This is the most brief post I’ll ever write on a topic where I acn go on and on but I’ve mentioned this over and over again, trends change, along that the ways we do things as well. So here are my top solutions to almost every blogging need possible as of August 2008. If this goes well it might end up as a page at the blog :D.
Which blog platform?
Need a blog?
Hosted Blogs
- Wordpress
- Blog
- Blog Ladder
- Blogr
- BlogSpirit
- BlogYx
- Bloki
- Multiply
- Netcipia
- Open Diary
- ShoutPost
- SoulCast
- Squarespace
- Windows Live Spaces
- Vox
- Xanga
- Yahoo 360
Self Hosted (Provided PHP Files)
Need a blog theme?
Paid : Top Paid and Free Premium Wordpress Themes Sites
Free : Wordpress Theme Directory
Wanna get started?
- Generating Web Traffic - Part 2
- 10 Things I would do IF I was starting out my blog.
- 15 Reasons and Tips to never give up on your blog
- Having Multiple Blog Authors
- Better Blogging - Write even better!
- Microblogging - What is Microblogging?
- Better Post Structure
- Better Blogging - Analyzing Competition - Things you can learn from your comeptitors
- Better Blogging Resources - 7 sites and tools to help you blog better - 26 Mar 08
- Blog Content Guide
Looking for content?
The best inspirational sites are Digg and Sphinn in my opinion, it always gives me a new topic to talk about here at my blog, if that doesn’t work go over to either flickr, istockphoto or sxc, see if images give you any inspiration or not?
Need more RSS readers?
Looking for commentators?
- Start up a contest
- Make a top commenters widget no the sidebar
- Do-follow comment author links - do this if you are really desperate for comments and have no regards for any possible future of your blog.
Looking for traffic?
- Good content = Traffic : Great Content - Awesome traffic!
- Writeup top lists of resources, go for social media on this one.
- Spread some link love, get trackbacks.
- Giving out freebies is a good way to get traffic.
Need an ad system?
Wanna get into some affiliate networks?
Wanna sell links?
Wanna sell ads?
- Get more RSS readers, more traffic
- More incoming links
- Specially better content, relevance is key.
Wanna sell reviews?
- Get more RSS readers.
- Develop content relevant to your target advertiser niche.
- Have a good daily post frequency
Wanna advertise your adspots, services, reviews..etc?
Wanna do some Blog SEO?
- Basic SEO and Promotion for Blogs.
- Better SERPs - Nofollowing extra pages on your blog
- Blogging Tips: Keyword Research
- Link Exchange: Free Link Building
- Internal Linking in Blogging
- Why SEO Is the Ultimate Traffic Generation Method
- Blog SEO Revisited
- Google De-indexation - Index Recovery Guide & Resources
Wanna sell your blog?
Use one of the following forums.
- Digital Point Site’s Forum
- Sitepoint’s Established Web Sites for Sale , Startup Web Sites for Sale and Premium Web Sites for Sale
- Namepros Established Sites For Sale
- Talkfreelance Premium Websites
