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4 Effective Characteristics of a High Traffic Blog

Like every thing on Earth, some are more successful than others because of a few habits that gave them an edge. The same analogy is also applied to blogs, there are certain characteristics that every blog has that makes it popular among readers and greatly increases its value.

Positive practices while blogging will lead to positive changes in your blog. That is, if you work hard on maintaining successful blogging attributes then your blog can be counted among the most popular blogs on the internet.

Here are 4 characteristics that you will notice in all high-traffic blogs:

A Lot of CONTENT!

Content is the food for Search Engine spiders. Most blogs that top the Alexa ranks have a MINIMUM of thousand articles. These blogs due to the awesome amount of content they have in them give the spider a lot of content to chew on. You are sure to end up having a few keywords that will drive a lot of traffic to your website. Also, a user is able to engage himself/herself more deeply with a blog that has a lot of content. My suggestion is that although you may not write very awesome content, you should focus on a creating a huge database of articles.

Not a VERY FANCY Blog Design!

“Simplicity is the Most Complex Form of Sophistication.”

Whenever you select a theme or template for your blog make sure that you resist your creative urges to include a lot of animations and such frills. Try and focus on using a template that is more centered on the content you post. Make sure the reader find the content in your blog as the priority and not the excess frills you have added. Another issue with a very fancy blog design is that it slows down the downloading time for your page.

Substance You Provide

This post focuses on the quality of yor articles. At the same time you need not try and make each post a Pillar Post of your blog. It is important that you provide content which your readers don’t find anyhere. Or another method is to provide the same information in a more interesting and attractive manner. This is where you need to tweak your blogging. Ultimately, all the burden of success and failure results from the kind of content your write.

Frequency of Posting

Mashable, TechCrunch, Huffington Post, DailyBlogTips etc. These are blogs that have a readers base of thousands of readers. Each of these blogs ensure that they post a minimum of 2 blog posts per day. But the fact is they usually average up to 5 posts every day. That is rather remarkable. It is believed by SEO experts that a crawler spider is automatically more frequent in indexing your blog if you frequently postcontent online. So if you are more frequent at posting you will definitely see a rise in organic traffic to your blog.

Try to include these habits into your blog and see how your link begins to race up the Search Engine Results Placements.

Best of Luck!

3 Comments by Vivek on March 4, 2010
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Game Review: Mass Effect 2

Game Review about Mass Effect 2.

Mass Effect 2 starts on a bleak note that foreshadows the game’s darker side – an attack which leaves the SSV Normandy in pieces and leaves the future of the series main-man Shepard completely uncertain. However, it is the timely help from controversial pro-human organization called Cereberus and its chain-smoking boss The Illusive Man that help Shepard make a come back. Cereberus saves you because it needs you – Shepard to investigate into the fiery forces behind the disappearance of entire human colonies. Mass Effect 2 instantly begins to engage you in its gaming.

Whether you dislike Cereberus’ ulterior motives or loathe the questionable ways The Illusive Man runs Cereberus – the only thing which matters is that you owe them your life. And have no doubt over the fact that every move you make is closely monitored by Cereberus and The Illusive Man.

The main dangers that surround you in Mass Effect 2 are the locust-like species called Collectors. Cereberus provides you two human officers to accompany you during the mission. First, is the sexy Miranda and then a reticent Jacob who eventually becomes more and more open as the journey progresses. Eventually, more join your team. Among them is a lethal Asari named Samara, with an inflexible and unforgiving ethical code. Then there is a brooding assassin called Thane who belongs to the reptilian Drell race. However, it is the Salarian scientist Mordin Solus who is the finest character created in Mass Effect 2 yet. His moral misgivings and humaneness makes him a source for comic relief (his romantic advice will make you hysterical). This is the diverse team with whom you board the newly built vessel, appropriately called, The Normandy SR-2 with the always fiesty but, ever-reliable Joker at the steering.

The shooting in Mass Effect 2 is more immediate and responsive – this makes each encounter more intense and improves the pace of the game. There is a great cast of interesting and diverse characters who are packed with interesting dialogue and fantastic voice acting. Mass Effect 2 is an incredibly enjoyable RPG, one that has been a long time coming. Its an awesome package with all the thrills which makes the gaming experience engrossing and unforgettable.

No Comments by Vivek on March 3, 2010
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Paypal Rectifies Indian Bank Transfer Glitch

Finally Paypal has resolved the problem with Reserve Bank of India, which caused a hard time for many Indian merchants who depended on Paypal to make money transaction globally. Paypal had disabled personal payment transactions and withdrawal of money to Indian banks. Now, one can withdraw money to their bank accounts however, personal payment transfer remains suspended.

This is the letter which I received from Paypal, I am sure that you too have received it if you are a Paypal customer.

Dear Vivek Krishnan,

We have been diligently working with the RBI and our business
partners to resume Indian bank withdrawals for the thousands
of Indian businesses who depend on PayPal to sell their goods
or services in the global marketplace.

Today, we are happy to announce that the RBI has allowed us
to continue local bank withdrawals for settlements for exports
of goods and services.  We are currently making changes to
comply with Indian regulations for settlements for exports of
goods and services, and we anticipate that, as of Wednesday,
March 3rd, customers will be able to use our
bank withdrawal service.  

As part of the changes, you will be required to fill out a
new field entitled 'Export Code' when you request a withdrawal.
This information is required under the current laws of India in
order to identify the nature of cross-border merchant transactions.  

On Monday, March 1st, we will be back in touch with specific
instructions on how you can move your money into your bank account. 

Moving forward, the RBI has told us that PayPal needs specific
approvals to allow personal remittances to India, which we
currently do not have.  Until we get these approvals, personal
payments into India will remain suspended.  However, if you are
an exporter, you will continue to be able to use the PayPal
service for payments of goods and services.  In fact, with the
changes we are making to our system, PayPal is now set to be a
more powerful engine for exporters in India.  With purpose codes
for export transactions and FIRCs (Foreign Inward Remittance
Certificates), you should now be able to get the export
related benefits you seek. 

You can check the PayPal blog for additional updates.

www.thepaypalblog.com

We thank you for your business and for your patience during
the past few weeks.

Sincerely,

PayPal
4 Comments by Vivek on March 1, 2010
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List of Businesses that Can be Started by College Entrepreneurs

Hello everybody. This article is a list of businesses that can be started by entrepreneurs while in college. The list is not only for internet entrepreneurs but also contains few business ideas that are not related to the internet. Also I have specially focused this article for college entrepreneurs.

List of businesses for college entrepreneurs:

Content Creation Company:

The internet today is driven by information. All search engines scan the content on websites and then rate their placement. Most webmasters today are looking for high-quality content writers. You will be surprised how many people are looking for content on the internet. It is mainly because many webmasters do not have time to create content or because they write for multiple blogs. A well established Content Creation company provides an excellent avenue for business.

Event Management Company:

This business idea is not related to the internet. In most countries there is an extreme lack of a good event management company. Also, most event management companies are so over-priced that you cannot afford them for usual events. If you have the skills of managing time and have a general liking towards organizing then an Event Management company is a great idea.

Blogging Workshops:

There is a severe deficit of blogging conventions and workshops in many countries except may be the US. So if you are someone who has already established some kind of authority in blogging or you are extremely strong in SEO, then you can start a company which conducts blogging workshops.

Designing Services:

If you have a nice hand at Adobe Photoshop then you can provide great design solutions to small-scale bloggers as well as big websites by designing logo’s for them. They would also require designers for their ad banners of different sizes. Almost all bloggers are today looking for cheap logo designers who can provide them value for money. Your challenge is to catch the clients who are looking for such services. You can charge anywhere from $5 to $200 for a single logo that you design.

Magazines/Booklet:

An idea which was undertaken by Virgin boss Richard Branson when he was 16-years old. Richard Branson launched a succesful magazine while he was just 16. Although it is a little difficult to get started initially but you can be succesful if the value provide in the magazine is good.  Also, another alternative to a magazine is booklets – which can be less capital intensive and easier to manage.

All these ideas would require team work and you can think of starting up provided you have formed the right team for it. In college, it is less difficult to find a team of people who would be willing to work with you.

Best of Luck.

3 Comments by Vivek on March 1, 2010
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