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What Can I Learn From BloggingExperiment.com | LERNR.COM — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:00:08 +0000

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By: Brad Huntsman

Brad Huntsman — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:58:29 +0000

Thanks for the quick reply, Ben.
If you don’t mind, not meaning to take up your time, but could I get a little deeper input from you on my first question? To elaborate a little bit, the premise of my blog is to take some of this information overload (tv, books, magazines, blogs, podcasts, movies, ect) and (add to it i guess) write about how one takes that information and puts it into practice. Your blog is a great example of what I’m trying to do in that you encourage people to do that exact action.

Because my site isn’t just about one thing other than learning and practicing, I’m having trouble nailing down one are of keywords. Learning itself isn’t a good keyword. I’ve got posts about photography, sales, youth ministry, woodworking, home remodel, and mostly blogging.

Would you suggest seperating my catagories into seperate blogs? Or how could I keep this topics together (that would be my prefered option)?

I know you’re busy, and this is a little off topic, but that would be great. Thanks again.

By: Ben Cook

Ben Cook — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:31:10 +0000

Brad, that’s a good question. I’ll answer your second question first. After you find good keywords, you should then use them in the title and content of the page you’d like to rank for it. For example, if I wanted a post to rank for “blogging” I’d try to work that word into the title. Then you should try to get other sites to link to you with that word as the anchor text.

As for which terms you should focus on, that is really a difficult to say because it depends so much on your specific blog. If you had to give a few words to describe your site, chances are you should target those words or phrases. You also want to make sure those terms are searched for so you’ll get some traffic from your efforts. It’s a bit of a balancing act.

By: Brad Huntsman

Brad Huntsman — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:02:51 +0000

As I’ve mentioned, I love your site. I’m using your advise to learn all I can about blogging. Great tips.

On this tip, I’ve tried out wordtracker, but I’m somewhat confused about what to do with the keyword information. There are two reasons for this:

1 – on a multifaceted blog, how do you decide what keywords to focus on?
2 – What do you do with the keywords in order to reap the benefits of choosing the right one?

I’ve searched around, and can’t find clear information. Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated.

By: BlogEx

BlogEx — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:53:29 +0000

Wayne, thanks for stopping by! You should really check out the Making a Living in your Pajamas series that I link to in the Recommended Reading. it’s an amazing series and pretty much takes you step by step through the start up phase. Then check back in here to see what I’m up to as well as maybe subscribe to some of the other popular money makers as well.

Good luck to you and be sure to ask if you have any questions or I didn’t explain myself well in any of the articles.

By: Wayne Whitfield

Wayne Whitfield — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:47:19 +0000

Hey
Just thought I’d drop a line.
SU your site. I’m going to Rss to my YaHoo hm. page to see how you’re doing.
I was injured last year on a construction site and am not able to do that kind of work anymore. I’ve got a Myspace blog but havn’t done much with it. I’m studying SEO, affiliate marketing, blogging, ect.
I’m giving your site a thumbs ^
Best of luck!
Wayne