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Janith

Almost every webmaster runs his/her website with one task in mind; to gain the more traffic. It’s not a surprise either because traffic means a lot to many; including the single-most contributory factor in the amount you earn through your site.

With this in mind, many webmasters strive or even dedicate whole blogs to produce new ways and techniques to generate traffic.

So, with so many new and different ways to get more traffic – Why is Content still the best way to do so?

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6 Solid SMO Tips for Social Media Marketers

6 Beginner SMO Tips for Social Media Marketers

by Janith

Social Media Optimization (or SMO) has been an area that I have been looking to explore for quite some time now. We’ve discussed about Twitter recently; both the negative side of Twitter and also 7 ways you can effectively market it.
However, I want to shift our focus to the more conventional social media networks such [...]

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Why Twitter Might Sink?

Why Twitter Might Sink? by Janith

Dear Twitterers,
I’m just curious to as whether or not you follow all those that follow you? This issue has submerged up on several popular blogs; about Twitter-users abusing the system; and are just out to get the most number of followers possible. What’s the point of following 10,000 users if you won’t even read but [...]

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7 Alternative Blogging Tools (Mac-Supported too!)

7 Alternative Blogging Tools (Mac-Supported too!)

by Janith

I can’t help but feel that many of our readers found WLW either inadequate, not suited or perhaps even completely useless. Fortunately, the comments written for my first post on Windows Live Writer suggested that either it’s not worthwhile (because WP’s Editor is pretty solid) or it wasn’t Mac-supported. So, I’ve spent some time researching [...]

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8 Excellent Extensions to Further Expand Your Windows Live Writer

8 Excellent Extensions to Further Expand Your Windows Live Writer

by Janith

Following up my recommendation post on Windows Live Writer, I promised to deliver with some of the best extensions (or plugins) that are available for WLW. Hence, I’ve spent the last week or so, researching the depths of the WLW Plugin archives (7 pages); in search of the most useful add-ons and I found couple [...]

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Social Marketing: Bloggers Networking with Facebook

Social Marketing: Bloggers Networking with Facebook

by Janith

Facebook has been around for quite some time and we have all seen its growth from a small local network to a dominate figure in today’s internet. The diversity of members that use Facebook is staggering; people from all over the world are a part of it. So, how can us bloggers come to utilize [...]

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Google eliminates the use of NoFollow by changing search-algorithms!

Google Eliminates the use of NoFollow by Changing Search Algorithms

by Janith

Earlier this week, Matt Cutts announced that the search algorithms have been changed and that the use of Rel=nofollow will have a negative impact on your websites that ever before.

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Windows Live Writer: The Next Step In Blogging

Windows Live Writer: The Next Step In Blogging

by Janith

I recently upgraded my MSN Messenger to the new Windows Live Messenger (I waited a while for them to release a more stable version, because knowing Microsoft they probably forgot half the code they were meant to include.)

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12 Useful Firefox Add-ons For Every Serious Blogger

12 Useful Firefox Add-ons For Every Serious Blogger

by Janith

Firefox is one of the most recognized competitors to Microsoft’s horrible Internet Explorer (IE8) because of it’s vast functionality and quite impressive flexibility. Straight out of the box, Firefox is a stable and useful browser, but with a few plugins and themes you can really customise to look and function as par with your heart’s [...]

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Wordpress 2.8

Wordpress Releases Version 2.8 “Baker”

by Janith

Yesterday, Matt wrote a quick post over at the Wordpress Blog announcing that the WP 2.8 is immediately available for download. There weren’t any official BETA testing programs for V2.8 other than the Release Candidate 1 that was published earlier this week, but without any significant problems with the RC1, they decided to launch the [...]

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5 Wordpress-TV Videos Worth A Watch!

5 Wordpress.tv Videos Worth A Watch!

by Janith

Wordpress TV was launched earlier this year, which was soon followed by Alex’s post on the new project. Personally, I thought it was a great idea because when I saw the videos for the first time; they were extremely high quality both visually and content-wise.

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7 Reasons Why You Should Blog With A Partner

7 Reasons Why You Should Blog With A Partner

by Janith

As you all know, Alex and I are the two brains behind Blogussion – but 6 months ago; this was not true. In fact six months ago, Blogussion didn’t exist. I’ll let you in on one big secret behind, all modesty aside, our success.
That secret, is the fact that we work together, as a [...]

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WPDude - Your Wordpress Technical Support Dude

WPDude – Your Wordpress Technical Support Dude

by Janith

Ever found yourself searching your head off, trying to solve that Wordpress problem? Or trying to fix something that’s not broken – but you just want to make it better?
Well I’ve found myself in that situation; too many times to count but never had a reliable resource when it comes to some of these very [...]

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