Building up a blog from scratch is no easy task. I’m sure most of us have been there before – having just launched a brand new website, not sure if it’s impending ultimate doom or may continue on to earn you the internet marketing lifestyle you crave. ProBlogger is an excellent example of how much Blogging can change your lifestyle.

For those who have read Darren’s book on Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income, you already know that Darren didn’t just hit riches with his blog right away. It took almost 2 years to build up ProBlogger to what it is today, and he had to work many jobs in the mean time to sustain his income.

We can all learn valuable lessons from Darren, both about blogging and learning how the internet works. Building up your blog to ProBlogger status is not very difficult, but it does require an extreme amount of determination, will-power, and drive behind you.

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Google PageRank is a very mysterious way of ranking sites. On a scale of 0-10, websites are ranked through Google for importance, backlinks, SERPS, etc. The actual value of your PR really doesn’t affect your site much at all, but it’s a huge selling point when offering ads on your website to advertisers. Along with this it helps visitors know your site is the “real deal”, and you get a lot more respect in the internet marketing community.

At the time of writing this post my blog is currently a PR4. I’ve been running this blog for almost 2 years, so I can say PR4 after 2 years is well overdue. I haven’t done much link building, though, so my blog here isn’t a great example of building high PR. But I have a few quick tips to help increase your site’s overall PageRank, and you can probably get them done within a week or two at most!

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SEO Specialists are very important people – it takes a lot of skill and practice to learn how Search Engines work, how to optimize websites, and everything in that category. One of my favorite blogs for checking up on the latest SEO and Social Media news is Search Engine Journal. Not only are all of the bloggers highly experienced, they also post some very unique and helpful articles on the site.

With the new year of 2010 starting, I want to share some of my past favorite articles from Search Engine Journal. Granted a lot has already been posted in 2010 with fresh new articles on SEO tips, social media news, Google and Bing updates… there’s so much! Enjoy the list, and I recommend everyone new to the Seach Engine Optimization or Social Media game check out a few of these articles to learn a few tricks of the Search Engine Trade.

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Google PageRank is one of the strangest things. Google Along with your overall rank given by Alexa, Google decides to rank each of your website’s pages on a number 1-10, the higher the better your site is optimized and linked through search engines. Many people strive to get high PageRanks because it’s a good selling point for advertisers, and you can market your blog to a broader audience.

But there is a problem. It takes time, and a lot of work to build up your PageRank, especially to the level of a popular site like Digg(PR8) and Twitter(PR9). But that doesn’t mean you can’t get it done exceptionally fast, like in the time for Google’s next update! Continue reading…