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• What is a Blog?: ProBlogger Blog Tips

  February 14th, 2006 12:55 am

  [...] If you are new to blogging and want some hints on how to get started – keep an eye on my Blogging for Beginners Page for more ways to explore blogging. [...]

• One By One Media » Blogging For Beginners - Revelations of a Professional Blogger

  February 14th, 2006 1:55 am

  [...] Darren Rowse is putting on a series called “Blogging For Beginners“.  This is intended to help all of the nwe bloggers and “Prebloggers”.  Darren is definitely a person to teach about blogging.  I’ll be following along with this series and if I think Darren is missing the mark on his discussion I’ll add to the conversation.  I doubt I’ll have anything more to add to a series put on by such a veteran of blogging.  No matter how basic it may seem, I may learn a few things as well.  [...]

• Clique Communications » Blog Archive » Problogger: Blogging for Beginners

  February 14th, 2006 1:57 am

  [...] Problogger, Darren Rowse, has a new series he’s starting on his site title Blogging for Beginners. By no means do I want to come across as the all knowing expert in this series – I’m very aware of my own limitations as a blogger and strongly believe that it is only collectively as a group that we really know anything. As a result I’d encourage everyone (beginners or old hands) to see each post in this series as an invitation to share what you know on the topics we cover. [...]

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  February 14th, 2006 2:06 am

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• Websiteblog » Bloggen für Anfänger

  February 14th, 2006 2:55 am

  [...] Darren Rowse von Problogger.net startet heute seine Reihe zum Thema Blogging for Beginners, sehr interessant für diejenigen die gerade mit dem bloggen anfangen und weiter eins Thema einsteigen wollen. [...]

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  February 14th, 2006 3:15 am

  [...] Unter dem Namen Blogging for Beginners startet Darren Rowse von Problogger.net seine neue Artikelreihe, welche speziell für alle die gerade mit dem Bloggen begonnen haben, interessant sein dürfte. Darren Rowse gilt als einer der erfolgreichsten Blogger unserer Zeit und wird sicherlich wieder einmal den einen oder anderen hilfsreichen Tipp parat haben. Englischkenntnisse vorausgesetzt. Stichwort: Blogs [...]

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  February 14th, 2006 9:14 am

  [...] Before launching further into the Blogging for Beginners series I would like to take a step back from some of the practicalities of setting up a new blog and ask potential bloggers a question… [...]

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  February 16th, 2006 4:11 am

  [...] For those of you that are new to blogging, Darren Rowse over at Problogger.net is starting up a series for beginng bloggers. I believe it’s going to be more about actually blogging than any technical issues with a blogging platform but I read Darren’s stuff fairly often and I’m sure it will be good. [...]

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• BusinessBlogWire

  February 17th, 2006 4:15 pm

  A Whole Bunch Of Links To Articles About Business Blogging

  I went news-crazy, I guess.  Happens to the best of us, right?  Here are a bunch of links to articles I’ve just digested.  Hope you find them useful!The Economist – The Blog in the Corporate Machine – My favorite part:…

• Writing Good Content: ProBlogger Blog Tips

  February 18th, 2006 1:13 am

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• Darren’s advice for new bloggers … : Business Blog Consulting

  February 18th, 2006 3:05 am

  [...] Have you been reading Darren’s Blogging for Beginners series? No? Well you should. All of us should. It’s a great check-in for old hands and newbies. Today’s installment is on writing good content and another must-read on the blogosphere (maybe I should bone up on this since content is my topic for the Blogonomics Business Blogging Cruise … and BTW there is less than a month left to get discounted pricing). Darren’s series is something that you should certainly start with when you’re considering a business blog … or encouraging clients to blog. [...]

• Blogging For Beginners at Stepping On Wires

  February 18th, 2006 6:39 am

  [...] Darren Rowse over at ProBlogger is running a series of articles (written by himself and others) as tutorials on blogging for newcomers to the ’scene’. There are some excellent articles so far, definitely worth checking out. Chances are you have already! [...]

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  February 20th, 2006 6:47 am

  [...] Got a feeling that Darren’s blogging for beginners series is going to throw up a few gems of knowledge. No matter how long you’ve be doing something, there’s always something else you could be learning. [...]

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• APMFormulators

  February 21st, 2006 3:53 am

  ProBlogger Outlines Essentials for Blogging

  ProBlogger is a great resource for any blogger. Here is a topical listing he advises bloggers on.
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• Technosailor » Blogging HTML: Achieving Stunning Visual Presentation on Your Blog

  February 21st, 2006 3:57 am

  [...] Darren is doing a series on blogging for beginners that is just phenomenal. I highly encourage anyone thinking about getting into blogging or who feel like they just can’t do some of the stuff they’d like to do to check his series out. I’ve written two pieces for his series at his request and I look forward to those being published soon. [...]

• Educational Technology and Life » Blog Archive » Learn how to blog

  February 21st, 2006 10:07 am

  [...] Learn how to blog (Via Lifehacker.) Lifehacker links to this new series of tips for new bloggers or pre-bloggers. [...]

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  February 21st, 2006 5:38 pm

  [...] Darren Rowse (who I have come to depend on when I’m in a blog jam) has started a new series of postings called blogging for beginners. A great way to get your feet wet blogging or get ideas of how you can use blogs in your classroom. [...]

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  February 21st, 2006 10:55 pm

  [...] Another thing, which is obviously a good thing for me, is that I found ‘Blogging for Beginners’ by Darren Rowse. It might help me to give this blogging attempt of mine a bit more focus… [...]

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  February 22nd, 2006 4:19 am

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  February 22nd, 2006 6:23 am

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  February 22nd, 2006 8:23 am

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• The Weblog Stop » I’m Over My Beef With Blogger.com, Time To Move On

  February 22nd, 2006 3:00 pm

  [...] If you’re looking for some great tips and info on blogging and need to understand how the whole blogging game works, I suggest reading Darren Rowes’ series on Blogging For Beginners over at Problogger.net. [...]

• The Angry Marketer Diaries » AM Fast Links…

  February 22nd, 2006 7:48 pm

  [...] ProBlogger Darren Rowse has started a series called “Blogging For Beginners” which is worth checking out… Darren knows what he’s talking about and gives you the scoop on how to blog, make it a success and profit from it… [...]

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  February 23rd, 2006 12:39 am

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  February 24th, 2006 4:19 am

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  February 24th, 2006 4:13 pm

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  February 25th, 2006 3:40 am

  [...] When you’re thirty-something (or forty-something), learning how to blog sounds cool.  Here — learn how to blog (just promise me you’ll do it better than MC Hammer, and without the pants thing and the annoying music). [...]

• Blog Writes

  February 25th, 2006 5:26 am

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  February 25th, 2006 2:19 pm

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  February 25th, 2006 4:51 pm

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• Starboykb Blogger » Spice Up Your Surfing…

  February 26th, 2006 3:01 pm

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• AmBlogger » Eric Scalf of MindFyre

  February 27th, 2006 11:49 am

  [...] AmBloggers should also check out his Amateur Blogging Series found scattered on the site. Eric, how about a sidebar location on your site to highlight this series? Maybe you should do a cute button like Darren did for his beginner series! I’d be interested to know how much traffic the series garnered. [...]

• Blog #X »

  February 27th, 2006 8:11 pm

  [...] Ich bin übrigens über den problogger auf diese Ideen gekommen. Ich habe zwar nicht vor, hiermit Geld zu verdienen, aber viele Tips von ihm scheinen doch ziemlich brauchbar zu sein, um ein interessantes Blog zu erschaffen. Wer selber Anfänger ist, sollte sich mal diese Übersicht ansehen. Da ist bestimmt was mit dabei. [...]

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  February 28th, 2006 1:16 am

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  March 2nd, 2006 4:29 am

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• H.A. Page

  March 2nd, 2006 8:42 am

  Thanks for the tips — this is all very helpful!!! All your articles are, in fact. Muchas gracias.

• Blogging For Beginners And 10 Blog Traffic Tips » Entrepreneur’s Journey - by Yaro Starak

  March 2nd, 2006 5:09 pm

  [...] 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. [...]

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• blogHelper » Absolute Beginners: WordPress - Introduction

  March 11th, 2006 12:45 am

  [...] So, I’ll be starting a series of posts – you could call it a guide, perhaps – on a detailed learning plan for absolute beginners to WordPress. We’ve seen a more advanced Blogging for Beginners series from Darren Rowse at ProBlogger. His guide is one that fits most internet users out there, but it’s far more comprehensive than what I intend to do with this Absolute Beginners series. You’ll should probably be able to summarise my entire series as “How To Blog With WordPress”. [...]

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  March 15th, 2006 12:51 pm

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• Bruce Clark

  March 16th, 2006 8:50 am

  Have you ever considered starting a “Blog U”?

  Sort of like a blogging college. People could apply on a subscription base and complete a series of “classes” with you. Then you could graduate them and give them your seal of approval as certified probloggers.

  I just visited your site for the first time today and already feel much more informed, I can only imagine how I would feel after completing “problogger University”?!?!?

  Again, thank you for the useful content.

• Darren Rowse

  March 16th, 2006 8:53 am

  Thanks Bruce.

  Actually that’s one of the ideas behind Six Figure Blogging.

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• Novelist In Training » Blog Archive » It’s an Addiction, I Tell You

  March 27th, 2006 2:49 am

  [...] Today I discovered The Blogging Times. A blog about blogs and blogging. Imagine that. From there I found Problogger, which is all about making money with your blog. People do that? I feel so old sometimes! And then I found myself knee deep in this series of articles. It’s 9:30 on a Sunday morning. I’ve been up since 5:00, and all I’ve managed to do today is feed the dogs (who will not be forgotten, so that’s not any great feat).  [...]

• Novelist In Training » Blog Archive » It’s an Addiction, I Tell You

  March 27th, 2006 2:49 am

  [...] Today I discovered The Blogging Times. A blog about blogs and blogging. Imagine that. From there I found Problogger, which is all about making money with your blog. People do that? I feel so old sometimes! And then I found myself knee deep in this series of articles. It’s 9:30 on a Sunday morning. I’ve been up since 5:00, and all I’ve managed to do today is feed the dogs (who will not be forgotten, so that’s not any great feat).  [...]

• 10 Steps to Writing a Successful Series on your Blog: ProBlogger Blog Tips

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  March 29th, 2006 5:18 am

  [...] Darren’s created an incredible series that currently numbers over 30 posts on the Blogging For Beginners series. Here you’re sure to find information to help both newbies to experienced real estate bloggers. [...]

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• row1.info

  April 7th, 2006 1:50 pm

  Just wanna say thanks as now I feel I’m getting somewhere.
  Before reading your blog late last year my site had a page rank of 1/10, now it is 4/10 (highest page has a PR of 5).
  I believe i got this improvement by following some of your ideas.
  Some of the ideas I had previously thought of, but its not until you read it on a successful site that you get the motivation to do it :D

  I now have a lot of top 10 results on Google and my traffic is improving weekly.
  Perhaps I will finally get that elusive AdSense cheque :D

  thanks :D

• Business blog consultant, blog consulting, business blogging, blog marketing: Radiant Marketing Group » Blogging for Beginners

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• TradezMark.com » Should I Blog for Money?

  April 13th, 2006 7:17 pm

  [...] Does it Fit with Your Blog’s Goals and Objectives – For me a lot of the advice that I’ve given in this series of blogging for beginners comes down to working out some goals, strategy and vision for your blog (I’ve written extensively on strategic blogging here so won’t unpack this now). There are many reasons why people blog and the motivation of money is just one of them. Here’s some of the responses I had when I asked why people blog: [...]

• darren

  April 17th, 2006 12:25 am

  darren can i litrerally write about anything and post it

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• Catherine

  April 27th, 2006 9:26 pm

  Hi Darren, How’s it going. We are students of English in Hong Kong. Our teacher is John and he comes from England. There are 6 classmates in this group activity. We are talking about your web-site because it is very useful. We enjoy the group activity and email writing. This topic is very interesting and we can learn more English in this way.

  Can you tell us about your job? Do you work in computers? Is it safe to use blogging? Can you tell us what we should careful of. Thank you for your attention. We hope you can reply asap

• pat

  May 2nd, 2006 1:00 am

  I can never figure exactly what you’re trying to sell?
  A New Blog Site?
  Is it free?
  Or how to do a blog and earn money?

  Please do a short version!
  My attention span for reading all of it is short. Pat

• TheBizofCoding

  May 19th, 2006 9:37 pm

  Blogging, Blog Search & the Blogosphere — Social Search V/s Media Business Models

  Several Bloggers have published posts to help explain the benefits to individuals and approaches toward Blogs and Blogging. A  popular one is Darren Rowse’s Pro Blogger. This post attempts to analyze the approaches to Blogosphere of two majo…

• Peter Johnson

  May 25th, 2006 10:30 am

  Your information and attitude are wonderful, thank you. I’ve been looking into blogging as a back-up for my futile career soon ending and as an outlet for my original desire to write for a living when I left college. That was 30 years ago, but I’m getting there.

  I’m writing to suggest that perhaps there’s at least one reason fellow bloggers/others might be upset at your focus on making money…some of the people payng you could be scam artists. I say that because I’m almost certain a link – from your making money section, in fact – was a guy I briefly worked with until it was apparent he was renewing keyword contracts of (mostly retail store) clients without asking the client’s permission (using a cleverly-worded autorenew agreement). He also was selling/offering a pop-up blocker software for consumer download which not only was spyware but also delivered its own full-screen pop-up that overrode IE search results. Just a few of the ploys he used from his Florida boiler room operation (drug dealing being another side business). My beef with you on this is, while I can’t expect you to thoroughly research the practices of everyone to whom you lend credibility by providing their contextual links, I’d expect you to review their privacy policies (his is a cleverly worded license to legally spam on behalf of others), or at least expect them to have an address or corpoate information for contact and background somewhere on their site besides an 877 number no one answers (on purpose in the case of my guy) and an email address where complaints of spam will be reviewed (he never did, of course). Is what he does legal? Probably. Is it completely unethical? Of course. If your attitude is “not my problem” that’s a problem, no matter how busy you are. It DOES matter if you make money off guys who scam your readers without conducting some due diligence. It’s the kind of thing that can hurt your blog brand and ultimately harm the entire industry. Am I expecting too much of you by expecting the same nominal policing of advertisers from you that’s done by mainstream media? I think not.

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• Cobpo.com

  June 7th, 2006 9:34 pm

  Thanks man..I recently started blogging..You info is great! Keep up the good work!

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  June 16th, 2006 5:53 pm

  [...] My advice to new bloggers is simply to start one and see whether blogging fits with you, your personality and your lifestyle. It’s not for everyone but the only way to find out is to do it and let it evolve from there. Be yourself, interact with the readers who come visiting, interact with other blogs and bloggers and write about what you love. It’s not rocket science. I’ve written an extensive series on blogging for beginners here – http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/14/blogging-for-beginners-2/ [...]

• Conundrum

  June 24th, 2006 2:00 am

  You mention writing about what I love. What if there is nothing you really love? I have no real passion for anything so I write about that. I simply write about how I feel and think, and how I see this difficult world that I was thrown into so long ago.

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• lee

  July 22nd, 2006 8:45 am

  Blog is about hard working, am I right ?

• Terry Kohler

  July 24th, 2006 10:39 pm

  Mr Rowse,

  Being a new blogger among a newer niche category, I look forward to learning from your site and in return helping other bloggers earn money too. My new and 1st blogger site is at

  http://www.whoelsehasyourname.info

  Have a great and successful dayd,
  Terry

• kathleen ann

  July 30th, 2006 7:58 pm

  blogging???? hmmm….. i saw on television …. but!! im curios so much and want to try …. i wanna to learn more about blogging and want to earn more money. i hope you can help me, looking forward to blogging, ive got a lot to blog about ….

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• Dave

  July 31st, 2006 7:54 am

  Great articles and tips. Big help for new bloggers who are just getting started.

• Choosing the Domain Name for your Blog

  August 6th, 2006 12:50 pm

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• affiliberated » Domain Name Know You’re Hosting

  August 7th, 2006 6:51 am

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• asokan

  August 11th, 2006 4:34 pm

  Hi dear Darren from down under there,

  I must thank you for taking the trouble to send me your lessons which I havent had time to go through but I wil do it soon and get back to you.

  However I see that this is just what I need to get over the starting block, me being a rawhand at blogging.

  Thanks again and keep up the good work

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• EMASLA Los Angeles Acting School

  August 22nd, 2006 1:06 pm

  For a blogger starting out, what blog site would you recommend. In other words which ones offer the most exposure to search engines and give the best bang for your word.

• Sandal flip

  September 9th, 2006 1:16 am

  Thanks for giving all this useful advice to us Darrin. I’m creating my first blog now. I need this info.

• Slide

  September 12th, 2006 4:15 am

  I wonder what will eventually take the place of blogging. I hope we can make money off it :)

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• Stephen Oakes

  October 11th, 2006 6:30 am

  Darren or anyone who has tried text link ads…would http://www.contextualclick.com/ be a good way to bring in some additional revenue for my new site? Looking for a free text link service until I my traffic gets up there enough to upgrade. Thanks.

• binoculars

  October 16th, 2006 12:06 pm

  This is the best post ever, Darren. This is what I’ve been looking for. More information on blogging. Being a newbie is really painful. Then again, we all have to start from somewhere. I will keep on reading your blog.

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  October 21st, 2006 1:01 am

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• Valentine

  October 23rd, 2006 7:57 pm

  I just visited your site for the first time today and already feel much more informed. I can imagine how I would feel after completing Problogger University :)
  Thank you

• charles keel

  November 14th, 2006 3:04 am

  I am new to blogging, but without reading all the titles of what blogging is about. I can see the titles are relevant to help anyone to understand what blogging is about.

  I intend to read all the inforamtion regarding blogging as you can always learn more. You always miss something which will loose you money. Or help to make you do things correctly.

  If you want to learn this will give you a lift up the ladder.

  regards

  goodluck222

• May Ong

  November 14th, 2006 6:35 pm

  I am an amateur blogger and have set-up a number of blogs since 2005.

  My blogs do not get visitors because I do not understand the use of Technorati etc.

  However, I find ProBlogger.net by Darren really good as he is really open and since in Teaching Beginners about Blogging either for our personal sharing blogs, infomation blogs or monetizing our blog.

  His tips are very refreshing, open, useful, creative, basic language, good tips.

  I highly recommend this to any Beginner.

  May Ong

• Stephen Oakes

  November 16th, 2006 5:56 pm

  I am a beginner who has been blogging almost every day since late June of 2006. For the first few months my ad revenue was close to nothing, but as time went on I began to see steady improvements in both revenue and traffic. My advice is to make sure you:

  1) Post on a frequent basis (daily if possible)
  2) Submit your articles to ezinearticles.com (generates more traffic)
  3) Ping at Pingomatic.com and Pingoat.com (generates more traffic)
  4) Continually make improvements and learn other bloggers
  5) Graph and study your traffic and revenue
  6) Keep at it…the work will pay off, but you have to remain committed. If you can’t handle posting all the time see if you can bring someone on board to post with you. New ideas and perspectives are a great way to appeal to different audiences.

  Best of luck to you,
  Stephen

• Terry

  November 18th, 2006 3:30 am

  “My blogs do not get visitors because I do not understand the use of Technorati etc.”

  May Ong, Technonati is not hard to use, all you have to do is submit your site, and ping it when you update.

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• Mike

  December 2nd, 2006 12:40 am

  Darren,

  Thanks for these great advices on starting a blog. I just started my own blog and will be looking at these for my own resource!

  Mike

• Revka

  December 6th, 2006 5:04 am

  Thanks! This series has been a big help to me, and I have highly recommended it on my blog.
  http://ourfamilyporch.blogspot.com/2006/11/help-for-clueless.html

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  December 24th, 2006 8:20 pm

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• Karaoke Kev

  December 31st, 2006 7:10 am

  Thanks Darren. The list above is a brilliant collection of resources. I shall bookmark and refer to it regularly during my blogging journey. I particularly enjoyed your post on blog tools. Keep up the good work.

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• Tom Jackson

  January 1st, 2007 7:26 am

  Great advice Darren. Is there any chance you can do a series of posts on AdSense alternatives for us unfortunates who have been kicked out?! Top list of resources.

• James Storr

  January 5th, 2007 1:05 am

  I have been reading Darren’s blog and i must admit is it ia real bible for beginners. You find all the stuff wanted. Even though some aspects are not explained in details, it gives an excellent general overview on how to proceed in order to have a successful Blog !

  I have used many of his advices regarding my blog design, layout, tags and content !

  I have finally launched my own blog to reach my goal which is to make a living as a student ! wish me good luck and dont hesitate to leave a comment on my brand new blog : http://dollarjames.com

• Dustin

  January 5th, 2007 2:17 pm

  Since I started reading your blog about 2 months ago, I was looking for an intermediate check list to go through to get off the ground. The links here are just that.

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• michael ck

  January 20th, 2007 5:22 pm

  Hi!Darren,

  Gerat tips! I really learned a lot from you. I have put up my blog for running an affiliate online hotel booking services couple of months ago. I will improve based on tips.

  Feel free to visit my blog and leave your valuable comment, how should I improve futher.

  Anyone who see this are most welcome to visit and leave comment too.

  Thanks and Best regards,
  Michael

• php lemon

  January 24th, 2007 10:25 pm

  Hi Darren,

  i just wanted to say, you have some great tips on this site and i have learnt a lot from you which i really appreciate, keep up the great work.

  - Phil

• pebble

  January 29th, 2007 5:46 pm

  I’m a newbie at blogging and you’ve some really useful tips in here. Thanks.

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• niro

  February 3rd, 2007 3:29 am

  Hi guys,

  Just got into the whole area of blogging.
  Got any advice? Being following the PB for a while now.

  Great Job Darren

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  February 8th, 2007 7:33 am

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• ITNetworkGuru

  February 13th, 2007 11:44 pm

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  February 22nd, 2007 9:20 pm

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• syahid ali

  February 23rd, 2007 12:03 pm

  i know that i will come here often after reading this segment. thanks!

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• brassmonkey

  February 26th, 2007 7:31 am

  Thank you so much for providing such a vast source of information. I just got started blogging and you have provided a invaluable source of information to the blogging community.

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  March 1st, 2007 7:14 pm

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  March 2nd, 2007 1:18 am

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• dan

  March 14th, 2007 10:54 pm

  Really good post. vERY informative

• Assep Purna Mulyanto

  March 17th, 2007 11:46 pm

  thanks for the information Darren, and i’ve got an idea now. thnks u very much. horrayy!!

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• xanderacs

  March 26th, 2007 8:00 pm

  like most of us who read your blog for beginner its a great help. what ever personal reason (money or fame) a blogger has for doing it. i hope you continue doing it and be inspiration to young blood like us. i also like about the photography blog. more power.

  ps.
  can i make an article about your post (blogging for beginner ) in my website http://www.xanderacs.8m.com I will link this page as well. here in my place blogging is just beginning…thanks

• roy reyes

  March 28th, 2007 9:29 am

  Dear Mr. Rowse,

  i enjoy reading throgh your blogsite , it is indeed very informative especially for a newbie like me. i think this is the bible for both beginners and gurus. most significant part of this site is the basics and foundation which teaches the discipline of imparting ones knowledge, making the author immortal.

  great job and i will be one of your young padawans followers…. by the way can i post this in my site for my compatriots as a reference . i will acknowledge your site . i intend to localize it in my native language (dialect) which is hiligaynun… an island the philippines.

  cheers,
  roy reyes of manila philippines

• Go4Mails

  March 30th, 2007 7:37 am

  nice post. helpful in many ways….thanks.

• Sergiu

  April 1st, 2007 11:40 pm

  Thanks for the information. It really helped me starting out.

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  April 2nd, 2007 2:39 am

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• Muirghein

  April 6th, 2007 7:44 am

  Finding your problogger site is what started me thinking about starting a blog of my own. I am very excited about what I have started writing about and realize that because I chose such a broad topic I will probably flounder soon. I am hoping that by reading through the rest of your beginner series to get the know-how or at least a helping hand to break down my blog a little further.

  What I have read so far has helped quite a bit.

  Thanks for all of your wonderful hard work getting this information together.

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  April 11th, 2007 11:16 pm

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• Layne

  April 30th, 2007 2:14 am

  Thanks for the great tips. As a begginer it is very helpfull to have such great advice that I can refer to.

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  Awsome!

  Why reinvent the wheel, I’ll gladly put a link to this page on my website as I feel it will genuinely help out beginning bloggers.

  And it saved me a buttload of work.

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• MMo

  May 11th, 2007 8:15 am

  Awesome information here. In fact, there’s so much useful and relevant info here I’m going crazy! I’ll definitely be putting a link to this on http://www.makemoneythebestway.blogspot.com. Thanks Problogger!

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• James Lynch

  May 25th, 2007 12:41 am

  Hi Darren,
  Thank you for sharing your growing pleasures and pains as a pro-blogger.
  Reading what you have here has been inspiring and educational. I am still pouring over your stuff. I hope to take away some gold nuggets to further my blogging prowess.

  Thanks again.
  J

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• E Akino

  May 29th, 2007 7:09 pm

  Your the master when it comes to blogging. I’ve been doing my blogging all wrong..now i’ll do it from the experts way…your way! Thanks for this great resources.

  More power

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• Bruno

  June 13th, 2007 6:08 am

  Hi there,

  I have recently created the blog at http://short-term-london-property-to-rent.blogspot.com

  After having tried to submit my blog to My Yahoo, My MSN as well as Google Sitemaps, my blog’s URL has not been found or recognised.

  I would greatly appreciate it if you could help me solve this problem.

  In advance Many Thanks.

• Gregg Eppleman

  June 14th, 2007 2:49 am

  Darren,
  Thanks so much for offering all this advice to rookie bloggers like myself. I am brand new (3 weeks into this) and would be completely lost without your pages.

• Jugolam

  June 20th, 2007 4:00 pm

  Hi there everyone… I’m a student and I’m interested in blogging. However, I find that it is too hard to start…

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• Misty

  June 29th, 2007 9:05 am

  Hi Darren, Thanks so much for the valuable information in your blog. A 3-day newbie like myself is learning a lot from you.

  I’d like to have my own domain/host, can anyone recommend a good Web Hosting service? Thanks.

• Nicholas the copywriter

  July 4th, 2007 12:31 am

  Hi Darren

  I agree with misty, thanks for a great resource.

  The crazy thing is just, like with everything new, it takes time. Take yourself for example. I do not know your background, but I bet you have some serious technical, writing, advertising, marketing background.

  You forgot stuff we are only now discovering. Obviously, you are one of those people that wish to share and build society and that’s why you have such a huge following. You share, pure and simple.

  I sometimes wish I could plug into a mind like yours and learn EVERYTHING you know in a flash. Right now, I am building and failing and building and failing, but always forward.

  This resource have been a great help!

  MISTY. I use Godaddy, but I did the database setup on my own. I do not think they are the best though. Try Thirsphere hosting, they have amazing resources on Internet Marketing as part of the package.

  All the best!

• Misty

  July 4th, 2007 7:45 am

  Hi Nicholas,

  Thanks so much for your feedback.

  I have just signed up for a Web Hosting Service with Lunarpages today. It is one of the services that were recommended by Damien Rileys (http://rileycentral.net/wordpress/2007/06/03/blogging-platform-setup/), who has some experience with Lunarpages.com. I’ve also heard that it has good tech support from others. Wordpress is included in its Fantastico Script Library at Lunarpages.com. Dimien has offered to help with blog related questions. I usually get his replies in a day or so. Try him if you have questions in the future if you like.

  http://www.lunarpages.com/basic-hosting/

  I have just begun to play around with the tools given there. I’ve installed the FrontPage extensions as per instructions. Still trying to figure out where the FrontPage client resides(i thought that it resides on the server).

• Misty

  July 4th, 2007 8:56 am

  Nicholas, This is to follow up on my last post. Looks like I can start to build the blog content as soon as I installed Wordpress from Fantastico using Lunarpages. I have a lot to learn moving forward, but I am excited about it.

  Darren, Thanks again for teaching me how to start on blogging. I am a frequent visitor at problogger.net.

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• 3dxflag

  July 24th, 2007 12:43 am

  how do i make my blog more popular ? please tell me i have started it 3 months ago and i just have about 1,300 visits please help me !

• Niall

  August 1st, 2007 10:26 pm

  Really good advice here Darren! I just started my own blog a few days ago (after years of avoiding what I thought was “yet another social web thing”). Having googled around a bit on blogging in general I came across your site and have to say its very cool. Like the design etc, very smart and the information you’ve got on here is just great! So thanks for sharing your tips and thoughts and look forward to your newsletter.

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• Link Ruiz

  August 8th, 2007 4:10 am

  Wassup! I am looking to start a blog. Which to some extent I already have. I’m not yet certain where will the final destination be…

  I googled “Tips for attracting readers to your blog” and various posts from this site popped up. I read a few and I must say, it has given me GREAT!!! advice. I still have to do my homework before I begin bloggin hardcore. I liked the advice so much I subscribed.

  Thank you!

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• ning

  August 22nd, 2007 10:25 pm

  I am a beginner on blogging,I found this page is very important as the summary and contents of blogging for beginners,I have bookmarked it in my google toolbar.
  I subscribe to your blog via email too.

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• Paul

  August 27th, 2007 6:16 am

  Hey Darren — Just wanted to thank you for all the great content on your blog. It’s been really useful in developing my own ebook website: http://www.howtowriteandsellyourebook.com/

  Have plans to convert it to a blog format as soon as I can master the WordPress program.

  Anyone have any tips for learning WordPress? Or can you give me some idea of what it costs to have a custom theme designed?

  Keep on bloggin’, buddy.

  Paul

• Spiro

  September 2nd, 2007 8:27 am

  Blogging is very addictive. Thus, when your going to start a blog, you have to stay really focused on your topics of choice and the niche you desire to attract, regardless if your blogs goal is to just speak your mind or to build a strong redearship followed up with some added value revenue streams, i strongly suggest that you stay really focused. Key word is be “original” and have fun with it, thats the key.

  I want to take this time also to share a service for those looking to expand their revenue streams online with a very good payment processing and autoresponder service, the best part it’s offering 2 months for free, have a look and good luck to all new bloggers.
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• Mark

  September 5th, 2007 9:40 am

  thanks again Darren, I spend an hour or so each week reading tips and reviewing sites-I always find yours the most helpful…and Australian!
  cheers
  Mark at Motive8

• pipholicdotcom

  September 14th, 2007 1:56 am

  great list. will read those article soon

• Kerith Collins

  September 19th, 2007 4:52 am

  I am a stay at home mom and started blogging due to bordom (and crazy-dom). Then I found I really liked blogging and HTML and CSS and maybe I could create alitte job for myself. Your blog really helped me understand all about the “business” of blogging. I really want to have some great content but at the same time make money doing what I like to do. You and all your guest bloggers have pointed me in the right direction. All of the comments are right–you HAVE to write an e-book!
  Kerith

• Char Reyes

  September 20th, 2007 1:09 am

  I started blogging just 3 weeks ago. I agree that once you started making blogs, they become most likely the best part of your every day when you’re about to write about anything, or should I say blogging about everything.

  Thanks Darren for your endless support to us beginners in blogging. I even wrote a blog about you on how I appreciated your help.

  http://pangong-ilong.blogspot.com/2007/09/darren-rowse-problogger.htm

  By the way, I used your picture in your about me page, is that okay?

  Thanks thanks =)

• yiyix

  September 24th, 2007 2:42 pm

  I started my blog three months ago. I am lucky to find your series for begginers. It really help me a lot to develop my blog. thank you.

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• Catherine

  October 7th, 2007 2:21 pm

  I’ve hit a wall. I want to build my blog and it’s pages, around the idea based on the Way Stations of the westerns. I see it in my mind’s eye, but I just can’t seem to make it a reality. I know what I want to say but I can’t seem to get past page 2.

  I guess you can tell I’ve never done this or written anything before. But with so many people crashing and burning on their journey to find and succeed with an online home business I thought I could be of help.

  For many of us, the net is like a huge black hole and we are merely adrift. We need somekind of map!

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• Robert

  October 10th, 2007 9:16 pm

  I’m new to blogging. About a month or so now.
  Thanx be to my brother, who helped me set it up and give me a few pointers. That eventually led me here. I’ve been reading a whole bunch of things on problogger. like 31days to better blogging.

  Now I found this and I’m going to use it alot! :)

  Thanx.

• DEBBY

  October 13th, 2007 2:12 pm

  how do i build a “blog” or web site to do a survey on emtpy nest syndron, a study im working on?

• John

  October 19th, 2007 9:18 pm

  Pretty good tips :), keep on the great posts! I used some of your tips and it proved to be reliable.

• Rajagopal

  October 24th, 2007 11:47 am

  I am a new blogger. i was just searching how to improve my blog . I came across this article and learnt that millions of people are waiting to help me thanks for the comments and support people

• Gordo

  October 26th, 2007 12:01 am

  That sounds interesting and I hope I can use some of your tips 8)

• work at home ideas

  November 8th, 2007 6:48 pm

  Very good tips on blogging. I have used some of these tips and they worked pretty well for me. I am glad I stumbled onto this blog of yours.

• work from home business blog

  November 10th, 2007 8:12 pm

  I read the article on blog design and agree that blog designs are pretty important. I didn’t think much about blog designs before until I just changed mine to wordpress and am now convinced of this. The article I just read from your blog just reaffirmed my belief and I now have a decent blog design. Thanks for that.

  Peter

• Blue Shoe Mike

  November 16th, 2007 3:28 pm

  These articles have been really beneficial. I am also reading stuff on some of your friend’s websites like Yaro at http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com.

  I am going to implement some of these ideas and see how it goes from there!

• Jensen

  November 21st, 2007 9:58 am

  Wow… All I can say is this is one of the most comprehensive set of articles I’ve seen on beginner blogging. Great work!

• Alberto

  November 25th, 2007 5:53 am

  Good tips and very useful for implementing for bloggers.

• hanafi

  December 6th, 2007 10:23 am

  thank for r tips, it’s very useful for me as a beginner blogger

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• Loretta

  December 11th, 2007 12:17 am

  Hi,
  I stumbled upon your blogging site about a week ago.thank you for offering all this advise for FREE. everyone wants to sell you something and most of the time its fluff.
  I prefer to research and do the work and then share it. I can’t wait to implement some of these ideas.
  thank you!

• pancreaticcancersurvivalrate

  December 14th, 2007 3:23 am

  Before beginning to blogging we must consult as far as which we are going to do, since those small tips will help to increase ours page rank.

• Steve

  December 16th, 2007 5:21 pm

  Thanks for the great tips! can use all the help I can get!

  Thanks
  Steve

• Tim H.

  December 16th, 2007 6:28 pm

  Definitely my go-to blog information source, very informative, thank you!

• Kavita

  December 20th, 2007 2:27 pm

  I started a blog a few days ago. It’s really new to me, and I really have no experience. I stumbled upon this article, and I assure you, I will be digging through archives like mad.

  This was so informative! Thank you!

• Manju

  December 21st, 2007 11:03 pm

  Darren,

  Thank you so much for such wonderful tips.You are helping blog sphere to grow :)

• Thomas Clausen

  December 22nd, 2007 3:19 am

  This is a great overview of all the stuff I and others need to know.

  Thanks for the tips.

• Rajasekaran

  December 22nd, 2007 4:35 pm

  Useful information you provided for blog newbies and I want to mention you to that you pointed out video series of Jon Symons with a clickbank affiliate ID to hide this from other affiliate marketers you can use url shorten services like tinyurl.com etc.
  Thanks.

• Salim

  December 24th, 2007 12:08 am

  The tips are found really useful. I am new to blogging.
  I will be implementing the tips in my blogs.

• Adam Smith

  December 27th, 2007 4:22 pm

  Great tips. I have been blogging for a little while, but I still feel like I have a lot I could learn. Thank you for the help!

• m07

  January 1st, 2008 10:38 pm

  very informative and detailed.thats why you are one of the top bloggers.

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• Marvin Double

  January 15th, 2008 2:57 am

  Congratulations to Darren on a simply fantastic site. This is an excellent resource for those seeking to earn a living blogging, or even those who don’t. The content of this site has exceptionally high value, one reason I’m certain that it has achieved such success.

  As an internet marketer and author I appreciate the tremendous work which has gone into the site. I especially appreciate the high quality which is very apparent. I have book marked the site and will be returning often.

  Blogging profession which unfortunately does not have the same standards as other forms of journalism. This site raises the bar for all those would be bloggers and sets sterling example for others to follow.

  Because blogging is a dynamic and ever changing profession there is a tremendous need for the kind of information provided on this site. Anyone with an interest in blogging full time or part time will benefit from reading this blog routinely.

  Kudos and many thanks to Darren for a job well done

• Chris Miller

  January 20th, 2008 3:55 pm

  Great information. I have just started my first blog and have found your site to be truly helpful.. Keep up the great work.

• Scott Sweeney

  January 21st, 2008 9:25 pm

  Once again, not only is the content exceptional, but you basically hand it to us on a silver platter :) Thanks for everything you do.

  cheers

• rubu

  January 22nd, 2008 6:49 am

  Blogging profession which unfortunately does not have the same standards as other forms of journalism. This site raises the bar for all those would be bloggers and sets sterling example for others to follow.

• Buddy

  January 22nd, 2008 11:51 am

  I have a blog off of blogger.com and that is working out great. It does much more than you’d expect from a free blog-hosting website. I have even made some money off of it. Blogging is great way to make money online. Darren’s posts have been guiding me well through the process.

• rubu

  January 23rd, 2008 8:48 am

  I doubt I’ll have anything more to add to a series put on by such a veteran of blogging.

• kdays

  January 23rd, 2008 4:32 pm

  Thanks Darren for all your help. It’s certainly an exciting area to be in and I hope I’m 1/10th as successful as you in the blogging arena!

• rubu

  January 24th, 2008 3:11 am

  ! I am looking to start a blog.

• themattyboosh

  January 26th, 2008 3:25 am

  I’ve tried to take on board your tips in my new blog. Keep up the good work.

• L. E. Talbert

  January 26th, 2008 7:41 am

  Having just started my own blog I found this article, and others on your site to be very useful. On behalf of all of us just starting out in the blogosphere, thanks for all of the great and relevant info!

• Kadir

  January 29th, 2008 2:37 am

  What a great post for newbies! Although it is for blog beginners, I have learnt a lot from this article. Hats off to Darren !!!

• Singapore SEO

  January 29th, 2008 6:27 am

  Seems to me like its an awesome list. Great find m8! :D Its good for new bloggers to learn all thats needed, and I mean ALL. ;)

• Reginald

  February 6th, 2008 12:24 pm

  You have an amazing resource here. I would like to emphasize how rare it is to find this quantity of valuable resources all squeeze into one easy to find place.

  For researchers, especially beginners, it is indispensable.

  Self-employment is no longer the far-fetched dream of a small percentage of the working class.

  There are some business experts who say that now is the time to invest in your own business.

  With numerous business consultants predicting that the stock markets are in for a rough ride, an online business with its lower costs appears to be the more sensible choice.

  Well-known journalist and television host, John Daly, utilized his expertise to create an online series of interviews with creators of online marketing programs with a track record for turning some people into millionaires.

  The obvious benefit of this approach is that individuals actually get to see and hear the people behind these successful programs. ‘The Real Money Show’ is designed to help anyone, with the interest, to find an online business well suited for them and give them the opportunity to live the lifestyle they decide.

• Discussion Forum

  February 19th, 2008 12:39 pm

  I’m also writing an article to help beginners on blogging. I may add a link to the video in the article. Thanks for the great tips,

• Tannage

  February 20th, 2008 4:45 am

  Sound advice! I’m just starting out and have found this post and this site invaluable. Been looking for a way to combine the things I’m passionate about and an alternative income stream apart from my day job and this might just be the way to do it!

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• Money Source

  February 21st, 2008 4:16 am

  What about linking with other websites? Any advice?

• Edward Winslow

  February 27th, 2008 12:25 pm

  I really appreciate all your useful information. Thanks

• Barbara

  February 29th, 2008 1:33 am

  Excellent tips! I started blogging back when I was in the Internet Marketing arena and then started exploring advanced options like tagging, auto-blogging, etc. But with the way the Internet has evolved, I think returning to the whole basic premise of community building – putting out valuable content that compels people to tell their friends about your resource, etc., is where the real future lies. It’s all about moving towards the Web 3.0 model.

  Enjoy,

  Barbara

• Free Flat Screen HDTV Free HD TV

  March 3rd, 2008 4:20 pm

  *Bookmarked*

  Wow! That’s a lot of helpful information! If only I had the time to read ALL of them.

• Karl Burger

  March 7th, 2008 4:55 am

  Nice article. Very helpful. I’m going on 6 months on my blog, but I still feel like a beginner and this is very helpful. This article will probably be helpful for years to com.

• Below The Wind

  March 8th, 2008 4:18 am

  This is great! Everything anyone would need to start blogging

• Cyndee Haydon

  March 25th, 2008 1:51 am

  Darren – stumbled across this today – I did a 2 hr podcast with a large consulting company and now many of the listeners want to know what’s next. I always point them to you and The Copyblogber – Because of great articles like these. Thanks!

• Write Service

  March 27th, 2008 5:27 am

  Hi Darren,

  Absolutely brilliant blog; the best one I have read, to date! I haven’t had time to read everything, but I will be returning. Keep up the fantastic work!

  Many thanks,

  Matthew.

• Demark Expert Advisor

  March 31st, 2008 5:11 am

  Hi Darren

  I started blogging end of December last year after reading some of your articles for beginner blogger when i stumbled upon your website… Thanks for your tips! You have been fantastic! Keep it up!

  Demark

• Make Money Free Online Guy

  March 31st, 2008 2:41 pm

  I’m speachless about a lot of these articles. I’m going to try to get on here everyday and read as much as I possibly can.
  Thank you for such a great blog.

• Liane Schmidt

  March 31st, 2008 5:04 pm

  Your blog is absolutely exceptional. I aspire to have my blog “Make the Most of Your Time” be in your league.

  I have added a direct link to your blog on mine.

  Best wishes.

  Sincerely,

  -Liane Schmidt.

• Jamey Lucas

  April 4th, 2008 12:49 am

  This post has more trackmarks than a heroine addict. Good job!

  Your blog is great Darren keep up the good work and God bless!

• Pieter

  April 6th, 2008 7:52 am

  I’ve been trying to blog for a while and have never really gotten it right properly.

  I’m gonna use the things you said I should do and I’m sure its going to help.

  Thanx. ;)

• George Tallabas

  April 10th, 2008 5:52 am

  Great post! I have been blogging for over a year and even though I have had some good success, one can always get better and this post is definately going to improve my skills! Thanks again for a great post.

• gm

  April 12th, 2008 5:28 pm

  What Im wondering though, is why would anyone want to look at my blog. Seems the only reason most people are putting them up is to try to make money. Sure there are plenty that have great info but I would say a large number of them are uninteresting or are doing nothing more than trying to generate affiliate and adsense sales..

• Reginald

  April 17th, 2008 9:27 pm

  I thought I would add, as well, that your sentiment in this post may be the very deciding factor as to whether or not a blog will survive.

  Blogging has been around for some time now. I think, it is safe to imagine that online surfers can quickly determine by now the objective or bottom line of a blog.

  As I perceive it, surfers are looking for information and are likely blog owners as well.

  Nice point!

• Mario

  April 25th, 2008 12:26 am

  Blogs are great but it’s important to know that interesting blogging does require knowledge and work. Hate to see poor blogs. We would have much more great blogs if people would know more about blogging.
  For this reason the tips laid out here are so valuable and should be set mandatory for anyone interested in blogging.
  When you know better about Internet and making moneyYou do better!

• Reginald

  April 30th, 2008 11:24 pm

  Tannage,

  If you are looking for information on venues and options that are available for making money online, you could try the ‘Real Money Show’.

  Self-employment is no longer the far-fetched dream of a small percentage of the working class.

  There are some business experts who say that now is the time to invest in your own business.

  With numerous business consultants predicting that the stock markets are in for a rough ride, an online business with its lower costs appears to be the more sensible choice.

  Well-known journalist and television host, John Daly, utilized his expertise to create an online series of interviews with creators of online marketing programs with a track record for turning some people into millionaires.

  The obvious benefit of this approach is that individuals actually get to see and hear the people behind these successful programs.

  ‘The Real Money Show’, http://www.realmoneyshow.com, is designed to help anyone, with the interest, to find an online business well suited for them and give them the opportunity to live the lifestyle they decide.

  The credibility of this online resource is reinforced by the fact that ‘The Real Money Show’ does not endorse anyone or any particular program.

  These five to ten minute interviews allow people to read, watch, listen, and make an educated decision.

  I hope you find the reference useful.

• Steve

  May 3rd, 2008 10:41 am

  It’s great to see so many blogging tips and such a great blogging discussion in one place. Well done
  Steve
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• Real Estate Mercatto

  May 5th, 2008 4:15 pm

  I am trying to find quality content on the web and one of the points that I was stopped and this is here, always revealing affairs, has been helping me a lot to mount my blog.

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• michael

  May 16th, 2008 1:36 pm

  Thank you! I have launched my new blog. By following these blogging tips, I see the traffic coming. Content is king. I will always write articles helpful for my readers.

• Robin

  May 20th, 2008 3:03 pm

  Building my site now and spending time reading. Makes it easier knowing Copyblogber – and great articles like these. Thanks!

• Sam

  May 21st, 2008 6:40 am

  Very interesting, thanks for the information. I need to just keep building.

  Thanks

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• Sue (South Africa)

  May 26th, 2008 7:44 pm

  Am delighted to find your blog. We all need to find a site that makes our life easier and is informative at the same time. Myself (and my mate Caro) will spend some time digesting your info – thanks

• Sarah

  May 29th, 2008 10:00 am

  Here are some tips for bloggers meeting in person:

  http://www.genesismoments.com/awritersjourney/2008/05/proper-blogger-etiquette-for-meeting-face-to-face.html

• george tomas

  June 6th, 2008 8:08 pm

  ProBlogger the Book proved to be useful .

• Reginald

  June 7th, 2008 3:36 am

  Sarah,

  That is an interesting link you posted.

  The title of the link sounds practical enough.

  I’ll check it out.

  Thanks for the resource.

• Busby Seo Challenge

  June 7th, 2008 5:25 pm

  Yes very great, we know this is very useful especially when we combine this tips and our learning in SEO then there will be a great results.

• ROBIN

  June 10th, 2008 8:53 am

  This article is where I learnt everything about blogging.

• Added-Cash

  June 11th, 2008 7:38 am

  Great article. I really enjoy your site. It has helped me very much. I thank you.
  Do you think trends like the new iPhone for example, can help a blogger’s site by trying to promote or comment on said product?

• stephan xiao

  June 18th, 2008 1:32 am

  I ‘m a beginner and I nearly make money by posting a little of paid reviews out of Payperpost, Sponsoredreviews, etc. And because of my low traffic, TLA and ReviewMe hasn’t accepted my blog till now. So, I urge to know how to improve my traffic effectively. Can you help me? Thank you.

• Arul

  June 20th, 2008 5:15 pm

  Awesome Beautiful tips for beginners.

• Low Han Yew

  June 24th, 2008 6:10 pm

  Great article… I am also new to blogging. I just started blogging using my new-bought domain, so I also have very little traffic, like stephen xiao (june 18th, 2008)…

• Brisbane SEO consultant

  June 25th, 2008 10:05 pm

  Thanks for the list. There’s a week or so of great reading there.

• Rory

  June 26th, 2008 10:22 am

  just started my blog today only hav 2 post to date, the point which were made above are apreciated and will be taken aboard as i expand my blogosphere.

  Thanking you

• Maikel

  July 4th, 2008 1:00 am

  Thank you very much, I’m try to read the list in detail.

• Lowline

  July 25th, 2008 10:46 am

  Trying to learn more about blogging & info like this is very helpful! Thanks so much!

• Billigflug

  July 27th, 2008 9:02 am

  As an internet marketer and author I appreciate the tremendous work which has gone into the site. I especially appreciate the high quality which is very apparent. I have book marked the site and will be returning often.

• Ashok kumar Burra

  August 6th, 2008 8:16 pm

  A Great book by Darren Rowse and Chris Garret. I enjoyed reading Problogger book, really this book is a handy tool for all new bloggers, blogging on any topic to perfectly understand enough about the blogosphere.
  Buying the Problogger book will be a good investment before creating our website to know and to design our own strategies for future blogging.
  I recommend this book to all newbie bloggers like me.
  So far I used by blog only as a hobby but now following ProBlogger I am seriously thinking to improve my website very much in the near future.

• Internet Business World

  August 11th, 2008 5:31 am

  Great article for beginners and I think this book will provide quality information to newbies. Continue good work guys

• Pangeran

  August 20th, 2008 5:31 pm

  Thank you for this article.
  I am still learning and glad I’ve found this post.

  Besides, make money while blogging becoming a “hot” topic nowaday…

• Razvan Dobre

  August 28th, 2008 7:53 am

  Thanks for all the useful links and the great information, Darren! It really helps me a lot!

  Have a great day!
  Razvan Dobre

• caron

  August 31st, 2008 5:13 pm

  I am not only new to blogging, I need the idiot’s guide. Although I created a website for my blogs to reside on I have no clue as to how to promote the site. Techie words like SEO, blog networks etc. confuse me. (I am 56 year old grand ma just getting into blogging) I don’t know how to go about getting a reciprocal link. Plus I am a participative learner, trying to read instructions doesn’t work for me. Can you help. Videos also work.

• gout

  September 4th, 2008 5:56 pm

  thanks for tips and good source information….. your tips very helping me to tearn more

• gout

  September 4th, 2008 5:57 pm

  thanks very useful tips and good sourcing for me to learn more about blog

• Rogue

  September 13th, 2008 7:42 pm

  This is amazing! One page and full of packages of advices for bloggers. Although I have been blogging for some months now, I still consider myself a newbie and blogging and always on the lookout of new updats and stuffs. When i searched about blog tips, this is the second google result, and since problogger is so popular, i chose to click this result rather than the first one.

  Wonderful references and with links. Simply great! Thank you for sharing this to us newbies. ^^

• Παιχνίδια

  September 14th, 2008 4:38 am

  Thank you,
  for this reference. This is not only for “beginers” but, for
  tired bloggers also

• obes

  September 18th, 2008 4:50 pm

  thanks for sharing and recommendation sourcing to learn for me as beginner

• Mila

  September 18th, 2008 5:38 pm

  Thanks for the guide. Its like a reference tool for new bloggers. There are a lot many blogging platforms now than what was available 2 years ago. A lot of things changed but this is still a valuable post.

• Rivo H

  September 22nd, 2008 2:34 am

  Thank you Darren for everything. Your posts here actually got me seriously into blogging, and that world is amazing I can tell you!

  Keep on inspiring and motivating us beginners!

• India Microfinance

  September 25th, 2008 4:44 am

  thank you for the comprehensive and thoughtful list… you are really a professional blogger

• Dustin Jones

  September 27th, 2008 10:05 pm

  My blog is getting about 150 page views a day and just got a PR4 ranking after the 2nd week. Is this normal or just fluke luck?

  I don’t write for money and im not even a good writer but I think my topics might be important to some in the e-commerce world.

  I’m the e-commerce director for a start up company writing about changes in the marketplace and how we are growing.

  Maybe I can make some money from this blog? at what point would I maybe consider monetizing the traffic that is coming in?

• myx buendia

  October 1st, 2008 11:08 am

  Thanks for all the links. They are very useful. I’m a beginner in the field of blogging. I hope I can be a good one. And thanks for the tips/techniques… this blog post is great. i actually bookmarked it here in my computer. hehe

• Sarah H.

  October 19th, 2008 12:41 am

  This series has been so helpful for me in starting my blog. THANK YOU!

• MsMayor

  October 21st, 2008 1:03 am

  Great information for us newbies. Hats off to you and thanks for sharing.

• firmanwy

  October 21st, 2008 10:22 am

  It is a wise if the beginner start writing their most interesting thing for them.

• sitemaster

  October 23rd, 2008 1:30 am

  I am going to launch 4 static geo-specific directories on the specific topic “farmingadvisor” (US, UK, Canada, Australia). The directories will list experts that can advise on farming issues in each country.

  It is important that each site has its own domain with a ccTLD because each may be sold separately, and because advisor is spelt differently in the UK and US.

  To promote each of these directories I am going to have a blog on each site. Each of these 4 blogs will have identical posts for 75% of the content which will be general farming news, and country-specific farming posts for 25% of the content. Over time this split should evolve to 50:50.

  I am trying to wrap my head around the best way to execute this, and perhaps my current parameters need changing.

  - Will each blog’s promotional power be severely inhibited by the fact that 75% of its content is repeated on three other domains?
  - Is there an easy way to upload the content to all of the blogs at the same time even though they are on different domains?
  - If the blog had 100% the same information for each site would that be better, there could be “1. DIRECTORY 2. SHARED BLOG 3. COUNTRY SPECIFIC BLOG” or is that crazy to have two blogs on one domain?
  - So maybe it could be One Blog with links to four directories and each directory has a NEWS page rather than a blog?

  I am really puzzled by the technical issues, and how to make it work for SEO, and would welcome comments and insights of any nature. I am going to invest some cash into this so I don’t want to make fundamental structural errors.

• Emmy

  October 23rd, 2008 7:55 am

  Thanks for the article, I have been searching everywhere for blogging tips and have none as organized and comprehensive as yours. I think an easy mistake a beginner blogger, such as myself, make is they hyper-focus on site not realizing the network they need to build.

• Social Media Marketing Blog

  October 29th, 2008 8:51 pm

  wow, very nice and useful tips…thanks a bunch …

• Marcus Michaels

  November 7th, 2008 2:26 pm

  Darren, thanks for the reply, these tips have been invaluable.

• MPD

  November 18th, 2008 8:39 am

  Great tips – these are useful and this site rocks especially for beginners like myself…

• gel

  November 19th, 2008 4:43 pm

  Ei, darren, can you critique my new post? it’s about how to make your blog more human-friendly, just want to help new bloggers.

  http://negosyo360.blogspot.com/2008/11/5-simple-ways-to-make-your-blog.html

• trebinje

  November 19th, 2008 10:30 pm

  it’s great to see so many blogging tips and such a great blogging discussion.

• Aaron

  November 20th, 2008 12:57 am

  Starting a blog can be a little intimidating especially when confronted with the deluge of information.

  Your resource is excellent.

  The most important thing is just to start blogging- start writing about something you’re passionate about and don’t worry about the seo, monitizing, just yet.

• Paul Richards

  November 22nd, 2008 3:34 am

  I thought Tay over at http://www.superbloggingtips.com did a good job with the “75 Ways to Increase Traffic” post a few months ago. As a retired “systems engineer” with a few web sites, I moulded Tay’s list into a simple graphic that gives a big-picture view of blogging and web site promotion. Use it any way you see fit, if you are so inclined. The graphic is at http://www.silkybrick.com/cgi-bin/sb/pg_bt.pl

• Ridhuan

  December 6th, 2008 6:16 am

  Thanks a lot. I’m a beginner and really should follow a lot of good instructions in this post. Does anybody know or saw any post about the follow,no-follow things that describe in detail. I really need to know that. Reply me at my blog or email.

• Laurus Nobilis

  December 8th, 2008 9:52 pm

  This is a very good resource of beginners. Actually, it is good for everyone who cares about internet marketing.

• Sebastian

  December 14th, 2008 2:41 am

  Wow!

  i just started blogging a couple days ago and the information you listed are blasting :)
  I will need some time to read through all of this ;)
  Thanks a lot :)

  cya :)

• Sanjay Nair

  December 15th, 2008 11:16 pm

  Hi Darren,

  Probably, you have heard it all before, but your site is like a mecca for newbies to the blogosphere. I have read almost each and every article on your site and am looking to go through them again before I start my own blog. I particularly liked the monetizing tips! (Yes, I am here for the dough :) )

  One of the things that has confused me though, is selecting a niche. Is it really as important as it is made out to be? Cant we start a blog without a niche? As in, blog about anything and everything that comes to our mind?

  Cheers,
  Sanjay Nair

• Paul Moore

  December 22nd, 2008 6:53 am

  Hi Sanjay,

  I am new to blogging too, and I decided to make my first blog about my experiences in making income online.

  I believe you can start a blog without a niche and you can say anything and everything that comes to mind, but will it be successful?

  You said you were here for the dough. A blog that just rambles about anything will not attract a targeted list of customers to your site. Without the proper bait at the end of your line you will not catch any big fish. Your bait should be focused content on a certain topic.

  Problogger content is a perfect example of bait. They are catching all us bloggers!

• Sanjay Nair

  December 22nd, 2008 3:54 pm

  Hi Paul,

  Hmmmm. That’s pretty much what everyone says including Problogger. Right now, my blog focuses exclusively on content writing and SEO. But at times, I feel like writing about anything but those two topics. So my question is, is an occassional drfit from the topic acceptable without sacrificing your reader base in the process?

  Cheers,
  Sanjay

• Chester

  December 31st, 2008 12:01 pm

  You are a great blogger, I am a Begginer and I am a fan of your blog. Happy New Year! And may the God Smile on us…

• Casper "Free Money" christensen

  January 2nd, 2009 5:31 am

  These articles will really help me building my new blog. Glad to find a place where I can get so many ideas to try and implement
  Must be one of the most comprehensive set of beginner blogging articles that exists!

  God Bless
  Casper

• Rae

  January 6th, 2009 7:17 am

  This site is Awesome!!! I look forward to more information and becoming more engaged as my blog and experience grow.

• romanzick

  January 11th, 2009 9:54 pm

  nice stuff mr darren, it is always refreshing my mind to get forward in online business

• ronitdeep

  January 12th, 2009 3:53 am

  gr8 links man…
  after looking to this articles ,i think i need to edit my articles…
  Gr8 work

• Rizky Nur Zamzamy

  January 12th, 2009 6:08 am

  So many things to read. So many great resources for me who has just started blogging. Which one is the best to start?

• Chris Bennett

  January 20th, 2009 6:09 am

  I have created my first ever blog for the garage where I work. I am trying my best to promote this blog and have read some great tips here.
  My first aim is to get a good google ranking but it seems a little daunting but I will keep trying and reading the tips available here.

• Rachel

  January 28th, 2009 12:07 am

  It’s always easy to say how to, to do it……… other issue

• ray

  January 31st, 2009 3:25 pm

  darren thx for all the great posts. i am wondering though about the new google dance. seems that G has placed less emphasis on exact longtail matches and more has been placed on content matches overall.. have you or anyone else run into this lately?

• amosis

  February 1st, 2009 11:29 pm

  well said darren …You have taken care of and included almost all Topics which blogger needs

• Mark

  February 11th, 2009 7:20 pm

  Excellent resources Darren, this will immensely help beginners.

• Jon

  February 20th, 2009 12:29 am

  This is like the mother load of Blogging information, impressive stuff, hours of researching can be saved its all here! Thanks!

• Chiryl Hectic

  February 25th, 2009 2:02 am

  These tips has been implemented by many bloggers in the philippines and it was successfully helped in their blogging activities.

• Keith Smith

  February 26th, 2009 12:19 pm

  Hello Darren,

  When I decided I wanted to start my own blog, I went on a reading and research frenzy. I wanted to learn all I could as fast as I could about blogging. That’s how I found ProBlogger. This site has been such a great resource for me and while I am still rather new, I have learned so much in a short amount of time and a lot of the thanks goes to you and the ProBlogger Blog! Thanks!

  -Keith Smith

• Anil

  February 27th, 2009 8:06 pm

  this was very good it helps me a lot tanks 2 problogger

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• Ken

  March 12th, 2009 3:22 am

  Hello Darren

  Thank You for your work and sharing of all the great information on your blog. As a new blogger I have found your blog a great source of inspiration and a wealth of info.

  Thanks Again
  Ken

• Dump Trucks

  March 12th, 2009 9:55 pm

  Good Job Darren.Its very kind of all,those who share their good experience with the readers.I have gone through many articles in internet about effective blogging & I implement the steps,but cant find desired result.Hope this book will help.Anyways.
  Thanx

• The Medical Plus

  March 20th, 2009 6:30 pm

  Use effective titles is a great tip, thanks for sharing

• Watch Gossip Girl

  March 22nd, 2009 9:25 am

  Cheers for this post. This is really helpful for beginners that want to get into blogging.

• munfaridon

  March 31st, 2009 10:09 pm

  it was pretty cool for newbie, i want to make the other version of your content in my language country, can i..?

• payday advances

  April 6th, 2009 4:57 am

  I just started my blog and it was useful for me get such information about blogging. I’ll try to use it in my work.

• Mike J

  April 9th, 2009 12:42 pm

  This site has such wonderful content and it never ends. I can always find something new that gets me excited and pumped up to go and try every time i visit. Something I have always liked is mind maps. Have you at ProBlogger ever produced any mind maps on blogging and blog community?

  Thank you for providing this FREE and valuable site.

• Online computer Repair

  April 11th, 2009 7:53 am

  For a blogger starting out, what blog site would you recommend. In other words which ones offer the most exposure to search engines and give the best bang for your word.

• flowers delivery Moscow

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• Compare Hosting Plans

  April 15th, 2009 1:03 am

  Nice tips and tricks for beginners. I love how this article helps you even if you do not know a lot about blogging. This one really helped me on my sites.

  ROCK ON!

• elsa shella

  April 16th, 2009 3:01 pm

  thanks for the tips, you’ll hear a lot from me when i’ve learned it all… -_-

• sun

  April 18th, 2009 5:07 am

  I’m a beginner, thank you for your beginners guide. I definitely need all the information.

• Jermaine Love Poems

  April 20th, 2009 5:13 am

  A great way to get your blog out there is using forums which is ingenious IMO! This post shows most of it.

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• planettech9

  April 25th, 2009 5:16 am

  Most people who blog are blogging for either two reasons: making money from the blog or just passionate enough to blog (even without getting compensated).

  Only few people do understand that blogs can be used as an online reputation management tool.

  How is that so?

  Let me explain. In an online business, or just even business in general, reputations are like “trust cards.”

  Most people won’t even care to talk to you unless they know you. Even worse, they may even blacklist you if you have a bad reputation.

  Another example is when doing transactions in forums. One thing to notice is that when you’re just starting out and you are virtually an unknown to everybody, they are skeptic to do transactions with you. They want to you to do a condition first before doing a business with you to gain trust. There’s no big deal about that and it’s the thing most newbie face when they jump into the online marketplace.

  So why blogs?

  It’s been talked about so much how search engines love blogs. Blogs are easy to spider, ranks well on some keywords and most provides high quality content (if not all).
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  Business Forums-

• belajar wordpress

  April 25th, 2009 6:34 pm

  Thanks making this list, make it easier to learn blogging from step by step article.

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  May 11th, 2009 9:16 pm

  I have a log ranked 3. But these tips will definitely help me increase the rank when making it look better! Thanks a ton!

• George Serradinho

  May 15th, 2009 1:34 am

  Hi there,

  your list for beginners is just amazing, you have cover almost all the areas someone should first look at. I’m sure all newbies would look at your list, thanks for sharing.

• SEO India

  May 21st, 2009 5:32 pm

  Nice Tips! Really these tips are very useful for me because i am beginner. Thanks a lot.

• cancerinfo

  May 27th, 2009 11:17 pm

  thank you, I am a new and much-read the lesson from your article, very useful for me

• tiffanys

  June 1st, 2009 3:29 pm

  great tips. beginners always have no idea of what they could do to their new blog and day by day no updates added into it.
  what you really help is tell us beginners how to find resource to update our website. really awesome, thanks

• Aman

  June 3rd, 2009 8:49 pm

  Hey Darren, Thanks for the great informative tips… I as a beginner have learnt a lot from your posts… :)

  Thanks again… :)

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