These are my most visited blog posts in 2011.

I picked the top 10 which had a combination of the most views, comments and shares.

1.Website Name: How To Choose The Best One

Check out this short video to see and hear the do’s and don’ts of website names. The video shows you how to choose the best website name for your site.

Read more by clicking here: Website Name: How To Choose The Best One

2. Get Backlinks – Here are the 11 methods and backlink tools I use

In this post I share 11 methods I use but first…what is a backlink:

Simply put, a backlink is a link on a website (including blogs) that leads back to your website / blog.

In search engine optimization (SEO), page rank is at least partially determined by the number of sites that link to yours. It’s important to gain backlinks honestly, and if a lot of other sites link back to you, you will naturally get more traffic to your page.

Read more by clicking here: Here are the 11 methods and backlink tools I use

3. To start a blog, how much does it cost?

From a monetary point of view, starting a blog can cost you nothing. It can be free.

There are many free blogging platforms to choose from like www.blogger.com, www.typepad.com and even the mighty www.wordpress.com.

These free blogging platforms are fine for those individuals who just want to blog and NOT make any income.

Read more by clicking here: To start a blog, how much does it cost?

4. Tips for Making Google Crawl Your Blog More Often

There are literally thousands upon thousands of blogs on the internet. There are blogs about every niche imaginable. As such, there is a great deal of competition out there. Bloggers all have a variety of techniques they use to obtain traffic. However, most people agree that nothing beats organic, natural, search engine traffic.

Read more by clicking here: Tips for Making Google Crawl Your Blog More Often

5. The Funny Side of Customer Service

We know there are the technical sides of a successful blog like targeting the right keywords, regular posting, SEO, backlinks, traffic, advertising, selling products or services that people want…and so on.

Let’s assume you have all those things in place. If you do, you have a great chance of being a successful blogger but…

…there is one thing that can ruin all your hard work and that’s…

Read more by clicking here: The Funny Side of Customer Service

6. How To Sell Your Product Online

Many people begin blogging without any clear purpose to their site.

When we first realise the possibilities of writing our thoughts and tips and having them read…that alone is seductive enough to make us take the jump and start our blogs.

Read more by clicking here: How To Sell Your Product Online

7. How you make your blog index quicker, build backlinks and increase your traffic with a task that takes 2 minutes and you only have to do it once

Do you like the title?

It’s true.

By using the following step-by-step approach, it will make your blog index quicker in the search engines, build powerful backlinks and can provide a steady stream of organic traffic.

How?

Read more by clicking here: How you make your blog index quicker, build backlinks and increase your traffic with a task that takes 2 minutes and you only have to do it once

8. 16 Mandatory WordPress Plugins Your Blog Should Have

I’ve been known to be a plugaholic. I love WordPress plugins. At one time, I had almost 70 installed.

Even though I have deleted many, I still have over 40 WordPress plugins active.

In one of my recent posts…

Are You A Plugaholic, where I recommend having as few plugins as possible, John Soares from Freelance Writing commented and got me thinking about sharing the plugins I use in my next blog expert series.

Read more by clicking here: 16 Mandatory WordPress Plugins Your Blog Should Have

9. William and Kate: Love Is In The Air

Prince William and Kate Middleton get married today…so here in the UK there is much love in the air.

Many people get excited with a Royal wedding and Prince William and Kate Middleton are very much in love. I wish them all the best.

Read more by clicking here: William and Kate: Love Is In The Air

10. How to use the All in one SEO WordPress plugin to your advantage

In my last two videos I showed you the free ways to find the best keyword phrases for your blog:

Video 1: Use keyword optimization to get on the first page of Google

Video 2: Check the competition before deciding upon your chosen keyword phrases

So I shall assume you now have your best 6 – 8 keywords for your blog.

Read more by clicking here: How to use the All in one SEO WordPress plugin to your advantage