This is a good wake up call to my lethargy. According Ratified.org, Manila Mom is number 98 in the top 100 blogs in the Philippine blogosphere. The ranking is based on Technorati data and feedburner stats.
Ratified.org also says I was ranked 96th yesterday. Too bad I was only able to check it out today.
Based on the stats displayed in my current ranking, though, the 98th position is based on Manila Mom's having 211 links from 125 blogs and a Technorati ranking of 36,280. As of today, however, Technorati reports that Manila Mom has links from 129 blogs and has a Technorati ranking of 35,172. I'm, therefore, looking forward to another update at Ratified.org. Hopefully, the blog could still rise up the ranks again a bit more.
This whole thing is really a surprise for me, considering that this blog is just a little more than two months old! Thank you very much for the support that all of you blog readers have shown here. You've been great during all my high and low moments.
It's also as if my Mom and Dad are nudging me to get on with the program already. And that's exactly what I'm going to do.
We're back on track, friends. Full speed ahead!!!
Related Post: I Am Bowing Out of the Top 100 Philippine Blogs
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Sunday, June 03, 2007
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Trying to Earn Global Online from the Philippines: Clarifications on Maximizing the DoFollow Movement
Another day, another lesson learned.
I have just been gloating at how I have been maximizing the DoFollow movement by traipsing along the trail of DoFollow blogs, reading and commenting merrily along. I was under the impression that merely leaving comments relevant to the post I had just read on a DoFollow blog would result in a link back to my page. Apparently, it ain't necessarily so. (If I am again mistaken here, I would love to be enlightened some more.)
According to Andy Beard, from whose blog I learned how to remove nofollow from my blogger template, one should instead choose to comment on posts tackling a topic that you have also written on in your own blog. Your comment, while being relevant to the post, should also be linked not just to your blog in general but to your specific post on the topic. Links should always lead to related content and should also be "wrapped" in related and meaningful content.
I take this to mean, for example, that when I go to a DoFollow blog I better search for a post that talks about something I myself had already written about. The simplest way would be to find a post on DoFollow. After reading the post, I could then make a meaningful comment and leave a link within it - choosing relevant anchor text - leading back to my specific post on the topic. I hope I got it right this time.
Of course, I am not limited to DoFollow posts. I can find other posts on topics that I have also tackled.
Perhaps reading other blogs will also give me an idea of topics I would want to write on, giving my own opinions and angles. I could link to the blog that inspired me and return there to leave a comment linked to my new post.
So now I have a new way of doing things here.
What I have been doing hasn't been a total waste, though. As of this moment, this blog has been favorited by 107 members at Technorati and has 148 links from 89 blogs, upping its Technorati rank to 47,671. And I just saw that I have a Google page rank of 2/10. Not bad for less than two weeks' participation in the Favorites Exchange and a little more than a week in DoFollow, and for a blog that's just little more than a month old.
Things will improve even more as I implement what I have just learned, I hope.
And the more I surf and read, the more I learn. Part of my processing is expressing all those lessons learned here, both to share with my readers and to solicit advice in case I got things wrong again. I very much appreciate constructive straightening out.
P.S.
Engtech very kindly dropped by here and left a comment with a wonderful gift attached - a free software to automatically fave back everyone who faved you at Technorati. Clueless me had to go ask him how to use the software after I download it. He again kindly gave me instructions. Now I have it up and running. Hurray!!! This will save us a lot of time, folks. Just remember to run the program often, he says, because it may miss a few links on first pass but will definitely get all of them with succeeding passes.
Angels abound on the blogosphere and there are more to meet out there...
Related Posts:
Reward Your Readers and Do Follow the DoFollow List
I Joined The Ultimate Technorati Favorites Exchange; You Can, Too
The Favorite Link Exchange List - My Addendum To The Ultimate Technorati Favorites Exchange
Online money-making opportunities you can join for FREE: MyWorld / e-gold / SFI / AGLOCO / MyLot / No-Minimum.com / Paid Forum
Technorati tags: Favorites Exchange, Link Exchange, e-gold, make money online, work at home, money, writing, work
I have just been gloating at how I have been maximizing the DoFollow movement by traipsing along the trail of DoFollow blogs, reading and commenting merrily along. I was under the impression that merely leaving comments relevant to the post I had just read on a DoFollow blog would result in a link back to my page. Apparently, it ain't necessarily so. (If I am again mistaken here, I would love to be enlightened some more.)
According to Andy Beard, from whose blog I learned how to remove nofollow from my blogger template, one should instead choose to comment on posts tackling a topic that you have also written on in your own blog. Your comment, while being relevant to the post, should also be linked not just to your blog in general but to your specific post on the topic. Links should always lead to related content and should also be "wrapped" in related and meaningful content.
I take this to mean, for example, that when I go to a DoFollow blog I better search for a post that talks about something I myself had already written about. The simplest way would be to find a post on DoFollow. After reading the post, I could then make a meaningful comment and leave a link within it - choosing relevant anchor text - leading back to my specific post on the topic. I hope I got it right this time.
Of course, I am not limited to DoFollow posts. I can find other posts on topics that I have also tackled.
Perhaps reading other blogs will also give me an idea of topics I would want to write on, giving my own opinions and angles. I could link to the blog that inspired me and return there to leave a comment linked to my new post.
So now I have a new way of doing things here.
What I have been doing hasn't been a total waste, though. As of this moment, this blog has been favorited by 107 members at Technorati and has 148 links from 89 blogs, upping its Technorati rank to 47,671. And I just saw that I have a Google page rank of 2/10. Not bad for less than two weeks' participation in the Favorites Exchange and a little more than a week in DoFollow, and for a blog that's just little more than a month old.
Things will improve even more as I implement what I have just learned, I hope.
And the more I surf and read, the more I learn. Part of my processing is expressing all those lessons learned here, both to share with my readers and to solicit advice in case I got things wrong again. I very much appreciate constructive straightening out.
P.S.
Engtech very kindly dropped by here and left a comment with a wonderful gift attached - a free software to automatically fave back everyone who faved you at Technorati. Clueless me had to go ask him how to use the software after I download it. He again kindly gave me instructions. Now I have it up and running. Hurray!!! This will save us a lot of time, folks. Just remember to run the program often, he says, because it may miss a few links on first pass but will definitely get all of them with succeeding passes.
Angels abound on the blogosphere and there are more to meet out there...
Related Posts:
Reward Your Readers and Do Follow the DoFollow List
I Joined The Ultimate Technorati Favorites Exchange; You Can, Too
The Favorite Link Exchange List - My Addendum To The Ultimate Technorati Favorites Exchange
Online money-making opportunities you can join for FREE: MyWorld / e-gold / SFI / AGLOCO / MyLot / No-Minimum.com / Paid Forum
Technorati tags: Favorites Exchange, Link Exchange, e-gold, make money online, work at home, money, writing, work
Friday, April 27, 2007
Trying to Earn Global Online from the Philippines: The Favorite Link Exchange List - My Addendum to The Ultimate Technorati Favorites Exchange
The Ultimate Technorati Favorites Exchange began by DoshDosh and which I'm also hosting here continues to be a great success for this blog. In fact, as of the time of this writing, I have been favorited by 101 members at Technorati.
I also have 131 links from 78 blogs. Although I believe most of those links are from my DoFollow activities, I also see a significant number of links from The Ultimate Technorati Favorites Exchange.
Having seven blogs poses a problem for me, though. I only have one Technorati account and can, therefore, only fairly exchange once with those who own only one blog. My other blogs are beginning to feel lonely. (If you have more than one blog, please let me know so we can do the corresponding exchange - if you're game, that is.)
To accommodate my other blogs, I put up my Favorite Link Exchange List at Cafe Romanza.
So how does it work?
1. First, you have to join The Ultimate Technorati Favorites Exchange here. (Follow the instructions in the post, including leaving a comment so I can fave you back.)
2. Go to the Favorite Link Exchange post at Cafe Romanza. Fave that blog, too, and leave a comment there that you've faved both Manila Mom and Cafe Romanza. I will add your blog as a permanent link on the Favorite Link Exchange List.
3. I have put a sticky announcement on the front page linked to the Favorite Link Exchange List so others can come see you on the list. They'll know you're open to a fave exchange and will most probably visit your blog to do so.
Nice exchange, don't you think?
If you feel like it, I will also appreciate very much if you link to Cafe Romanza in your blog. It's not a requirement, though.
It seems like the more I do here, the more there is to be done. The more I learn, the more there is to learn. I'm not complaining, though. I feel even more alive than ever! :-D
Related Posts:
I Joined The Ultimate Technorati Favorites Exchange; You Can, Too
Reward Your Readers and Do Follow the DoFollow List
Online money-making opportunities you can join for FREE: MyWorld / e-gold / SFI / AGLOCO / MyLot / No-Minimum.com / Paid Forum
Technorati tags: Favorites Exchange, Link Exchange, e-gold, make money online, work at home, money, writing, work
I also have 131 links from 78 blogs. Although I believe most of those links are from my DoFollow activities, I also see a significant number of links from The Ultimate Technorati Favorites Exchange.
Having seven blogs poses a problem for me, though. I only have one Technorati account and can, therefore, only fairly exchange once with those who own only one blog. My other blogs are beginning to feel lonely. (If you have more than one blog, please let me know so we can do the corresponding exchange - if you're game, that is.)
To accommodate my other blogs, I put up my Favorite Link Exchange List at Cafe Romanza.
So how does it work?
1. First, you have to join The Ultimate Technorati Favorites Exchange here. (Follow the instructions in the post, including leaving a comment so I can fave you back.)
2. Go to the Favorite Link Exchange post at Cafe Romanza. Fave that blog, too, and leave a comment there that you've faved both Manila Mom and Cafe Romanza. I will add your blog as a permanent link on the Favorite Link Exchange List.
3. I have put a sticky announcement on the front page linked to the Favorite Link Exchange List so others can come see you on the list. They'll know you're open to a fave exchange and will most probably visit your blog to do so.
Nice exchange, don't you think?
If you feel like it, I will also appreciate very much if you link to Cafe Romanza in your blog. It's not a requirement, though.
It seems like the more I do here, the more there is to be done. The more I learn, the more there is to learn. I'm not complaining, though. I feel even more alive than ever! :-D
Related Posts:
I Joined The Ultimate Technorati Favorites Exchange; You Can, Too
Reward Your Readers and Do Follow the DoFollow List
Online money-making opportunities you can join for FREE: MyWorld / e-gold / SFI / AGLOCO / MyLot / No-Minimum.com / Paid Forum
Technorati tags: Favorites Exchange, Link Exchange, e-gold, make money online, work at home, money, writing, work
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Trying to Earn Global Online from the Philippines: How to Grow at a Faster Pace
These past days have flown by at a dizzying rate for me. The first entry on this blog was last March 22. In about a week's time after that, I had put up five other blogs on different topics, all documented here, too.
Now, after only a month, this Manila Mom blog has pulled away from the other five in Technorati. How? Two very potent tools: The Ultimate Technorati Favorites Exchange and The DoFollow List!
I only posted the Favorites Exchange last April 15, and the DoFollow List last April 21. As of today, Manila Mom has been favorited by 86 members and has 118 links from 70 blogs. Its Technorati rank is 60,696. And every time I check, even within the same day, the numbers are changing.
Of course, all this is happening with work on my part, too. My comments are moderated so I check my email several times a day to process them. I do the favorites exchange and add links to the list. I also surf the dofollow sites and sites on my favorites list to read and comment. Well, this last part doesn't really feel like work because I enjoy doing it. I discover new blogs and learn a lot along the way. And I'm creating new links to my blog as I do it.
My days - and nights - have been busy. My friends based in the US and Canada are surprised to find me still online at 3 or 4 a.m. Manila time.
And I still dared to put up another blog just a few days ago - Manila Mom's Veranda at PinoyNetwork.org.
Well, it was an offer I couldn't refuse. PinoyNetwork.org is a very new baby of a fellow Filipina who shares the same contagious enthusiasm for exploring all that the internet can offer. I can already see the powerful potential of the network and am honored to be with her from this building up stage.
So that's where I'm at now, folks. All of these have been accomplished with the help of fellow bloggers and other friends, so I'm sharing it all with everyone, too.
Now to my life offline...yes, I still do have one! :-D
Related Posts:
I Joined The Ultimate Technorati Favorites Exchange; You Can, Too
Reward Your Readers and Do Follow the DoFollow List
Online money-making opportunities you can join for FREE: MyWorld / e-gold / SFI / AGLOCO / MyLot / No-Minimum.com / Paid Forum
Technorati tags: e-gold, make money online, work at home, money, writing, work
Now, after only a month, this Manila Mom blog has pulled away from the other five in Technorati. How? Two very potent tools: The Ultimate Technorati Favorites Exchange and The DoFollow List!
I only posted the Favorites Exchange last April 15, and the DoFollow List last April 21. As of today, Manila Mom has been favorited by 86 members and has 118 links from 70 blogs. Its Technorati rank is 60,696. And every time I check, even within the same day, the numbers are changing.
Of course, all this is happening with work on my part, too. My comments are moderated so I check my email several times a day to process them. I do the favorites exchange and add links to the list. I also surf the dofollow sites and sites on my favorites list to read and comment. Well, this last part doesn't really feel like work because I enjoy doing it. I discover new blogs and learn a lot along the way. And I'm creating new links to my blog as I do it.
My days - and nights - have been busy. My friends based in the US and Canada are surprised to find me still online at 3 or 4 a.m. Manila time.
And I still dared to put up another blog just a few days ago - Manila Mom's Veranda at PinoyNetwork.org.
Well, it was an offer I couldn't refuse. PinoyNetwork.org is a very new baby of a fellow Filipina who shares the same contagious enthusiasm for exploring all that the internet can offer. I can already see the powerful potential of the network and am honored to be with her from this building up stage.
So that's where I'm at now, folks. All of these have been accomplished with the help of fellow bloggers and other friends, so I'm sharing it all with everyone, too.
Now to my life offline...yes, I still do have one! :-D
Related Posts:
I Joined The Ultimate Technorati Favorites Exchange; You Can, Too
Reward Your Readers and Do Follow the DoFollow List
Online money-making opportunities you can join for FREE: MyWorld / e-gold / SFI / AGLOCO / MyLot / No-Minimum.com / Paid Forum
Technorati tags: e-gold, make money online, work at home, money, writing, work
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Trying to Earn Global Online from the Philippines: Reward Your Readers and Do Follow the DoFollow List
It’s raging through the blogosphere. The DoFollow Movement, that is. Marhgil tagged me for it. All 5 of my blogs, actually. And it isn’t even my birthday yet! :-)
DoFollow is the latest way to spread link love to your readers – those who deserve it because they have read your post and liked it enough to leave a relevant and meaningful comment. Their comments become links to their pages; links that are counted by Google spiders to improve their rank. Sweet huh?
So how do you do this?
I, myself, followed Andy Beard’s instructions on how to remove the NoFollow for comments from the html of my Blogspot template. He has instructions for Wordpress and other formats, as well. There are plug-ins you can search for, too.
Once your comments are DoFollow, you can have the DoFollow List on your site.
These are the instructions: (Start copying here.)
1. Write a short paragraph at the beginning of your post and link back to the blog that put you on the list in the paragraph. This isn’t a suggestion. You need to break up the duplicate content. Someone took the time to add you so the least you can do is give them an extra link back.
2. Copy the list of originals below COMPLETELY and add it to your blog. If you would like a different keyword for your blog then change it when you do your post and it should pass to most blogs with that keyword.
3. Take the adds from the blog that added you and place them in the “Originals” list.
4. Add at least 1 new blog that you KNOW is using the DO FOLLOW plugin to the list in the “My Adds” section. (Add no more than 5!) Let the people you’ve added know, so that they can keep the list going!
My Adds:
Keep the Faith
jsonvlog
Suncoast Scribe
Blogging Kenneth
My 2 Centavos Worth
Originals:
Manila Mom
3 Dogs, 3 Pigs and A Family
Cafe Romanza
Earn Global
Credit Ability
Macuha.com
Flee the Cube
Smart Wealthy Rich
MomReviews.net
Fellow Eskimo
Pajama Mommy
Amanita.net
WebStyle
Meredith’s Weight Loss Blog
Pink Blog
Tricia’s Musings
Ugh!!’s Greymatter Honeypot
Midlife Musings
Utterly Geek
Whatever I Feel Like
My Dandelion Patch
Surviving NJ
GeekySpeaky
Simple Kind Of Life
3DayMom
BuyMeBlog
The Hockey Dad
Brown Baron
Unseal My Lips
Blog ng Taong Walang Magawa
MacBros’ Place - Everybody’s Entitled To My Opinion
MacBros` Reviews Reviews on Movies, Games, products, and services.
pomdla
My Money Making Finds
My Tech News Blog
The Sassy Southerner
Up the Hill Gang
Vanidosa Marie
HiPnCooL
Bulong na Pasigaw
(Stop copying here.)
I will be leaving a sticky on my front page pointing to this list so that latecomers can still catch on.
If you happen to host the list somewhere down the line, or through a different branch of this chain, and want to be included in my list, just add me to your list then leave me a comment. Include a link to your list and after I check it out I’ll add you here, too.
If you can’t host this for any reason, you could visit the blogs listed here and comment on those you find interesting. Your comments will stand as links to your page so you’ll be doing yourself a favor, as well.
So get busy!
Related Post:
Clarifications on Maximizing the DoFollow Movement
Technorati tags: e-gold, make money online, work at home, money, writing, work
Online money-making opportunities you can join for FREE: MyWorld / e-gold / SFI / AGLOCO / MyLot / No-Minimum.com / Paid Forum
DoFollow is the latest way to spread link love to your readers – those who deserve it because they have read your post and liked it enough to leave a relevant and meaningful comment. Their comments become links to their pages; links that are counted by Google spiders to improve their rank. Sweet huh?
So how do you do this?
I, myself, followed Andy Beard’s instructions on how to remove the NoFollow for comments from the html of my Blogspot template. He has instructions for Wordpress and other formats, as well. There are plug-ins you can search for, too.
Once your comments are DoFollow, you can have the DoFollow List on your site.
These are the instructions: (Start copying here.)
1. Write a short paragraph at the beginning of your post and link back to the blog that put you on the list in the paragraph. This isn’t a suggestion. You need to break up the duplicate content. Someone took the time to add you so the least you can do is give them an extra link back.
2. Copy the list of originals below COMPLETELY and add it to your blog. If you would like a different keyword for your blog then change it when you do your post and it should pass to most blogs with that keyword.
3. Take the adds from the blog that added you and place them in the “Originals” list.
4. Add at least 1 new blog that you KNOW is using the DO FOLLOW plugin to the list in the “My Adds” section. (Add no more than 5!) Let the people you’ve added know, so that they can keep the list going!
My Adds:
Keep the Faith
jsonvlog
Suncoast Scribe
Blogging Kenneth
My 2 Centavos Worth
Originals:
Manila Mom
3 Dogs, 3 Pigs and A Family
Cafe Romanza
Earn Global
Credit Ability
Macuha.com
Flee the Cube
Smart Wealthy Rich
MomReviews.net
Fellow Eskimo
Pajama Mommy
Amanita.net
WebStyle
Meredith’s Weight Loss Blog
Pink Blog
Tricia’s Musings
Ugh!!’s Greymatter Honeypot
Midlife Musings
Utterly Geek
Whatever I Feel Like
My Dandelion Patch
Surviving NJ
GeekySpeaky
Simple Kind Of Life
3DayMom
BuyMeBlog
The Hockey Dad
Brown Baron
Unseal My Lips
Blog ng Taong Walang Magawa
MacBros’ Place - Everybody’s Entitled To My Opinion
MacBros` Reviews Reviews on Movies, Games, products, and services.
pomdla
My Money Making Finds
My Tech News Blog
The Sassy Southerner
Up the Hill Gang
Vanidosa Marie
HiPnCooL
Bulong na Pasigaw
(Stop copying here.)
I will be leaving a sticky on my front page pointing to this list so that latecomers can still catch on.
If you happen to host the list somewhere down the line, or through a different branch of this chain, and want to be included in my list, just add me to your list then leave me a comment. Include a link to your list and after I check it out I’ll add you here, too.
If you can’t host this for any reason, you could visit the blogs listed here and comment on those you find interesting. Your comments will stand as links to your page so you’ll be doing yourself a favor, as well.
So get busy!
Related Post:
Clarifications on Maximizing the DoFollow Movement
Technorati tags: e-gold, make money online, work at home, money, writing, work
Online money-making opportunities you can join for FREE: MyWorld / e-gold / SFI / AGLOCO / MyLot / No-Minimum.com / Paid Forum
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