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When I started blogging people have been seeking out my opinions. I have written poems, plays, novels, and reviews a lot of people admired. I even got paid higher than the minimum wage for my writings though I do it as hobby. But I can not seem to get satisfaction.

Maybe satisfaction is an over rated word, but I feel like I could achieve it with a significant literary piece. It happened as I got the inspirational topic from an online friend, Anne who has supported me in all my undertakings. It was no more than a hundred word blog about how even the combination of space and time could still be surpassed by friendship. It was dedicated to this friend I have never met in person yet felt like always with me wherever I am. She has passed my blog at Yearblook.com and to my surprise one day; thousands have voted and commented my piece as very insightful and companionable. It did not stop there as I finally realized and accomplished what I have been waiting for to satisfy me, http://www.yearblook.com has published my piece in print! It will be in a book passed around in generations! The best part was someone actually funded for my meeting with Anne.

How would like to test your skill by answering some fun blog quizzes? The site offers a lot different quizzes that you can take. You can even put a badge on your blog after completing a quiz.

I tried their SuperHero Quiz and it was really fun. Here’s a my badge:

More fun quizzes from structured settlement.

It is an everyday part of my life to go blog hopping once in a while. It is my sort of break from heavy work. I enjoy reading different stories, from rants and raves, life experiences, spiritual pieces of advice, to tips on DIY works and so much more. While reading, only a few of them are being bookmarked. I especially bookmark those that offer information of the topics that interests me.

Everyday Randomness is a special blog for me. I love to read casual things from a cool author. The coolest thing about this blog is the fact that it offers a bunch of information about motorcycles. I think the author is a motorcycle fanatic just like me. Not only that, I love the way the author randomly writes stuffs like being a hardworking wife, her relationships, and so many more. You can visit the blog at http://blog.everydayrandomness.net.

Would you like to get paid to blog? I have joined several services that pay you to blog or review websites but few of them really have the potential of earning a reasonable income. Most of them after I signed up I rarely receive any opportunities or none at all. One program I like is Smorty which I highly recommend if you are looking for ways to make money from blogging. I’ve joined Smorty a few weeks ago and have steadily been getting review opportunities ranging from $6 - $30. Last month, I think I earned around $300 just from reviewing websites.

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There are numbers of blogs in the blogosphere that tackles hundreds of topics in all areas of life. It is great to know that Christian blogs can still be found in the cyberspace. There are hundreds of Christian websites but this new blog which is about to be live in the net is substantially dedicated to Jesus Christ who is the author and finisher of faith.

The author here relates his experience in his own simple words. He testifies on the greatness of Jesus. And he proclaims that Jesus Is Lord in his life. The struggles that he partakes and the mercy that he receives from God show us that there is Someone out there who is sovereign enough and who controls the universe.

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First off, I want to thank Yen for informing me that this blog is currently featured today on PayPerPost as Blog of the Day. I’m not sure how I got featured but I’m truly honored. I just hope PPP would let me take more than 3 opportunities from now on so I can earn more so that by next month I will be able to buy myself a new Nokia N95 or a car.

Payperpost is one of my favorite money earners online along with Adsense, Text Link Ads, and Kontera. I get to blog about the things I like and earn money at the same time. Ever since I started taking reviews on PPP, my blog’s traffic also increased and so is my earnings too. I guess it really helps a lot if you have knowledge about search engine optimization and link building stuff. I’m sure no advertisers would want to get reviewed by a poorly promoted blog.

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Keglawlers.com has a nice informative blog called the Criminal Attorneys in Los Angeles: Frequently Asked Questions - Law Blog. It’s about Criminal Law and Criminal Proceedings in the Los Angeles, California area. So if you’re looking for some news or updates about criminal cases in this area, this blog is must read.

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One of the most effective ways to drive traffic to a website is through blog-based promotion. By placing content and backlinks on critic blog networks , website owners can help to ensure the continuance of web crawling that is so appealing to human site browsers and search engines alike. Blow networks offer a cheap and easy way to promote a website and drive traffic there.

Because it is free to post on a blog, the obvious advantage to that form of website promotion is the low cost. While not all blogs are created equally and not all blogs see the same amount of traffic, today’s internet has a number of different blog avenues to choose from. As people turn more to blog networks for their daily spin on news, products, and events, the opportunity to promote a website on these blogs will continue to grow.

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ViralElectronics.com is a blog site that discusses the latest news in electronics and has some interesting posts about the blackberry mobile phone. The site’s owner is particularly keen on the new blackberry pearl phone. He has a post that lists ten of the best things about this type of phone, these include: blackberry tethering which allows you to use the internet anywhere with your laptop, Google maps, ease of use of the phone itself and the trackball that makes for easy navigation.

The site also has the demo video for the new blackberry 8800 as well as links for themes, cool ring tones and games. The site even shows a youtube video that shows how to disassemble your mobile and what is inside even though this voids the phones warranty! Apparently the average speed for your phone, if you connect it to the net, is 150kbps which isn’t bad and is even better than using dial up.

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Developages.com is a great development and technology blog which has some very intriguing information on there from a baby stroller cleverly disguised as a star wars AT-AT and not only that, you can find out how they did it too! Also check out how one person used their junk ski poles and skis to make a cool bike rack. There is lots of information to keep you reading for a very long time, the archives date back to September 2002 and there are so many categories to choose from you will be stuck for choice.

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Hoodia is the latest thing in weight loss. I recently saw it on Oprah and was quite amazed at what it can do to help people lose weight. However, mention the word Hoodia to the uninformed and you’ll most probably get blank stares. To get more people to know about this effective weight loss product, there is a new blog offering useful information all about Hoodia. This appetite-suppressant works like a charm and the effect is quite immediate. The blog will feature all aspects of Hoodia, how it works, how it can help in dieting, what its side effects are. The blog will also offer information on the history of hoodia as well as some before and after photos of Hoodia users.

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I have been blogging for PayPerPost.com for quite some time now, and can honestly say that I’ve already earned enough amount of income from their program. And with the recent updates at PPP, bloggers can even earn more. Just recently Payperpost made some good improvements with their system with their Birdo Release which includes the PayPerPost Direct. This is actually the biggest main feature of the release. Payperpost Direct act as a direct communication between bloggers and advertisers to work out the details of a blogpost deal without any involvement of PPP.

How Does PayPerPost Direct Works?
As a blogger, Payperpost provides you with a number of widgets that you can use to market your blog or blogs if you have more directly to potential advertisers.

You simply copy the appropriate code and paste it into your blog template where you want the PPP Direct badge appears. Interested advertisers on the other hand who come across your blog can directly make an offer for you by clicking on the badge. You will automatically receive an email about the details of the offer and you can proceed with the post after you have worked out the deal with the advertisers.

PayPerPost Direct basically cuts off the middleman’s take so that you as a blogger can keep more of your earning. Unlike ReviewMe who charges 50% of your blogpost earning, PPP Direct only charges 10%, 5% of which goes to Paypal and credit card fee.

For more information about this great new feature of PPP, you can view this nice walk-through video of Payperpost Direct.

If you are using a blog on your website and you are not optimising it with Technorati you are missing out on a huge source of unlimited free traffic and potential customers. It costs nothing and is so easy to implement that there really is no excuse for not using it.

Technorati is a search engine specifically for blogs and it works by allowing bloggers to tag their posts with relevant keywords so that the content appears in the results pages when those keywords are searched. It gives you full control over where your content should appear on the website and you only have to wait a few days for it to be indexed.

There are three categories on the website, the first is “blog posts” which finds any posts that contain the search term, the second is “tags” which finds individual posts that are tagged with the search term, and the third is “blog directory” which finds individual blogs that are tagged with the search term.

The first thing you will need to do is create a free account on the Technorati website which only takes a few minutes to do and you will then be able to list every post on your entire blog and other members will be able to add your blog to their list of favourites.

As more people link to your blog and add you to their list of favourites your ranking will increase and so will the traffic you receive. This is important because there is a huge amount of free traffic available if you can improve your rankings so you need to create a free account and register your blog to benefit from the incoming links you will receive.

Every time you post new content on your blog you will need to tag it using a special link which will help Technorati categorise your content and group all posts with the same tag together with the most recent at the top. Whenever someone searches for the keyword phrase that you have used for your tag your post will appear in the results pages of the Technorati website.

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With over 70 million blogs out there according to Technorati it would be very hard to attract readers. Googlin’ for “Tips for Building and Maintaining a Blog Audience”, here’s a great link I found today with great tips to all you bloggers out there. It’s called “27+1 Tips for Building and Maintaining a Blog Audience“. Read it and you will learn a lot.

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and while as a concept it has been around for several years it is only recently that its use has caught on with fervor and brought it immense popularity. Today there are several websites of all sizes that are using RSS technology to their advantage and so can you.

Users typically have to subscribe to RSS. The content is provided through what are known as “feeds” and the users need software known as feed readers or news aggregators in order to read the feeds. Whenever website content is updated the aggregator fetches the content summary and informs the user of it. The user can then go and read the full update. This is the advantage of RSS technology in that the provided does not have to push anything on the user. The user is simple informed of the update and left with a choice to actually read the full update or not.

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