I echo Jesse’s thoughts in the previous post. I am doing well, but I still have a lot to learn.

I just discovered your blog today, and I am just starting out with a new blog of my own. I am trying to keep all of my posts as content rich and valuable as possible using videos.

Do you recommend primarily using video posts, audio, written content or a mixture? Should there be a specific medium that the blog utilizes the most? Hmmmm… I guess I could split test?

I am going to try a combination of various different types of content for this blog. I have used Joomla sites more in the past, but I giving WP a shot with this new site.

I loved your plugin post as well…

Regards,

James

A blog hidden behind an opt-in form isn’t necessarily bad, the aim ultimately is to get people to subscribe on any page that they land on.

Lucia’s Linky Love is the dofollow plugin I use

Tips – you are doing well

I would look to hosting your own video with some smart code for link building / branding
Comment box is way too small
Think about related featured posts with images which would allow you to knock out one sidebar and potentially have larger typography
I am not sure what you do on the back end with comments but it can be used for lead generation (I am lazy here)

Jack actually teaches trackbacks/pingbacks quite well – ultimately pingbacks are mainly WordPress blogs and don’t require you to hunt for a trackback link to include in a box in your post. Other platforms you have to actually find a specific link to paste in. It can get you anchor-text links

I just found your blog today and see a lot here for me to learn. I recognized your name and reading this post I now know it’s from the “16 Steps” training offered by Authority Site Center. I took the training twice with Sam in 2008 and I must say: I’ve been working on implementing all I learned ever since… (That training was PACKED with content)

Blogging is not my main business but I have given a good, long, honest effort to create and publish quality content for my niche (people in the US struggling with serious credit card debt). I just flipped my main domain to my WordPress site a little over a month ago, now I’m all WordPress. Before that I had my blog hidden behind an opt in page and only sent my subscribers to it.

Two questions: 1) How can I set my blog to “do follow”? 2) What would you recommend as a resource for understand trackbacks? This is something I haven’t grasped yet, but I think I am ready now.

Also, your feedback on my site (no punches pulled) is welcome.

Thanks and best wishes!

Also, I don’t believe quality content is needed to make money all the time. If your blog is all about making money with AdSense, then you just need to rank high in the search engine. You don’t need to worry about people commenting or people subscribing.

I am not very familiar with this speed linking concept but yes if few external links are adding some value to content and they are helpful for readers too then I will go with them.

Correct me if I am wrong.

The problem with McDonald’s content is that (a) it is very cheap and (b) it is a mass consumer product and whilst it is low margin, it sells and makes money. Contrast that with a meal from ElBulli restaurant where there is a 2 year waiting list for diners, prices are high although the business will never make the kind of money that McDonalds does.

I know where I would eat. The problem with search engines is that they seem to reward McDonalds over ElBulli every time. You can read my thoughts on some possible solutions here.

You obviously didn’t read the article or my comments polcy and your website is trash that shouldn’t be indexed