Comments on: 12 things I would do if I had to start my Blog again http://www.johntp.com/2006/07/27/12-things-i-would-do-if-i-had-to-start-my-blog-again/ Blog Tips To Help You Make Money Online Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anshul http://www.johntp.com/2006/07/27/12-things-i-would-do-if-i-had-to-start-my-blog-again/comment-page-1/#comment-51433 Anshul Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:02:30 +0000 http://www.johntp.com/2006/07/27/12-things-i-would-do-if-i-had-to-start-my-blog-again/#comment-51433 Great Tips John! Great Tips John!

]]> By: Graham Keellings http://www.johntp.com/2006/07/27/12-things-i-would-do-if-i-had-to-start-my-blog-again/comment-page-1/#comment-34069 Graham Keellings Tue, 07 Nov 2006 03:38:10 +0000 http://www.johntp.com/2006/07/27/12-things-i-would-do-if-i-had-to-start-my-blog-again/#comment-34069 I would definitely first consider the structure of my 'blog. Plan well in advance, don't just jump into writing, but first consider what you will be writing about. For instance, my personal two major regrets were not clearly defining my categories before beginning and, to a lesser extent, not clearly defining (Tagerati) keywords, which can be used to cross reference entries. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail « How to increase your site’s Link PopularityReply from the Adsense Team »CommentsPopularity Contest 1If you only realise after five hundred posts that fifty of them have been about widgets and that you need at least a widgets keyword and probably even a widget category, then a lot of tedious work is required to re-tag or re?categorise. I suppose that careful planning of categories is the more important. If you plan to offer a list, or drop down menu, of categories, then having five hundred posts and one hundred categories shows lack of structure. Probably best stick to ten or so categories, if you can. You can have as many keywords/tags/whatever your system calls them as you like, but when you notice that you have mentioned the same "sub-category" a dozen times and it perhaps is time to add a new tag/keyword/etc, you then have to comb though your archives and add the new tag/keyword. Perhaps a better approach is that when you first mention a new concept/person/technique/gadget/country/programming language/etc you should consider if it is likely that you will write about it again (no point in a keyword which is only used once) I would definitely first consider the structure of my ‘blog. Plan well in advance, don’t just jump into writing, but first consider what you will be writing about.

For instance, my personal two major regrets were not clearly defining my categories before beginning and, to a lesser extent, not clearly defining (Tagerati) keywords, which can be used to cross reference entries.

Notify me of followup comments via e-mail « How to increase your site’s Link PopularityReply from the Adsense Team »CommentsPopularity Contest 1If you only realise after five hundred posts that fifty of them have been about widgets and that you need at least a widgets keyword and probably even a widget category, then a lot of tedious work is required to re-tag or re?categorise.

I suppose that careful planning of categories is the more important. If you plan to offer a list, or drop down menu, of categories, then having five hundred posts and one hundred categories shows lack of structure.

Probably best stick to ten or so categories, if you can.

You can have as many keywords/tags/whatever your system calls them as you like, but when you notice that you have mentioned the same “sub-category” a dozen times and it perhaps is time to add a new tag/keyword/etc, you then have to comb though your archives and add the new tag/keyword.

Perhaps a better approach is that when you first mention a new concept/person/technique/gadget/country/programming language/etc you should consider if it is likely that you will write about it again (no point in a keyword which is only used once)

]]> By: XhacK http://www.johntp.com/2006/07/27/12-things-i-would-do-if-i-had-to-start-my-blog-again/comment-page-1/#comment-33858 XhacK Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:46:28 +0000 http://www.johntp.com/2006/07/27/12-things-i-would-do-if-i-had-to-start-my-blog-again/#comment-33858 Thanks for the tips!! i`ll consider them in my (next week)blog :) Thanks for the tips!!
i`ll consider them in my (next week)blog :)

]]> By: Blog Promoting and Tools http://www.johntp.com/2006/07/27/12-things-i-would-do-if-i-had-to-start-my-blog-again/comment-page-1/#comment-26852 Blog Promoting and Tools Wed, 25 Oct 2006 02:06:00 +0000 http://www.johntp.com/2006/07/27/12-things-i-would-do-if-i-had-to-start-my-blog-again/#comment-26852 [...] 12 Things I would do if I had to start my Blog again www.johntp.com/2006/07/27/12-things-i-would-do-if-i-had-to-start-my-blog-again [...] [...] 12 Things I would do if I had to start my Blog again http://www.johntp.com/2006/07/27/12-things-i-would-do-if-i-had-to-start-my-blog-again [...]

]]> By: Graham Keellings http://www.johntp.com/2006/07/27/12-things-i-would-do-if-i-had-to-start-my-blog-again/comment-page-1/#comment-20860 Graham Keellings Mon, 02 Oct 2006 07:52:41 +0000 http://www.johntp.com/2006/07/27/12-things-i-would-do-if-i-had-to-start-my-blog-again/#comment-20860 I totally agree on #12, "Link exchange services". Google is known to come down hard on anything that smells like a "link farm". Avoid cheating (you will know it when you do it), and stick with quality). Thanks for yet another great article. I totally agree on #12, “Link exchange services”. Google is known to come down hard on anything that smells like a “link farm”.

Avoid cheating (you will know it when you do it), and stick with quality).

Thanks for yet another great article.

]]> By: Michael http://www.johntp.com/2006/07/27/12-things-i-would-do-if-i-had-to-start-my-blog-again/comment-page-1/#comment-14062 Michael Tue, 05 Sep 2006 03:10:29 +0000 http://www.johntp.com/2006/07/27/12-things-i-would-do-if-i-had-to-start-my-blog-again/#comment-14062 Hi there John. I liked your article. As a matter of fact, I am new to site promotion and have just started a personal blog.. and am finding it rather fun! Well, my goal is to be number 1 in the search results for Michael Fraser in Google so I am hoping your tips will help me out. When I check Google each day, my ranking seems to vary a couple of places either way, however the link to my site is always old i.e. old article content in it... any idea? How can you get google to index your site more often. Anyway, good read! Hi there John. I liked your article. As a matter of fact, I am new to site promotion and have just started a personal blog.. and am finding it rather fun! Well, my goal is to be number 1 in the search results for Michael Fraser in Google so I am hoping your tips will help me out. When I check Google each day, my ranking seems to vary a couple of places either way, however the link to my site is always old i.e. old article content in it… any idea? How can you get google to index your site more often. Anyway, good read!

]]> By: John T P http://www.johntp.com/2006/07/27/12-things-i-would-do-if-i-had-to-start-my-blog-again/comment-page-1/#comment-8886 John T P Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:07:43 +0000 http://www.johntp.com/2006/07/27/12-things-i-would-do-if-i-had-to-start-my-blog-again/#comment-8886 Google SiteMap Generator will notify Google as soon as you post an Article. This helps in getting your articles crawled faster by the Google Bot. Google SiteMap Generator will notify Google as soon as you post an Article. This helps in getting your articles crawled faster by the Google Bot.

]]> By: Brian Layman http://www.johntp.com/2006/07/27/12-things-i-would-do-if-i-had-to-start-my-blog-again/comment-page-1/#comment-8844 Brian Layman Wed, 02 Aug 2006 22:42:29 +0000 http://www.johntp.com/2006/07/27/12-things-i-would-do-if-i-had-to-start-my-blog-again/#comment-8844 "If I had to start my blog again, I would make sure that I have activated the Google SiteMap Generator WordPress Plugin as soon as I start blogging. " Why? Have you actually seen a benifit from this? A jump in activity right after you activated it? When I use Google to search for terms the way I would expect people to search for them, my articles almost ALWAYS come up in the first several entries. They are almost always discovered within the first day, in fact it is only time that seems to lower the listings as more people post about topics. I don't want to change that, so I haven't put in the sitemap plugin. Have you seen real advantages to it? “If I had to start my blog again, I would make sure that I have activated the Google SiteMap Generator WordPress Plugin as soon as I start blogging. ”

Why? Have you actually seen a benifit from this? A jump in activity right after you activated it?

When I use Google to search for terms the way I would expect people to search for them, my articles almost ALWAYS come up in the first several entries. They are almost always discovered within the first day, in fact it is only time that seems to lower the listings as more people post about topics. I don’t want to change that, so I haven’t put in the sitemap plugin.

Have you seen real advantages to it?

]]> By: Shivaranjan http://www.johntp.com/2006/07/27/12-things-i-would-do-if-i-had-to-start-my-blog-again/comment-page-1/#comment-8717 Shivaranjan Tue, 01 Aug 2006 06:10:28 +0000 http://www.johntp.com/2006/07/27/12-things-i-would-do-if-i-had-to-start-my-blog-again/#comment-8717 Great post John..... As you said, Going by my domain name everyone things that it is a personal blog and even I donot put much of personal stuff in my blog.... But in the end I donot want to start all over again.... :-) Great post John…..
As you said, Going by my domain name everyone things that it is a personal blog and even I donot put much of personal stuff in my blog….

But in the end I donot want to start all over again…. :-)

]]> By: Iam4real http://www.johntp.com/2006/07/27/12-things-i-would-do-if-i-had-to-start-my-blog-again/comment-page-1/#comment-8466 Iam4real Sat, 29 Jul 2006 12:37:45 +0000 http://www.johntp.com/2006/07/27/12-things-i-would-do-if-i-had-to-start-my-blog-again/#comment-8466 A great article indeed. After scavenging all my default themes , you finally let my mind to rest. K2 looks great and the best part is they are still looking for ways to improve it. Wont find it without you! Thanks! A great article indeed. After scavenging all my default themes , you finally let my mind to rest. K2 looks great and the best part is they are still looking for ways to improve it. Wont find it without you! Thanks!

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