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How to Keep Your Blog Relevant and Successful — an Interview With Andy Crestodina

ClearVoice

It’s the mini-version of Wikipedia for your industry. It’s the mini-version of Wikipedia for your industry.' Five years ago, the majority of bloggers wrote short posts of 1000 words or less. Five years ago, the majority of bloggers wrote short posts of 1000 words or less. It doesn’t sell. It teaches. Other changes?

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How to Increase Your Content Visibility in Google Knowledge Graph

Convince & Convert

Build Your Brand Presence in Wikipedia. And what could be more promising than Wikipedia ? Having your brand on Wikipedia hooks your online presence up to a high-value online encyclopedia. Wikipedia is an influential data source, open for all, but it does follow strict guidelines on what information it accepts.

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An Open Letter to Jimmy Wales

Webbiquity

Got your fundraising appeal for Wikipedia. Let me start by saying I’m a huge fan of Wikipedia; it is a truly amazing tool and a tremendous accomplishment. The Wikipedia cabal. I understand you don’t want Wikipedia to devolve into a collection of marketing brochures. Call off the dogs. The Priesthood.

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A Checklist for a Good Blog

Writing on the Web

Here’s what I look for in an optimized, good blog (one that gets Google search and reader results): A good blog title with a tag line that says what people will find on this blog (benefits to reader). The biggest mistake authors and beginning bloggers make is not to hyperlink words in a post.

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8 Blog SEO Tips for Top Search Results

Writing on the Web

Link to definitions on Wikipedia of the most important keywords whenever you can. Each post requires me to fill out the All-in-One SEO Pack plugin with title, description and keyword tags. Blog this on Blogger. Related posts: Search Engine Results: 3 Tips for Savvy Bloggers. No More Geek-Speak: SEO for Smart Bloggers.

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Do too many cooks spoil the blog?

Chris Koch

Image via Wikipedia. The advantage to multi-author blogs (though not necessarily to the audience’s advantage), is that the workload can be shared, reducing the dreaded gaps in posts if bloggers get really busy in their day jobs. There is also less disruption when a blogger leaves the fold. What do you think?

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Don’t They Know Who You Are? Why Reputation Management is Crucial

Webbiquity

Hire a social media-savvy PR person to help you get interviewed by prominent bloggers and writers in your industry. Consider writing a Wikipedia page about yourself. That means you’ll need to have links to third-party sources who have written about you, and the, er, idiosyncratic folks at Wikipedia will have to agree.