Blogs already have optimized site architecture. Most are set up with a clear navigation, where every page is set up to link back to the other main pages. So, what can really be done to increasing traffic to your blog? There is no exact strategy that is guaranteed to bring you millions of visitors everyday. However, there are proven techniques for generating huge amounts of traffic. There are a lot of little things you can do to streamline the blogging process and boost your results. All the little things added together can lead to dramatic improvements on your overall blog. Here are some steps:

1. Make your next post either a “how to” or a list of tips. These have a better chance of someone linking to it or adding it to a social bookmarking site. There are lots of things you already know how to do, so pick one and share your knowledge.

2. Sign up for the blog directory sites. There are a ton of them out there and they have some decent link authority. Some ask for a link in return, but others ask for nothing at all. Check out Blog Catalog or Bloggernity for a place to start.

3. Add a search feature for your blog. Your readers will thank you.

4. Take a look through your sidebars and see what you can clean up. Blogrolls full of blogs you don’t read anymore and other sidebar additions may be detracting from your message.

5. Ping sites about your latest post to get an extra boost. For those who might want to ping smaller servies, a program like PingShot can help you out.

6. Take a few minutes to create a blog editorial calendar. Figuring out what to write about now will save you time later.

7. Add a picture. It won’t take long to add an image and it will make your post more noticeable. There are lots of sites out there with free clip art and if you’re looking for free stock photos.

8. Add one more call to action. It may be clear to you what you would like your blog reader to do, but it may not always be so obvious to them. A little reiteration can go a long way.

9. Put your blog URL in your preset email signature. That way you continue to spread the word automatically and it also is seen by anyone your emails are forwarded to.

10. Sign up for Technorati, claim your blog, and make sure you tag it to the appropriate topics. This is one way that you can have control on how searchers are finding your content and Technorati is a top blog search engine.

Hopefully this suggestions have helped out at least a few people.

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Under most circumstances installing WordPress is a very simple process and takes less than five minutes to complete. Here’s the step by step instructions to install your WordPress, for those that are already comfortable with performing such installations. More detailed instructions follow:

1. Download and unzip the WordPress package, if you haven’t already.
2. Create a database for WordPress on your web server, as well as a MySQL user who has all privileges for accessing and modifying it.
3. Rename the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php.
4. Open wp-config.php in your favorite text editor and fill in your database details.
5. Place the WordPress files in the desired location on your web server:

• If you want to integrate WordPress into the root of your domain (e.g. http://example.com/), move or upload all contents of the unzipped WordPress directory (but excluding the directory itself) into the root directory of your web server.
• If you want to have your WordPress installation in its own subdirectory on your web site (e.g. http://example.com/blog/), rename the directory wordpress to the name you’d like the subdirectory to have and move or upload it to your web server. For example if you want the WordPress installation in a subdirectory called “blog”, you should rename the directory called “wordpress” to “blog” and upload it to the root directory of your web server.

6. Run the WordPress installation script by accessing wp-admin/install.php in your favorite web browser.

• If you installed WordPress in the root directory, you should visit: http://example.com/wp-admin/install.php
• If you installed WordPress in its own subdirectory called blog, for example, you should visit: http://example.com/blog/wp-admin/install.php

That’s it!

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Google had done a great job with the AdSense product on the web. However, Google is not the only way to get money on the net. So, I have decided to give you other ways to monetize your site.

The list offers CPC and/or Text Based/Contextual Ad Networks:

• Google AdSense
• Yahoo! Publisher Network
• AdBrite
• AdForce
• AdHearUs
• AdKnowledge
• AdSonar
• Affiliate Sensor
• All Clicks
• AllFeeds
• BannerBoxes
• BClick
• BidClix
• Bidvertiser
• CBprosense
• Clicksor
• ExpoActive
• IndustryBrains
• Mirago
• Nixxie
• One Monkey
• TargetPoint
• Textads Dot Biz
• TextWise
• Text Link Ads
• Vibrant Media

CPM and CPA Ad Networks are not included on the list, maybe on the next list.

Google and Adsense are Trademarks of Google Inc.

iNoereN Widget Ready is my first WordPress theme that was recently released for free with some features: right sidebar with 2 columns, widget ready and sidebar tabs. It is fully compatible with wordpress 2.3.3 and 2.5.

Supporting plugins like: Gravatar, FlickrRSS, Pagenavi.

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This theme, like all themes released by iNoereN are released under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.

Enjoy it and Digg it…!

Blogthis - Adds a set of blog-this links to Digg, del.icio.us, and Technorati to your WordPress blog.

Digg This - WordPress plugin that detects incoming links from Digg and displays a link back to the Digg page.

Digg Integrator - Provides your users with the ability to submit your posts to Digg and digg the posts directly from your blog.

AstonishMe Digg Plugin - Quickly and easily add a Digg button at the bottom of your WordPress posts. After the article has been submitted this plugin will begin showing the Digg count as well.

Digg Plugin - Post new Digg articles based on your current posts information and attach “Digg This” buttons anywhere within your posts.

digg IT - This plugin lets your visitors easily submit your articles to Digg or digg them if they have already been submitted.

Digg Dugg - Embed the latest news from Digg into your WordPress blog.

Digg Defender - Caching plugin that directs traffic coming from Digg to Coral Cache to try and prevent a server crash from the Digg effect.

DiggClick - Displays a “Digg It” button on selected posts and displays the Digg count on previously submitted articles.