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Search Engine Traffic

Google currently uses over 200 signals to examine the entire link structure of the web and to determine which pages are important and relevant to particular user search queries. The weight and importance of each signal / factor differs greatly and practicing the right search engine optimization techniques is vital to your online success through search.

Since the launch of Sam’s Web Guide, I have experienced an increase of over 1,000% in search engine traffic and the method for achieving this was not very difficulty but has been very specific. Although there are so many factors that search engines use for determining ranking, today I’m going to share the most important techniques I employed that have helped my blog to soar even in tough times.

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Web Hosting Rating

I can attest to the fact that it can be extremely difficult finding the best web host to host your site to launch that awesome idea you’ve been playing with in your mind for years. I have used about 5 different hosts so far and all have disappointed and held me back in truly launching my blog to its maximum potential.

I have found that if I had the knowledge from the beginning of who really was the best and is proven among its users, I could have spared myself lots of headaches. This is where Webhostingrating.com provides an excellent service to help you compare, search, learn and find the best web host possible for your online venture.

Let’s take a look at how this excellent web host rating site can get you started and why it stands out in my mind.

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Blogging & Social Media Statistics

There is definitely a lot happening these days in the blogosphere; more than we know and can even fathom. The art of blogging and the use of social media has consistently and rapidly increased over the years and are showing no signs of slowing down as the world gradually embraces the power and freedom experienced online.

To help us understand what’s really happening, there are a few kind, hardworking and blessed individuals who spend the time and money to do the research to find out who’s blogging, how, when, where and why. Thanks to them, I’m, able to compile this post and reveal some very interesting facts about blogging and social media and their impact.

So here are some mind-blowing statistics that show what’s really happening in the blogosphere, social media and beyond. Read the Full Article Here >>

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Best Blogging Jobs

Its been a while since I’ve posted any job board roundups and this one is well overdue. I’ve picked out the best recent online jobs that seem to present the most profitable opportunities that will help you to grow your reputation online while earning you some decent cash and building on your career.

I’ve mentioned a few jobs from BloggerJobs.Biz which provides a vast number of opportunities for bloggers looking for jobs online; so here’s the list.

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Engage Your Blog's Readers

Among the many goals you may have as a blogger, reader interaction and engagement should be among your main targets since these are required for the growth, sustainability and success of any online presence. For you to make money, readers will need to take the time to read, click and purchase stuff from you; and to get them to that stage, your blog needs to meet or exceed their expectations of you and consistently offer unique and interesting experiences for them.

Achieving all of this is not a walk in the park and you can’t just launch a blog on any old topic with poorly thought out design and writing and expect the entire internet to flock to your work. A successful online presence requires lots of attention, dedication and innovation to make that success a reality. A high level of user interaction and engagement will help to secure your blogging future, so here are some proven techniques that are guaranteed to help make you a success on your blogging journey.

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Blog Promotion

This is a guest post by Onibalusi Bamidele, a 16 year-old entrepreneur who offers blogging and online money making tips from his blog, Youngprepro.com

One of the greatest problems many new bloggers face is getting people to read their blogs, they would work hard and try to give their best in terms of valuable content yet nobody is reading their great posts.

It is a great pity the rule “Build it and they will come“  does not apply to blogging or the internet in general.

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Search Engine Ranking Factors

Google states that there are over 200 factors used for ranking websites and determining site authority in search engine results pages. Some factors, however, have more weight than others and proper practice and use of these will guarantee a healthy search engine profile and attract tons of targeted traffic to your site / blog.

Here are 26 major factors that Google uses in measuring up your site / blog and determining your authority. Although there are over 200 factors, the ones listed below provide more powerful results within the shortest period of time.

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17 Killer Techniques For Driving Massive Search Engine Traffic To Your Blog

June 12, 2010
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Driving massive amounts of search engine traffic to your blog can be a lot easier than you think, it really depends on some key factors like the niche you’ve chosen, your marketing and SEO techniques and even how dedicated a blogger you are, to name a few. There are billions of search queries per day [...]

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Weekly Job Board Round-Up – Find The Best Online Jobs

June 12, 2010
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Since the launch of Sam’s Job Board a couple weeks ago, I’ve received excellent feedback from the online community and have been able to provide access to a wide variety of online jobs and other opportunities. I intend to make my job board an integral part of my blog that I hope will help you [...]

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How To Develop That “ProBlogger” Frame Of Mind

June 7, 2010
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If you are thinking of making a living or simply making your name known through blogging, you will need to truly be extraordinary; and extraordinary results require above average effort. Unfortunately, The Pro Blogger status tends to cleverly elude a vast majority of bloggers who enthusiastically launch their blogs with the hope of hitting it [...]

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12 Easy Ideas For Making Money Online Through Blogging

June 1, 2010
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Making money online has become increasingly easy as more opportunities and innovations arise. Before launching out on the internet I spent lots of hours and days reading and analyzing the many products, schemes and techniques that people seem to be using to make money from just a few bucks to hundreds of thousands of dollars [...]

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How To Choose The Best Permalink Structure For Your WordPress Blog

May 30, 2010
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One of the simplest and most effective Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques you could implement when launching your WordPress blog is setting the correct ‘pretty’ permalink structure for your site. Pretty permalinks are very important to help your blog’s content to be more understandable and accessible by both your visitors and search engines than URLs [...]

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The 3 Essential “Don’ts” of Guest Blogging – Make it Work for You

May 28, 2010
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This is a guest post by Ann Smarty who is an Internet entrepreneur and blogger and expresses her love for guest blogging at My Blog Guest Guest blogging is becoming a mainstream tactic to promote your resource and reach out to the targeted audience. The more people talk about guest blogging, the more misinterpretations of [...]

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New Job Board Launched For Sam’s Web Guide

May 24, 2010
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I’m pleased to announce the launch of Sam’s Job Board – jobs.samswebguide.com, a sub section of Sam’s Web Guide that is focused on delivering the latest and best online jobs and careers to help you earn more and gain access to a wider range of opportunities on the web. I may not have shared this [...]

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The Ultimate Guide To Guest Blogging – Massive Techniques for Achieving Success

May 20, 2010
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Guest blogging is one of the most powerful practices for making yourself known as a blogger or writer and will seriously push your blog promotion to a higher level. Personally, it has helped me to build some solid relationships with other bloggers, quickly grow my site’s traffic and dedicated readership and granted me the privilege [...]

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