There is a common theory that you must go out and comment on blogs and forums so you can get more links to your site and this will somehow increase your PageRank or rankings in SERP’s. While this is not completely untrue, it is not a main factor that you should be worrying about.
I used to think this was the way to get PR and higher rankings in the SERP’s and would continuously work on getting backlinks in this manner. It even got to the point that I was spending more time commenting than I was writing my own content. I have been testing and re-testing ways to get better SERP’s for my products and services sites over the last two years, and my findings are that these links, while they are not useless, serve a different purpose. …
When I first started blogging it was to promote a company I was a sales manager for. That company was a fence contracting business and I was looking for different ways to bring more customers in the door. A good friend of mine suggested I start a blog and write about fencing.
Later that year I decided to start my own fence contracting business and was going to need a website for it. I contacted that friend that suggested I start a blog and asked him to design a site for me on WordPress. He was happy to design my site. Since I had already been blogging on a free wordpress site, I already new my way around the admin page of a wordpress site so the transition was easy. …
Some of you that read my articles every day have probably noticed that I have been making frequent changes to the design and layout of this site (as well as a couple of my other sites).
Flexibility:
A couple of weeks ago, I decided to try the Flexibility Theme, and I am so glad I did! If you haven’t tried Flexibility, please check it out.
User Friendly:
The ability to make most changes from the WP-admin panel is becoming standard on quality themes available now, and I get too frustrated trying to code my changes manually.
Some of the options include an endless amount of colors you can change, header images (or you can upload your own), upload a logo (I haven’t made one yet), feature area, footer widgets, and adsense integration.
Conclusion:
The theme has really made my life easier, and I am very pleased with it’s user friendly options. What do you think?
I have the KeywordLuv plugin on my blog (along with many other plugins) and I noticed some of my regular commentators don’t take advantage of it.
The reason it is there is so you can use keywords next to your name and the actual link is the keyword instead of your name. It is simple to use, and a great way to help get an anchor text link rather than your name for the link (unless you really want to rank for yourname).
So here is a quick tutorial for using the keywordluv plugin when you see it:
Use the yourname@your keywords format (there can be spaces in the keywords).
That’s it! Pretty simple huh?
I also see people using keywords in the name fields and they neglect to put there actual name. I would prefer if you want the keywords, that you put your name (or nickname) first. Makes the comments more personal.
Getting links with anchor text like Blogging Tips will help your rankings for those terms (along with many other factors).
Not saying you have to do this, but I think it is helpful to you, the commentator….
I have known Todd Fratzel for almost 2 years through social networking sites like Twitter. When we first met on a social networking website (Plurk I think it was) there weren’t too many bloggers in any of the construction/DIY/contracting fields, so we communicated with each other often, sharing articles, brainstorming future ideas, and became ‘friends’ on many networks.
Today I wrote my first (and the first official) online post for a site called Blogger Luv. This site is the brain child of John Sullivan, who is one of the hardest working bloggers I know. He is also one of the most giving bloggers I know, and will relentlessly promote someone else’s site if he thinks they are deserving of it.
The writers on Blogger Luv include 8 bloggers (one of which is me, and I am not sure who all the others are yet this thing is so new!) who will freely write on topics of their choice. I have an idea who some of the others are, and I can guarantee you the content will be great!. …
