Totally unoriginal I know, but I thought I’d list my social networking profiles (as everyone else has!) so you can find me if you want to, and we can engage in some mutual traffic stimulation….
I think I have most of my regular visitors already, but if some of my many lurkers would like to join [...]

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Want more Search Engine Traffic? Get it by uploading a simple text file to tell Google what to look for….

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As you well know, there are hundreds of directory sites out there, of varying quality and usability, and aside from (maybe) a link from a decent PR page, most aren’t of much long-term use at all.
A directory I submitted to months ago has recently undergone a major re-vamp, and looks like it wants to take [...]

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As some of you may know, I, all too infrequently, post over at Blog About Your Blog. If you’ve not visited BAYB, you should check it out, as the range of authors means that there’s always something interesting to read, and if you’ve got something to say, you can always join as an author too, [...]

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Did you know that incoming links to your blog are no longer counted by Technorati after 6 months? And equally, links you gave 6 months ago are also discounted?
This was something that I was vaguely aware of, without really thinking about it, until I read The biggest Technorati tip in the world on Blogging Basics [...]

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If you’re a fan of StumbleUpon (and you should be), then you might like this plugin for your WordPress blog: Random Redirect.
Very easy to install, just upload, activate and then give your readers a link to a url like this one: http://blog-op.com/?random
Obviously replace my URL with your own and you’re off and running. I’ve linked [...]

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I have seen this on a lot of blogs recently, so I think this tip is worth sharing: In WordPress, each post actually exists for Search Engine purposes as a single page. This page has it’s own name which is indexed by Google and the others.
Now you would think this page name would be set [...]

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The ever original and resourceful Maki over at Dosh Dosh has come up with an interesting Technorati experiment which could have benefits for all who take part.
It is essentially a reciprocal exchange of ‘Favoriting’ - if you find the profile of a blog you like on Technorati, you have the option to ‘Favorite it’. Technorati [...]

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If you want your blog to be a success, if you want lots of traffic, if you want it to make lots of money, or even if you just like watching your stats rise, there is only one thing that will get you there: Links.
Now before someone throws ‘Content is king!’ at me, I’ll just [...]

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Late to the party again, I’ve finally got around to installing the Related Posts plugin on Blog-Op.
The main thing putting me off until now were the slightly basic instructions, but it’s up and running now, so I’ll attempt to simplify them below. Once installed, the plugin displays 1-10 related post titles automatically at the bottom [...]

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