Archive for October, 2006

If any of you have ever wanted to create a site with multiple users each having their own blogs, and love the way WordPress manages their blogging platform, well now you’re in luck!

Found via problogger.net Darren tipped me off (as he usually does) to WordPress’ announcement of WordPress MU 1.0. The MU stands for multi-user allows you to “manage and host” thousands of blogs instead of one.

WordPress says the install is a little more difficult and for those who know servers a little better, but I’m sure, as with all the WordPress products, WordPress MU will be just as easy in no time to come.
How many sites will have multiple blogs by the end of this week, I can think of a few that I would imagine will add them soon enough.

technorati tags:WordPress, MU, Multi-User, Blogs, Blogging, Software

One of my favorite blogs for blogging tips with Blogging Pro. I’ve been going to it at least once a week since I started my blog. I was always amazed at it’s basic setup, and all the information it seemed to cram into it.

Well the design is still basic but it’s way updated. Blogging Pro has a new 2.0 feel to it and makes me want to redesign my blog network. You can read about the redesign as well as the company that did it at the BloggingPro post about it.

technorati tags:Blog, Design, BloggingPro, Web+2.0

Do you need more quality one way links related to you sites content? These are the best links you can get to your site, no  link exchange links, just top quality links from related sites.Well if you don’t have the time to promote your site and send a bunch of traffic your way you may be intersted in a new service from Text-Link-Ads called ArticleLinks.

Article LInks is a link building service that writes an article related to your site’s content, places a link in the article to your site’s related content and then submits it to many many sites across the web until you get at least 20 permanent links.

They claim keywayd rich articles, relevant sites and at least 20 links in 40 days, you may get more if your article is picked up by a lot of people.

Cost to you, $600! Ouch. It seems like a bit much but get 20 links of this nature is a big big deal and can boost your ranking considerable if the articles are picked up by big name none spam sites. Not sure what the chances of that are and what constitutes a quality link but I’d be interested in finding out if anyone has tried the service and had any luck. You can also submit articles to article directories for free that some people publish on their sites.

technorati tags:Blog, Link, Linking, Traffic, Backlinks, Google, Rankings

I recently read an article at microsoft’s Small Business Resource Center
titled 10
steps to getting links to your site. It’s a long road to travel, you gotta
search out links, send out emails, follow up on emails, check links, email
again, and on , and on.

It’s a long road but as Microsoft points out “it is very effective, and easy
to do.” It just takes time.

An out line of their steps are.

1. Set a Goal

2. Make sure your site is worth a link

3. Determine the
type of sites you want to trade links with

4. Get equipped to evaluate your
link partners

5. Locate quality link partners

6. Organize you
findings

7. Prepare for contact

8. Check for links

9. Follow up with
the cream of the crop

10. Set a schedule

I’ll say it again, it’s a lot of work to keep up at this every month but it’s
well worth it. Just make sure you have a site that’s worth the link and you’ll
be on your way to higher Google ranks

technorati tags:Links, Google, Microsoft, Blogging, Traffic