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Tips for Creating a Good Blog

Taking care of a blog is crucial. Blog readers depend on it to read what they want to find out from you. Once your blog ceases to update, you'll start disappointing your blog readers and you'll lose traffic.

The 7 important things you need to have in your blog are:

1. Template & Design

Great template and design helps in website conversion rates. When customers see a beautiful and professional site, it creates a good first impression that site has in your customer, creating a small amount of trust. Thus purchasing your products wouldn't pose much of a problem with an external factor looking after you. Website conversion rate is the number of visitors who eventually become your customers. All the following are free to join:

http://www.blogger.com
http://www.wordpress.org
http://www.livejournal.com
http;//www.selectablog.com
http://www.blogtext.org
http://www.nowblogging.net
http://www.okayblog.net
http://.www.dakotablogs.com
http://www.outblogger.com
http://www.blogthing.com
http://www.daria.be
http://www.blogghost.net
http://www.theblogs.net
There are many, many more than are listed here, just Google (or your favourite search engine) Free Blog Sites and you will find hundreds.

2. SEO

SEO stands for search engine optimization. It makes your site sort of "geared up" for being listed into search engines and makes it easier for your site to be found. When your site is up, compile all the keywords you require for that site and generate META html tags for your site so that people can find you easier. What you should do is search for the various free META generator software online, follow their instructions and make your own META html for your site.

3. Categories

Organization is very important in a blog. Try not to make your visitors confused and not know which way to go. Categorize your posts according to different subjects to ensure no confusion and that place those categories in an optimal position.

4. Content Publishing

Update your content regularly. Whenever you're facing writer's block, seek inspiration from the latest news, the events you attended, and write about them. Every content counts!

5. Social Bookmarking

Social bookmarking is to bookmark your favourite sites and share them with the Internet community. The social bookmarking strategy is a very powerful traffic generation tool and gets your accounts on social bookmarking sites such as Del.icio.us and Technorati. Bookmark your sites on Del.icio.us and Technorati with appropriate tags and keywords, so that your blog can be easily found. Here is a list of sites for you to choose from:

http://bookmarks.yahoo.com
http://myweb.yahoo.com
http://www.google.com/notebook
http://favorites.live.com
http://www.digg.com
http://mystuff.ask.com
http://www.technorati.com
http://del.icio.us
http://www.stumbleupon.com
http://www.netscape.com
http://www.reddit.com
http://www.meneame.net
http://www.fark.com
http://www.ilike.com
http://www.mog.com
http://www.newsvine.com
http://www.furl.net
http://www.blinklist.com
http://www.dzone.com
http://www.clipmarks.com
http://www.pligg.com
http://www.kaboodle.com
http://www.bumpzee.com
http://ma.gnolia.com
http://www.rollyo.com
http://www.jaiku.com
http://www.9rules.com
http://www.startaid.com
http://www.shoutwire.com
http://www.bluedot.us
http://www.gather.com
http://www.simpy.com
http://www.nowpublic.com
http://www.plugim.com
http://www.stylehive.com
http://www.spurl.net
http://www.blinkbits.com
http://www.librarything.com
http://www.blogmarks.net
http://www.netvouz.com
http://www.diigo.com
http://www.wink.com
http://www.corank.com
http://www.popurls.com
http://www.mister-wong.com
http://www.backflip.com
http://www.rojo.com
http://www.shadows.com
http://www.bloghop.com
http://www.rawsugar.com
http://www.listible.com
http://www.thoof.com
http://www.tailrank.com
http://www.wists.com
http://www.bibsonomy.org
http://www.plime.com
http://my.xilinus.com
http://www.yoono.com
http://www.searchles.com
http://www.hugg.com
http://www.citeulike.org
http://www.kuro5hin.org
http://de.lirio.us
http://www.spotback.com
http://www.spotplex.com
http://www.fazed.org
http://www.kinja.com
http://www.connotea.org
http://www.markaboo.com
http://www.stylefeeder.com
http://www.i89.us
http://www.linkagogo.com
http://www.lifelogger.com
http://www.feedmelinks.com
http://www.tagtooga.com
http://www.buddymarks.com
http://www.claimid.com
http://www.clipfire.com
http://www.linkroll.com
http://www.bmaccess.net
http://www.aboogy.com
http://www.oyax.com
http://www.gravee.com
http://www.butterflyproject.nl
http://www.myhq.com
http://www.wirefan.com
http://ww2.ikeepbookmarks.com
http://www.a1-webmarks.com
http://www.connectedy.com
http://www.sitejot.com
http://www.linkatopia.com
http://www.myvmarks.com
http://www.getboo.com
http://www.mylinkvault.com
http://www.urlex.info
http://www.lilisto.com
http://www.philoi.com
http://www.syncone.net
http://www.30daytags.com


6. Comments Box

Make your site to be as interactive as possible by adding in a comments box after the end of every post. Let's say if your readers like what they've read, they can compliment you or comment on your article in the comments box. Make friends with some of the comment makers, and try to build an online community just for your blog.

7. Tag and Ping

Tag and ping works by tagging your keywords and pinging them to social bookmarking sites to show that you have updated your blog. This is a great tool to use because it increases your backlinks to high ranking sites, making it easier for you to obtain more traffic.

These seven fundamentals are a must-have for blogs in order to attain high traffic generation and rankings. Many blogs in the future will also implement these features, so why not YOU get a headstart now?

http://www.pingomatic.com
http://www.pingoat.com
http://www.rssfeedpromoter.com/
http://www.feedsubmitter.com/
http://www.feedburner.com
http://www.autopinger.com
http://www.bloglet.com
http://www.ping.blo.gs
http://www.pubsub.com
http://www.bulkfeeds.com
http://www.ipings.com

Contributed by tallell97 on September 1, 2008, at 10:29 PM UTC.

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a great article

fearknott Sep 2, 2008 07:02
Hi Tallell97,

Great resource for authors that blog and bloggers in general! Thanks!

YE is Here!

yeishere Sep 2, 2008 18:25
Good tips and thanks for sharing the resource.

demonised Sep 3, 2008 00:05

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