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Why Every Business Can Benefit from Blogging
Wednesday, 24 September 2008
By Chris Simpson

  Although very few had ever heard the term "blog" a few years ago, today it is a term that is very much a part of our vocabulary. However, even if you are familiar with a blog and what it is, you may not really understand how it can benefit your business. You see, every single business today can actually benefit from blogging. How, you ask? Well, here are just a few of the top benefits your business can enjoy by starting a blog.

It Provides Better Search Engine Marketing

First of all, every single business can benefit from better search engine marketing and blogging can help to do this for you. Google and other search engines really like sites that are updated often with fresh content that is keyword rich. You can keep fresh content up easily by adding a blog to your site. This means that Google will list more of your pages and you'll even climb in the search engine results as well, providing better visibility for your company.

Build a Readership and a Brand

Blogging can
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5 Easy Ways to Market Your Blog
Wednesday, 24 September 2008
By Jinger Jarrett

  Marketing your blog is really no different from marketing a traditional website. With a blog though, especially if you are building all of your websites using blog software, your site tends to rank higher in the search engines.

There are many ways to get traffic to your blog. To help you get traffic easily, here are five ways to get started:

1. Submit your sitemap to the major search engines.

If you are linked to other sites, the major search engines will eventually find you and index your blog. Do you want to wait months for this to happen though? Go ahead and submit your sitemap so the search engines start indexing your site.

2. Ping your blog.

When you ping your blog, you are notifying the blog services your blog has been updated. This can also help you to get your blog indexed by the search engines, as well as added to the major blog directories.

3. Use trackbacks to get your blog noticed.

A trackback is where you notify other blogs that you are talking
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