I wrote this post because I'm sick of all the bull that is being circulated on the Internet about Vic Franqui. I know in my heart that he is as good a man as one can be and if all of you wingers would actually stop and look behind the curtain of Vic's foul language, you would actually see that he only has our best at heart.

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If you are a blogger who does not feel the need to include images within your posts, then you are definitely missing out. When you include images, it helps you in more ways than one. And one reason is the fact that it helps get you traffic. I mean, who doesn't like traffic?

But I have compiled my own top 5 reasons why yo

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No, not the websites that have to do with renting products or services, like wiferental.com. The rental websites I'm discussing are the ones where you actually rent a website, or a website for rent. This article discusses various aspects of a rental website like hosting, addresses, web page design, domains and seo. There sure

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I see so many blogs and websites that start off great until they become big or start making lots of money then all of a sudden, they change. And they change for the worse... it's almost like an upcoming actress who played a small role in a movie then becomes a Diva.

I understand change is a given but if you didn't have y

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I know a lot of people sell text links on their sites, but there are people who will approach you and offer to pay you to put paragraphs on your popular posts that include at least five links in it. The catch is they want you to keep it on your site for as long as your site lasts... well, don't fall into the temptation.

He

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Here's is a great and very simple explanation of how not to do your sites with adsense. If you want adsense clicks that make you pennies, then go for it. If you want to make money online, you've got to read this valuable information to once and for all have an understanding of why you may be making piddly money with your adsense sites. You

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Did you know that Google sometimes tells you great keyword and keyword phrases that are easy to get the number one ranking for? And that they give that information to you alone and for free? Read about how I took one of these phrases and turned it into multiple #1 rankings as well as the most visited page of one of my websites.

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I understand this is the place to find bloggers, and people that do blog. The LaMach Security Agency needs your help finding a fellow blogger. All names will be kept confidential. We are trying to find this person, and we understand he blogs. The suspect is armed and dangerous. Please. if you happen to run into this blogger, be

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I'm sure a lot of you guys already know, but Alexa just recently changed their ranking system and supposedly it is going to be a little more accurate and not rely heavily on Alexa toolbar users anymore.

But are the new chances really enough? Will it be better or still completely inaccurate? How will this affect you persona

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I saw this post over at Griz's site and thought we could all contribute to the conversation here if you're having issues with a big drop in Google Serps ranking in the past few days or so. If you are, please post your experiences and what nots here in this post over at Make Money for Beginners so that we can all help with ge

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As 2007 goes by, it is the right time to inform you about the performance of Search For Blogging. My blog’s traffic has increased significantly during the period of Sep - Dec. In this post i would like share some of my performance tips with you. I also defined my ten basic principles to successful blogging. Please visit my blog and enjoy read

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World of Warcraft players can break the mundane daily grind of running instances and doing quests by participating in the midsummer fire festival events that started on Jun21st and will continue through July 4ht. The midsummer fire festival includes many unique quests, gear and added content to the game that most will find refr

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There's a unique concept. Sit back and wait for your prospects to call you. You have to check out my strange test of the BloggingZoom tool. If things work as I suspect they will, it could work for you too! This is actually a dual purpose project, a BloggingZoom test and an attempt to get search engines to recognize my new blog quicker than I

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What's the real deal with the new BloggingZoom Tool? What do they claim it does? Localref takes an in depth look at the new blogging tool called BloggingZoom. We will look at the creators and then evaluate how they do it. You will find that if you are a new blogger, or a blogger that has been around for years, there is somethi

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The Ludington Daily News reports that a major storm swept through Northern Michigan last night, causing immense damage to the resort community. US-31, the major highway running up the West Michigan coast has been closed, a 20 foot section of a street has been washed out with water running through the washout and into Pierre Ma

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Let’s admit it. Blogging is weird and bloggers are weirdos.

At least in the eyes of other people. Our families and friends think we have lost a screw or two somewhere in the center of our head.

Many times people ask me what do I do online - and yes, this has never been an easy question to answer - I try my mightiest to explain it all in

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Need more money? Try a magnet! Money Magnet that is. Money Magnet is one of the newest webmoney widgets available to bloggers and webmasters. By purchasing and installing a 125x125 widget on your site, you could earn as much as $50 per sale originated through your site. With very cool features like earnings reported on your wid

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Thanks to BloggingZoom, i’ve been getting a relatively good and somewhat steady flow of traffic coming to me over the past few days. That all started with my first submission, Don’t Quit Your Day Job, or: What to Do When Your Girlfriend Thinks Your

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Finding friends on StumbleUpon may seem hard at first, but if you follow these 10 simple steps you'll see that SU is one of the easier social networking sites to connect through. If you are looking for a way to multiply your friends overnight you are in the wrong place. However, if you are looking to have a good reputation whi

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You might not be interested in succeeding with social media.

Boosting traffic, being bookmarked, getting new visitors, increasing RSS subscribers and AdSense revenues might all conflict with your blog’s growth plan. If you prefer to stay away from this hype and grow organically, follow this procedure that I named: The Bonsai Blogging Stra

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Everyone tends to stress how Google Pagerank is so important, but in reality, it has really fallen off.  A lot of people don't take it as serious as they once did.  Now people think if they do NOT have a pagerank then they simply cannot make money online.  Well, that's NOT true!  Whether you're a

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Are you one of those bloggers that post everyday?  Now ask yourself, are you one of those bloggers that try to FORCE yourself to write posts even when you have writers block?  Well, you DON'T need to post everyday.  Matter of fact, it's actually better if you don't!

 As a blogger, you want to foc

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We all know the amazing power of commenting. In a nutshell, commenting on other blogs not only helps build relationships but also gets you some traffic. You must have heard me say that commenting on other blogs should be a part of your marketing strategy. I’ve also said sometimes that you should try to leave insightful comments on as many blo

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It seems as though attractive people are ruling the blogging world as well as everything else. So basically, if you are good looking and you flaunt that to people, then they will definitely check out your site.

But here's the thing, a lot of people tend to display attractive pictures of people that's not even of them!

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being a relatively new blogger myself, i realize how frustrating and confusing it can be to get started. there are so many things to learn, so many other blogs to learn from, so many services to sign up for that can help immensely when you’re beginn

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This article talks about a great blogging experience i was luck enough to be part of. This article is also part of a writing project. The deadline for the writing project is December 4th, so if you hurry up, I'm sure everyone would love to hear from you. I know Courtney and Vic have a great blogging achievement they might want to share with

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There is no doubt that Google is gaining importance in many lives. But is Google actually becoming a god? You might be surprised how many god-like attributes Google can claim...

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What would I do with $25.00? I think I'm like most of us out there, I know what not to do with $25.00 when it comes to making money online. I've learned soooooo many ways not to invest that $25.00. I feel like the Edison of the Internet. The article I wrote is part of the writing project on what to do with $25.00 if someone gave it to you.

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Did you ever know that your Art skills can drive traffic to your blog? Never thought of that, right?

So, what the hell has Art to do with traffic? A lot. Let me explain.

If you’re good at drawing, especially at drawing cartoons or portraits, then it can be a huge bonus for you. You should be at the very least above-average in Art though

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Have you ever wondered how many blogs are actually abandoned?  Or have you ever wondered how many people take LONG breaks from their blogs?  Well, I decided to test out this theory and go through random searches for blogs and gather my stats to show everyone. 

I broke it down into four main categories:

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The .htaccess file can be one of the most powerful tools in the arsenal of a blogger. The .htaccess file makes setting up redirects a matter of seconds. It’s especially beneficial for cloaking affiliate URLs.

It’s really amazing that a large percentage of bloggers don’t use the .htaccess for redirects. They manually setup folders and index

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2007 was full of surprises- delayed pagerank updates, website hype failures, and so much more. Here are some one liners that were passed through the blogosphere this year that ended up being mistakes! Hopefully, we won't repeat these. From agloco to adsense, to eBooks and hackings and everything in between, here are 18 blogging one-liner dis

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Without a doubt, my favorite application on my computer is my mozilla Firefox browser. Here are 10 awesome mozilla Firefox tips that I recently discovered.

1. Open a new tab by double clicking on an empty space in the firefox tab bar. This is the coolest firefox tip that I have recently learned. I hated going up to the file menu and clicki

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Getting the attention of social media is getting difficult by each passing day, especially for small bloggers like me. Every one of the existing social media sites is well established, so in order to get on the frontpage, you’ve to participate, comment and make friends on the site for months! This pretty much limits the amount of traffic smal

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A convicted rapist was allegedly murdered by his neighbour after he found his details listed on the Internet. This sparks the question once again whether or not sex offenders / criminals addresses and information should be made publicly available?
US parents, unlike here in the UK, have access to information on pedophiles within their neigh

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I still do not fully understand everything that Alexa measures (rank, reach, etc.) but I get the general idea of the rank system. Having a rank of 767,343 is better than over 1.2million… Right?

I just jumped somewhere around 500,000 spots up in the Alexa rankings. How? I have absolutely no idea, and I am hoping that one of you has a clue a

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When it comes to making money blogging, everyone looks up to John Chow, Jeremy Schoemaker and Darren Rowse. I mean, why wouldn't they? But a lot of people tend to look at their success and try to BE them. Follow in their footsteps thinking “Hey, I’m going to do the same exact thing as them and get rich!”

What people tend to overlook is

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An About Page is one of the most important things of a blog. It helps build credibility and trust in the eyes of your readers. People generally trust those whom they know more about; they don’t trust total strangers.

In my blogging journey thus far, I’ve noticed many blogs having a sub-par about page. In fact, most blogs have it there for

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while this is not a shot at BloggingZoom's site or service, it's just a little thing that i ran into tonight which aggravated me a little bit. there's really no reason for it to upset me, it just made me rethink a couple of things that i had writ

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Maki at DoshDosh writes a comprehensive guide to StumbleUpon and how to get massive traffic from it. Even though the guide is a few months old, the advice still applies. In the post he gives an introduction to SU, tells why you should use StumbleUpo

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Memes are quickly becoming the buzz of the blogosphere. If you haven't already participated in one or at least heard of them by now, you soon will.

They are a great way to get to know your fellow bloggers while upping each other's link juice.

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Content being stolen has always been associated with the bad. Stolen content always has a bad connotation to it. I can bet that when you find that your content was stolen you always get annoyed and angry. Yes, the frustration is understandable becau

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what do you do when somebody tells you that blogging and/or blogging for money is a waste of time? YOU PROVE THEM WRONG. that's what i plan on doing with my blog, because my girlfriend doesn't think i have anything worthwhile to offer the commun

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Digg users rejoice!! Kevin Rose today announced the starting tonight Digg will be adding image submissions and new categories.

Digg users have been demanding for a long time the ability to submit images and video.

Users will also find several new categories. The “Offbeat” category will become its own category and there will be a new

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Everyone knows that Duplicate content is a bad thing, heck they even make you write out a 350 character unique description on Blogging Zoom because they want as much unique content as possible on the site. Naturally when you don't keep your content unique you can get penalised & lose serious positions in the serps. 

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From the post: "You ask your readers a question, and the response is a resounding silence. You need to find ways to gain exposure for your young blog.rnrnAnd guest blogging is one of the most powerful ways of doing that.rnrnWhen I first sta

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Excerpt from the post: "So you’re starting from scratch, or maybe you have some experience and want to make sure that you’re not missing anything. Either way, I think I can help you out. I wrote this monstrosity of an article because I couldn’t fin

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I had a few surprising things happen when I created an Amazon Ebay mashup site for Christmas. I posted earlier about Mark’s script to create these sites.

Holiday sites can often do quite well, so I had the idea to make one of these sites for Christmas.

The next day, it only got 3 visitors, but imagine my surprise when, the day after th

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It’s frustrating sometimes when a time-sensitive discussion goes hot and I want to reply to some of the comments. Looking up the words can be a waste of time. How I wished I knew those words at the start because, before I can respond after research, somebody has already “stolen” or written my argument.

That’s the reason why I’m sharing my

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"Alcoholics have their booze, smokers have their cigarettes, crackheads have their . . . crack. As an editor, trivia buff, curious human, and language snob with a constant need to prove people wrong, I have Google."rnrnDid Google break JD's brain? Find out, as she describes her dependence on Google and her disappointment in discovering

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This article provides one of the best explanations of the difference among social news sites, social bookmarking sites and the hybrid StumbleUpon which this article describes as a social browsing site.

On social media sites like Digg, users love Apple marketing, Apple news and just about all things Apple. In fact Apple product news are reg

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Mike Arrington over at TechCrunch blogged about how people who blog for money who are freaking out about the Google slapdown are pathetic. I personally know the person who made the comment that he was making fun of. Needless to say, I do not agree. This is my post on my opinion of what he said. (If you read the comments on his post, most o

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The Bum Marketing method gained a lot of traction over the past few months. More and more people promote article submission as an excellent way to obtain backlinks and to drive traffic to your niche sites.

But where do you submit your articles if you decide to give it a try? Where do you get some free content from? Here you can find 77 art

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Believe it or not but a lot depends on your returning traffic. What happens if all of a sudden Google banishes all your pages to the Supplemental Index just like Shoemoney’s Blog? You can’t rely on Search Engine traffic therefore you need to make th

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So, just like the title says, "does technology and blogging belong to the young?"  Well, it looks like it does because we're seeing more and more pre-teens and teenagers making more money from online than adults do during a 9-5 job.

On top of that, adults are starting to go to kids for help when it come

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I was shocked the first time someone told me 'Internet' should be capitalized. “Yeah, 'Web' should be capitalized too. And 'on-line' should be hyphenated.” Weird, I thought. Then, just as I was settling into those, the rules changed. So how are you supposed to know which word forms to use? My research tells me these are the latest on We

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In my ongoing endeavor to continue growing my traffic and status in the blogging world, I’ve come across many tips about SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and how it can help tremendously when used well.

Today I “StumbledUpon” a top-ten list of useful SEO tools, some of which I had never heard of before. So, I decided to share it with every

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What Do You Do When You Want To Give Up?

We all have those moments. You know the ones I’m talking about! The moments when you just want to quit blogging.

Whether it is because of:



If you're a blogger who hasn't participated in forums, you are definitely missing out!  Forums are a good part of building quality traffic but more importantly, meeting new people and forming friendships with other bloggers.  Not only that, but you can learn from other experts too!

I have compiled my o

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From spam e-mails to telemarketers, you can't stop them even if you tried! Now with the blogging community growing everyday, we're also getting spam blogs... yes, "splogs."

How many times have you been to a blog that is just filled with porn, stolen content or just a bunch of affiliated ads?

If you been to any of t

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If you are good at poetry, you can be the winner of $10,000 at the draw which will take place on January 15th, 2008. This is a free poetry contest which I thought to be cool, so I decided to tell you about it. The poems can be on any subject, and in any style you wish. The organizers give random prizes every day, so there could be a chance fo

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Reviews have been the craze lately. Not only does a review give you exposure, it also provides you with valuable feedback. Of course it’s pretty expensive these days to get reviewed.

Most people who order a review don’t get the most bang for their buck. All they get is an average review. What most people don’t do is research. They just ord

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David Airey's domain got hacked/cracked just a week before Christmas and he was lucky to have a redirected domain which allowed his blog to stay online and also his message spread across the internet quickly with 3,700 diggs and other social sites. A total of 50,000 unique visitors understand the pain and trouble David is going through.

I

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So there are tons and tons of bloggers out there and quite a few of them have real good potential to make a drastic impact in the Blogosphere. I've compiled a short list of bloggers that I see lots of potential in and as they get bigger, don't say I didn't tell you about them!

If you know of an up and coming blogger you

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EntreCard could be the best thing since BlogRush for blog owners looking to network and grow their traffic. It's a novel idea by internet entrepenuer Graham Langdon and makes sense for you to sign up for free. It allows for networking amongst fellow bloggers as well as advertising on bigtime blogs. So sign up and drop yours! Read here ab

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An SEO Poem:

When it comes to SEO, there’s a lot to consider.
With Google AdWords, you want to be the highest bidder.

Writing for SEO is more than just using keywords.
You always want to maintain the highest of standards.

Of course, you w

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Megan Meier, a 13 year old teenager who suffered from depression, fell for a MySpace hoax and committed suicide. The story behind this is quite bizarre and twisted really. One of Megan’s friends mum, whom she fell out with, went to “spy” on her on the social network site MySpace by creating a fake profile of a cute teenage boy named Josh. So

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A conference in the annual exhibition "Transmediale" in Berlin brought up some very interesting issues about online privacy: Fistly, the definition of privacy was discussed. We all take the term and its connotations for granted, but it surely isn't so. Secondly the subject of true, absolute privacy. How can it be ach

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I know this might sound stupid, but "do you see potential with your own site?" I'm sure a majority of people will automatically say "yes" in the beginning until they don't see the stats that they want, or they're not making the kind of money they think they should.

But this article asks what YOU think of your own s

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A great collection of resources grouped into several categories, such as "Increase your traffic", "Tips for better writing", "Save your time", "Online security".

The selection done by Diana is excellent, but you'll have the opportunity to discover several new blogs which are worth subscribing to. I think I spent about two hours re

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Now that shopping online for the holidays is as common as going to the mall -- or maybe even more so -- you can actually wait until the last minute and still give gifts that will be welcomed.

For all you last-minute Santas, here are some great presents that require no shipping. Just pay and download, and these quality gifts will be ready

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The more that you shop and use services online the more you need to watch that everything is what you expect. There are several ways on how to get a refund online.

I list 6 ways that you can go about getting a refund online.

Most importantly be fair. You aren't going to get refunded $100 if you were shorted $10. Be fair

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Being a webmaster for a relatively short time I am still amazed by some of the stories out there. These are the things which make you take a second look and rethink your strategy. Often times you will want to try and do things differently so that you don’t come up to Webmasters forum and say “Boy do I have a great story to tell you guys.”

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