Bloggingtune.com Is A New Blog

Hi Readers. Sorry for the inconvenience caused in the past few days. I have decided to start the blog "Bloggingtune.com" as a new one since I wanted it to be fresh. When I import posts there might be some problem. So I thought it is better to start it as a new blog. So do visit bloggingtune and Subscribe to it. Sorry for the inconvenience. I'll try to blog in both the blogs. But mostly I will be concentrating on my new blog.

The new posts on the blog:
1. Top 3 Best Free Blogging Platforms

2. 30 Most Popular Blogs For August 2007

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You Can Get Domains For Free - Really You Can

Most of you know that I changed from blogspot.com to my own domain two days ago. I got a domain name registered for two years and it has cost me $14.30 after using coupon codes. My friend Haris wrote a post on Free Top Level Domains few days ago, which inspired me to write this post.

I know bloggers who are in blogspot because they don't have money to get a domain. I was also one in that list but somehow managed to get a domain. So if you are in blogger blog, read this post carefully because you can get Domain and Hosting without spending a penny but you have to do other things like posting in forums.



The main reason why I tell people to move from blogger is because, most people treat it as a SPLOG and hence your subscriber count and Technorati Ranking will most probably increase very slow. One blogger who is very famous in blogspot is Amit. But it is very tough for everyone to get famous with blogger blogs. So change to a domain and WordPress as soon as possible(I'm moving this blog to WordPress soon).



Note: Though you don't have to pay anything, there are certain things which you have to follow to get a domain. So read them carefully.

Haris, in his post, mentions the following sites/Forum:

1. Domain Discussion Board: You have to get 3000 ddpoints to redeem for a domain.

2. D4Free: You need to get 200 points to redeem for a domain.

3. Domain Lagoon: This is only for people living in USA and Canada and you need to get 6.29 points by filling surveys to get an one year Domain registration.

For more you can read the post by Haris.

What are you waiting for? Get a Free domain.

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5 Reasons Why You Should Do Paid Reviews:

Now before I tell anything, let’s think for a moment the reason why we all blog. Is it to get connected with friends? Is it to gain popularity? Is it to show others that you can also blog? Or is it to earn money? I’m sure many will say yes to the last question. Even though you start blogging for any other reason, 90% you will end up earning money. Out of the many opportunities to make money, paid reviews is one famous way. The 5 main reasons why you should do paid reviews are:

1. Earn Money

2. Give Valuable Reviews To Your Readers

3. Get Traffic From Search Engines

4. You Get Something To Try Out For Free

5. You Get Something To Blog About

1. Earn Money:
As the name itself says, Paid Reviews, you are paid to do reviews about sites or products or anything. There are many sites, which offer this service. Some of them include:
$ Payperpost

$ Review Me

$ Sponsored Review

$ Smorty

$ Blogsvertise

You can get a list of sites that offer this service from Dosh Dosh.

These sites have advertisers and bloggers. Advertisers pay bloggers for writing about their product. But the middleman, the sites that provides paid review service, takes a cut from the price and you get only a share of it. Review Me takes 50% of what you get. Paid Reviews can earn you good amount.

2. Give Valuable Reviews To Your Readers:
When you are writing a review about a site or product, you are telling the pros and cons of using it. So you are educating your blog readers about product. But the reviews you do, offer value only when the product is of your niche. Also when doing paid reviews, you should write both pros and cons, else your readers will get irritated. If you review a site or product and if you are paid for it, mention in the post that you are paid. So whenever you get a paid opportunity, grab it if it is of your niche.

3. Get Traffic From Search Engines:
Products are searched in the search engines like Google everyday. But not all the searchers get the information they need. So when you are writing a review, include keywords that are searched in search engines. Say, you are asked to review a Nokia certain model Cell Phone. You write about it with keywords in your content. This Model might be searched everyday in Google for about 10 times. But there won’t be good reviews available for all products. So assume you reach the front page and you get 8 people out of ten to your blog. You get 240 in One month. What is the probability of 24 people out of 240 subscribing to your blog? Paid reviews or even normal reviews can get you Search Engine traffic and henceforth increase your subscribers’ count. Blogging Tips has a post on The Power Of Product Reviews.



4. You Get Something To Try Out For Free:
Yes the heading is right, there are chances for you to try out the product. I have seen offers in Sponsored Reviews where I can try the product and then do the review. But not all reviews are like this. There are few advertisers who will give you the opportunity to try a product. Say you are asked to review about a membership site. You can’t do a review unless you have tried it. So the advertiser will you the chance to try it out and then review.

5. You Get Something To Blog About:
There might be days when you don’t know what to blog about or you don’t have anything to blog about. At these times you can do a paid review. You might have a posting frequency like one post per day. Say, you don’t have just anything to blog about one day. When you feel like that, do a paid review. There are always so many reviews available in Payperpost.

Now you know the 5 reasons why you should do paid reviews. What if your blog is not accepted in those sites due to some reason? You can still earn by doing reviews. Surf Amazon or Clickbank or any site for a product, which you have already tried. Write a review about the product listing the pros and cons. You can give the affiliate links of the product, which you are reviewing.

So start doing reviews whether paid or not. Share your experience with paid reviews.

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Moving To A Domain Name- Bloggingtune.com

I happily announce that this blogspot blog http://daily-tech-news.blogspot.com/ will be http://www.bloggingtune.com/ in 1 or 2 days. I have been having this plan for the past few days. I got cash few days ago after winning a contest organized by Betshop Boy. This cash helped me get a new domain. And thanks to Nirmal who helped me in registering the Domain.

Bloggingtune.com will come to effect soon. I'll be moving it WordPress and in the mean time, if there is any problem, please be patient and continue to visit my blog. I have so many plans for the new blog. You can expect something good from me. Continue to support me and my blog. I will catch you all through my new blog. Thanks to all the readers and my friends.

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Result Of The Poll: When Will You Show Your Subscriber Count?

I wrote this post called The Right Time To Show Your Blog's Stats which led to the poll. The poll was started 15 days back and I also posted an update about the poll few days ago. I expected this poll to get 50 votes but I got 5 less than the number.

The poll had the result that I expected. The question was: When will you show your feedburner subscriber count? There were 6 options for it. The options and the number of votes for it are as follows:

Total Votes: 45 (100%)

1. From Start: 1 Vote (2%)

2. 50: 6 Votes (13%)

3. 100: 12 Votes (27%)

4. 250: 8 Votes (18%)

5. 500: 17 Votes (38%)

6. Never: 1 Vote (2%)

And the final result is 500 Subscribers leading with 17 votes. Which one did you vote for? And do you agree with the results?

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