Archive for the ‘Promoting blogs’ Category

With so many people now setting up blogs under the illusion that it is an easy way to get rich and famous – it’s nice to see someone who is learning quickly that it isn’t so easy as the get rich quick scammers make out whilst selling you freely available ‘advice’.

Here’s a post from a guy in India with a suitable touch of humour and cynicism…

1) Throw a shoe whose sole is emblazoned with my blog url at a V V I P. It will earn me the respect of fellow countrymen, besides increasing the number of hits to my blog.

2) Get detained, on purpose, at an airport for questioning and kick up a fuss about it. Oh wait. I am not travelling by air anytime soon. How about getting detained at a bus stop?

3) Hold a swayamvar or swayamnari or whatever it is called when a man is choosing a wife.

4) Write a book praising any of the past or present politicians. It’ll kick up a worlwide debate and within days my book will be the number one bestseller and my blog will have the maximum number of visits.

5) Go and punch a few pub-going girls.

6) Just die while bathing. People will realise that they have lost a great legend and my blog will get popular. My name will be the most searched on google. My possessions (including my glittery, but moth-eaten socks) will be auctioned off for millions. But wait, I am not as famous as Michael Jackson. Yet.

There is so much truth in humour! I can’t see him breaking into the big time any time soon – but good luck to the guy – at least he has realistic expectations, unlike so many…

Here’s the original post if you want to have a look at it.

Here’s an article I found via Facebook. Suggest you read it, and then never do anything like it!

This is an example of “doesn’t matter about the quality – lets just bang it up there – it’s more content”. The old adage that Content id King certainly doesn’t apply here.

Many companies think that if they put a blog on the back of their site the content all helps from the point of SEO – yes, it does… But when people find it and the quality isn’t there it then reflect poorly – as this one does.

This blog is on the back of what at first glance is an American web design company (they are not – they are in India, once you start reading the content). The main site, and the blog are well designed – but the content of this article is, to say the least basic.

“How to promote your blog” – sounds an interesting article from the title – but, read the article and it says virtually nothing – nothing anyone with half a brain wouldn’t know or be able to work out for themselves. The main points being;

“Firstly if you wish the online users to spend some time on your blog,then stop compromising with your content. Build a very useful and informative content for your blog so that people wish to learn from your blog post.”

This content is so basic in the extreme it does not achieve this…

“Secondly update your content on the blog. The interested users would be coming to your site looking for more information. Unmodified content would make them deviate to different sites. So,always update your content.”

State the fcuking obvious why don’t you!

“Thirdly site examples from your previous experiences in your blog so that it looks genuine to the reader.”

No examples (or substance in this article!

If you are going to Blog (especially if your main site claims you are experts) do the job properly and don’t write drivel like this. Learn to write interesting and INFORMATIVE text!

Click here if you want to see the original article.