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Bloggers should have heard about trackback, pingback or refback, but they are not well understood. If you use Gogle to find information about it, a lot of those web results are misleading. Not that they contain false information, but those pages often represent older specifications.

Trackback, pingback and refback are types of linkback. A linkback is a method for web authors and bloggers to obtain notifications when other bloggers link to one of their documents — and for the linking blogs…

With the growing number of blog scam, it has reached a point where we should be concerned about the scene and their impact to the the blogosphere, the Web and Internet as a whole.

It seems like for everyone who tries to make money online, there is no fast track method to learn how to do it. Everyone has to go through the same process and learn the hard way. At least most people that I spoke to in the past…

Ubuntu is a popular Linux distribution for both desktop and server use. It is one of the most widely used Linux distro. Whether you want to install Ubuntu as a server operating system or as a guest OS in a virtual machine (VMware Player, for instance), this guide would be of help. Just that for server, you have to skip the instructions specific for a virtual machine.

Installing Ubuntu as a guest operating system for experimenting with various blog software, theme…

In two previous tutorials, you have learned how to install smaller and lighter Apache alternative for your desktop — nginx and lighttpd. While they are more than enough to satisfy the need of theme designers and plugin developers, some people prefer to have a full-blown server running for a few reasons.

The most obvious reason is server compatibility for which code will be deployed on. While the WLMP and WEMP are much like running your own server, there are issues like…

Canonical URL is part of a problem for most blogs. Most people who concern about different versions of a URL that display the same content are likely worry about duplicate content issue. As we know, that is not good from the search engine standpoint. The solution is to www redirect — redirecting your blog from non-www to www or vice versa.

URL canonicalization goes beyond www vs non-www, but interestingly this topic alone has been discussed very often. The problem is,…

This post is a summary of 68 minutes of talk by Matt Cutts in WordCamp 2007, “Whitehat SEO Tips for Bloggers.” Pretty much all of the tips and strategies explained still apply nowadays.

For those who prefer to watch the video (or listening while reading), here is the embedded video from the talk. It is worth listening to at least once if a big chunk of your traffic relies on SEO — especially Google.

Enjoy… wish you an optimal day with your…

A blog have been known to be a platform or method to publish content online that is in some ways more beneficial from the search engine standpoint. There are a lot of misconceptions about this though. For instance, blogging doesn’t help you create a totally optimized page, just that with a blog, you are more likely to achieve some of the criteria that make a web page rank well in search engines.

The fact that a blogger tends to update the…

Duplicate content. This problem certainly causes a lot of confusion among webmasters and bloggers. Google has explained this repeatedly, both in the Google Webmaster Help Center and also on the Google Webmaster Central Blog. (See the resources section below for additional readings.)

Is it so difficult to understand?

It is, to a certain extent, mainly because there are a lot of myths around the Internet. Not everything you see, read, or hear online is true. This includes, but not limited to, blogs,…

If there is only one word to describe the entire off page optimization strategy, it would be backlinks. Nowadays, backlinks are the biggest factor that affect your site’s capability to rank in search engine listings.

I’ve seen blog pages that rank on top of the result page without much content but a lot of inbound links. The fact is when many other sites vote for the topical relevance of a particular page, those votes have more weight than any on-page factors combined.

Sure,…

A blog post is just another web page. Each post, no matter how concise or long, has a permalink, which is a specific URL to the content of the page. If you use a blog, of course, this will be taken care for you. You don’t have to edit any page to make sure the navigation and archive link to the right page.

Besides on-page optimization, which takes into account the use of keywords in various places on the page, search…

[On-page optimization is one of the very first step of SEO which webmaster and blogger should consider. It helps search engines determine the topics of your site pages / blog posts. Bloggers will be, or should be, excited about this. Why?

On-page SEO optimization factors are entirely under your control. Although they are not solely the factors or reasons to rank highly on the search engine result pages, still with proper optimization of various elements you will be able to outrank…

There is a lot to say about blog post frequency but this post will focus on how it relates to search engine optimization. If you have been around the blogosphere for some time, you should have read an advice about posting every day.

Many popular and high traffic blogs update a few times a day. That makes many bloggers think that is the way to go if they want to grow traffic level.

Assuming that everything stays the same, more traffic always…

As a blogger, you need to continually come up with new idea and create fresh content. Updating your blog regularly is necessary to grow your traffic and retain existing readers or subscribers.

However, time is limited. This question makes sense on the first glance because if bloggers can get high rankings with shorter blog post or web content, why should they take more time to write?

After some thoughts, it appears that the question is not as simple as it seems.

Because this…

There is an interesting thing about SEO blog architecture and design. It tends to evolve on a continual basis, but once you decide on a scheme, chances are it sticks forever. You can’t revamp the whole site and change the internal linking structure unless you can afford the cost of broken links and losing rankings.

While you can redirect each page to the new URL, it can be a lot of work, especially for a huge sites.

Fortunately, some of the principles…

Simply put, a domain name is your company name. Inconsistency in both names can cause confusion. Even if you are a solopreneur, your brand is something the visitors will keep in mind.

At a point, when you want to start a self-hosted blog, you will struggle with domain name problem. If you’ve ever tried registering for a new domain, it is as if all the good names were taken. Nowadays, you can’t find a domain name which word is in an…

The game of keywords is now quite different from years ago. It used to be that any webmasters can fool the search engines into believing that a Web page is relevant to certain keyword by blatantly repeating the same keyword over and over again, either in the Meta keywords and description tags, or as content below the footer (or completely hidden from the browser).

It is very important to comply with search engines nowadays, if you want to get long term…

A blog has grown from a simple tool to get personal notes up on the Web to a full-blown tool for business and marketing. In 2007, 1.4 new blogs were started every second. That’s about 120,000 new weblogs each day. Without doubt, you can find a blog in any obscure niche.

That makes it very hard to rank in organic search if you don’t have a strategy in place before starting your blog. Proper SEO blog design can help you get…

SEO is an abbreviation for search engine optimization or search engine optimizer. The former is the process of improving site traffic for specific keywords and the quality of traffic sent by organic search engines. As the name implies, the latter is the person who optimize site and content for search engines.

The coverage of SEO is broad. According to Google, SEO agencies and consultants could provide these services:

• Reviewing and providing recommendations on your site content or structure
• Technical advice on website development:…

What’s the most commonly told formula to building blog audience?

Blog Audience = Superb Content + Promotion

In other words, create great content and promote it to reach as many readers as possible. People will come, see your content, link to it. You’ll start getting search engine traffic too. The combination of those will build your audience. Sounds great, but there is a missing link.

But first, let’s define what a successful blog is.

What’s a Successful Blog?

Unique and useful contents are the…

A broken link, or some people call it dead link, is simply hyperlink which is not functioning, i.e. point to a resource or page that no longer exists.

Bloggers who create content regularly can’t avoid broken links. They sneak in for a number of reasons. If you blog about news and link to press releases or news sites, they often expire after some time.

What Causes Broken Links

A link may be broken for the reasons below:

• A web site is no longer…

If you’ve been reading blogs and other web content for some time, you should notice a pattern in blog post titles. Popular blog posts almost always contain numbers, and most of them begin a title with a number.

According to English grammar, you should avoid starting a sentence with a number that is not written out except if it is a date. Who cares? If a number works anywhere in the headline or title, by all means use it.

Why Numbers in…

Good title in the blog post is not the place to prove how smart you are. The readers are not interested in that, they are constantly asking what’s in it for them and how you can help them through your content.

If you are in a hurry and need to create an effective post title quickly, read my previous post about writing a magnetic title with simple formula or use the 10 post title templates.

Ideally, readers should read everything before deciding…

I am a bit worried when writing this post. When showing you a simple formula for writing magnetic blog title, I have made it clear that understanding why a title work is the reason why I prefer a formula over a template.

A formula works in every situation, but a template may hurt more than it helps if you don’t understand the underlying principle behind it. It is always necessary to ask the question, “Why does it work in the first…

In all aspects of marketing and advertising, people copy ideas from each other. That means great sales copy, email messages, articles and even blog titles are not truly created from scratch. They are swiped.

“Don’t reinvent the wheel.”

You’ve heard of that advice before. It works exceptionally well for business model and innovation, but it is even better in copywriting.

What the Heck is Swipe File?

A swipe file is a file folder or box where you collect examples of good copy. That…

Blog title is the first thing that people read, and perhaps the only thing if they are not interested to peruse further, based on the information given in the title. For that reason, title could be one of the most important components of your blog content.

Many bloggers agree that blog titles are comparable to headlines in sales copy or newspaper. Although usually blog titles are shorter, they serve the same purposes:

• They grab the readers’ attention. With so many posts and links…

After years writing articles, I come with a simple but quite powerful tip. Write your article or blog title first. That makes a big difference if you think about it for a moment.

A title is much like the headline in an advertisement. If you fail to grab the reader’s attention on spot, you are going to lose them, no matter how great your content is. It takes some time to write a compelling title.

However, you don’t want to spend too…

I am a big fan of books (and ebooks too). That’s why when I hear someone has a list of recommended books, popular books, or anything, I am all ears. Last week, Chris Garret shares 5 influential books that bloggers may find useful.

The following five books have become not just best sellers and famous, but actually launched whole new ways of thinking about what we do and their titles have become mainstays of blogging conversation.

I agree, it’s a good starter…

This blog runs on WordPress simply because I am more familiar with the blog platform than Movable Type as of now. I firmly believe a blog is a tool. Business bloggers and independent publishers who want to use a blog for their business should really start with an ultimate outcome and strategic plan.

A blog may not even be the most suitable tool for your business and marketing strategy. Integrating a blog into your marketing mix is only feasible if you…

During the last weekend I have a few hours to get my hands on Flock. My first impression is, “Wow!” but there are a few drawbacks too. It has been a few days since I’ve used Firefox extensively as the only browser. I’m still in the testing phase so Mozilla Firefox still sits right in my hard disk somewhere.

I feel a bit embarrass to admit that I didn’t contribute to the Firefox 3 download record, which broke the record of…

Blogging is not for everyone. It requires hard work, especially if you try to avoid black hat and other cheesy techniques. That may surprise you, especially when you read it in a blog about business blogging and making money blogging.

You may be surprised how many people think it is possible to start from scratch and make 1,000 dollars tomorrow. It is one of the biggest myths of online business.

Starting a business, including blogging business, is not easy.

Some Statistics (Boring but…