It is important to measure your blog's performance if you want to use it to attract visitors for the purpose of making money or building up a good readership for any reason. There are several aspects of your blog that can be quantified and therefore measured. Before doing so, however, you must understand what you are measuring and how to use the results. We shall discuss some of …
What is Alexa Rank, It’s Importance and 5 Ways to Increase Alexa Rank
What is Alexa Rank? Alexa Internet was founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle and Bruce Gilliat. It was a tribute given by the company to the Library of Alexandria. Alexa is an Amazon.com company which provides the Alexa ranking toolbar plugin. Alexa ranks the website traffic history and is a very powerful. It gathers the traffic information from Alexa toolbar and it also views different …
10 Negatives of Blogging: Bad Things About Writing a Blog
There are several negatives of blogging. The potential bad things about writing a blog can affect anybody, particularly those thinking of going professional. There are also many good things about blogging, but it isn't all good - with everything going perfectly well and you being able to sit in front of your keyboard and make money whenever you needed it. There are many negatives …
Why Most People Quit Blogging: How to be a Successful Blogger
Why is that around 90% of people quit blogging within a few months of starting? Blogging can be a very lucrative way of making money while enjoying yourself, yet only around 10% of those who start actually succeed in making more than just a few dollars. In fact, some make nothing at all! Why is this? Here are some of the more common reasons for newbie bloggers to give up before they …
Using Freelance Sites For Blog or Website Content
Using freelance sites for blog or website content makes a lot of sense in one way, but not necessarily in another. Let's forget the negatives for a moment and focus on the issues involved even with genuine freelance sites. Do you honestly believe that those making money from their blogs write all their content themselves? Of course not - large numbers of them use freelance sites …
What are the Best Payment Processors for a Blog?
When considering the best payment processors for a blog it is important to understand some of the terms used. When you use your blog to sell products or services, you need a method of accepting payment. However, it is easy to get confused with terms such as payment processors, payment gateways and merchant accounts. Let's deal with that first: Merchant Account: This is an account that …
New Domain or Subdomain – Pros and Cons of Subdomains
When discussing whether a new domain or subdomain would be better for you, it is important that we all understand what is being discussed. A new domain a distinctly different website, while a subdomain is directory on a main domain that operates independently of the main domain. Technically, the www in www.yoursite.com is a subdomain, as is the first part of yoursite.co.uk, but we …