How can I increase my Google PageRank?
This is a question that many search engine optimizers as well as everyday bloggers ask themselves and each other. While there is no definitive, foolproof, here’s-exactly-what-you-need-to-do way of increasing your Google PageRank, or at the very least maintain it, there are things you can do to help significantly improve your chances of keeping or improving your GooglePR with subsequent updates. Here’s a random, in-no-particular-order list:
- Blog frequently. Google favors blogs whose content is updated regularly. Keep things fresh!
- Be unique. Under no circumstances should you post duplicate content. This is bad, bad, bad.
- Get quality inbound links. For example, two inbound links from PR5 sites have a lot more weight than five links from PR2 sites.
- Give quality and even not-so-quality outbound links. But try to maintain a balance between your inbound and outbound links.
- Keep your site’s layout up to date and as compliant with HTML and XHTML as possible.
- Keywords, keywords, keywords. Use ‘em everywhere!
- Hook up your site with article submission sites, web directories, and social networks.
Make sure you refer to this list and use it on a regular basis to help maintain quality for your website. 
So what happens when you want to blog, but you don’t know what to blog about? Well, first and foremost, I turn to other blogs. I’ll check my Google Feed Reader to see what my friends are up to. I’ll hop around on Stumble Upon to see what’s interesting in the blogosphere. Sometimes I’ll just watch TV. Random things like a commercial for a Orange County jewelry store will be enough to inspire me to blog.
And on days like today, a gorgeous fall Sunday, I’ll simply say “screw it” and find something else to do. There’s always time for blogging, you know?
PageRank, Google’s “ranking” system for websites, is something that updates frequently or not so frequently, dependent entirely upon Google’s very own whims. This year there have been several updates of PageRank, including February 2011, later in the spring, then August 2011 and again in November 2011. Many bloggers are obsessed with Google PageRank, and with good reason: many advertisers and marketers use a blog’s Google PageRank to determine that blog’s “worth” and thus decide whether or not that blog is worth working with.
Believe it or not, Google PageRank is something that is updated continuously. Each day, all around the clock, Google’s servers and magical powers are combing the web and individual blogs, doing various calculations and checks to see what a website’s ranking should be. It’s only every couple of months that the “results” of those calculations and checks are officially released, in the form of a Google PageRank update.
Want to check your blog’s Google PageRank? Use CheckPageRank.net or PRChecker.info.
With Christmas about six weeks away, I’m definitely feeling the pressure to buckle down and finish the rest of my Christmas shoppping. Even though it’s really “our” Christmas shopping, my husband doesn’t always have a lot of ideas or specific plans for shopping, so I generally put together a list and decide what we’re buying and when, and then get his input. One thing we definitel agree on is what a pain it is to pick out a Christmas gift for his paternal uncle, Uncle Terry. Uncle Terry is a cool dude with all sorts of games, electronics and knick-knacks, so what the hell do you get for a guy that already has like everything under the sun? He doesn’t like to draw, so the great deal I found on drawing art supplies is essentially useless.
It sounds like a weird gift, but I was honestly thinking about picking up some security cameras for him. Not for his safety, but for his chickens’ and turkeys’ safety. They live in a rural area where foxes and other predators are a problem, and maybe if he had a way of seeing just how these animals are getting in and attacking his livestock, he’d have a much easier time of putting up appropriate safeguards in the right areas. What do you think? A worthy gift or not?
With November in full force, I’m suddenly feeling pressure to step up my Christmas gift shopping game. My brother (the one not living with me), my brother-in-law and his wife are taken care of; and we have several gift items for each of our children and my brother, but there are still a few more things that my husband and I would like to get for them. We’re not big on electronic toys, and I’m proud to say that every single item we’ve purchased so far do not require batteries or a power outlet in order to work. One thing we’re definitely getting for my daughter this coming week is art supplies canvas. She is very creative, and we have a huge stockpile of plain paper, large paper, crayons, colored pencils, markers, and paints, as well as a huge 20+ stash of craft scissors (each pair of scissors is shaped differently, thus creating different types of borders), but I want to get her some special things — I’m thinking pastels, stamps, stickers, and other specialty items.
If you know of any unique art supplies that a super-artistic seven year old girl would like, please share in the comments!
I have a slight obsession with makeup, nail polish, and jewelry. I also love hot pink (the color) and anything sparkly, glittery or shimmery, and what’s nice is that those attributes often tie in nicely with various types of makeup and nail polish. ♥ I run a nail polish blog, FYI – I Heart Nail Polish.
When it comes to makeup and nail polish, I like bright, bold colors, in shiny, sparkly and matte finishes. Now when it comes to jewelry, I’m a little more selective. One important thing worth noting is that I am definitely not into gold jewelry of any type. In fact, the only gold I wear is my wedding band and engagement ring! But I do love silver. I especially love silver rings — in particular, tungsten rings and titanium rings. I’m not above sterling silver, either, though the fact that it’s a softer metal can be annoying, since I have a bad habit of not taking off my jewelry, like, ever.
So tell me – what are your makeup and jewelry preferences?
In recent years I have been turning to the internet for my purchase of Christmas and birthday cards and party invitations. I used to just pick up packs of cute cards and invites at Hallmark, Walmart or Target, but in more recent years I’ve discovered just how fun it is to pick out pre-made or personalized designs. One definite perk of ordering cards and invitations online is having the option to inscribe personal notes or information and even add a signature (tip: instead of having your signature appear as text, upload a scanned copy of your signature and then import it as an image!).
Now if only I were smart enough to order the thank you cards along with the invitations. And that reminds me — my daughter’s birthday party was exactly one week ago today, which means I need to get the thank you cards out ASAP!
Facebook: I use Facebook to catch up with family and friends.
Twitter: I use Twitter to catch up with online friends, stalk the latest internet happenings, and to find out about new giveaways. Whoo!
CNN: For news, of course.
I also visit Babble and She Posts, two mommy blogging oriented blog sites that always have new content available.
When you get tired of blogging, where do you go?
This morning I entered a few giveaways on blogs. I entered to win an iPad (I’d definitely give that away as a Christmas gift), a Canon Rebel digital camera (I’d also give that away as a Christmas present), a Macbook Air (that I’ll keep for myself, thanks!), and two $500 cash prizes (shopping spree baby!). I also entered to win a 3-day trip to California, which includes a trip to a spa in Huntington Beach. I’ve never been to a spa, but I’ve had one delightful experience with a hot tub, and I’d absolutely love to repeat the experience.
Right now I feel all blogged out. I absolutely love blogging, but things get to be rather exhausting around the holiday season. Whew!
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