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When you have the best available SEO blogging software you are free to focus your creativity and genius on the quality of the content on your blog. But how do you know where to begin to find the very best software for your blog?

The invention of the blog has made successful entrepreneurs of many people who would otherwise have no way to enter the business world. It has given us a group of creative people who can now show us their talents and deliver their products to us any time of the day or night. For these bloggers to be successful at what they do, great blogging software is an absolute necessity. Without great search engine ranking and traffic to the blog, the business will not succeed. It is like opening a store and refusing to let anyone know about it. There really is no excuse for not optimizing your blog with the great software that is available today.

Your job with the blog should be to focus on the content that your visitors will be reading. Many visitors will be disappointed in the blog and leave very quickly if the material isn't fresh and offers new thoughts pretty regularly. They should also be written to encourage a nice exchange between the blogger and the reader. This is enough of a job for the blogger. When you are looking for SEO blogging software there are a couple of things to look for.

The first thing you should look for is Meta data. The keywords that are chosen for your blog are what bring those visitors scrambling to your blog. The keywords will need to be placed in the proper spots on the blog. Meta title, meta description and meta keywords. Each of these keywords will later be turned into tags. A separate page is created for each tag and the search engines will index those pages.

The next thing you will need is a good URL. Those all important keywords must be in the URL of each post. Good SEO blogging software will give you the opportunity to add your post title into the URL of the post. If you use the keywords in your title, then guess what, the keywords end up on your URL.

When you write great blog posts it is only natural that people will begin to comment on your posts. This is what you want them to do. Many of these comments will have URL's in the reply comments. If your SEO blogging software is good it will let you have the option of adding a do follow tag or a do not follow tag. This gives you the choice of sharing the SEO in the outgoing links.

These things should be a part of good quality SEO blogging software. You will find that it reduces the amount of work the blogger must do and also eliminates a lot of the headaches associated with performing SEO tasks. Make sure you shop around to get the best software for your blog. Blogging is one of the fastest rising Internet businesses going. If you decide that you want to get in, then make sure you do it right and get the best available and give your blog the best chance it has to be a success.

Davin Ogden is an accomplished internet marketer and viral marketing strategist. He has helped thousands of aspiring online entrepreneurs focusing on innovative viral and SEO blogging software techniques. For a limited time you can claim the *exclusive* "Creating A Winning Mindset For Success Report" at http://www.groovytastic.com/EliteBreedSq/

In managing my blog one of the tools I rely on is Google Docs. In this article I provide an introduction to Google Docs and explain its advantages to those running an blog.

What is Google Docs?

Google Docs is best summarized as a completely web-based, simplified, free version of Microsoft Office. It provides basic functionality such as word-processing, spreadsheets and presentations. The fact that it is an online service gives it a number of advantages, but there are also one or two disadvantages you need to be aware of.

Web-based service

The fact that Google Docs is an online service has a great advantage, you can work on a document from anywhere you have Internet access and a browser. This is more convenient than it sounds. For example, I have several computers and, using OpenOffice, I might create a Word-compatible document on, say, my desktop computer. If I am then on the road I don't have access to that document from my laptop as the document might still be on my desktop computer's hard-drive.

There are ways to transfer between computers, and one technique I used in the past was to email the document to Hotmail. This ensured that I could access the document from any of my computers and it was backed-up by Microsoft. This wasn't convenient though as I ended up having several versions of the document on different computers and keeping track of the current version proved difficult. Google Docs solves this problem as all the documents you create are hosted by Google. You can access your documents from any computer that has a browser and Internet access.

Document import and export

One of the nice features of Google Docs is that you can import existing documents such as Word documents or OpenOffice documents. This means if you have existing documents you can easily import them to your Google docs account. The interface allows you to see all your documents at once and you can also organise the documents into folders using labels. This is similar to how Gmail works. In addition to importing existing Word documents, Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations you can also export your documents to different formats. For example you can export a Google document to PDF, Word, or OpenOffice XML format. Being able to export documents to a PDF is particularly useful for those creating information products. This also provides a neat backup facility, as in the event that Google disappears (unlikely) you can have versions of your documents stored locally or on another server in any convenient format you wish.

You can easily publish documents to the web

At the click of a button you can publish a document at Google Docs to the web. By default the documents are private and secure (as you would expect), but by publishing the doc Google will make the document available via a URL. You can then email or other publish the URL on your website as required. Further, if you update the document in Google Docs, it will automatically republish the modified document if you require this. This means you can use Google Docs as a basic Content Management System (CMS). This is particularly nice as, because the documents are hosted by Google, the documents consume zero disk space and bandwidth from your hosting provider!

Integrated with Blogger

If you maintain a Blogger blog you are going to love Google Docs. Google Docs is fully integrated with Blogger - you can write documents at Google Docs and then publish them to a blog of your choice (if you maintain multiple blogs) in a couple of clicks. There are a couple of minor niggles with this - the document title doesn't currently transfer correctly, so you have to go into Blogger and add the title. But apart from this it works very well. It's convenient if you are creating a longer post that you might want to reuse on other sites. For example you might want to generate a PDF to email out, and also publish the same post to multiple blogs. Google Docs lets you do this with ease.

Google Docs with other blogs

Google Docs also works well with other blogs or even your own site. Google Docs currently integrates with BlogWare, LiveJournal, Wordpress, BlogHarbour and SquareSpace. There are also options for publishing directly to your own server (although I haven't tested this yet).

Simple interface

Google Docs provides a nice environment in which to write, spell check and view your article before publishing.

Using Google Docs is about as simple as it gets. Once you've created your Google account - if you don't already have one - Docs will appear in your Google account service list. From the service list you can access services such as Docs, Gmail, Blogger, and Picasa, with a single click.

The built in spell checker in Google Docs is particularly useful and easy. Click the 'Check Spelling' link and any errors are highlighted in yellow. You can also right-click on a spelling mistake to obtain a list of spelling suggestions.

Google Docs also sports a Wiki-like 'Revisions' tab. Clicking on the tab shows you previous versions of the document that are created through Google Doc's auto-save feature. You can easily revert to earlier versions should you wish to do so.

Spreadsheets and presentations

I now manage all my personal finances via Google Docs. I used to keep my finances in an Excel spreadsheet - I simply imported those Excel docs into Google Docs - a process that took seconds. I can now check or update my finances from any computer, anywhere in the world.

I also played a little with the presentation facility in Google Docs. You can create a nice presentation very easily using the templates provided. Again you can publish to the web and the built-in interface that the user sees allows them to click through the presentation or just watch the presentation as an automated slide show (they can modify timing and so on as required).

Why should a blogger care about this? If your blog features charts, spreadsheets or presentations then you can simply link to a web published version of the document. It's also possible to use more traditional methods like copy and paste!

Disadvantages

The main disadvantage of Google Docs is that you can only access your documents if you have Internet access. In the worst case, if you knew you were going to be without Internet access, you could export to a local document on your laptop, work on it and then import it back into Google Docs when you get Internet access.

It's also important to remember that Google Docs isn't Microsoft Office and doesn't have all of the features that Office provides. For example, automatic generation of Table of Contents doesn't seem to be supported (although you can have links and bookmarks to help navigate).

Summary

I would say I am addicted to Google Docs and find it to be an essential part of running my blog - it is one of the main reasons I use Blogger. It is convenient, easy to use and being able to store your documents (and publish them) on the web is a huge advantage. I no longer have to transfer documents between computers or worry about issues such as versioning. It is very easy to be able to export the documents to a local file, such as a PDF. So far, I have found Google Docs to be invaluable.

Google Docs can be found at http://docs.google.com

Tony Bedford first started blogging in March 2000. Tony currently maintains a free guide to more profitable blogging at http://the-business-of-blogging.blogspot.com

It doesnt have to cost a small fortune to start a blog and it is easier than you think. In fact I would say it is easier to start a blog than it is any other type of website. I will show you haw to get your feet wet in only a few minutes.

If you are new to blogging and just starting out on the internet then the easiest way to set up your web presence is to start a blog. There are sites that allow you to create a blog at no cost , they will include the webspace to host your blog and the software to create your blog.

To start of you need to find a site that offers free blog hosting. This is a list of some of the many services that are available to you to use for free. The list is sorted by popularity.

Once you have chosen your free blog host you can start blogging straight away. Follow the on screen instructions and you will be prompted to start blogging. As different sites offer different services I wont go into details of any particular blog provider here.

Thats it, you now have your own blog. This is a good environment for you to learn about blogging without worrying about the technical aspects. Once you have learned the ropes you can move on to paid services where you will have more control over your blog and more options for monetising your blog.

Allan is the webmaster at blogging resources at Blogtonomy, where you can find out all about blogging.

Online poker playing can be both fun and rewarding. You're not only playing a "game" but you are also exercising your decision making skills. You get to play against world-class poker players and you may even make a little money. As with any card game, there is the big element of chance but for those who take it a step further, this element of chance or "luck" can be greatly reduced by using strategy and ingenuity. Many people think that by playing a lot will increase their chances of winning (practice makes perfect right?) A better way to look at it would be "perfect practice makes perfect." Even if you cannot guarantee that you will win every time, playing online poker with new, effective strategies will increase your chances of winning (or maybe not losing as much!)

Remember the age-old saying "it's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game." Well let's take this a step further and ask ourselves, are we playing to win or playing to lose? It's all fine to play something we enjoy, be it poker, volleyball, tennis, golf, board games, etc. but when was the last time that we actually played something, lost the game (and maybe some money!) and said "wow that was fun!? Sure you may have actually enjoyed playing but isn't it much sweeter to be the victorious one?

I think it's important to enjoy what you do but wouldn't it be much more enjoyable if you were to make some money or even make a living doing it?

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