I decided to start a blog last month and was planning on posting on it every day. I thought about the name for a while and wasn't really concerned with any exact domain match issues for this blog. Eventually I settled on "Motivationally Challenged" because that's exactly what I am. I made my first post shortly after setting up the blog then it just sat for about a week or so before I even had any ideas for a second post. I need to get myself into posting on there every night and doing...

Just some blog commenting tips I've posted on my internet marketing for newbies site:

Do

• Use your keyword for your username
• Add you URL to the website box
• Read the post you’re commenting on
• Leave a meaningful comment, relevant to the post

Do Not

• Write an advertisement for your website
• Include extra links to your website (you already have 1 on the page, you don’t get credit for any more)
• Post affiliate links, especially if the blog is in the same niche

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I use HostGator for all of my hosting and I noticed they had a thing to try out Attracta for free so I decided to give it a shot. To put it lightly, I will never use Attracta again and I would never consider paying for their services.

The immediately messed up my robots.txt file and I went from ranking #6 for my main keyword (on Internet Marketing For Newbies) to ranking in the 50's. I couldn't figure out for the life of me why this had suddenly happened and after a few weeks I couldn't...