Ten things to make Your Blog Awesomer: Short guide

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nothing is really free sorry.

yourname.com buy it already.

Irrelevant links can confuse visitors.

so don't

them.

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Quality.

does it need to

be on your site?

does it improve or impede site usability?

should it be in your sidebar or on a page?

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Have a plan

But don't be married to it.

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If you can often put your posts in multiple categories, you're doing it wrong.

Tag team, back again

tags add more detail and if used correctly can

useful for seo.

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A 1-minute lesson in SEO

Basically, links matter.

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accounts srsly.

BrIeB Yes, your readers

know that your website still parties

like it's 1999

And that is so not awesome Fix it.

Don’t use a personal profile page on Facebook to use for your blog Set up

a page so you can get access to analytics (and not get reported for TOU viloations).

You can't hide from Google So get a Google+ page and set up rel="author".

Give credit where credit is due And err on the side of caution.

activity!

thank you!

you rock!

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@maryfran | @frannycakesblog