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Finding good back links for your website or blog is not always easy. If order for them to count for the search engines, they need to be do follow links. You could spend hours searching and checking websites to see if they have do follow links.

Instead of wasting time searching, I found a great way to find do follow links. I found a DoFollow Directory that has listings of several websites and blogs who allow you to comment and those comments are do follow links. Like many other directories, they have several categories and offer a wide selection of niches to choose from. Webmasters can find many benefits from using this directory.

If you have a do follow blog that allows comments, they allow you to Submit DoFollow Blogs for free. This is a great way to increase traffic for your sites. If you are in a hurry to get listed, you can contact the web owner to purchase a premium listing.

The directory is well designed and easy to navigate. I find that this directory very helpful for any webmaster who is trying to promote his/her site or for finding great places for quality back links. You need to check this one out for yourself!

Getting ranked on top in Google involves lots of competition. There is a cool contest in which a friend of mine is in the race for. It is called the Busby SEO Challenge. He is competing against many others to win the grand prize of $5000. I am looking forward to seeing where he ranks and if he wins. If you wish to help out or just to follow his progress, please check out the link I provided.

Since I have so many blogs, many friends who read them will ask how I make my blogs successful and my number one answer is doing Search Engine Optimization or SEO. It means preparing your website or blog so that the search engines will pick up your site and show it to the rest of the Internet.

There are times when you need help to complete your SEO work and at that point you want to hire a company that is both knowledgeable and professional.  I have found such a company in SubmitEdge. They offer a full array of services to help improve your rankings and increase your traffic.

SubmitEdge starts with a full line of Link Building Services. From small unique directory submissions to all out full scale work, this company can arrange for your site to be the best it can be. I have been a webmaster for a long time and I was surprised at the extent of services they offer.

Submitting to directories is one best forms of Link Building . They use over 1400 plus different directories to submit sites to. However, that is just the beginning; they also offer article submission and social bookmarking services. All these services are done manually by a staff of 23 well trained employees.

All these services are great if you already have a well designed website with great content. However, what if that is not the case? SubmitEdge goes beyond the normal SEO firm. They offer well designed website made to attract the search engines and generate good traffic. They will create a site or just create search engine friendly content for your existing site. They also offer a proof reading service to improve the content that is already on your site. With all service they offer a full report so their customers know what was done and how.

I could write all day about SubmitEdge. However, they have a great website that explains all their services and has all the information needed to make an informed decision. If you need help for your blog or website, I provided some links for you to check out. Good luck and I hope to see all of you on to of search engine rankings!

Search Engine Optimization or SEO is one of the most important aspects of owning a web site or blog. If not done correctly, your site could sit alone with no traffic. Without traffic, even the best content will be a waste of time. Webmasters often times need to turn to professionals to perform top notch SEO work.

A company like SEO-Watch.com can handle all of the tasks needed to make your website rank in the major search engines. To Improve Google Ranking of your site, they analyze your key words and focus on the ones important to your site. Without good key words, you could float all around in the ranks of Google and no one would ever find your site. They do not only focus on Google, they work your site so that it is friendly to all of the search engines by creating quality meta tags and analyzing your entire site.

Another important aspect of the SEO is building quality back links to your site. This is important and should be done correctly. SEO-Watch offers Web Directory Submission Services that are done manually so that your site is submitted in the right category to get the best exposure. Besides this they offer blog posting, and search engine submissions to get your site both good back links and to draw traffic to your site.

If you are lacking something when it comes to SEO, maybe it is time you look at a professional company to get your site back on track and making it all it can be. SEO-Watch is one of those companies that offer a full array of services. Remember, quality SEO is very important so make sure you do everything you can to make your site as friendly as possible to all the search engines.

I am always looking to save money when purchasing my domain names. So I was excited to be asked to do a review on a site offering coupon codes for GoDaddy. This was a nice opportunity to offer an honest review for this type of site.

Upon looking at the site GoDaddy Coupon Codes , my first impression was that it was quite plain and the design was OK but nothing eye catching.  However, since this was a Sponsored Post, I decided to look deeper into the site. I was happy to discover that they had a lot to offer.

Just the coupon codes themselves were worth the visit. I have never seen so many Godaddy discounts located in one place. They listed both tested and non tested coupon codes along with many special deals that GoDaddy is currently running.

If the coupon listing alone were not enough, they also have many articles with advice about domain names. One article that jumped out at me was the Top 137 Domain Tips. This was a well written list of tips to use when purchasing domain names. Many of these tips I have not heard of and I was very impressed with the many tips.

This website offers a lot of information, but was clearly made as a promotion site for GoDaddy. Looking over the site, I noticed some things that annoy me. For example, when they created the site with a WordPress base, they failed to remove the first post that states this is an example of a WordPress blog. Some of their first links are simply links and nothing else. I would also recommend a nicer theme for the site.

On the positive side, even though the site is clearly made for promotion of GoDaddy, they do offer some nice articles that give great advice. They keep you up to date on all the latest promotions and discount offerings for GoDaddy. Of the promotional type sites that I have seen, this rates high for the integration of good articles along with promotional material. They do not overdo the ads to the point that they become an intrusion into the readers experience.

If you use GoDaddy or are looking to purchase domain names, I would recommend this site to find some great advice and coupon deals.

There are many many blogs on the Internet and you may be one of the many who want to start a blog. Well you have come to the right place.

Basically a blog is a place where anyone can write about anything they want to. I mean anything your heart desires rather good or bad. This gives a whole new meaning to freedom of speech. However, you do have to be careful in what you say as far as hate speech or stuff against the law because unless you own you own server, you could lose your hosting account and your blog be taken down.

To start a blog, first you need someone to host your blog. This can be free or it can cost you money. If you want to be a serious blogger and hope to some day make money on advertising, you want to go the paid route. However, I am jumping a head a bit. Let me first discuss your free option.

There are many free hosting services for blogs on the Internet. I will only address the two biggest ones. The first is blogger.com (blogspot). They are owned by Google and their service is user friendly and so easy that you could have a blog up in a matter of minutes. There is no cost and if you choose to put Adsense ads up, they make it very simple to place them where you want them. Since they are owned by Google, chances are they will be around for a long time.

The first step is to sign up and register a name for your site. This is anything you want as long as it is available. The name will be your web address on the Internet (URL). Choose carefully because you want the best name possible. The final address will be a sub domain and look like this thenameyouchose.blogspot.com . You now have a home on the Internet.

The next step is to choose a template or design of your site. There are quite a few to choose from but limited compared to what you can find elsewhere for paid hosted blogs. Chances are you can find one you like. If you are a web designer or coder or you know one, you can edit and change the design to fit your needs. I am not a coder so I went with what was offered by blogger.

The next step is to add elements to your site. You can add all kinds of good stuff like ads, links and other things from the template tab in the dashboard of your account. I could have pages about stuff to add but it is best to explore for yourself.

The final step to get you up and running is to add fresh original content to your site. Try to add often and keep people interested in coming back. Some bloggers use copied material, I suggest you write everything yourself or at least approve it yourself if you have someone else write it. Bam, you have yourself a blog. They do also have a feature that if you own your own Domain Names, you can point them to your blog and eliminate looking like a sub domain.

Word Press is the other free hosting site for blogs and they are located at wordpress.com . The process is similar to blogger but there are some features like categories that blogger.com does not offer. They also have a better selection of templates. I still prefer blogger.com because it is much easier to use for beginners and much easier to add adds and stuff. To be honest, I have never used the free version of Word Press, but my wife has and she thinks blogger is easier to use. If you use the free version of Word Press, you get a sub domain like blogger gives. You site will look like this : yourname.wordpress.com .

If you decide that free is not the way you want to go, the next step would be to purchase your own hosting account. This can range from $1 a month up to about $9.95 a month depending on who you use. You may want to look at some hosting reviews to see what other think before you buy.

You also would need to purchase your own domain name. I highly recommend namecheap.com because they have been the best that I have found. You will be looking at around $9 a year for a domain name. Pick one carefully because this is what people will see first when looking for or at your site. Try to find one that fits your topic and the smaller it is the better it is to remember. This is hard because most really good names are taken but you still find some good ones, or you can search around for one that someone is willing to sell.

Once you have these two things you will need to point your domain name to your hosting account. This is done by changing the name servers on your domain account. You should receive your names servers from your hosting provider. If not, ask them for the name servers.

Now you need to install a blog software script. This is pretty easy from your hosting package if they have Fantastico. This might be something you want to check before buying a hosting service. It is much easier to install this way than through the web page of the software provider.

Most bloggers use the Word Press software on their own hosting account. It is a little harder than if you used one of the free hosting sites but you can do so much more. There are many plugins or addons that you can install for free that will make life easier and add cool features to your site. I have a few on here that improve things. There are also thousands of templates you can find at wordpress.org or other places on the Internet. Make sure that the theme (template) is widget ready and that it works on all browsers. I downloaded one before and it worked great on Internet Explorer but did not work on Firefox or many other browsers. Another plus is that the side bar is on the right side, this is better for the search engines. Once you have the right theme and add your content, you now have a blog ready to go.

If you want people to read it, you need to make sure you advertise the blog. This can be done by telling people on related forums, adding links in directories, adding it to social bookmarking sites like Stumble Upon and word of mouth. The more you advertise, the better the traffic will be.

This short guide should be enough to get you up and running with your first blog. If you have something to add that would help others, please register and leave a comment.

If at first you fail, say That Blozzz and try again!

First, let me start by explaining for those who do not know what Adsense is. Google Adsense is a pay per click program that is way for advertisers or webmasters to advertise all over the Internet.

As a website owner, you can apply to Google with your website or blog to become a publisher for their ad network. It is a simple process where you provide honest information to Google about your self and your site. They then evaluate your site to see if it qualifies to be included. Most sites will be included as long as they have some quality to them and the you offer some original content on your site.

Once you are approved, you are approved for all your websites and you do not to reapply for each one. You must carefully read the Terms of Service for Adsense so you make sure that you are following the rules and that your sites comply with the rules.

You first step is to log in to your Adsense account with your chosen email and password. There you will find many things that may overwhelm you at first. It is not as overwhelming as it looks. There are four main tabs; Reports, Adsense set up, My Account, and Resources.

The first tab is the reports, you will not see nothing much here yet but you will as you earn. This tells you how many views the ads on your sites have had, how many clicks, and how much you earned. You can check for various times. If you have channels set for each site, you will see what sites earned what. I will explain channels further down in the article. You can also get advanced reports for extended periods of time breaking down in several ways. You can play around and see the reports that best fits what you are looking for.

The Adsense setup tab is all about setting up your ads. Here you can get the code, which is a java code, for all the ads , search box, and referral products that Google offers. You can change the size, design, and filter out things you do not want on you site like an ad from your competitor. At this tab you also can add channels.

Channels are simply a way to track an individual ad or a website URL, By setting these up, you will know which of your sites are making money and which ones you need to work on. They are easy to add and delete and I highly recommend you do one for all the sites you use Adsense on.

The third is My Account, which is a place to edit your main information like name address, email, etc… The final tab is a resource tab of other tools and services that Google offers.

Once you find what ads you want and where to place them, all you need to do is place the code in your website template or in the code of your website. Depending on what kind of coded site you are using will depend on how you do this.

If you are using a self-hosted word-press, it is best to install an Adsense plug- in to place the code on the sidebar as long as your template is widget ready. For the header and footer, you will have to place it in those files. I am not a coder so I will not give too much advice on that.

If you are using a free blogger.com blog, it is even easier to install the code. All you do is go to your dash board and find the layout and you can just add your AdSense with a few clicks by clicking add page element and dragging it where you want it.

For all other pages, you need to add the code in the appropriate files where you want the ads to be.

Once you have the code installed, Google will find you, there is nothing else you need to do. The ads will be based of main keywords from your content. If you chose to include both links and image ads, you may see a picture ad once in a while.

You get paid a small percentage every time someone visits one of your ads, purchasing or sign up for a product or does a search through the search box. If it is an image ad that is placed on your site, you will get paid a small amount for every 1000 people who view the ad.

Many people have made some huge amounts of money using Adsense. The key is to have a large amount of traffic and to follow the rules. The more popular your site, the better the chance people will click on the ads and you will earn money.

Once you earn $50, you will be sent a PIN number through the postal mail to the address on file. You will need to confirm this number before you can ever receive a payment. You can not get paid until you have reached $100. It takes up to a month depending on your payment method and where you live to receive payment following the end of the month you reached at least $100.

I recommend direct deposit but they will mail a check or in some parts of the world they will send Western Union but this involves a fee.

A few things that are not allowed by Adsense are:

No Adult sites

You can not click or ask others to click your ads

You can not alter the code

You can not display an image with the code

No Pop-ups

You can not try to hide the fact that it is a Google ad

You can not list them as a sponsor of you site

You can have only three of any one kind of ad on your site

There are many other rules that you should take the time to read carefully. If you break the rules, there are no second chances, you will be banned and that means banned for life.

If you try to open another fake account or even with your same information, you may get approved. However, they will catch you prior to paying you any money. Just do the right thing and follow the rules from the beginning you should be fine and hopefully make some good money.

If you apply once and you are turned down, don’t get upset, say That Blozzz and fix your site and reapply.

There is often a lot of confusion about how important Page Rank (PR) is to a website or blog. There are people asking about Google PR updates all the time. Hopefully this will clear up some of the confusion.

PR is a way Google rates a site page based mostly on the amount of back links a site has pointing toward their site. The better the link (more PR), the more juice it will pass on in terms of PR to your site. It looks good to have a high PR but it does nothing for traffic unless the links are from a site with a related niche (topic). However, PR is great if you are selling links for others to build their PR.

To have a successful site or blog, the key is to have traffic. Not just any traffic. You want quality traffic of people who are interested in what you have to say or interested in your niche. This why it is important when looking for links, you try to focus on traffic more than PR.

To get traffic, find other sites that are related to your niche and those are where you want to place your link back to your site. These can include forums, websites, blogs, and directories. Other ways are article writing about your site, press releases, and advertising in local newspapers. Anywhere you find a person interested in your niche is a good place to advertise.

You can also use many of the sites like digg, Stumble Upon, Facebook, MySpace, and other social media markets to promote your site. However, use caution so your advertising does not end up looking or being spam. Also, many of these sites produce traffic for your site but not good traffic. It is up to you to offer something to keep the people there when they come.

The key to do this is to offer original quality content that will keep them reading and coming back. Most people will not return if they see the same thing they can find everywhere else. Spice it up and be original.

Build and they will come but not if you fail to,let them know where you are. So when building back links, worry about quality over quantity and focus on building traffic not PR.

There are many sites on the Internet so make yours the best it can be. If it all looks bleak, say “That Blozzz” and don’t give up.

Good luck and check back for more webmaster related posts.