If you are paid to blog, you need to work on your own. That means that you can stay in your home and make all transactions by the use of computers and the internet. There are also some things that you must consider, like making sure that you does not steal contents from others. If you are asked to create blogs, you make sure that it is all original and it makes sense. Be sure to follow the requirements for the blog. If you can do all of these then you can definitely make a lot of money in no time without working and hustling night and day. Blog for living is not bad idea at all so long as you have the necessary skills and resources to support it.

How to get listed on Search Engines? It all starts with your META TAGS….

Here is the following Meta Tags that is very needed in your web page.

<META http-equiv=”Content-Type” content=”text/html; charset=iso-8859-1″>
<META name=”keywords” content=”keyword1,keyword2,keyword3″>
<META name=”description” content=”brief description about the site”>
<META name=”robots” Content=”Index,Follow”>

No need to have other meta tags like abstract, re-visit and all, most people don’t read it.

Now…

<META http-equiv=”Content-Type” content=”text/html; charset=iso-8859-1″>

This tag is tells content type is html and character set used it iso-8859-1 there are other character sets also but this is the one mostly used..

<META name=”keywords” content=”keyword1,keyword2,keyword3″>

This one should have all your keywords inside starting from keyword with most counts…

keyword tag for our example would be something like :

<META name=”keywords” content=”tech news,technology news, computer technology news,information technology,software news”>

Remember to put around 15-20 keywords max not more than that. Don’t repeat keywords or dont put keywords like, “tech news”, “info tech news”, “latest tech news” and so on…

<META name=”description” content=”brief description about the site”>

Provide short description about your site and include all the keywords mentioned in the title tag.

Description tag should be:

<META name=”description” content=”One Stop for Latest Tech News, Information Technology News, Computer Related and Software news.”>

It can be up to 255 characters and avoid using more than 3 “,” commas

<META name=”robots” Content=”Index,Follow”>

This is used for search robots. Following explanation will help you:

index,follow = index the page as well as follow the links
noindex,follow = dont index the page but follow the links
index,nofollow = index the page but dont follow the links
noindex,nofollow = dont index page, dont follow the links
all = same as index,follow
none = same as noindex,nofollow

• Website Content: – Website content should carry country specific information and it should be targeted country’s language.

• Geo Targeting: – Google webmaster has option to set website geographical location. Set that desired location and always try to use particular country search engine for ranking monitoring.

• Search Engine & Directory Submission: – Website should submit in country specific search engines and directories. Try to find out local directories and classified sites and list your website in that.

• Google Map Address & Local Address: – Your website should carry local address and phone no. of that country and area because Google have its database in its google map and give special preference for those sites. Try to list your website in local map sites and add this listing at your website also.

• Article Submission & Press Release Submission: – Your website’s article and press releases should be submitted in local article distribution sites and press release site.

• Link Exchange: – Your website should carry most of the targeted country links in incoming category. Once your website will become popular in local area websites. You will get good ranking at your desired targeted country and area or search engine.

A great web hosting service is a must for one who maintains multiple blogs. Without a dependable webhosting service, the webmaster or the blogger is certainly meets a lot of technical troubles. If this cannot be remedied, then he really is in real trouble. A reliable webhosting service is extremely important to make online works real fast and easy. It will save a lot of time and effort on the blogger if the webhosting service provider gives quality service.

The usual trend for large business firms who engages in business blogging is to avail of a dedicated server in order to accommodate numerous tasks online. With a dedicated server, the user is in complete access of the server and is therefore in full control of it.

Another type of webhosting service which catches the attention of most Internet users today is green hosting. Green hosting is perhaps the most recent type of webhosting service. This, I believe, is a great boon to the environment for the energy used in this webhosting service is one which is utilized from alternative sources which cause less or no pollution at all such as wind, geothermal and solar. By availing this type of service, you can help promote a good cause, that of saving the environment from eventual destruction.

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Is blogging the new form of Journalism? Should bloggers be held to the same standards as the media? These are the questions that need to be answered as you watch this video from Chris Pirillo of http://live.pirillo.com.

Some of the Comments on this Video:

Commentor 1: Good subject chrus. If you are getting paid to blog for a company, then you have a set of standards, and therefore should be held accountable.

In many cases, bloggers are more trusted than journalists, because good bloggers link out to things they write about thereby sourcing their work.

All good writers, whether a blogger, journalist or both, should practice good writing, and good writing includes being responsible for what you write.

Commentor 2: I can not say I am a good writer in the English language, but I hate seeing a blog with only pictures on it. They take longer to load in my opinion. If all I want to post is pictures then I open a web gallery instead. I hear picasa is a good. These bloggers are degrading all those that want more than just a fresh look at someone’s behind. At least tell the audience why you think that behind is that special in a paragragh or two, before taking such bold move.

Commentor 3: I don’t believe bloggers are journalists as journalism takes some skill, however I do believe they play a fairly important role in providing sometimes useful or interesting information, via the web.

I have a blog and also do some journalism work. they do not cross.

Imagine you are having some lunch at an outdoor café in the heart of Makati, when suddenly a young woman wanders into the throng of tables and excitedly screams, “I just finished watching the first season of Gossip Girl! I know I’m late, lol! Chuck and Blair were made for each other! Don’t you agree!” After her little speech, she then proceeds to look at everyone at the café earnestly waiting for an answer.

What can you possibly say after hearing something like that? I bet you wouldn’t even stick around long enough to reply to the woman’s question; you would have hot-footed it out of there, running away from the Gossip Girl-loving lunatic.

While it seems like only an escapee from a mental asylum would ever do something like this, many people around the globe make similar declarations everyday. Even you have probably made such a statement — it’s only 140 words long, and is said with the intent of getting others’ attention and opinion.

It’s a disease that has been spread worldwide. Millions of people have been bitten by this contagious bug, from well-known personalities like Ashton Kutcher and Barack Obama, to boring ol’ folks like me and you.

At this very moment, thousands of people are broadcasting their thoughts to the rest of the world. They’re not on the streets yelling at the top of their lungs — they’re in front of their computer screens typing.

This global phenomenon is called microblogging. A microblog is, from the term itself, a web log or “blog” post. However, being only 140 to 200 characters long, it’s more of a statement, a thought, or an idea compared with actual blog posts, which are basically journal entries.

Of course, no one calls this web service microblogging. Ever heard of a little site called Twitter (a glimmer of understanding, finally!)? It’s one of the most popular sites for microblogging. Once you create an account there, you can “follow” the “tweets” or entries of your friends, celebrities, and even organizations. At the same time, you also have your own followers who read your tweets.

Under the default settings of the site, all tweets can be read by the entire world. The more interesting your tweets are or the more famous you are (as it turns out, celebrities’ lives are not as glamorous as they seem on TV), the more followers you’ll have.

Some people, my friends included, like to collect followers — that is, they want more people to read their tweets. To attract more readers, they post the most outrageous things they can think of. Secrets, complaints, declarations of love and hatred are the usual content of attention-seeking microbloggers. These people are exhibitionists who want to be watched.

On the flipside, there are the voyeurs who enthusiastically follow anyone and everyone’s tweets. Twitter is a stalker’s haven, really. It’s so easy to follow someone’s tweets and, consequently, learn tons of information about that person. I’m still waiting for my crush to join the bandwagon and get a Twitter account (oh please! Don’t pretend you haven’t religiously read your crushes’ tweets!). I’ve learned many things about my friends from their posts — who likes caramel, who hates Marian Rivera, who has insomnia, and other similarly mundane facts. Gives new meaning to the saying “a little birdie told me,” doesn’t it?

Though it is the most popular, Twitter isn’t the only home for microbloggers everywhere. Here in the Philippines, Plurk, another microblog service provider, is also quite prominent. It’s a little bit more confusing to work with than Twitter and its chaotic interface is very different from the clean and simple one used by Twitter. However, it has its upsides too.

For one, Plurk has smileys, and the more you post “plurks,” which are the equivalent of tweets, the more smileys you get to use. Second, the whole site, chaotic though it may be, is more customizable; the background, font color, graphics, and even username can be adjusted according to your current tastes. Third, commonly used verbs such as is, wants, wishes, or loves, are provided in a drop down menu. These word cues, as I fondly call them, are useful when you want to say something, but don’t really have an idea what to say.

Other unique features in Plurk are difference between having friends and having fans and the concept of karma. Friends in Plurk can read and reply to each others’ posts. Fans can only read your plurks. You won’t be able to read theirs, and they don’t have the option of replying to your posts. They are, essentially, just like real-world fans.

Karma can be regarded as the rewards system of Plurk. The more you plurk, and the more friends and fans you have, the higher your karma. When you stop plurking or a friend request is rejected, your karma goes down. The goal of plurking is not only to share your thoughts, but also to reach Plurk Nirvana — a karma of 100. Often, it’s a race among friends to see who will reach Plurk Nirvana first. This system is ingenious because it keeps users coming back just to keep their karma up. Perhaps this is the reason so many people use Plurk: the thrill of competition is addicting.

But what of Twitter then? What of Jaiku, Pownce, and Yappd? Why do so many people still take the time to type 140 characters to inform others about what they had for dessert? More importantly, why do we keep reading about what others had for dessert?

Maybe humans are natural exhibitionists. We want to be noticed; it doesn’t matter what we want to be noticed for. It could be twittering to get support for an election campaign or plurking to let friends know what you think of Hayden Kho and Katrina Halili.

We continue stalking, er, following tweets and plurks because we want to learn what others think, and consequently agree or disagree with their opinions. It’s our way of trying to find something in common with those we know and those we only wish we knew.

We microblog for the same reason that we converse with one another. We’re all just forging bonds, making relationships stronger and gathering information needed for our daily lives (love lives included!).

So, you may never walk into a mall and start screaming about the terror teacher who failed you in class, but you certainly have the right (and the guts) to tell all your Plurk and Twitter buddies about her. For sure, if some stranger happens to stumble onto your post, he or she won’t stare at you in shock of your ranting. With luck, maybe he or she might even give you a kind word of sympathy and a thumbs-up smiley.

Article Source:www.philstar.com:Young Star by:Maria Jorica B. Pamintuan

The Search Engine Marketing & Optimization talk at Urdaneta City University was a successful seminar that for the first time the secret of earning online has been revealed to the people of Pangasinan.

The event was participated by Bitstop Network Services, Urdaneta City University, and ICT Pangasinan. The whole day seminar was the first SEO and SEM Seminar in Pangasinan making Search Engine Marketing & Optimization a revealing opportunity for ICT  students and practitioners to earn extra income thru blogging.

Janette Toral Talks focused on introduction to search engine marketing & optimization, planning an SEM campaign, keyword discovery & analysis, search engine processing basics, improving website page titles, description, menus, body text, other assets, and good content (on-page optimization), tracking and fine tuning your website.

Gary Viray gave a talk on link building techniques, tools, & tactics (off-page optimization). This includes getting a website linked through directory submissions, article writing, online press releases, social media/networking tools, and paid advertising programs.

See more of such event to come also in PSU(Pangasinan State University) Lingayen Campus.

Watch the video here for the minutes of the SEO/SEM Seminar:

Mabuhay SEO Pangasinan Your the Best….