Should Bloggers be Helping Google Fix Their PageRank System?

Written by Linda J Bruton


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When someone adds this kind of value to my blog, I am more than happy to give them a link to their blog that passes PR. That will help them buildrepparttar readership of their own blog, growrepparttar 124598 community even larger, and add torepparttar 124599 richness ofrepparttar 124600 discussion. These are exactlyrepparttar 124601 kinds of links that any webmaster should want on their site!

Adding a nofollow tag to comments can only quash this discussion. It can only discourage commenters withrepparttar 124602 most to contribute from takingrepparttar 124603 time to add torepparttar 124604 discussion. After all, ifrepparttar 124605 time I spend on another blog doesn't contribute torepparttar 124606 growth ofrepparttar 124607 blogging community as a whole or aid inrepparttar 124608 visibility of my own blog, am I going to spend as much time and effort doing it?

Anything that decreasesrepparttar 124609 open flow of discussion currently enjoyed inrepparttar 124610 blogging community is a bad deal for bloggers.

The question that should be asked is this: why is comment spam so profitable? After all, if it weren't profitable, so many people wouldn't be going to such ridiculous lengths to do it.

The answer to this is obviously Google's link-heavy PageRank algorithm that forces webmasters to get every link they can to get their site's indexed and ranked. Most webmasters know that in order to get ranked in Google, they had better have a ton of links to their site.

That'srepparttar 124611 problem with PageRank as an algorithm. It encourages artificial linking between sites that no longer has any relevance whatsoever torepparttar 124612 goal of providing good resources to visitors. Do we really believe that most reciprocal link directories provide a resource to our visitors? Not likely! If websites are real estate, reciprocal link directories arerepparttar 124613 slums,repparttar 124614 seedy bars and tattoo parlors onrepparttar 124615 edges of polite society.

Whole businesses have sprung up as a reaction to PageRank. I'm talking aboutrepparttar 124616 link auction and link selling sites. Underrepparttar 124617 PageRank system, sites aren't being ranked by who providesrepparttar 124618 best content, but by who hasrepparttar 124619 deepest pockets to buyrepparttar 124620 most links. Or, inrepparttar 124621 case of comment spammers, whoever wants to spread their bots all overrepparttar 124622 internet spamming blogs. This system has over time totally skewedrepparttar 124623 natural linking between sites that once dominatedrepparttar 124624 internet -repparttar 124625 very thing that Google's PageRank system is supposed to reward.

Ironically, blogs are one ofrepparttar 124626 few places left onrepparttar 124627 web where linking is actually about providing good content to visitors and rewarding value provided on other sites. Bloggers as a group arerepparttar 124628 most likely to link to sites because ofrepparttar 124629 content value to their visitors. Their links are very likely to be very topic specific. You don't find that on other sites. These arerepparttar 124630 kinds of links that I would assume Google would want to encourage through their PageRank system, not those junky reciprocal link directories or purchased links.

It would seem to me thatrepparttar 124631 only effective way to cut down on comment spam and allrepparttar 124632 artificial linking techniques Google purportedly wants to thwart is not by making life harder for bloggers -repparttar 124633 very people who link inrepparttar 124634 most relevant fashion. But at taking a second look at their own PageRank system and whether it is really servingrepparttar 124635 usefulness of their own search engine andrepparttar 124636 whole web in 2005.

For more tips and ideas on how to make money blogging, be sure to visit my "Why Marketers Should Blog" weblog at (what else) http://www.WhyMarketersShouldBlog.com


Traffic Exchange Programs - Are they worth your time?

Written by Martin Thomassen


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Downlines As you know, I am always onrepparttar look out for programs for ebiz beginners, people who want to start their homebased business without spending a cent. This month I came across 2 others which I am evaluating at this moment. Both of them urge you to start with PTR (Pay to Read emails) and after a few days in their program they want you to join traffic excange programs. I am sure thatrepparttar 124597 next step will be to join them in some free to join affiliate programs etc. What isrepparttar 124598 foremost interest ofrepparttar 124599 people promoting these programs? Building DOWNLINES! Pay to read emails (PTR) andrepparttar 124600 exchange programs are interesting for them because they work automatically if they have a large enough downline working for THEM. Of course, some of these people really are legit and want to help, but most of them are just interested in building their downlines and I would keep away from them.

PTR doesn't work, it will make you a few cents atrepparttar 124601 most in a few months. But if you have a big enough downline, that's another story entirely! I do not recommend starting with PTR. It will not make you enough money when you are starting and it will cost you a lot of time. But traffic exchange programs ARE interesting in my view. Apart from seeing sites and getting ideas for your own, you can use some additional features they offer, you can present your own offers and if you can get your downline to grow... That would be nice as well.

Important things to keep in mind when dealing with traffic exchange programs I almost never promote my main site, but use little offers and promotions in stead. Just forrepparttar 124602 same reasons as I do not use my main site to promote in ads, safelist or other places. You have only seconds to getrepparttar 124603 attention of people who are surfing, sorepparttar 124604 site you promote should load within seconds, have a catching title, offer AND opt in mechanism urgingrepparttar 124605 reader to ACT NOW. Most homepages are not designed that way. Most affiliate pages neither. The most effective way to use these programs is writing or using simple sites with a good (free) offer and a sign up form. You can showrepparttar 124606 url to your site on that page, that works ok, butrepparttar 124607 main tactic should be to have them sign up, collect their email and start an autoresponder series (each of course signed with your name and url). Remember that people surfing these traffic exchanges are people just like us, surfing for credits to be able to promote THEIR site as well.

While surfing these programs, you should take some time first and REALLY take a look atrepparttar 124608 sites that are promoted. You will see a lot of sites that do not even load inrepparttar 124609 20 seconds they have! You would not want to make that mistake! Others have too many colors, caracters or pictures. I do not like music, nor pop ups, but take your time to see what arerepparttar 124610 sites that attract YOUR attention and why. And learn from it. I have a very simple ad running on some of these programs that is giving me good results, and when you see it, you will notice that it is very, very basic and simple html that I used. You can findrepparttar 124611 url below.

Are traffic exchanges worthrepparttar 124612 time you invest in them? Yes, they are. We are people just starting our business and we can use allrepparttar 124613 free promotion we can get. Use your time effectively and enjoy it! You have seen some ideas on this page, maybe you can come up with some others and use them in a new, inventive way. For those who are interested in my 1000 hits a day: you can visit it and subscribe, but for your convenience I have setup a page as well here at my site: hits: which you can use if you do not want to wait forrepparttar 124614 autoresponder series.

Actually, that would be more handy, because these autoresponder messeges are often refused by your mail program and seen as Spam. Just browserepparttar 124615 page and pick outrepparttar 124616 things you want and like (free autoresponder, multi window browser, listbuilder or whatever you want). Of course you will find a list of programs as well and can start in my downline if you want....



Martin Thomassen is an economist and system analyst who took to the internet to apply his knowledge in this area. Ebiz Setup Tutorial - Starting a homebased business for beginners.


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