Improving Search Engine Ranking 
The higher ranked (Google Page Rank) your site is, the more traffic you will receive. So you can see that it is the goal of anyone with a website to increase traffic, increase the page rank.

Improving search engine ranking is like talking about the weather. Everyone you talk to has a slightly different opinion of what is good and what is not.

Please add a comment to this post, what I am looking for is ideas on what you would do to increase the page rank of a website. Also include in your comment if you think that this would be a good long term solution, or a short term solution.

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Where is the best place to get a free blog? 
I haven't used all of the blogging software out there, or blogging sites, so rather than trying to answer a question that was posted to me, I figured I would just open that question up to general discussion.

So, here is the question, if you are a blogger, then please tell us where you host your free blog, and why it is the best place.

Where is the number one place to get a free blog?


Use the comments link below to post your answer.



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Blog Posts - Not Going Where You Planned 
Another question from a blog reader.

Do you have any tips for how to best continue a blog post after you've started it and then half way through the blog post realized it was not going where you planned or you lost interest altogether?


If I am working on a blog post and lose interest half way through, or realize that it was not going where I planned, I will usually just save the blog entry on my hard drive, or on my laptop, and not post it. This allows me to think more about the entry, and to follow up at a later time.

For blog entries that get posted, often times I will come back to a blog entry that was written in the past day, and add something to it.

The simple rule, is that if you are not happy with it, don't post it.

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Blog Planning 
Another great question has been submitted by one of the blog readers. Thanks Magpie for the great question!

When deciding to start a new blog, how much planning should go into it before going live? Is it better to plan in detail, or to let your content evolve on-line?


I am sure that there are as many answers to this question as their are people reading this blog, so be sure to post your opinion by adding a comment to this entry.

My thoughts on this are:

1. You don't need to do extensive planning or research on the general topic before you start blogging. If you know enough about a topic, then just start blogging, if you don't know anything about it, then maybe you should read someone else's blog rather than writing your own.

2. The nature of blogs are they they are an ever evolving online journal focused on a specific topic, or a wide range of topics. You can't plan the specific entries in a blog anymore than you can plan your personal diary for the next 5 years. Focus on a topic, and see where it goes. With great input from the people reading the blog, you might end up writing about completely different topics than you ever expected.

3. Plan individual blog entries, and write each one as though you were writing an article for the newspaper. Keep it focused and on topic.

Just keep blogging and see where it takes you. Often times the journey can be more interesting than the destination.

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