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Have you ever wondered if anyone has ever copied an image or some text from your blog?

Blog Copy is a free easy to install tool kit that sits on your blog and monitors which text and images are copied from your Blog.  By logging into the Blogcopy dashboard you can see detailed stats on which information is being copied, you can then use this tool to check for content theft or to provide trend analysis on which content is generating a Buzz.

Give it a try and see if it works for you

Somethings happened with Google, it’s almost stopped sending traffic to my Netbook-Experience.com blog.

The change happened on the 4th of June, where previously the majority of my traffic came from Google, suddenly Google started sending the site less then 10 hits a day.

Interesting referals from my old Blogspot netbook blog more then doubled, as if Google starting sending more traffic to that site, even though that site just has links through to the new Blog.

After a bit of research it looks if Google has altered it’s algorithms.  Some Bloggers have gained and some have lost out. That’s the problem of having a monopoly I guess – when it comes to Web Traffic google are out by themselves. I’m just watching to see if Traffic picks up again.

 Following on from successes and mistakes made from my blogging I’m pleased to have launched Internetmoneymakingblog.com.

A site which specifically looks at using the Internet to make money and blog promotion. Check it out.

As discussed in these posts, I’ve been experimenting in using autoblogs, where blog content is generated by taking content from other sites.

I’ve decided to stop the experiment as to be honest non of the sites are doing particularly well. One site, Morning Digest, did initially show some promise ( 300 hits per day at peak) but google has now stopped sending it traffic.

I’m going to delete most of the sites now, although I’ll keep Morning Digest running as I find it useful as an information portal.

Content is king, and I’m convinced now that the only way to keep large amounts of traffic flowing to your site is to regularly create your own unique content.

In this post I described how I was performing an experiment to see how effective autoblogging can be.

Most of the blogs aren’t doing brilliantly, but one is doing better then I expected.

To date http://morning-digest.jpmblog.com/ has received 3000 visitors, which I find incredible.

Traffic is rising everyday so it will be interesting to see how high the daily traffic can arrive.

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Nexx Online. All opinions are 100% mine.

As more and more bloggers are turning from hosted blogging services to self hosted blogs, Unlimited Web Hosting services that provide good value for money are becoming more important. The price for Web Space hosting with Domain names varies by provider so it’s important to check out all the deals first, and this one from Nexx looks a great deal.

Nexx are in the process of re-branding their web hosting platform and to help the re-branding they have a special deal available, buy one full year of unlimited web hosting and one free .COM domain name for only $10. For your $10 you get Unlimited Disk Space, Unlimited Bandwidth, Unlimited email, 1 free Domain, 24/7 Customer Support , $50 Google Adwords Credits and $50 Facebook Ads Credits.

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As mentioned in this post and this post, I’ve been investigating how to create auto blogs, where blog content is automatically created and posted without the need of human intervention.

I’ve been looking at 2 different methods of Auto Blogging to create a number of sites.

The following sites: Morning Digest, Gadget News, & Reality TV News are all created using the WP-o-Matic WordPress plug in, which takes RSS feeds and automatically turns them into Blog Posts.

The Following sites: ChinWag & Money Box have been created using the WP Article Fetch plug in, which pulls in articles from a centralised database by set topic and automatically publishes them on your Blog.

I’ve also created an Auto Blog based around an amazon store called TopBooks but I’ll come back to this site at a later date.

So hows it going?

So far I’ve been most impressed with the results from Morning Digest which between 9th and the 26th of May has received over a 1000 visits.

I’ve yet to be impressed by the WP Article Fetch created sites.

More to follow.

In this post I mentioned how I was using a WordPress plugin called WP-o-Matic to create an automatic blog.

I’ve come across another free tool called WP Article Fetch which also creates blog content, however rather then use RSS feeds to create posts, it pulls content from a database of articles.  You select the topics of the blog and it does the rest.

You can download WP Article Fetch by clicking here.

you can see my new blogs at:

http://chinwag.jpmblog.com/

http://moneybox.jpmblog.com/

Automated Blogging is a much frowned upon method of automatically creating content for a blog or website.

There are several tools available for Automated Blogging most of which convert RSS feeds into New Blog Posts. I was curious to see if Automated Blogging could be used to create a high quality, high traffic site, so using a free plugin called WP-o-Matic, I’ve created a news paper style blog which pulls content (with full credit given) from a number of top websites.

Every hour the RSS feeds are checked and updates are pulled into the site, even if the site doesn’t pull in traffic it’s created a nice portal with great content for me to use.

Check it out at: http://morning-digest.jpmblog.com/

Also have a look at http://gadgetnews.techplay-experience.com/ & http://realitytv.jpmblog.com/ or a book store at http://topbooks.jpmblog.com/

I’ve just come  across this good video on Youtube,which speaks a lot of sense, it speaks a lot of sense and covers some key basics.

It highlights the need for good content, above all else good content is what drives visitors to your site and also brings them back. Repeat visitors are important, the more a reader enjoys your blog the more likely they are to return to your site.

The video also discusses a few more technical tips for getting more blog traffic, it covers the use of social networking sites, technorati, feed burner and links from other sites.

It’s a good video to view if you are just starting out as a  Blogger and looking for guidance to get you started.

Check it out below.

There may be times  you need to translate a blog post into a different language .

Perhaps you need to target a particular audience or you need to quote text from a site in a different language but either way there are sites that can help you.

One example of this is the Google translation service .

Its simple to use and offers translation of over 50 languages, so if you find yourself in need to translation services then this is a great tool

WordPress provides a flexible blogging tool set  that produces professional results, and one of the key factors in this is the ability to apply themes to your Blog.

Applying a theme alters the look and feel of your blog and there are some great themes available to  bloggers, some themes will cost you money but there are some great providers of free wordpress themes out there like wprex.com.

Wprex.com offers thousands of wordpress templates for download  and they offer previews of each template so that you can see what they look like before you apply the theme to your blog.

So if you are looking for a new and fresh look for your blog then check them out.

In this post I discussed Google Insights but I thought I would see how it could be used.

Using the Google Insight Filter I searched for rising worldwide Internet searches over the last 7 days, and noticed that there was been a large increase in searches for the Eclipse Trailer, so lets see what happens if I write an article on it.

Watch this space

Google Insights is tool provided by Google for seeing popular searches and trends.

If offer powerful filters so that you can see results based on types of search (eg web, image etc), locality, topic and time frame.

One of the most useful tools is  that it allows you to see breakout search terms, thats search thats have suddenly gained a huge increase in popularity.

You can use Google Insights to see popular searches in your websites field, this could be an incredible tool for reaching more readers.

No longer are bloggers tied to their desktop computers and Modems.

There are now many ways that a blogger can write articles whilst on the move.

Wifi is becoming more readily available, from homes to libraries to coffee shops, so any wifi equipped device from Laptop to iPod touch can be used to go on line and blog.

So what happens if you haven’t got access to Wifi but want to blog, well there’s the 3g mobile networks.

Most modern mobile phones include an Internet browser which can be used to write blog posts and some will even provide dedicated blogging apps, but for longer posts the lack of  a dedicated keyboard can be a problem.

The Mobile Internet can be provided to laptops or netbooks through 3g usb dongles,  where a true Internet experience at a respectable speed can be achieved for a reasonable cost, but this only allows one device to connect a once, and the device needs to be a computer.

Another option is to get a 3g to wifi router like the 3 Mifi. Theses devices provide access to the 3g data networks through a portable wifi router, so any wifi enabled device can access the net and be used for blogging. These devices also allow multiple devices to connect at the same time.

So never feel that you can only blog from home, there are many options that allow you to blog from anywhere.

Some Blog Carnivals are run very well and some aren’t. This carnival is an example of one of the better ones:

Have a look at : http://bestblogreview.com/2010/02/family-health-wellness-carnival-2/.

The blog is well presented, contains good articles and the owner has emailed all the contributors to ask then to put a link to the carnival.

Check it out.

In this post I discussed a method of automatically re-posting old posts on Twitter.

I’ve implemented this system on Jpmblog.com, Netbook-experience.com & Techplay-experience.com along with a link that appears on the end of each post which provides the link for visitors to start following me on Twitter.

Has it been successful? I think so. I’ve picked up 15 extra followers on Twitter, so that’s 15 extra people that everyday see a link to an article from each of my Blogs, and in addition all 3 blogs are getting traffic back from Twitter.

The great thing is that as it’s an automated process it’s not taking any extra of my time.

Twitter is a popular micro-blogging site that allows users to post short messages and message other members through the site.

I’ve found a way to automatically post links to your WordPress blog posts on twitter, so that your twitter followers may read your blog articles in full.

There is a plugin for WordPress called Tweet Old Post ( search for it through the add new plugins option ), which when installed will automatically post a link to a random post from your, it will even convert your post url to a short form URL.

You can set how often a post from your blog is posted on Twitter

Sponsored Blogging is a way of creating income from your blog or website.

By writing articles about specific topics including keywords from advertisers you can earn credit, and it can pay quite well.Even if you don’t have a very popular blog you can still make decent beer money from sites like pay per post and Social Spark.

However there are some rules that you should follow for all your hard work to pay off. Make sure you make regular non sponsored posts, each provider of opportunities will have different rules around how many non sponsored posts you are required to make in between sponsored, but importantly you also need to keep your readership happy with your own posts.

If you have your own domain name then you will get more opportunities, so this should be considered a must do.

Make sure you don’t put Ad’s, eg banner Ads ( Google Ads) or context sensitive pop ups in sponsored posts, as these will get your posts rejected.

Finally Make sure you follow any disclosure rules set by the provider, if you make sponsored posts you must let your readership know.

Welcome to the December 19, 2009 edition of blog it and earn it.

Ziki presents How to Find High Paying Adsense Keywords – Make More Money with Google Adsense posted at Make Money with Youtube.

Ziki presents Make Money with ClickBank Part 3 – Avoid Sneaky Vendors Who Might Steal your Commissions posted at Make Money with Youtube.

The Smarter Wallet presents Small Business Financing: How To Fund Your Venture posted at The Smarter Wallet, saying, “Funding your small business.”

Amik Kumar presents Sponsoredreviews – Get Paid to blog posted at Fosteronlinemoney – Guide to make money online.

Amik Kumar presents List of 35 Get Paid to write websites posted at Fosteronlinemoney – Guide to make money online.

Amik Kumar presents Make Money Blogging and Top Earning Blogs posted at Fosteronlinemoney – Guide to make money online.

Effective Blogging

The Dough Roller presents Powerful Internet Marketing for Small Businesses–A Case Study posted at The Dough Roller, saying, “Part 1 of a series on how to run an effective Internet Marketing program for a small business.”

Anne Simone presents 100 Best Social Sites for Entrepreneurs posted at Career Overview.

Barbara Williams presents 100 Open Courses to Learn About the World Without Going Anywhere – Online Degree Programs.org: Top Online Degrees posted at Online Degree Programs.org.

Angela Martin presents 50 Great Blogs for College Admissions posted at Online Colleges.org.

Anne Simone presents 50 Great Business Law Blogs posted at Career Overview.

Barbara Williams presents 100 Amazing Writing Tools You Never Knew You Needed – Online Degree Programs.org: Top Online Degrees posted at Online Degree Programs.org.

SVB presents Find The Best Web Host For Your Online Business posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “Thanks!”

Mike King presents What is Learned From Running a Blog? posted at Learn This.

Leon N. presents The Science of Niche Internet Marketing posted at How to Build Residual Income, saying, “Although it would be great to just write about anything you like and make money, that’s not the reality. You need to be able to pick the right niches.”

Gracie Turner presents 50 Essential Blog Posts on Education Reform posted at Online Courses.org.

Monetizing Your Blog

20smoney presents Monthly Blog Update: November 2009 posted at 20s Money, saying, “Details on my November traffic and online income plus some commentary on the trends I’m seeing with my blog.”

Arthur Pledger presents Blogging as a Side Hustle posted at World Domination with Arthur Pledger.

Problogging Facts and Fiction

Andy Hayes presents Five Myths About Great Websites posted at Travel Online Partners (TOP), saying, “Think you know what makes a great blog? Here are five myths, and what you should be doing instead.”

Joe Bestler presents Why BLOGGING as an Internet Business | Blogging | Profit Center Online posted at Blogging | Profit Center Online, saying, “Why using a blog to start your online business makes sense.”

Viviana Widjaja presents How to Start a Professional Blog posted at Guide to Pro Blogging.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of blog it and earn it using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.