Blogging has been around for several years now, and is more than a fad. Its not only the realm of pimply faced teenagers and internet addicts.

When you get serious about making money online, you will understand the importance of blogging. Web logs or “blogs” at one time were a type of online log book used to share information with the world.

If your promoting an online business, blogging is the way to go. If you want to develop true content filled websites that will help increase your visibility and provide real value for your readers.

The other major reason blogs have become popular with businesses of all kinds, is that they are free to implement. Google’s “Blogger” site is free for anyone with a Google account. They provide what amounts to unlimited storage space for all your thoughts, as well as a place to advertise without any cost.

Savvy internet marketers earn money online by getting as many hits on their sites as possible. Blogger blogs are indexed in search engines very quickly compared to standard page sites. The rapid indexing allows you to show up in search engine results pages (serps) far quicker than the standard method of search engine submission.

Many Blogger blogs are indexed within a few days. I have actually seen some indexed with a few hours and the faster your site show up in the SERPS (search engine results pages) the faster you can start to earn money online.

Text is all search engines know. You can include all the graphics you want, but they wont get you listed. All the search engines understand is text.

Increasing your visibility in the serps, brings more visitors to your site. Some people have blogs without websites. Others use their blogs to compliment their websites. Blogs can promote affiliate programs or Adsense or any other income stream.

Keyword marketing is the best use of a blog. The ability to include large numbers of keywords to drive traffic to sales pages makes a blog an ideal platform. The amount of text gives your site much higher visibility.

The idea is to keep people reading your blog by providing useful information. One accountant that I was speaking to recently uses his blog to provide his clients with information about changes to the tax code and new money strategies. He also is able to offer new services that his customers may find useful, and in turn, grow his business.

As long as your writing about your business, it might as well be online and accessible so that others can read about your business also. The more information you provide, the more visible your site becomes. Its like automatic advertising in a format that search engines love.

You can publish your own well written articles, rich in keywords, to your blog. Include links to your favorite sites, and then ask those sites to include links back to you. This also increases your exposure, visibility and page rank.

There isn’t much of a limit on what you can do with a blog. You can even add forms to collect email addresses and revue products.

The interactive feature of blogs makes them unique. The comment feature allows others to add content to your blog. Comments are kind of a double edged sword. They can also be used for spam if your blog is not moderate well, so make sure that you keep a close watch on them. That being said, its great to allow others to add content. It keeps them involved and makes your blog grow in an automatic fashion.

If you have your own web host, a blogging platform like Wordpress can be installed in a few minutes. A simple process for the new business owner. Get started fast, and its really easy to use - and best of all, its free.

Some platforms like Googles Blogger are not only free, but can be hosted on Google’s system. Free program, free hosting, unlimited content. Blogger blogs can also be hosted on your own system if you wish. I actually recommend this so that you have more control over the blog.

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