04 Apr 09 PR and Me – Does it really matter?

Many MMO and SEO guys talk about PR every now and then, Recently, new PR from Google has been updated. Does it do any good for you or bad? For me, I never care about PR much because it’s just a measurement of Google. I understand higher PR, we can sell links and etc, but I care more about unique and repeated traffic which will eventually bring success to you in the long run.

The funny thing is Google has been kind to me. I use do-follow enabled plugin which is actually a good one for WordPress bloggers, many actually said that once you have do-follow, you actually got hurt in PR, however, I believe that comment URLs are actually artificial link building and so that it doesn’t really matter about back links, maybe you generate some more traffic.

I allowed do-follow commenting on 25th Feb 2009 with this entry named “Advantages of do-follow Plugin for WordPress“. At the beginning of the April, I have my first PR update. This site went PR0 to PR1 and another music video site of mine got went PR0 to PR2, they are relatively very young sites, both not older than 6 months. However, I have done link building carefully and slowly. So, in a couple of months, I am sure I will have something else to write about this again. Bottom line, don’t worry about giving do-follow enabled comments, because many sites are now exclusively collecting do-follow sites just for link building purpose.

So, my conclusion, I am stoked about getting my PR raised, but does it really matter? Not really. But this is a good example of doing things accordingly. So, check out my Massive Traffic and AtoZ SEO categories for more techniques and tips about getting good clean organic and natural traffic. My link building system is slow, because I am personally experimenting it, you get to do it faster because I have documented it every time I experience new techniques.

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Tags: back links, link building, page rank, pagerank, plugin, SEO, success, traffic, unique

31 Jan 09 Share your expertises on KNOL

Google has introduced KNOL for sometimes, now they are promoting it. I definitely think KNOL will help all the information seekers better than ever. This is probably another technique of Google’s collection of knowledge base search engine, we could presume.

What is KNOL?

It’s basically units of knowledge written about various subjects. However, as like many google applications, knol is current at a beta stage.

Why should we participate at KNOL?

Many advantages, make yourself exposed to the knowledge based world, information sharing site. You can take credit for writing, provide credentials, reviews and comments. Users can provide comments, review and related information.

What subjects we can write on KNOL?

Well, pretty much everything. LOL

What are common advantages using KNOL?

You can get good back links to your website, that’s pretty good for SEO, but it’s very important you don’t spam the links. You can get credited and for me, the best thing is collaboration mode that many people can work together on a same project/subject which is pretty awesome. I think that idea is derived from online project collaboration sites as Google has capabilities for doing it so such as Google Docs.

What do I think about this?

KNOL for me is basically a combination of blog/search engine/multimedia gateway to all the information retrievers. Being a active participant on google’s main site, you will not only create traffic for your website on your niche, but also will create exposure to your materials. All you need to do is to be original, informative and unique with your content.

So, happy KNOLing.

Have a great weekend.

Tags: ads, back links, best, Beta Version, blog, comment, comments, content, google, height, infomm, information, make, niche, online, search, search engine, SEO, sharing, spam, traffic, unique, web, Website

11 Dec 08 My Opinion for Leaving Comments vs Link Referrals

Lately, I have thought about leaving comments versus link referrals. They both generate traffic of course. However, they generate traffic differently and now I am beginning to like leaving comments method more. Many internet gurus and marketing aces would tell you to leave comment or link refer. However, there is more techniques than just leaving silly comments or joining random link referral systems.

For linke referrals, I mainly use LinkReferral System, which is really good. They advertise themselves on google and they have over 200,000 users who are exchanging links. So, it’s very cool one.. However, as I love to comment on blogs and read around, Last week, I tried to read more than write on my blog. I was reading and commenting randomly and to my surprise, I got over 100 unique visitors who are actually coming back to my blog, read and some left quite a number of comments back.Then it reminds me of two ways communications. Now, I have decided, i will not flood my site with everyday posts. I will rather create one useful post a week, but I will also try to learn what others wrote and thought about creating wealth online without tricks.

So, my conclusion is, Link referring is good, but most program would offer auto-surf solution and pretty poor implementation, so we just get more bounce visitors. Whereas, the job of leaving comments is just simple and effective, yet you can also learn what others write about your niche as well. How do I easily find related keywords easily? It’s even easier when you have subscribe to certain keywords in Google Alerts, you will be able to get and filter blogs only and also can set it in Google iPersonalized page. And usually, only good page rank sites will show up because they are correctly indexed in Google as well. The most important thing about leaving comment is, you really read and leave the comment in most honest way, not to spam or just leave the comment to get backlinks to your site. You learn new everyday and if you give a few minutes of your time, I am sure you will learn more everyday.

Of course, getting traffic is massive for me and I care about who comments my blog and I also comment with all my heart. So, hope you can generate massive traffic with properly commentings on fellow bloggers.

Thanks for reading.

Tags: auto surf, back links, blog, bloggers, google, google alerts, keywords, Leaving Comments vs Link Referrals, link referral, massive traffic, nanda linn aung, niche

03 Dec 08 Content of your blog – 5 basic tips bloggers have to know before blogging

For your audience, content is the most important element for bloggers. For search engines, content is the most important media for bloggers. For information distribution, content is the most important object for bloggers. Bottom line, Content is the king.

There are several mistakes bloggers make. They deliberately spam keywords on their posts for search engines, that is absolutely wrong. Yet they will complain why my site is not indexing well or not good in organic search. It is because many bloggers intentionally insert unnecessary keywords in their posts, often known as keywords spamming. So, the main thing is to give your audience your true opinion and honesty, not to let readers to read the paragraph as search engine spiders and bots. 

Here are a few tips that bloggers should know before they decide to blog.

1. Never write long entry. It bores your audience. Nobody wants to read a novel of your own. Remember blog is started as journal entry. I suggest you to use less than 500 words.
2. Add a human feeling. Write and imagine as you are talking about particular topic with your personal friend. Of course, Sense of humor would help your readers more or less.
3. Avoid addressing your readers as plural. Simply put, you are not giving public speech, you are giving personal one way conversation with your readers, once they comment on your blog, there will be two-way communications.
4. Always read your comments, in order to keep two ways communications, you should read and reply to your comments, nobody writes comment just to get back-links, sometimes, your readers would like to add some more useful information.
5. Do not stop blogging once you start it. Okay, sometimes, you are busy, sometimes you have many other things to do. But at least, once a week, post something on your blog. That will create your visitors to become regular. Nobody wants to come to deserted blog.

Tags: audience, back links, blog, bloggers, blogging, comments, honesty, human feeling, keyword spamming, long entry, nanda linn aung, tips, true opinion, two ways communications