Those of you who have read Blazing Minds for some time will have seen the posts about the brilliant CommentLuv Premium plugin for WordPress, but did you know that you can search for blogs using CommentLuv with the Global CommentLuv Enabled Blog Search.

By using this search system you can find blogs that are posting on the same topics and interests that you may be blogging and will enable you to comment on not only blogs that you have an interest in, but also have the superb CommentLuv enabled as well.

Subscribe And Search For CommentLuv Enabled Blogs

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So there I was the other day preparing a new blog post when something rather bizarre happens, all my blogs categories and tags disappeared from WordPress!

What Was Happening And Why Was This Happening?

After looking around several sites and trying to find out the reason this had happened I really couldn’t find any help anywhere, with some places saying it was the fault of a plugin, some saying it was WordPress causing the issue and some saying that it was the fault of PHPMyAdmin!

So I wasn’t really getting anywhere with a solution to the issue that had now made all my posts listed under ”uncategorized” and no tags being listed anywhere, which in turn also caused a of category and tag pages disappear from the blog as well.

Upon further investigation and testing, I also found that I couldn’t even add new categories or tags to the blog. So this led me to believe that it’s not an issue with the WordPress installation, but it was actually a problem with the database used by WordPress.
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The Anchor text linking to your targeted page tells the search engines what the page is about. If the links are pointing to the targeted page using a particular keyword then the page must be a relevant source of information with reference to the anchor text.

But having hundreds of links linking to the page using the same anchor text is not a great idea. It worked very well in the past but now it is a good strategy to vary the anchor text so that the links look natural.  A link profile consisting entirely of the exact match links doesn’t look natural and is easy for Google in the future to degrade the value of a huge proportion of your link profile in one fell swoop. With the Google Panda update a partial match is much better than an exact match for the anchor text.

So what is partial match?

If your keyword phrase was Mac balloons then some partial anchor text that you could use would be: Mac has the biggest balloons; Balloons for parties; I love balloons etc. So if you are building 100 links for the keyword then use some exact match anchor text and a lot of partial match. This way you will have bigger broad tail and long tail queries that you can rank for. You should get the more traffic. The most important – the ranking will not fluctuate or dip easily as these links will have longer long-term value, and it is just going to deliver you a better and natural looking link profile.

How do you Vary Anchor Text?

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Blogging is a great way of beginning your own online business. The start-up costs are minimal and over time, you can get a loyal and impressive readership. When you monetize your blog, you will be able to make a decent income.

A blog can be set up in different ways. You could design your blog using Blogger, WordPress or any other site which will give you a free blogging account. Alternatively, you could build your blog from scratch under an original domain name.

Making Money From You Blogging

If you wish to make good money through blogging, you need to have total control over your blog. Free blogging accounts, which come with many terms and conditions, will not give you this kind of freedom. Many people have set up blogs only to have them removed weeks or months later without notice. Buying your own domain name and hosting your blog will cost you as little as $25 a year. This will buy you complete freedom over your blog.
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Why do you need an email list?

It’s because without a responsive list, you can’t make any significant income online. No matter how much effort you put into creating a powerful blog, writing great e-book and mingling with other successful internet entrepreneurs, it’s the list that makes the BIG difference.

The money is in the list. Some people have tried to rephrase that popular quote by saying “the money is in the relationship you’ve with the list.”

But let me tell you right now, it doesn’t matter what people say, the fact is clear: you can triple your online earnings when you’ve a mailing list. Even if you subscribe to the “relationship” aspect of it, it’s worthless if you’ve not captured your visitor’s email address.

That’s where I come in. I want to reveal some 5 proven ways you can increase your email list in 30 days without biting your finger.

1. Give-Away Valuable Stuff

Can you give away something of value? Then get ready for an influx of new subscribers to your email list. Off course you know that to give out something, all you demand is an exchange of email from your recipients.

The word “FREE” is so powerful on the internet and can attract droves of subscribers to your landing page. When using give-away as a list building strategy, make sure your stuff is easily downloadable.

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Most of you who read my blog will have read several of the Twitter Tips that I post every now and again, such as gaining followers, finding who unfollowed you and even ways of helping your influence by getting more ReTweets.

Recently I stumbled across the website Easy Retweet, which not only allows you to get other to ReTweet your tweets, but it also help in gaining Twitter Followers as well!

Using Easy Retweet To Gain ReTweets And Followers Is So Easy

Simply sign up with your Twitter account via Twitter Oauth and then fill in your bio and then you are away, you will get free credits for signing up with EasyRetweet and you can use these in several ways to promote your tweets, Twitter and even your website!

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STOP THE PRESS! THE SALE GETS EXTENDED

Great news folks, the sale for CommentLuv Premium has now been extended and now finishes:

UK TIME: Thursday 6th October at 5PM (GMT)
NEW YORK TIME:  Thursday 6th October at 12PM (PST)

So get your skates on and grab your copy NOW!!!

Ok folks so you’ve seen the posts going out about the awesome CommentLuv Premium that I use here on Blazing Minds and just some of the bonuses that you have been able to get over the last 7 days of the WordPress Plugin going on sale.

Now Andy has mentioned that he has saved the best CommentLuv Premium Bonus till last!

Good grief! Surely it couldn’t get any better or could it. So Any has uploaded a new video on YouTube to let us all know what this new bonus is, you can watch the video further down this post

So I’m not going to rattle on about this, I’ll let Andy do the talking, but suffice to say you now have only TODAY to get your hands on CommentLuv Premium, after today that will be it. So get your skates
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