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retire rich · 1 year ago

nice article to read, useful reading for newbie like me
thanks

Bullgrit · 1 year ago

Great info here. Thanks a lot for writing it and bringing it to my attention.

nindrianto · 1 year ago

Hi...nice and good post....

nindrianto · 1 year ago

hi again...I'm interested with your cloud tag in side bar. How do you take the code in blogspot?Would u give the code or tag code to me?Or maybe any referrence site?thanks my friend...

@_raj · 1 year ago

@nich : this post of mine is mainly for the newbie and i want them to get the most out of it. Work hard and you will surely get the rhythm.

@bullgrit : you have a nice blog. try implementing if you found something new over here and you will see the difference.

@nindrianto : thanks for reading the stuff. you can have a tag cloud as mine, visit he useful widgets on mine blog, you will find it there or here is the direct link for it :
http://carsonroll.blogspot.com/2008/11/tag-clou...

Freddie Taylor · 1 year ago

Wow! Thanks for the info. I was hip to pinging the post and stuff. I am still very new, so like some of the other commenters said, that really helped. I have to go and read the rest of the post...or the first part.

Congrats!

Ben Tremblay · 1 year ago

Very nice one! You have raised so many essential points. One of them is screw advertisements...or almost. I mean, there's no reason why you would want to ruin the end user experience for like 1$ a month. Build a community, followers, readership or whatever you like to call it and then start to monetize.

Reviewing your posts after publish time is a to do as well. I can spend like 15-30 minutes reviewing a post if I feel it needs some polishing. That's just the way it is, content is king and reviewing your articles is one step closer to a king article.

Template is important. That include the structure of your posts and also the whole layout of the website. That's why I'm changing layout on frogstr, I don't think it's a very good layout. You know, it does the job...

I'd like to add one more point...BRANDING! ;) Yeah, I always talk about it, but it is important to brand your blog or simply yourself. Just like you think of McDonald's when talking about fast food, you want people to think of "cars on roll" when talking about cars ;)

Nice one!

RateAutoInsurance · 1 year ago

Well put. Branding is probably the most important thing. Just think about where you go for news online, where you go to search online, etc... Do you associate a certain company or name when you do? Nice design is good, but not a necessity in some cases. Your right, ads can be a turn off if splashed all over the page when your user base hasn't been built. Read, read, read is also important.

RateAutoInsurance · 1 year ago

Btw, just visited your website. Don't ever give up the domain Frogstr. That logo and domain name is killer. Don't change your logo either heh.

Darmawan · 1 year ago

Very useful and detailed article, I'm also in my 2nd month of blogging
And this info will help me a lot
Thx very much...

rakesh · 1 year ago

congratds...terrific piece....

@_raj · 1 year ago

@thinktaylor : thanks freddie for the comments, I hope you get the most out of it.

@ben : you are a source of inspiration for me. Some of your ideas are reflected in my post, too. Thanks for dropping by. I would be looking forward to your new template.
Branding, as you always say, is an important part of blogging. This feature and more of this kind will be discussed in my next post of this series.

@darmawan : I wish you all the best. As you are in your initial 3 months work hard and socialize. this is the key to success.

@rakesh : thanks

Randy Carter · 1 year ago

Thank you so much for all the info! It has been very useful, especially for those of us just starting out!

Cheap Used Cars · 1 year ago

Hy Raj,

I'm glad you made it to PR3 and you also combined a post sharing the experience. Congratulations and I wish you will soon get PR4.

Cheers.

@_raj · 1 year ago

Hi Binh, thanks a lot for the kind wishes. Blog must be on 'shared' mode else its of no use. And I love sharing my experience with fellow bloggers. To help every newbie in this field as much as I can.

Monik Pamecha · 1 year ago

NIce to see another indian blog out here and reach PR 3. I am a indian too.

I wanted to ask you if you wanted to have a link exchange with me?
I am monik from http://www.etiole.com |13 yr old blogger's tech blog Thanks!

Joe · 1 year ago

Commenting is hard for some because not everybody can express their thoughts right away. However, if you are blogging, you better develop that skill, or you will not amount to a lot.

Thank you for posting your ideas and techniques.

Congrats on your PR 3.

Joe

owndotcomfree · 1 year ago

All your tips here are true and effective. I also believe not to hurry on making money. Enjoy your work first, traffic and money follows.
I'll just give you a shout at blogcatalog for my inputs on your blog.

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@_raj · 1 year ago

@joe : i also emphasize on adding a personal touch to your blog posts otherwise it is just like a news or fact about something. Adding that personal touch gives your blog the added advantage. So, i completely agree with you, joe.

@owndotcomfree : enjoying blogging in your niche is the first and the last requirement. If you don't enjoy what you write then how come your visitors enjoy your posts. So, everything else follows if you enjoy what you write. I have replied to your shout at blog catalog.

Thanks for the visits.

Josh · 1 year ago

Congrats man! I keep coming back to this article to read up and take in some inspiration. :)

As of now I've been active on a lot of social bookmarking type sites such as Digg, but it seems no one likes to digg my posts, although I get lots of visitors from the posts themselves, so I guess it's beneficial in some sense. (but no current chance of getting Digg front page, a dream of course)

Josh · 12 months ago

Hey! Just wanted to chime in again and say hi. I've been following a number of tips from your two-part article. Just this morning I checked my page and I went from a PR0 to a PR2!!

These tips really do work! I'm going to simply continue what I've been doing. What I've taken most from this article though is that content really is king. You can do all the promotion you want, but if you don't have original content, you can forget it all!

@_raj · 12 months ago

Hi Josh, I am late on replying but busy these days, by the way Happy New Year. I am really glad that these tips have helped you achieve a Google PR2. These tips are really the selected ones and if you follow you will certainly get what you desire. So, all the best & thanks for appreciating

Nishantdon · 10 months ago

a great help to newbies
hopin to increase my PR too