BlogCatalog Forum in the Frying Pan

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As reported in my It’s Official: Blog Catalog is Fried post earlier  this month, Tony Berkman, Angie Alaniz and their BlogCatalog Team are moving forward with the complete restructuring of the BlogCatalog site.  Today BC Team Member, Jason Teitelman  made a announcement that caught the few remaining forum addicts off guard.  As of June 1st, 2010  (projected date) the moribund BlogCatalog Discussion  Forum will be history. Continue reading

It’s Official BlogCatalog is Fried

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It’s official BlogCatalog and TweetFeed owners Tony Berkman and Angie Alaniz  have broken the eggs and fried them too. They have cooked up something new and I don’t mean HalfHour meals. So what’s the Broowhaha all about?

No more BlogCatalog profile pages for members. No more groups and no more  forum. The entire structure is being changed. Continue reading

Backlinks from blog directories: What is their actual value?

linkAt the beginning of this week I sent a message to Tim Grice of SEOwizz regarding the actual value of backlinks from blog directories. Tim specializes in Google SEO Techniques – Search Engine Optimisation Services and provides Resources and Tutorials on his site that we can all use to hone our SEO skills.
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Submitting Your Blog to Directories: A Primer

It’s neither necessary nor wise to submit your blog to each and every Blog Directory available on internet, and in fact, I advise against doing so.  To gain some insight as to why carefully selecting which directories to submit your blog and to is the best way to proceed  please read my two posts titled: Blog Directories for Backlinks and Traffic, Promoting your Blog in Bloggers Forums and  Selecting a Bloggers Forum.

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Blog Directories for Backlinks and Traffic

A web directory or link directory is a directory on the World Wide Web. It specializes in linking to other web sites and categorizing those links.

In a email a reader recently asked me this question:

Is it necessary to submit your blog to each and every blog  directory that is available on internet?

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