I just got finished reading this How to Grow Your Blog post and found the poem at the end very inspirational.

If for some strange reason you read this blog and not problogger, here's the poem.

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This post in the third in a series where I am recording the SEO efforts of my site wiiifit.com. If you've missed the previous posts, you should view these first. So another week has gone by, but unfortunately not many results to show for it. I did everything I mentioned I was going to do in Chapter 2, but googlebot didn't come by and index any of the new changes so unfortunately there wasn't much improvement. I noticed that Google Webmaster tools told me there was an error with one of the pages in my sitemap. I deleted the sitemap and generated another one, so hopefully there won't be any more problems. I'm not sure if googlebot decided not to visit because there was an error in the sitemap or because it had more important people to attend to. The only improvements in the SERP is most likely from this blog being indexed and giving some link juice back to the Wiii Fit site. Here are the weekly results. Finish Reading »

Pardon me while I channel my inner Seth Godin, but the thought struck me and I'm making any effort to give this blog more transparency than it has been in the past.

So why do DVDs use the term "deleted scenes" when they are promoting extra features on the DVD sleeve. Things that are deleted are typically errors and mistakes. The word "delete" has the connotation of trash being discarded.

While most scenes that are cut from the movie and worthy of being deleted (except anything from The Office. I swear they shoot an hour-long show and just cut out half in post production.) I would still think the marketing of the DVD would list them as "extra scenes" or "unreleased footage".

Delete = screwup

Extra = added value

K, I’m done now.

This post in the second in a series where I am recording my SEO efforts of my site wiiifit.com

Ok, I'm ready to get down to business.

If you haven't already be sure to read the Introduction post to see what my plans are and what tools I will be using to manage my SEO efforts.

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About 8 months ago I purchased the domain www.wiiifit.com (3 i's). I didn't have any real goals for it. I bought it just because I knew someone was going to do it so why not me. If you aren't sure what Wii Fit is, it's supposed to be the next big Nintendo Wii video game involving fitness and exercise games. More info can be found on my Wii Fit News site or on the official Wii Fit site. Anyways, I decided to actually do something with the domain last week. I thought it would be a good test site to play with SEO and see if I can get some decent traffic (read: Adsense Earnings) to the domain. So once a week I will discuss any changes to the site and show the earnings and traffic reports. Here's the basic setup. Finish Reading »

1. Your Homepage is Your Magazine Cover

The goal of every magazine is to get me to purchase it, but the problem is that it only has a few seconds to entice me as my eyes glance around the magazine stand. Your homepage should strive for the same goals. Show the best of yourself in a few seconds. If it doesn't look nice or if I can't see what I'll find inside, I'll bounce right out.

Helpful Reading:

First Impressions Matter

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