Marhgil Macuha – SEO Contest Update

Posted on December 31, 2007
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Marhgil Macuha ContestIf you’re a regular reader of Monetize Your Blog, you’ll know that I’ve entered the Marhgil Macuha Mini-SEO Contest. This was not so much a money making opportunity for me (although there was $150 at stake) as a way to pick up some extra search engine optimization tips.

Apart from the contest being a shameless effort on Marhgil’s part to increase web site traffic (which I suspect worked), it was a good way to test my SEO skills against other bloggers. You can read my Marhgil Macuha SEO Contest entry here.

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Make Money Review - Bidvertiser

Posted on December 28, 2007
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Make Money ReviewI am writing this make money review because I received some feedback that I haven’t written much about blog money making programs lately. So in an effort to address this issue, I will start writing more articles about programs which help you to make money blogging.

So in my first make money review, I’m going to kick things off with Bidvertiser. I have written about Bidvertiser before, but I think it’s time for an update as there have been some changes.
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Successful Blogging: 5 Steps To More Productive Blogging

Posted on December 24, 2007
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Productive BloggingNot many bloggers are fortunate enough to be able to blog full-time. After meeting the demands of work, family and other daily activities, most of us only have limited time left available to us for blogging.

In this article I will outline 5 ways you can become a more productive blogger by better utilizing the time you have set aside for blogging. Whether you blog for money or pleasure (or both), I am sure you would like to get more out of the time you spend blogging.
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Successful Blogging: 6 Steps To Create Your Blog Plan For 2008

Posted on December 19, 2007
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Planning for 2008With the New Year fast approaching, it’s time to start thinking about what you want from your blog in the year ahead. A logical time boundary like a new year is a great time start something new. Your motivation is high and you are ready for a new challenge. But before you go charging ahead, you will need a plan.

So following on from my recent post Successful Blogging: 7 Ways To Measure The Success Of Your Blog, I have put together some ideas to help you get started with your blog plan for 2008. Use these steps as a basis for your plan - and let me know what other things you consider as part of your planning.
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Marhgil Macuha

Posted on December 17, 2007
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Marhgil MacuhaMarhgil Macuha wants to help you make money blogging. Marhgil Macuha is running a mini-seo contest and is giving away $150 dollors in prizes. All you need to do to make money blogging is write a post with the keyword Marhgil Macuha and include a link back to Marhgil Macuha at http://www.macuha.com. Entries close on Jan 4 2008.
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Successful Blogging: 7 Ways To Measure The Success Of Your Blog

Posted on December 15, 2007
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Success While writing about Technorati in my last post - How To Use Technorati To Promote Your Blog, I started thinking about some of the other things you could do with Technorati. One of these things is ranking your blog against other blogs. That in turn got me thinking about what that ranking means. Some might argue it’s a measure of the popularity of your blog and therefore your success as a blogger. Others might say it’s just a meaningless number.

So for those of you who like to be judged or given a score, I have put together a list of 7 methods for measuring the success of your blog. Most of what follow are purely objective measures, but there is room in a couple for some subjectivity. Let me know what you think - I am curious to find out how others perceive success when it comes to blogging…
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How To Use Technorati To Promote Your Blog

Posted on December 13, 2007
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TechnoratiGiven the recent relaunch of Technorati, I thought it would be a good time to talk about how you can use Technorati to promote your blog. Since Technorati is one of the more important sites dedicated to blogs, it is well worth your while acquainting yourself with Technorati and learning what it can do for your blog.
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Carnival of Webmasters - Fifth Edition

Posted on December 9, 2007
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Welcome to the fifth edition of the Carnival of Webmasters. Before we get started, I would just like to thank Sutocu for allowing me to host this edition of the Carnival of Webmasters. It’s been a great experience. I have been surprised at the number and quality of submissions to the carnival and have enjoyed visiting everyone’s blogs.In keeping with Sutocu’s carnival format of choosing the best article’s from all of the submissions, I have decided to select the best article in each of the categories within the Carnival. Choosing the best 5 was no easy feat. I am impressed with how diverse the submissions are and I think that made the task all the more difficult. But the good news is that there are some great blogs out there.
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How To Implement Google Adsense Section Targeting On Blogger Blogs

Posted on December 8, 2007
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Since my post on How to implement Google Adsense Section Targeting, I have had several people ask me the details of how to implement Adsense Section Targeting on Blogger (blogspot) blogs. I mentioned in my previous article that it took me a while to get it working on Google’s Blogger platform, so in this article I will explain the process of implementing Adsense Section Targeting on Blogger step by step.

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What Is rssHugger And Can It Promote Your Blog?

Posted on December 2, 2007
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What is rssHuggerWhat is rssHugger? Can it be used to promote your blog? I now know the answer to the first question. But as for the second, I will just have to wait to find out.

So, what is rssHugger? rssHugger looks like a blog directory for rss feeds. The goal of rssHugger is to help you as a blogger promote your blog. It aims to do this in 3 ways:

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