Linkbaiting

Linkbaiting is a strategy that some bloggers use to attract others to link to their site. There are many ways to do so, and one of them is to offer backlinks to people that will link to your site. You can learn a lot about linkbaiting by observing how others have tried to benefit from it. Here are some examples of linkbaiting strategies used by bloggers over the years:

-John Chow asked people to post a review of his site. He also promised that he will link to anyone who does so. By organizing this event he obtained a lot of backlinks. What attracted people to participate were his blog’s high Page Rank and number of readers.
-Somewhere Over the Debt was giving a free copy of a book to a person who referred most people to her site. This resulted in contestants writing posts about her site, so she obtained a lot of backlinks this way. She also emphasized her high PR.
-Make Money online with a 13-Year Old organized a link exchange program. He requested links to three of his posts with any anchor text a blogger wanted. In turn, Carl promised to link from one of his posts.

As you see, linkbaiting is all about encouraging others to link to your site. There are also many other strategies that could be used.

December 21st, 2009 - Posted in About Blogging, About Internet, Websites | | 7 Comments

Accept Payments

If you own an Internet business, you will want to have multiple ways of accepting payments. On the other hand, if you want to earn some money by participating in various online programs, you will also need to make sure that you have an account to which you will get paid. There are various payment processors, buy PayPal is probably the most popular one.

PayPal is an online website allowing its customers to accept payments made through the Internet. It is a very convenient way to accept money, as if you plan on making money through the Internet, it will not take long to realize that some companies only pay through PayPal. Additionally, PayPal in owned by eBay so if you want to do some online shopping on the biggest online auction house in the world, you will benefit from it as well. So whether you are making money online or not, you might find PayPal services quite useful, as you will be able to make payments as well.
Of course Paypal is not the only payment processor, and Moneybookers is one of its competitors. Moneybookers allows citizens from more countries to participate so it is definitely a good choice for those who cannot have a PayPal account. While Moneybookers may not be a bank, generally users agree that it can be trusted.

December 2nd, 2009 - Posted in About Internet, Business Topics | | 0 Comments