Commenting Etiquette

Hi you all.

It has been only less than a month since I started on my new site. It is going to be close to a month, come 24th November 2011. I have got quite a decent number of visitors on my new website (more than 50), it is just that they appeared to be quite shy when it comes to commenting. I am not sure if this can be attributed to the majority of the visitors are from Singapore, and that Singaporeans are rather reserved when expressing their opinions and they tend to keep to themselves.

I will be concentrating all my time and energy on my new website. I am aiming to be able to make a living off blogging and to eventually use my blog income to support myself. Well enough about myself, allow me to broach on the topic of Commenting Etiquette. This is simply the etiquette to observe when you are a new blogger and wish to promote your website by leaving a comment on another blogger's higher page-rank website.

1. No Spamming, No spamming, No spamming
This means simply, not to spam. When you are commenting on a blog, it is simply rude to leave behind duplicates of remarks like the "Copy and Paste" kind. It is also bad that you are also not commenting "on-topic", and just blabbering nonsense.

2. Comment to bring forth discussion
The blog owner will love you for it. This means to leave a comment to encourage further discussion from other readers on the same blog. It is even better to also point out a different perspective that the blog author did not mention, and make it personal by stating Your own point of view. It is kinda pointless to just simply agree on what the author has to say.

3. Be polite and courteous
Agree to disagree. Nobody likes to see a heated argument over the internet which results in slurs of vulgarities and profanities painting all over the blog. Be responsible and also accept that other people are entitled to their own point of views. If you disagree strongly, be gentle with your words and don't use a harsh tone in your comments that is provocative. No "Fu** Y**" and No "Screw Y*** Mot***". You can say it in your mind but not in the comments. Nobody likes rude people.

Keep in mind on all these and you can go about commenting in peace and love. Who knows, you will be rewarded for your comments when the blog author decides to thank you by linking back to your own blog. Be polite and observe the "Commenting Etiquette".

Frustrations of a Blogger

Ever experienced severe frustrations when you are designing your blog/website or doing some coding lines.

Once, I tried to encode the google analytics into the blog and then I kept seeing the failed status where the google analytics id is not detected on my site. I checked back a few times and did some alterations in the positioning of the analytics id into the code.

After a while, I simply gave up. A few days later, I checked back into the account and found that it is perfectly working. Hmm......

Whether you are a blogger or a website owner, when your website involves e-commerce, you have to take note of the amount of traffic that goes into your blog/website. I am trying a few methods that experienced bloggers with lots of experience in internet marketing have vouched for their effectiveness. Stay tune to see the results of my marketing efforts.

Getting Indexed on Google (Part 2)

I did a couple of things to get my new website indexed, as I have mentioned previously. Previously, I was having trouble trying to find a solution. After a few magic touches and leaving it to the next day, I woke up and found that my website topped the search for that particular keyword.

SEO and Keyword Research plays an important role in doing market research and finding out what your customers, people who enter your blog, would want. It is not always that easy and straight forward to find out what people really want.

Feel free to express your thoughts/experiences and leave comments.

Wordpress or Google

Should you use wordpress or google when you first start out a blog? After attending a series of internet seminars, most experts recommend the use of wordpress which will bring about the best possible SEO (Search Engine Optimization).

I have been looking around for sites that introduces about SEO, not sure if there is any good one for recommendation.

Getting Indexed on Google

From my experience of setting up websites so far, especially for a website with .com, .org, .etc is harder as compared to blogs online. My new blog, Terence Design Template, is getting up and running not long ago. Comparing this to my other website, N5FOnline, a search on N5FOnline didn't even appear on the google index.

After reading some blogs for some info, I heard that it takes about 3 weeks for a typical website with a domain registered to be indexed.

Just added a banner ad moments ago, wish to commemorate with this post.

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Running the first test onsite.......

The first post of the blog........