Blogging to Make Money

If you conduct any business online or maintain a website to compliment your offline business, then blogging is quickly becoming a mandatory part of your future. And if you are not currently blogging, chances are after realizing the potential of these traffic-enhancing goldmines, you soon will be!

Blogs, derived from the words “web log” were originally thought of as simply online diaries a place for people to record their thoughts and inspirations. At first, no one took blogging very seriously and these collections of online thoughts were simply passed off by many as hobbies or creative outlets and nothing more.

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OK - Check this financial blog out. Financial Security Blog

No header but look at the site. Doesn’t this have a nice professional look, with the color of the header background fitting in nicely with the theme of the blog? If you plan right, many times a header image is not a necessity.

I prefer using a header but there are definitely times you do not have to worry about it. Hmmmmmm.

You need to head on over to this site and check out these themes. Some of the best Wordpress themes I’ve seen - and they are free!

Free Wordpress Themes

It just doesn’t make sense to use the default theme. Yet - you can easily use a theme without a header - and I think that works best for some blogs. However - You should check out these free themes and see if they fit your blog.

One of the best ways to learn how to blog and what to write in your blogs is simply to visit other blogs out there. See what they write, how they lay them out, how often they might update, and whatever else you want to know.

So - I’m going to begin giving you some blogs to go check out - beginning with . . . . . . .

Barbecue Tips Blog

What guy doesn’t like to barbecue? There is a lot of good barbecue information out there and this blog is very popular, nicely laid out, and enjoyable and informative.

It is a Wordpress blog - note the customized header though. The blog takes on more of a look of a website. The “more” tag is used so that you read a part of the blog and, if it interests you - head to the post and read the rest.

If you have been considering a business in online marketing using Google Adsense then you should consider using Wordpress as a basis for your site.

Wordpress is a blogging platform that can also be used as a Content Management System (CMS). Getting content online with Wordpress is quick and easy, and managing your content is a breeze.

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OK - I mentioned previously the advantages and disadvantages of both Wordpress and Blogger. Let me expand.

This past weekend I considered changing hosting for my sites. I’ve had a few problems occasionally and almost made the change. Things were fixed but . . . . .

I have probably about 6 blogs tied into this hosting. If I made the change, transferring web sites is pretty simple ; You just download the files from the current host and upload to the new host - changing domain address with your domain host.

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Thanks to the web search engine Technorati, almost all blog users now rely on the strengths of tags to increase the rankings of their blogs. Tags work the way the classification system of a library functions; it helps blog owners have their entries categorized correctly and according to their own preferences while aiding the readers in gaining access to the most relevant blogs according to their search specifications.

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It doesn’t do a whole lot of good to blog if no one reads it. You have to ping your blog.

If you use Blogger.com for your blogging, make certain you immmediately head over to Pingomatic.com and ping your blog to the appropriate places. Generally the listings above the line.

If you use Wordpress, it’s easier. Simply follow these steps and every time you blog - you will automatically ping.

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Blogging is very popular today. The two main blogging platforms are blogger.com and WordPress. The platform that will work best for you depends on many factors. Learning the advantages and disadvantages of each will help you make that decision.

Blogger allows you to put up a blog quickly and easily. There is no need for you to have a website or a domain name. Blogger hosts the blog for you.

Registration is free and takes only minutes. Once you are registered, you can immediately begin to set up your blog. Templates are provided for you to use and can be easily changed at any time to give your blog a new look.

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The most common ways that most Internet marketers are making a profit from blogs is by integrating Google Adsense into their blog. This is very simple to do and Blogger makes it even easier for you. You can also insert many other contextual advertisements into the blog such as Yahoo, Kanoodle, Chitika and many others as well as any other affiliate links you may have.

There are many themes out there as well for Wordpress that allow you to easily incorporate adsense and/or Amazon.

The other benefit to blogging is also the ability to add back links to your blog that point to your other websites. This is very important since the more back links that you have coming inbound to your websites, the better you will rank for the keywords you are promoting. You will also have to setup the proper keyword anchor links in your blog and on the pages of your websites that the links are pointing to.