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Why Blogs that Allow Guest Posts Will Be Penalized in 2013

ProBlogger

This guest post is by Jeff Foster of WebBizIdeas. Just as low-level article directories (ezinearticles, articlesbase, and others) got hurt by Google’s Panda Update in 2013, I predict that Google will hurt sites abusing guest blogging in 2013. Have good Editorial Guidelines. Create an editorial calendar.

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Long Form Content vs Series of Blog Posts

ProBlogger

Last week I was involved in a number of conversations with readers about blog post length and whether it was better to write long posts or short ones. My short answer to the question was to write ‘useful’ posts, and to use as many words as were necessary to do so. What About Series of Posts?

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Shouldn’t Every Piece of Content Be Clickbait?

Content Marketing Institute

Derek offers the example of a hypothetical article called Blogging Best Practices in 2013. Each subsequent year, you update a couple links and screenshots in the post and change the date in the headline. Please note: All tools included in our blog posts are suggested by authors, not the CMI editorial team.

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Content Creation Robots Are Here [Examples]

Content Marketing Institute

In 2013, it raised another $11.5 Please note: All tools included in our blog posts are suggested by authors, not the CMI editorial team. No one post can provide all relevant tools in the space. In 2011, it raised over $6 million to study the landscape of how to create “human-free stories” (such an oxymoron to say).

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Bloggers to Watch in 2017

ProBlogger

His work has been featured here in the past via two guest posts by Michael Alexis. Ramit Sethi Exposed: How He Earns Millions Blogging. His blog posts are brilliant but I also love it when he is interviewed. Some of my favourite posts include: 10 Brainstorming Exercises to Generate 100 New Blog Post Ideas.

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Life After Keywords (Not Provided): What’s Next For Bloggers?

ProBlogger

As a blogger, you want to see every piece of analytics behind every keyword, but in 2013 that’s just no way to do business. There are a few elements: An editorial calendar that is both active and consistent. Follow it and use it to keep up with consistent social media and blog posts.

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2014 Reboot: Finally Finding Time to Blog

ProBlogger

This post “7 Tips for Busy Bloggers on Finding Time to Blog” first appeared in April 2013. Around 50 replies came back and a couple of themes emerged – the biggest one centred around ‘Time’ Finding time to blog is something that all bloggers struggle with. Who has it and how can we get it?

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