Apart from being descriptive, images will make your posts live and more appealing to readers. This will improve your traffic and the user experience. Advertisers might also get encouraged to order a sponsored review on your blog if they know that you will include pictures and examples from the product. So far so good. Extracting images [...]

There is nothing worse than an otherwise witty blog post marked by several spelling errors (especially if you are getting paid to write it…). Sure, people will still be able to understand the overall meaning of your words, but your credibility might get damaged along the way. Luckily, technology comes at our aid. Below you will [...]

I think that Conan O’Brien’s skit “if they mated” is one of the most genius pieces of entertainment available for your late night viewing pleasure. I couldn’t help but think… what if SEO’s mated. So I went on a flavorful trip full of adventure, candy cains and lolly pops to find out what this would [...]

Building a brand from scratch is not an easy thing to do, especially if you are in a market that is very competitive. How does one start to rise above the noise to distinguish themselves as a heavy hitter? What techniques and tricks can you use to reach your brand awareness [...]

Our generation is starting to experience something for the very first time in history: information overload. The daily avalanche of e-mails, advertisings, blogs and the like are shortening people’s attention span. (By the way, sorry if I gave you false illusions, by now you probably realized that the title of the article refers to something [...]

I just had to link to this great little article from Scott over at Web-professor.net. I’ve always been a fan of Scott’s writings. This little article has all the makings of a great post. 1. It is short and to the point. 2. It has a great short intro that makes you want to read it: “Six [...]

The vast majority of people start blogging out of curiosity. The idea of sharing their thoughts with others is appealing. A small percentage of those people grow out of the curiosity stage, and decide to “Take it to the next level”. Whether it be for money or just a bit of fame, it’s important to [...]

First things first, what are widgets? According to Wikipedia: A web widget is a portable chunk of code that can be installed and executed within any separate HTML-based web page by an end user without requiring additional compilation. They are akin to plugins or extensions in desktop applications. Other terms used to describe a Web Widget [...]

Are you looking to increase the traffic to your blog? Building links from directories will increase your link popularity, direct traffic, and search engine rankings. There are several lists of “Blog Directories” around the Internet, but most of them feature only a hand full of directories, and they lack a ranking factor to make it easier [...]

You might promote your blog all over the blogosphere. You might have a large online network of friends. You might even hire a professional SEO company to optimize it. But if you are not writing quality posts, all the other activities will yield poor results. It is about putting first things first. What should I do [...]