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Author : Adam Kirby
Twitter has been called micro-blogging, or blogging for ordinary people Basically they have provided a way for people who don’t want a full fledged blog to post about their daily happenings
The downside to Twitter is the amount of people who sign up and make a post, but then never return Currently these abandoned accounts are never deleted, so it’s up to you to update your follower and following lists keeping them clear of these abandoned accounts
Finding Followers:
Besides being able to add your friends and email contacts to Twitter, they also provide a handy search box to help you find people to follow
One of the best ways to get followers is to follow others first, There is one check you must do before adding someone to your list, the most recent post date Just adding thousands of people to your twitter list will not bring you followers Twitter received a lot of buzz and attracted a lot of tire kickers, but if you aren’t paying attention then you could easily end up with the majority of your list being people who haven’t logged on to Twitter for a months, and they won’t be coming back to check out your profile anytime soon
So step one to a clutter-free Twitter is to follow the right people I will search for a particular term, and flip through the list, signing up to follow only people who have posted in the last 7 days Also I will not follow anyone on their first post, I want to make sure they will be coming back on a regular basis
Culling The List:
As your lists grow, you will want to check your following list and un-check those who have not posted for a while I like to use a 30 day rule Every time I log on to Twitter, I check 5 to 10 people in my list, and stop following the ones who have not made a post in the last 30 days Many people don’t post every day, or even every week, but chances are if they have not posted in the last month, they probably won’t be posting again
Following Followers:
Step 3 is returning the favor Whenever you log in, check your follower list to make sure you are returning the favor to everyone that is following you Unless they are just spamming the Twitter system with affiliate links posted every couple of minutes, there is no reason not to give back
Posting With Links:
When writing a post with a link, whether to your site, an affiliate link, or just something cool you found, there is no need to place a full URL Just using the www sitename com format will automatically make a clickable link
While affiliate links are okay, try to post valuable content as well Just putting up a bunch of obvious affiliate links will lose your following
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Author : Danielle Branch
An authority blog or an authority site is one of the main places people go to for information on a particular niche or topic If you are looking to dominate your topic, then becoming an authority in your niche is what you want to do Let’s take a look into the inner workings of these types of blogs
What Makes an Authority Site?
One of the main characteristics of an authority site is it has more content or pages than any other site in that niche The search engines love content, so if we give them more content to crawl all over, then they will look more favorably on your blog Lots of content that has good formatting with proper headings and html tags are an important for the search engines to crawl successfully over your content
The real secret behind ranking well and becoming an authority in your niche is backlinks When search engines see one site linking to another they look at this as a vote for the site Each “vote” is not weighted equally however, because the more links the first site has going to it, the more that site’s vote will count
How Do You Establish Your Site as an Authority?
One of the easiest ways to begin this is to add more content The more useful information you can provide to your readers, the more people will naturally link to your posts If you continuously think of your readers first and search engines second, you will dominate the rankings
Do some homework and find out what your competitors are talking about This is a common practice, but the key to doing this well is presenting the information in a new way or perhaps going further in depth It’s not necessary to reinvent the wheel, just repackage it or make it better
Now that you know the topics you need to cover, it’s time to create more pages If you are like most people, then patience is not a strong virtue of yours You do have other alternatives such as giving the task to someone else or you can hire someone to do it
How Can My Content Make Me an Authority?
When you write, be mindful of the posts you have already written, and link to helpful posts This will point your readers further into your site, and the search engines love a site that links to itself Writing a series of posts on a particular subject will keep your readers engaged and will give you great credibility with the search engines
When writing your new posts, remember to link out to others in your niche Not only will they possibly link back to you (giving you that extra vote), but it will also once again point your readers to useful content It may seem ridiculous to link to your competitors; however the search engines will put more weight on a vote from a page that is related to your page This is also a great way to build a relationship with your fellow bloggers
Becoming an authority blog or site takes some time and forethought With some calculated steps, such as the ones I’ve outlined, you will one day become an authority site Remember the cliche is true “Content is King” If you want to be #1, then you have to earn it with top of the line content
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