Oh gosh...It seems like I always have a never-ending list of to-dos for my websites!
Dragon Blogger
· 1 year ago
This is a great list, some of which I have already figured out myself in the 2 1/2 months I have been blogging, and some I am just learning or trying to discover. I really appreciated your candid opinions here.
ryan
· 1 year ago
Wow you have a lot of tips there. That's great. I have a lot of things to work through now. I've been working on the write write write one trying to get some sweet content for people to read :)
willbill
· 1 year ago
Nofollow is Crap. Dofollow is Crappier.
I like that.
Keep it up. You are doing great job in your blogging carreer. I just want to add one thing that I find helpful in my experience.
"Don't Stop Learning." And next year, this list will become 100.
Blog for Beginners
· 1 year ago
This list could easily be the 101 list...come on you can do better than that...;)
Anyway, I second willbill on "Nofollow is Crap.Dofollow is Crappier." My favorite from the list so far.
So what's your take? Nofollow or dofollow?
Yan
Navjot Singh
· 1 year ago
I know..but these were the random thoughts that came to my mind when I sat down to write that post...I know I can improve a lot.
BTW I follow Nofollow. NSPeaks is a total Nofollow blog. I have seen people going to great length to get a stupid linkback to their site on dofollow sites....I can't handle that.
Blog for Beginners
· 1 year ago
I understand where you are coming from. Personally, I'm yet to face any difficulty moderating those comments so perhaps I'll only change it if I can't handle them anymore. So far, Akismet has been a pretty good companion for me...;)
Yan
Quiz_Master
· 1 year ago
Awesome List... This blog and my blogger blog started around same time... But the progress this blog made (even though my blog was a personal one but thats not an excuse) is outstanding! Claps on your efforts!
Now will apply these methods... Hope to reach a good status soon :)
Freewareking
· 1 year ago
Nice lists!I have been blogging for almost a year and still not a single earnings from my adsense and still a nobody in the world of blogging.
Avantika Malik
· 1 year ago
Good Points and major of them I agree!
EverybodyGeek
· 1 year ago
Nice list. Starting a blog is so easy. Blogging is so difficult. I could add a dozen more things, here are some. - Navigation is extremely important - Write for your visitors, not for SEO - Do not believe blogs that claim to know how to make huge amounts of money online. They are only trying to steal your money.
But I have to disagree on the dofollow is crap. DoFollow can help you in building a blog network. On the other hand, you will get spam comments and have to fight them. But I still prefer DoFollow.
Bohol
· 1 year ago
It is surprising that you discounted Digg's contribution to traffic. But I like your revolutionary idea.
happyandyk
· 1 year ago
Tell this layman, why is 'no follow' crap and 'do follow' crapier ?
Armen Shirvanian
· 1 year ago
There is a lot of experience transmitted through this list of 50 items. It helps the reader skip over an abundance of mistakes that would have been made, in order to get to making some higher-level mistakes which are more advantageous to go through. A story could probably be written about what led to the understanding of each one of these items.
PowerInside
· 1 year ago
Cool and so true list. perhaps you should have this dugg but it may seem pointless as you disagree with it...
So true that soo many widgets can make ur blog crappy. So is my problem .. but I cant remove any of dem.. its really required.
So true about that lazy part , need to write more and blah blah.... and yeah figured out digg is useless ... cant just belive how others are making best out of dig though...
Pardon my mistakes ,... im all in a hurry....
But I understand that every comment is like a pearl to a blogger...
Cheers!
How to Blog
· 1 year ago
A great list, it's always difficult to come up with 50 comments on something. It sounds like your blogging time has been profitable. I can't agree more with the PR and Alexa are crap, and I might even say technorati and digg is useless, it's true. For our niche, it's no help at all...
blogywalker
· 11 months ago
thanks for your list I think content is the greatest!!
Perde
· 11 months ago
One thing that i experienced about selling blogs is that magazine styled ones are sold easier. I guess you already knew this.
Digg helps you be crawled faster and it is crucial if you blog on actual topics, it highly helps your new posts rank higher.
Odzyskiwanie Danych
· 8 months ago
Digg is great if you have awesome content all around. If you accidentaly post something great but the rest of the site is weak people won't come back. If you have a lot of interesting stuff people coming from digg will stay on your site a bit longer, maybe even subscribe.
Marketing Business Review
· 10 months ago
Hi Navjot,
It seems we all made similar mistakes when we just start. I have learn the hard way some of the things yo do too. No more than 2 or so Blogs, its not easy too keep updating enough to succeed. I netter focus in 1 or maybe 2.
Luis
Sebastien
· 10 months ago
Great tips. I am just starting blogging and discovering everything you mention.
As you say writing is the most important part. Write about something you are passionate about and the blog will be successful.
Many bloggers start just to make money and then quit after a while because they run out of things to say.
david
· 8 months ago
Thanks for taking the time to create a great list of tips. Someone once said to me don't get it right, get it written! So I'll be write, write , writing!
Deb
· 7 months ago
Thank you for the list most of it is true ....esp the Ad Blindness and excessive use of Widgets where I have gone crazy as a first time blogger...http://deb-dusmith.blogspot.com but I have a love of writing and find it a release, monetising will come as a cool bonus!!!!!!
lcalcote
· 7 months ago
I especially agree with number 15. Spell Checking is important. You may want to check the title of your post.
Navjot Singh
· 6 months ago
As far as I can check, my title is properly spelled.
Vic
· 6 months ago
I must agree with the right and write and write and write. Content is still king. But b sure to write quality articles and not trash.
David Jenkins
· 5 months ago
You have some interesting points. I don't get what you mean by nofollow is crap and dofollow is crappier. Are you talking about the actual blog? Which would you prefer? I also don't agree that digg and pr are both crap. PR helps will rankings for smaller niches. Like for instance if you had one article about learning how to use digg the easy way. You wouldn't do SEO for that. However since it gets little searches you might get higher placement if you have high pr.
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Dofollow is Crappier.
I like that.
Keep it up. You are doing great job in your blogging carreer. I just want to add one thing that I find helpful in my experience.
"Don't Stop Learning." And next year, this list will become 100.
Anyway, I second willbill on "Nofollow is Crap.Dofollow is Crappier." My favorite from the list so far.
So what's your take? Nofollow or dofollow?
Yan
BTW I follow Nofollow. NSPeaks is a total Nofollow blog. I have seen people going to great length to get a stupid linkback to their site on dofollow sites....I can't handle that.
Yan
This blog and my blogger blog started around same time... But the progress this blog made (even though my blog was a personal one but thats not an excuse) is outstanding! Claps on your efforts!
Now will apply these methods... Hope to reach a good status soon :)
Starting a blog is so easy. Blogging is so difficult. I could add a dozen more things, here are some.
- Navigation is extremely important
- Write for your visitors, not for SEO
- Do not believe blogs that claim to know how to make huge amounts of money online. They are only trying to steal your money.
But I have to disagree on the dofollow is crap. DoFollow can help you in building a blog network. On the other hand, you will get spam comments and have to fight them. But I still prefer DoFollow.
So true that soo many widgets can make ur blog crappy. So is my problem .. but I cant remove any of dem.. its really required.
So true about that lazy part , need to write more and blah blah.... and yeah figured out digg is useless ... cant just belive how others are making best out of dig though...
Pardon my mistakes ,... im all in a hurry....
But I understand that every comment is like a pearl to a blogger...
Cheers!
Digg helps you be crawled faster and it is crucial if you blog on actual topics, it highly helps your new posts rank higher.
It seems we all made similar mistakes when we just start. I have learn the hard way some of the things yo do too. No more than 2 or so Blogs, its not easy too keep updating enough to succeed. I netter focus in 1 or maybe 2.
Luis
As you say writing is the most important part. Write about something you are passionate about and the blog will be successful.
Many bloggers start just to make money and then quit after a while because they run out of things to say.