distracting terms.
5. Never mind to register multiple domains. When you are in business domain names are your brands. Protect them just like your IP and TM.  Look for misspelled words. Protect misleading words. A well known hosting company Blue color hosting registered a name called “theirname”hostsucks.com Never mind in spending few dollars a year when you can protect your business interest.
6. Avoid numbers in your domain name unless it reflect what you do. UK2host.com is the best example. Numbers do make difference. Use it if you can brand it.

Websites that can Help you,

• DomainsBot – You can type in multiple keywords and the tool will suggest lots of combinations and similiar phrases. It will also tell you what domains are available. A real time saver!

• Domain Suggestions
• NameTumbler
• Domain Name After Market at www.tdnam.com
• Sitepoint , DigitalPoint, DNForum WebmasterWorld and Namepros
• PhraseFinder to find the word phrase
• Check domain name availablity and book in Click Here

Above listed tips are only some of them. Many more tips will be added in future posts.

ALSO READ:

http://hexablogs.com/hosting/easy-steps-to-choose-a-web-host-hosting-tips/

http://hexablogs.com/blogging/custom-domain-with-blogger-expert-tips/

http://hexablogs.com/hosting/your-web-presence-need-more-than-freebies/

http://hexahost.com/blogs/hexa-blogs/blogging-in-your-own-domain-name-hexa-blogs/

http://hexablogs.com/hosting/where-is-my-webhosting-provider/

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Much has been talked about How to Make money in Blogging, How to get 1000s of unique users to your Blog. This Blog has taken the best from the experts and produced a 10 step rule to become a successful Blogger. To be frank Successful Blogging is more than Theme, widget, appearance, and images. First ask your self what makes you to start Blogging, Is it money ? fame ? authorship ? Solution to this questioned combined with experts advice will make you a successful Blogger.

1. Host the Blog on Your Own Domain – Most blogs use a free service such as Blogger or WordPress. With these services you have the option of hosting the blog on your website or on theirs. Having said that own hosting will give you the flexibility than hosting from wordpress, Blogger, yahoo geocities and Google. Hosting the blog on your own website will not only look more professional, but it will also allow your website to benefit from inbound links to your blog. If your blog is hosted at Blogger.com, or anywhere other than your site, you will receive no benefit (in terms of search engine rankings) from inbound links to your blog. Instead, your inbound links will help Blogger’s search engine rankings. You should setup your blog on a reliable web hosting server. It doesn’t help much if your blog is experiencing down time most of the time and it tanks the moment there is a traffic surge. You should check certain features like suitable bandwidth, proper support, sufficient disk and database memory, SSL support (if needed) etc.
2. Proper Writing techniques – Remember your school grammer. Blog readers tend to scan the content rather than read it word-for-word. Prepare your posts for easier scanning and catch the reader’s attention with lists, short paragraphs, headings and subheadings, bold text, etc. The same content displayed two different ways can create drastically different results. Make it easy for readers to quickly see the key points of your blog posts and they will be more prone to read.
3. Bloggers should write posts consistently and ideally every day. -  Nobody likes to visit a dead blog. Want to see your readership disappear? Just stop blogging for a few days and check your stats. But the catchword here is you should be writing quality posts. So if you can’t write quality posts every day then write at a pace that is comfortable for you, but do be consistent. Every blogger faces the same challenge to continually provide quality content. Getting your writing on other blogs can bring great exposure. Most blog owners will only consider using your writing if it is original and not just a copy of an article that is available on your website. This is also a good way to introduce yourself to other bloggers and to get them to check out your work.
4. Unique information on your blog interesting, and entertaining – You should try to attract your viewers and readers by adding some interesting, entertaining and unique information on your blog. This will really give a boost to your blog and keep your visitors coming back for more. Bore your readers and you can be sure they won’t come back. Do your homework but don’t just regurgitate what you read elsewhere. They call that plagiarism.
5. SEO to your Blog – Decide the keyword before starting to write the post. make sure some of the keywords are used consistently throughout the post. Since the search engines play a crucial role in sending traffic to your blog you should definitely optimize your blog for search engine traffic. This can be done by organizing the content of your blog appropriately and using the relevant keywords and phrases in your titles and headings. You must also set you blogging software to create search engine friendly URLs. Write not only for people but also for search engines.
6. Place your Blog in crowded place -  Social Media plays a vital role to present your Blog. Incoming links in Digg, Delicious, Twitter, Blog listing services, Blog catalog, other social forums helps you to attract not just the audience and also search engines. “conversation”, That means visiting other blogs and leaving intelligent comments, trackbacks or emails
7. Watch your visitors – Give your readers advance notice about a product, service, or topic which you are going to review and then talk about later. If the President was scheduled to give a speech then in your blog you should state that you “will discuss the speech and give your opinion after the speech airs. Comments will be appreciated”. Track your visitos using Google analytics, urchin, and web master tools. Track back helps a lot.
8. Anatomy of pages – Make sure you have about, contact pages in your Blog. Readers like to appreciate or get in touch with the writers. About Page that explains your reasons for blogging and what you hope to accomplish. Many bloggers also add their photo, which is not necessary but may be beneficial to help your readers feel like they know you better.Leave questions in your posts or encourage readers to give their opinion by posting comments. Readers appreciate the chance to voice their opinions and share their thoughts.
9. RSS Feeder and Reader – Offer your posts, comments and pages in RSS reader and feeder. Integrate am email updater too. Include buttons to bookmark, Add RSS your post, site and page. If you are using a WordPress blog you will automatically have an RSS feed. The link to subscribe to your feed should be placed where it is easily seen.
10. Let more people write on your Blog – This solves monotonous content to the reader. Participate with your reader. Having a posts to talk about your readers is a good idea.

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http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/blogging/26-steps-to-blogging-success/

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