How Do You Build A Brand That Google Rewards With Traffic?

Is it just me or have you also noticed that Google seems to be paying a lot more attention to brands these days? So much so, in fact, that it can almost feel that brand signals might be included as a part of their search engine ranking factors?

Are brands really being given more weight in Google? And… Read the rest of this entry »

Podcast: Darren Rowse and Yaro Starak Talk Blog Design

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It’s time for podcast episode #40. It’s hard to believe I started podcasting more than two years ago now!

This episode features myself and Darren Rowse and our topic of discussion is blog design. Darren talked about his recent Problogger redesign and… Read the rest of this entry »

Video: Does Blog Design Really Matter?

I’m experimenting again with these short video blog posts (vlogs). This time I even added a few callouts to the video, which was really cool (for me anyway).

Click play below to hear what I have to say about blog design in this 4 minute video.

Recommended Links and I’m off to the Ekka

Ok, so the “Ekka” will mean absolutely nothing to most people unless you are from Brisbane. Basically the Ekka is an annual show, full of rides, showbags, entertainment, games – a huge funfair for the whole family, as the saying goes.

It’s really for kids – and I haven’t been since I was a kid – but when I… Read the rest of this entry »

Recommended Links and I’m off to the Ekka

Ok, so the “Ekka” will mean absolutely nothing to most people unless you are from Brisbane. Basically the Ekka is an annual show, full of rides, showbags, entertainment, games – a huge funfair for the whole family, as the saying goes.

It’s really for kids – and I haven’t been since I was a kid – but when I… Read the rest of this entry »

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Podcast: Advanced Blog Monetization and Traffic With Darren and Yaro

Darren Rowse and I did a special one hour podcast discussing advanced blogging strategies to generate more traffic and make more money from blogging.

The podcast has just gone live at Problogger.net and you can get it now from here -

Free Blogging Tips Podcast with Darren and Yaro

Here is the timeline of what we discussed in the podcast,… Read the rest of this entry »

The Key Resource For A Sustainable Blogging Business

Welcome to the next article in my series on blogging as a sustainable business model. In part one of this series you learned about the staple monetization strategy that most probloggers use – creating content to bring in traffic and increase income.

Using the example of Darren Rowse in article two, I concluded that despite the fact that a few… Read the rest of this entry »

Blogging For Beginners And 10 Blog Traffic Tips

Darren Rowse has been putting in the hours to produce an absolutely mammoth blogging for beginners series. I get tired just thinking about how much work went into it but it wasn’t all by himself, he did get help from a few other bloggers, I even contributed a little article in there too.

Darren realized a need for introductory… Read the rest of this entry »

Audio: Building Blog Traffic Discussion With Darren Rowse

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I have a treat for you podcast listeners today – a discussion on blog traffic building with Darren Rowse, the Problogger. In this episode of the Entrepreneur’s Journey podcast Darren and I talk about how he got so much traffic to his big income earning blogs like his DigitalRead the rest of this entry »