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How to Make Sure Mobile Browsers Can See Your Blog

By Arun Basil Lal | Published: October 18, 2011

A guest post by David. If you wish to write one, check out the guest-posting guidelines and details.

If you thought search optimizing your blog couldn’t get any more complicated, think again. It’s only a matter of time before the cloud company boom and increasingly sophisticated mobile device technology makes web-browsing on-the-go the dominant means by which people access the Internet. Indeed, studies predict that by the middle of the decade, web browsing through mobile devices will see a 400% increase.

For bloggers, this means the majority of future readers are going to be doing so through their smartphones. Those serious about maintaining readership ought to consider the following ways to make blogs mobile-friendly:

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How to Easily Create Free Logo For Your Site

By Arun Basil Lal | Published: September 29, 2011

A guest post by Arun Garg. If you wish to write one, check out the guest-posting guidelines and details.

I have very little knowledge of html or you can say I was always afraid to try my hands on coding, same happens when I was looking for a simple logo for my site. The thought of coding always restrict me doing even search on Google.

But one day I make my mind and search on Google “Free logo generator”. I find many sites related to free logo generator but some was paid and others have very few options to edit them. I also came across Cool Text but I passed it without noticing as this site is also advertising on google (still advertising ) so I thought it will definitely be a paid site. Then I tried many sites and did not find anything useful, so I tried Cool Text and my experience with this website was really good one which i mentioned below.

What is Cool Text ?

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5 Steps To Optimize Your Blog To Rank On Google

By Arun Basil Lal | Published: September 23, 2011

A guest post by Michael Chibuzor. If you wish to write one, check out the guest-posting guidelines and details.

Search engine optimization has evolved since over the years. After the recent Google panda updates, a lot of blogs and corporate website witnessed a heavy blow. In the same vein, several other blogs climbed up the ladder, started ranking pretty well and has since stayed on Google’s homepage.

What factor contributed to these?

I want to share with you my 5 steps rules to optimizing your blog, in order to rank highly on search engines. When your blog becomes search engine friendly, there is no question of ranking, because every step required to succeed would fall into place. So, the first aspect of ranking highly on Google is to know what your blog is focused on…

Posted in Guest Posts, Pro Blogging | Tagged Blogging Tips, Building Traffic, SEO | 4 Comments

The Goldilocks Dilemma – Choosing A CMS

By Arun Basil Lal | Published: August 1, 2011

A guest post by Alice Sweeney. If you wish to write one, check out the guest-posting guidelines and details.

As a freelance writer in the digital era, I’ve encountered many a content management system. As a writer, I’m both more busy than I have been in a long time and have a higher learning curve to climb.

More busy because of Panda – and Google telling everyone that not only should they have unique content, but that the attic light should be on – you have to have fresh, unique content on a regular basis; someone needs to be home, so to speak.

Higher learning curve because I have different clients with different ways of managing their websites, and I need to be able to hit the ground running and be able to do what they ask with a minimum of confusion and questioning on my part – and I have had to acquire the basics of SEO, development and content management, along with a smattering of design.