Forums – The Earliest Form of Social Media Web forums were one of the first forms of online social media. Providing a platform for web surfers to interact, they were a welcome change from the old static websites. As forum software evolved, it allowed for actual communities to be formed. Forums are usually focused on a [...]
I make my living from monetizing my various sites. The general equation is simple enough: More sites = more potential traffic = more money. I won’t get into the question of which is better – investing your time and energy in enlarging and promoting a single mega site, or spreading your efforts across a chain [...]
In my previous post, I explained why I disable the nofollow tag on blog comments and why I seek out similar blogs to interact with and add my insightful, intelligent, useful comments (does that sound vain or what?) Looks like I’m not the only one looking for dofollow blogs. Google’s own keyword research tool shows [...]
I’ve been contemplating starting my own web publishing blog for a while now. They tell us web readers like lists, right? so here’s mine: Pros to starting a web publishing blog – A place for me to jot down my thoughts about web publishing. A place for my notes about stuff that I learn online. [...]
Engagement – At the Core of both Content AND Promotion
June 17, 2010
in blogging
In a recent blog post Dan Keller from Tycoon Blogger shared an interesting insight with the blogging community. Dan was reviewing that old ‘Who do you love more, Mommy or Daddy?’ question, or in webmasters terms: ‘Who is King? Content or Promotion’. His new take on the topic was that there’s a third contestant for [...]
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