Blog And
Article Synergies
Author: Max
How many of you reading this are regularly writing for
your
blog? Given recent statistics I'd say quite a few.
However, are
you leveraging that effort to maximize your results? If
you
aren't submitting your blog posts to one or more article
directories then the answer is no!
Why Do We Blog?
Everyone who blogs has a reason to blog, even if it is
just to
have some number of people read your thoughts. Other
reasons to
blog might include: linking to a commercial web site in
your
posts, developing search engine traffic for revenue
purposes,
or perhaps attracting links to your blog to attain a
higher PR.
In fact, every time you create a post you have the
opportunity
to create outbound links, optimize your post for search
engines
and to earn advertising revenue when readers visit.
Reusing Posts as Articles
Once you create a blog post, why stop there? With very
little
additional effort you could submit
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blog posts to article directories. Every time your article is used by
another webmaster you can expect to have them link to you via the
author's bio that you provide. This allows you to improve search engine
rankings for terms you choose, attract links to attain a higher PR and
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These are exactly the same things you are doing when you
write
a blog post in the first place! Obviously, if you aren't
taking
advantage of the synergies available between blogs and
article
directories, then you should start doing so. The effort
involved is minimal and the payback is potentially huge.
I do have one note of caution to provide. Search engines
generally detect duplicate content and keep it out of
the
search engine rankings. Web browsers may find your
article
elsewhere instead of on your own site if it generates
traffic
via the search engines. You can simply make sure that
you
rewrite your article to exclude the use of any keywords
you are
targeting.
Blog Posts vs Articles
The way I like to describe the difference is that blog
posts
are generally friendlier. You can link to things or
otherwise
use HTML to spice up your post as desired. Articles are
much
more restrictive. To provide yourself with the widest
options
for publication you should rewrite your blog post so
that it
includes no HTML except perhaps subheadings displayed as
bold
text.
Submitting to Article Directories
There are a ton of article directories available to
choose
from. Personally, I use an article directory that also
provides
a distribution service. This allows me to add my article
to one
single site and not have to add it to a whole bunch of
other
sites by hand - the article distribution service takes
care of
the additional legwork for me.
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malware with the use of Google, it is essential to have the specific
signature of a certain malware program.
These signatures are now being shared on the Internet by hackers, and
that causes greater ease for other online bandits to carry out the
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The mechanics of submitting to an article directory
include:
register or log in to my account, click on a submit
icon, paste
my blog post into the form provided, add a short bio
including a
link to my blog, blog post, or related web site, and
then
finally to preview the result prior to confirming my
submission. It really is that simple.
What are you waiting for?
About The Author: Max is a contributor at
http://iblog-ublog.blogspot.com/ so drop by and read
this
article, other commentary, product reviews and perhaps
personal
notes.
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