Archive for March 17th, 2006

What’s A Splog?

Friday, March 17th, 2006

You’ve seen the term splog, but do you know what it means? 
A splog is defined in the blogosphere at spam+blog.  Here are some common splog characteristics that you need to avoid:

Unreadable Keyword UsageTry not to go crazy with the keywords.  Yes they are important, but not important enough to get yourself banned by Google [...]

Blogging Tips

Friday, March 17th, 2006

How much keyword use is too much keyword use?
While your content should be keyword rich, there is a point where you are sacrificing readability for SEO.  That’s never a bargain.
If you lose readers due to poor readabilty –> to gain search bots due to heavy keyword usage –> to gain readers, only to lose them [...]

RSS Intelligence

Friday, March 17th, 2006

A fairly common question I get is "Why Do I Need Intelligence Channels?"  This is often followed by the "How do I do it?" question (part 2).
"Why Do I Need Intelligence Channels?"

To keep up with your marketPull a news search feed on your market terms.  You’ll get real-time news, private news, on what’s happening in [...]

Dynamic Content

Friday, March 17th, 2006

Dynamic Content Gives Your Reader Value
Pulling in dynamic content, via RSS, adds value to your blog.
This week’s focus is on the three dynamic pulls Blogsites offer.  Part
One focused on Guest Weblogs. Part Two on Real-Time News.
This final installment on dynamic content focuses on Briefings.  On this blog the briefings are titled "RSS Applied Briefings" [...]