Author Archives: Kathy

How To Fix EzineArticles So Quality Matters Again

Background on the problem: Let’s first look at why I think EzineArticles.com was affected harshly from the recent Google algorithm changes that occurred in February 2011. 1)      They were accepting lots of low value content 2)      They were accepting content … Continue reading

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EzineArticles Opinions About Recent Changes

The Review System Is Tremendously Flawed The EzineArticles article review system needs to be completely reinvented in my opinion. Here is why: It is evident that a new writer at EzineArticles.com can publish a bunch of jibberish that adds no … Continue reading

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Google Forced Me To Fire Up The Blog Again

The recent algorithm changes at Google have forced me out of my winter cave so that I can comment on some of the things happening in the world of freelance writing and search engine optimization.  Forgive me for being so … Continue reading

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Is Your Blog A Business Or Is It A Job

There is a big difference between being self-employed and running a business.  Most people think the two terms are synonymous, but they aren’t.  Anyone who has read Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad Poor Dad material has probably heard all of this … Continue reading

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When You Bookmark My Blog Posts You Are Linkbuilding For Your Own Website

A lot of bloggers get wrapped up in participating at various other websites and blogs of interest to them.  They take part in discussions and leave thoughtful comments that contribute to the overall value of the page.  But, they forget … Continue reading

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There Are Only Three Ways To Linkbuild For High Quality Links For Your Website

There are really only three different places you can linkbuild for your website in order to get high quality links.  By providing really high quality content on your website, you can attract links naturally.  But that is not what this … Continue reading

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How Sex Can Help You Write Articles That People Cannot Resist Reading

Writing an article that people cannot resist reading is all about the creating the right title.  If you create the right title for an article it will suck people in like flies to honey.  They simply won’t be able to … Continue reading

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Beware Of Trackback Spam If You Are A Blogger

Red Alert! Red Alert! You bloggers had better be careful about approving trackbacks.  There has been a recent rise in the amount of trackback spam that is being spread all over the internet. Be very careful and check your trackbacks … Continue reading

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How Will Google Instant Impact Internet Marketing

Google announced today that they are changing the basic interface for how search results are going to be delivered to users.  Instead of making searchers type out the entire phrase they are researching, Google is going to start returning search … Continue reading

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Should You Publish A Mean Blog Post Or A Mean Comment

I bet there are a lot of you out there like me.  How many times have you been reading another blog where someone says something or does something that really makes you mad?  Don’t you immediately want to retaliate in … Continue reading

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Does That Blogger Know That You Like Them

I was inspired to write this post today because I think it is an important lesson to get out to my friends and blog readers.  Have you ever had someone do something really nice for you that you just happened … Continue reading

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Teleconferencing And Conference Call Services For Internet Marketers

Have been seeing a lot of these teleconferences, teleseminars, teleclasses or conference calls going around lately?  (call them whatever you want) Maybe you have listened to one that was replayed as a podcast.  I remember the first time I ever … Continue reading

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How to Find Blogs With Keywordluv

Once in a while someone asks how to find blogs with the keywordluv plugin enabled on them. There is a really simple method that you can use. Here it is. Do an exact keyword search in Google using quotes around … Continue reading

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Why You Should Never Click On Ads For Your Friends

Sometimes people will click on the advertisements that are on a friend’s website so that their friend will earn a little bit of money.  I highly recommend that you don’t do this.  You should almost never click on the advertisements … Continue reading

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The Ultimate Method For Making Money Online

One of the biggest problems with trying to build your own source of online income is that you will constantly be bombarded with new ideas, information and opportunities that all look like they could be the ultimate method for making … Continue reading

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Becoming A Freelance Writer Is The Perfect Part Time Job

You probably have a lot of friends that wish they could find the perfect part time job to add a little extra income to the family paycheck.  You might know a stay at home mom who wishes that she could … Continue reading

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Bloggers Who Are Not Native English Speakers Struggle More

One thing I consider myself very fortunate for is having been born in the United States.  I grew up speaking English right from the get go.  I know all the different dialects across our country.  It is very obvious when … Continue reading

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Website for people who need a blogging guide

I wanted to take a moment to give a plug for a website that I have been spending a lot of time on lately.  The website is a practical blogging guide for women in business.  I think it is really … Continue reading

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Why Do Some Sites Use A Combination Of Nofollow and dofollow

A lot of people, myself included, like to jump around various websites looking for places to drop comments so that our blogs develop some search engine authority.  Without enough inbound links to your blog, Google really isn’t going to care … Continue reading

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How Do You Help Your Blogger Friends

One of the great parts of getting involved with blogging communities like Bloggerluv and with other individual blogs is the opportunity to build friendships.  Friendships are beneficial in so many ways that are obvious and some ways that are not … Continue reading

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Tony Robbins Breakthrough TV Show Looks Like A Good Reality Show

Everyone knows who Tony Robbins is.  Some people like him and some don’t.  I used to really love to read his books, although I admit I haven’t read too much material of his for quite some time.  I did used … Continue reading

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Some Days I Feel Trapped In The House

I am an early riser.  I get up early in the morning and spend an awful lot of time working.  My workdays often exceed 12 hours.   In fact, I often times work from 6AM till about 11PM.  I take time … Continue reading

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The Real Money In Freelance Writing Comes From Promoting Your Own Niche Websites

As my regular readers know, I am both an internet marketer and a freelance writer.  I make money by writing professionally for clients as well as writing for my own niche websites.  It has been my experience that the real … Continue reading

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Why Are You Still Using No Follow On Your Blog Comments

I guess a lot of people still don’t realize that Google has essentially nullified the usefulness of the No Follow tag for comments.   There simply isn’t the incentive to use it anymore because of the way that PageRank is affected. … Continue reading

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Spam Is Slowly Becoming A Thing Of The Past

Maybe I should have said that spam is quickly becoming a thing of the past.  Maybe I should have reworded that again to say that effective spamming is quickly becoming a thing of the past.  I think you are going … Continue reading

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I Am A Firm Believer In Helping Other Bloggers Out

In the world of blogging, you have got to learn to reciprocate for other people.  If you are going to make it, I strongly feel that you have to give back to the community as a whole.  I look at … Continue reading

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Free Do Follow Links Links Links

For those of you out there who are always on the lookout for easy ways to get more links for your websites, I would like to introduce you to a resource that I found called Dofollow.info.  I know your spam … Continue reading

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Link building strategy Maximizing the use of the Commentluv plugin

I decided to share this link building strategy with you guys so that you too could benefit from it.  I am all about helping a fellow blogger out.  The Commentluv plugin is an extremely useful tool for building relevant backlinks … Continue reading

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You Need To Wean Yourself Off Of Building Spam Sites

I know that when you first get into internet marketing you are tempted by the dark side.  You are tempted to just throw up hundreds of spam blogs that try to pick off a keyword like a sharpshooter picks off … Continue reading

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Shameless Self Promotion

That’s right.  I am a shameless self promoter and I encourage you to become one too.  In my book there is absolutely nothing wrong with promoting your own articles or promoting those of your friends.  Granted, I only promote my … Continue reading

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Internet Marketing Is Not That Difficult

Selling on the internet (a.k.a. internet marketing) successfully can be accomplished rather simply.  First you need to find out what people really want.   Then you need to offer to give that to them for the right price.  It is that … Continue reading

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Switching Theme To The Default WordPress 3 Template

I am really impressed with the new default theme for WordPress.  This theme that I am using right now is the new theme for WordPress 3.0.  I think it is better than the Copyblogger theme I was using.  The text … Continue reading

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It Is Challenging To Stay Organized When You Work Out Of Your Home Office

One of the most challenging things I have faced since I have been working from home has been the ability to stay organized.  When you have a million different things going on at one time, it is really easy to … Continue reading

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How To Get Better Results With Your Blog And Ezine Articles

I just discovered this neat tool that EzineArticles.com has available to its authors.  The tool is a plugin for WordPress.  If you are a blogger and use EzineArticles.com to generate traffic for your blog, then I advise you to check … Continue reading

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Should You Use No Follow Tags For Comments On Your Blog

Nobody likes to have to manually filter out spam from the comments section on their blog.  This is why there was such an increased usage of the No Follow tag for blog comments.  The thought was that spammers wouldn’t bother … Continue reading

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Joining Technorati

As any serious blogger would do, I have decided to join Technorati. All of the top bloggers belong to it. So I figured if I wanted to be among them one day that I would have to do what they … Continue reading

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What is article marketing and how do you use it properly

Article marketing is one of the easiest and most effective methods of promoting a website.  There are plenty of places on the internet where you can publish articles to generate traffic and SEO backlinks for your website.  Not every place … Continue reading

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Virtual Offices Are The New Way To Work

The new way to work is to work from home while retaining the services of a virtual office.  Read this post and you’ll see why this is becoming more and more popular. There are companies across the United States (actually … Continue reading

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Local SEO Is An Up And Coming Business Opportunity

One thing that really excites me about the internet world is that it is still growing at a very rapid pace.  One area that is really growing now is local SEO services for businesses.  I can tell because the Google … Continue reading

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How A Writer Can Get More Productivity Out Of A Day

We only have a limited amount of time in each day.  Let’s face it.  Life is not getting less complicated either.  On the contrary, it keeps getting more and more complicated.  We are connected to so many people that we … Continue reading

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The Benefits Of Working From Home

Working from home has many benefits including: 1)      Short commute to work.  I save a ton of money in gas as well as wear and tear on my vehicle by not having to drive to work every morning.   2)      Healthier … Continue reading

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How I make money online

I am sure you are wondering how I go about earning an income from working at home.  Here is a short list of how I do that. 1)      I have a handful of websites that provide useful information to people.  … Continue reading

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