K, I'm tired of new threads coming up asking the same thing and we're repeating the same answers again and again.

so here is THE thread. talk about it here, discuss it here.

need help on SEO and all other forms of how to move your site? come here.



I'll start (in no particular order)

1. Submit to search engine
2. Submit to directory
3. Do SEO (Search Engine Optimization) on your site whenever possible
4. Have good content

well, these are the 4 i have, which I think is good enough. In fact goldfries.com only did #4. #3 here and there.



good enough for me!

Anyway, must suggestion to all newbies as usual - MAKE GOOD CONTENT, since most people here are BLOG owners rather than actual company / corporate websites.

This post has been edited by goldfries: Aug 27 2008, 03:13 AM

i think this thread has to be pinned to avoid more threads like this.

btw - suddenly no one got question ah?

For bloggers, if content is not your strength, just try blog-hopping first.

just to share - site submission to search engines and directories aren't as helpful as getting site popularity as having good contents.

Those are just many ways. SEO helps you get visitors, but doesn't exactly make the blog popular.

as for posting frequency - it really depends on the blog. For me, my articles are anywhere from 3 to 7 days apart.

and i like your point #4 - BE YOURSELF, just as long as you don't be an ass, jerk or bitch la unless you want instant fame in a bad way.

RSS and blogging tips, I've already highlighted many on my site actually.

being yourself indeed is important. our blog / website is a representation of us.

as long as you don't end up in lokap la.

JoelWyn's post is interesting. if got time can do.

for me, i rely almost entirely on content and word of mouth.

it's not just comments la. people put your site at blogroll also will add to your backlinks (also as inlink, or inbound link........ and more) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backlink

you can use https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/

or just search for Backlink Checker to see how many you have.

JoelWyn another thing is page rank, you should put it as pagerank (joined words) or PR. would be better or else people quite often think of it as result pages rank, which is different.


not entirely correct.

wordpress.org allows you to download the wp engine and host it yourself.

wordpress.com host for you, easy to use too. they have generally better features than Blogger and have nicer themes.

for wordpress.com, you can't put ad scripts. it's a disadvantage to people who wish to place ads.



blogger is good for beginner but they can always continue it when they are doing well.

wordpress also fine for newbie actually. so either way is fine.

try to avoid the switching part because of the hassle involved. you build PR on blogspot.com and backlinks already, then go new domain. all lost. or at least have to rebuild.

i'm just adding information to that reply of yours to give better understanding on what else contributes to backlinks.

no, that would be search engine.

directory is different.

directory is like http://www.dmoz.org/

less than RM 30. you can try places like http://www.godaddy.com

well that would attract short term visitors. anyway guys / gals, questions on GIF animation, can always start a thread for that.

while for page rank, please understand that PageRank and search results page number are different things.

how fast your site get popular depends on your niche, your content and your effort.

define AUTO-PILOT.

if it can be AUTO-PILOT then who wouldn't want to do?

1. there's no way to auto-pilot it. the only way i can think of a site being auto-pilot (eg, no human intervention at all) is to rely on plugin to extract content from other place and put as post. which is point less.

2. a person can have many blogs, there's no rule or recommended period before or when one can only start a new blog.

3. yes. handling many blogs at once could hurt the quality, even for the experts BUT there are ways of doing it. see, i myself have many websites.
http://www.goldfries.com - me
http://www.goldfries.com/inperson - me
http://www.buurps.com - me + 3 other writers
http://www.htmy.org - me + er...... i can't remember how many writers. i think got 4 la.
http://www.mustgolah.com - someone else writes the content. i just do the site / maintenance

and that's beside running my own business PLUS a few more sites not yet unveiled.

haha. that's not auto-pilot isn't it? that's you having co-pilot.



yeah this type of auto-pilot is similar to the one i mentioned lor. it auto post. meaning other people's content on your place. so end up being news repository.



what's SEM? or SEO?

it depends on your blog types actually.

for me, my blogs are difficult to handle alone. that's why there's the casual ones, and then serious ones which i have other people working with me.



oh simple

if you don't have any help - then you have to know your limit. just because the blogger who make 5 digit a month have 12 blogs that doesn't mean you have to. even he has to pay people to help his blogging and works long hours.

i'm certainly not sure whether i could be called expert blogger yet but basically it's a matter of quality vs quantity. if you're having 5 blogs and handle alone and want to post daily! wow, might as well resign.

for me, i really cannot. http://www.goldfries.com articles takes time to write. http://www.buurps.com if rely on me alone, it won't work. it'll sure fail. even though i don't write much there, my work is still more than the rest actually. as for http://www.mustgolah.com , someone else is doing the scouting and posting of details, i manage the technical / marketing / consultation.

phew......... tiring leh? and those are just blogs. let's not mention the 4 forums i moderate + business to run.

so you see, it's there's no clear rule on how many blogs you have. it depends on you, your time, your skill and what you have.

yes better that way, or at least similar topic range.

eg, finance can also have business. probably property or investment as well.

but surely not having fashion or tech.

yes possible. i think there's a wordpress plugin for this.

sometimes you have to. but how much are you willing to pay people?


1. friends
2. their own ideas

people asking TRAFFIC. Adsense isn't a TRAFFIC analytic tool.

use Google Analytics.

i think when asked nuffnang type, meaning as got # of views, # of visitors la. Adsense AFAIK only tells you # of impressions and # of clicks.

it's only a statistic for # of impressions and unique visitors.

it doesn't register page views simply because 1 page view could have more than 1 impression.